Unit 2 PoemsPeriod 1 —— Warming up and Pre-reading Teaching material: NSEFC Book 6 —— Unit 2Lesson type: warming up &speaking Teaching aids:1. a tape recorder2. a projector3.Slides and PicturesTeaching Objectives:1.To present the topic of this unit —— poetry2.To help students form concept of poetry.3.To learn some words and useful expressions in order to express their ownfeelings.4.To cultivate students’ interest of poetry.Teaching Important Points:How to improve the students’ speaking ability.Teaching Difficult Points:How to make the students gain enough information to express themselves. Teaching Methods:1.Pair work or group work to make every student join in the class activities2.Discussion to make every student express himself freely.Teaching Procedure:Step 1: Daily Greetings (1 minute)T: Good morning, students!Ss: Good morning, Miss Huang!Step 2: Warming up (11 minutes)T: Last unit we have learnt something aboutart, right?Ss: yesT: It is a kind of art. This time we will learn another kindof art. What is it?Ss: Poetry.T: Yes, poetry. From now on, we will begin a mysterious trip of poetry——Unit 4: a garden of poems. Here “poem” means 诗,它是指一首具体的诗。

It is a countable noun. We can say “a poem”or “poems”.For example, we can say “a love poem”. Well, the word “poetry” refers to诗歌，它是指诗歌的总称。

So it is an uncountable noun. Is that clear?Ss: Yes.T: Ok. Who are the people that writepoems?Ss: Poet.T: Yes, we call them poet. Can you name some famous poetsin China?Ss: ……T: Very good. So many. Now, I’d like to introduce you two of them.Who is he?(show a picture of Li Bai on the Blackboard)Ss: Li Bai.T: Good. Li Bai. Can you recite any of hispoems? Ss: ……T: Good job. (show a poem written by Li Bai on slide 1)So from his poems, we can see that Li Bai is full of imagination, right? His poems are always very romantic. So we say Li Bai is a representative of Romanticism. What about another famous poet? Who is he?（show a picture of Du Fu on the blackboard）Ss: Du Fu.T: Yes, you’ve got it. Do you know any ofhis poems?Ss: ……T: Wonderful, thank you. Compared with Li Bai, most of his poems present us a real life in that period. For example, “朱门酒肉臭，路有冻死骨” . It tellsus the living condition of the people at that time, right? Ss: YesT: So, we call Du Fu realistic poet. Now, I’d like to take a poem written by Du Fu for example.(show a poem written by Du Fu on slide 2)Xxx, would you please read it for us?S1: (reading)T: Thank you very much. Well, can you understand the meaning ofthis poem?Ss: No.T: I don’t know, either. I think if we don’t know the background of the poem and some necessary explanations, it will be very difficult for us to understand a traditional poem, right?Ss: YesT: Well, what about this one? Who’d like toread it for us?(show a English songs “DoRi Mi on slide 3)S3: (reading)T: Do you think it is easier tounderstand?Ss: YesT: I’m sure all of us know what it talks about.Step 3: Reading (5 minutes)T: Today we’ll learn some English poems. They includes manykinds….Ss: (reading)T: Thanks for your sweet voice. Look at the first poem , can you tell me what is the Nursery Rhymes?S4: Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to recite T: Yes. Good.What the matter is. OK?T: Can you understand the meaning of this poem? It talks about a football match, right? With him?S5: They lost the game.Step 4: Discussion (10 minutes)T: OK, up till now, we have collected several words to describe different styles of poems. Well, what other words will we need to talk about poems? Now, would you please form a group of four and have a discussion.What other words will we need to talk about poems? Are you clear?Ss: YesT: Ok. I’ll give you three minutes. After that, I’d like some of you to list some words you need. Now, go!(Three minutes later)T: OK. Time’s up. Who’d like to be thebravest one?S6: funny, happy.T: Good. Any otheropinions?S7: Boring, dull,sad.T: Very good. Any other words?S8: Moving, meaningful, meaningless.……Step 5: Pair work (10 minutes)T: Well, what about this one?(Sing an English song of another style by myself——Jingle Bells)Do you think it is very sad?Ss: No.T: Do you think it ishappy?Ss: YesT: Yes, it sounds very happy. It is also verylovely, right?Ss: YesT: Well, compare with these two songs, which one do you like better? This time, I’d like you to discuss with your desk-mates and make up a dialogue.Which song do you like better? Why?You can make up your dialogue with these useful expressions and sentencepatterns. Maybe this sample may help you a lot. (show the useful expressions and a sample on slide 5) Is that clear?Ss: YesT: OK, go. You have five minutes to prepare.(five minutes later)T: Who is ready?……(check some pairs.)Step 6: Conclusion (3 minutes)T: Today we just begin our magical journey of poetry. We have talked about some famous poets and learnt many words to show our ideas about poems and songs, right? Besides, we also enjoyed two beautiful songs. Do you feel good this class?Ss: YesT: Thank you.Step 7: Homework (5 minutes)T: Here comes your homework. Next period we’ll make a further study about poetry, especially English poetry. So:1.Please preview the reading part and look up the new words in the dictionary.2.Try to find an English song or poem, andwrite a review. Are you all clear?Ss: YesT: Ok. So much for today. Thanks for your attention.See you! Ss: See you!Blackboard Design:附：Slide 1: Slide 2《望庐山瀑布》《冬日有怀李白》——李白——杜甫日照香炉生紫烟，寂寞书斋里，终朝独尔思。