British Poetry
Teaching goals
1 Target language
a 重点词汇和短语
glory, sonnet, absence, translate, translation, scan, curious, active, feature, despite, despite, besides, spirit, literature, embrace, atmosphere, style, image, remind sb of sth, a magical world, call up, stand out, be famous for, lead to, translate…into…, come into being, refer to, in one’s own words
b 重点句子
Some English poetry reminds readers of Chinese poetry. P 27
Reading poetry brings people from different places and different times together. P27
Poetry also calls up all the colours, feelings, experiences and curious images of a dream world. P27
The earliest poem was written in a kind of English that is now difficult to understand. P28
No matter how well translate, something of the spirit of the original work is lost .P28
Enable students to learn more about poems and poets and to tell each other about them using the target language.
3 Learning ability goals 学能目标
Cultivate students’ literature – awareness
Teaching important points 教学重点
(1) Explain the text using the questions in pre-reading as a foreshadow and questions in post-reading a guideline
(2) How to use an image in writing
Teaching difficult points 教学难点
How to explain an English poem.
Teaching methods 教学方式
Listening, skimming, group work
Teaching aids 教具准备
a recorder, a projector and some slides
Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式
Step 1 Revision
Check students’ homework and deal with any problem that students raise.
Step 2 Pre-reading
T: Now please look at the screen. And discuss these questions with your partners. Then I’ll ask some students to report you work.
Questions
1. Can you name some famous Chinese poets? Can you recite any of their poems?
2. What are their poems about? Try to explain one of them in English.
3. Poetry is a special way of using language. Explain some of the characteristics of poetry. Give an example for each characteristic.
4. Write down five key words that you would expect to find in a text about poetry.
5. Some English poetry reminds readers of Chinese poetry. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? Whose of Su Dongpo?
T: Another question for you: some English poetry reminds readers of Chinese poetry. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? Whose of Su Dongpo?
Step 3 while reading
Get the students to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately, and meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading.
T: ask Ss to explain the title “English Poetry”Then now please skim the passage fast to obtain a general understanding of the whole passage. While reading divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea of each part.
Main idea Writing techniques
1 General introduction to poetry (paragraph1) making comparison
using images
2 Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme (paragraph 2) giving examples explanation
3Introduction of the history of English poetry in chronological order (paragraph 3,4 and5) giving examples making comparison
4 Poems and literature can be bridges between the East and the West (paragraph 6 and 7) giving examples using images
T show some language points on the screen.
1. play with: The little boy is playing with his dolles. In the text “play with the sounds, words and grammar”means “to use sounds, words and grammar perfectly.”
2. call up: I called up my brother and told him the good news.
He was called up at the beginning of the war.
3. despite: He came to school despite (in spite of) his serious illness.
4. time: In his speech, he expressed the feelings of the time.
5. belong to: Taiwan belongs to China.
6. absence: Darkness is the absence of light.
7. remind…of…Remind me of the letter.
8. lead to: Differences of opinion led to fierce arguments.
9. come into being: When did the Great Wall come into being?
Step 4 Listening and Reading Aloud
T: Now let’s listen to the tape. When I play it for the first time, just listen. Then I’ll play it for the second time. This time, you can follow it in a low voice. Then read the text aloud, paying attention to your pronunciation and intonation. Do you understand? Ok. Let’s begin.
Step 5 Discussion
T : Now please turn to Page 29 , Post-reading 4、5 and 6 . Have a discussion about them. Later, I’ll ask some of you to give us the answers.
(After a while.)
Step 6 Summary and Homework
T: Today we’re learnt a text about poems and poets. Read the text after class and collect as much information about the things and persons mentioned in the text as possible. Then do Ex.3 on Page29. Besides, we’ve learnt some useful words and expressions. Please tell me what they are.
Ss: Play with, call up, despite, time, …
(Teacher writes them on the blackboard.)
T: Please remember the words and expressions and make sentences with them when you have time. That’s all for today. Class is over.