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Unit 5 Poems
Learning objectives
1.To learn about some simple forms of English poems
2.To learn language features of poems
3.To learn to appreciate and write poems
诗词争霸赛
Poetry Contest
Lead in
Guess Chinese poems according to the English translation
This spring morning in bed I’m lying,
not to awake till birds are crying.
——Meng HaoRan
If once together with the wind the roc（大鹏） could rise,
he could fly ninety thousand miles up to the skies.
——Li Bai
国
GUO
The red beans grow in Southern land,
How many load in spring the trees
——Wang Wei
国
GUO
Preview list
Activity 1: Skim and answer the following questions
How many kinds of English poems have been mentioned in the text What are they
forms of English poems
five
Nursery rhymes
List poems
Cinquain
(five lines)
Haiku
(3 lines, 17 syllables)
Tang poems
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑦
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑦
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑦
Activity 2: Analyze the structure.
①
①
①
A
B
C
Activity 1: Match each part with its main idea.
Para 1
Para 2-6
Para 7
A few of the simple forms
Try to write your own poems
Reasons and characteristics
Discuss list
Fast reading
Read paragraph 1 and find out the answers.
Careful reading
1.What reasons why people compose poetry are mentioned in this paragraph
2.What are the characteristics of a poetry
1. What reasons why people compose poetry are mentioned in this paragraph
tell a story
describe a certain image in the reader's mind
try to convey certain feelings
2. What are the characteristics of a poetry
The
characteristics
of poetry:
economical use of words
descriptive and vivid language
integrated imagery(意象）
literary devices, e.g simile（明喻）, metaphor（暗喻）
arrangement of words, lines, rhyme and rhythm
Read Para. 2 and Poem A carefully and complete the table.
Type of poem Characteristics Topic
_______________ to the _______ but has a ________ _______ and have a strong___________ Often __________ the same words may not ____________ and even seem ____________ but easy to learn and_______
love from ______
Nursery rhymes
rhythm
repeat
recite
point
storyline
rhyme
make sense
contradictory
papa
B
Only One Mother
Hundreds of stars in the deep blue sky,
Hundreds of shells on the shore together,
hundreds of birds that go singing by,
Hundreds of bees in the sunny weather,
Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the world over.
List poem
Read Para. 3 and Poem B carefully and fill in the blank.
Topic:
Characteristics:
a ________ line length and _______ phrases which give both a pattern and a
to the poem.
flexible
repeated
rhythm
Love for
mother
Type of poem: _________
D
Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine
the cinquain
Read Para. 4 and Poem D carefully and fill in the blank.
Type of poem: _________
Structure:
_____ lines
a (the topic)
two (describe the topic)
three (describe actions)
words (something related)
word (conclusion)
Five
brother
a (the topic)
one
four
V-ing
adjectives
noun
Topic:
Love for
E
A fallen blossom
is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!
haiku
______ syllables
______ syllables
______ syllables
Structure:
seven
five
five
________lines
three
Love for
nature
Read Para. 5 and Poem E carefully and fill in the blank.
Type of poem: _______
Topic:
Tips
F （中文版）
望夫石
唐·王建

望夫处，江悠悠。
化为石，不回头。

山头日日风复雨。
行人归来石应语。
Part 1
Part 2
repeated words
F (English version)
Where she awaits her husband
On and on the river flows.
Never looking back,
Transformed into stone.
Day by day upon the mountain top,
wind and rain revolve.
Should the traveller return,
this stone would utter speech.
Wang Jian
Structure:
Chinese version: __ parts. Part1 consists of words per line, Part2 consists of words per line.
English version:
two
repeated words
Love for ___ __
husband
to stress the struggling feeling of waiting for the beloved one
seven
six
Read Poem F carefully and fill in the blank.
Topic:
Life
Life can be good,
Life can be bad,
Life is mostly cheerful,
But sometimes sad,
Life can be dreams,
Life can be great thoughts,
Life can mean a person,
Sitting in court.
Read the poem together.
Post reading
Life has many aspects, which can be good
and can also be bad sometimes,
but love is always the force that supports life.
Let’s enjoy life by the love from
the poems!
1. to the point but has a _________
2. ________, have a strong _________ and often repeat _____________
3. easy to ______________
Nursery rhymes
List poems
Cinquain
Haiku
Tang poetry
1.contain____________
2. a ________ line length
3. ________________ which give a pattern and rhythm
1. made up of________
2. convey __________ in just a few words
1. _________syllables
2. Three lines containing _______syllables respectively
1. structured
learn and recite
storyline
rhyme
rhythm
the same words
a list of things
flexible
repeated phrases
5 lines
a strong picture
17
5, 7, 5
Summary
Try to write a cinquain.
How to write a Cinquain
Line 1: a noun that names the subject of the poem
Line 2: two adjectives that describe the subject
Line 3: three verbs ending with –ing that describe the subject’s actions
Line 4: four words that give the writer’s opinions or feelings about the subject
Line 5: a word that gives another name for the subject
five lines
Exercise list
Translation
Activity 5:Please translate the poem into English, and then make a presentation to explain the beauty of the poem to Patrick.
Thoughts on a Tranquil Night
Li Bai
Before my bed a pool of light
O can it be frost on the ground
Looking up, I find the moon bright,
Bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned.
Show time
Summary
If we can translate the beauty of one country into the beauty of the whole world, isn’t it the height of kindness and enjoyment
--Xu Yuanchong
Homework
1. Choose your favourite Chinese poem and translate it into English. Thenshare it with friends.(Compulsory)
2. Appreciate the poem The Road not Taken in your textbook with your friends.(optional)
Thank You

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