Unit 4 Integrating skills songs and poems

1. Do you like singing songs or reading poems? Which do you like better? Why? 2. When do you sing songs or read poems? feel good/ happy sad angry tired

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Fast reading 1. What’s the main idea of the text? A. We should read poems with doors closed. B. We should first sing songs then read poems. C. Reading poems can bring people pleasure just like singing a song. D. We should first read short poems then long ones.

2. From the text, we can learn that _____. A. the writer used to like poetry very much B. songs and poems are the same C. the writer fell in love with poems as soon as his e-pal told him something D. now reading poems is part of the writer’s life

Careful reading

1.Why does the writer like singing? Make him feel good /even better Make him feel something Help him get through the day 2.why does the writer like reading poems? Give him a strange feeling A special experience Has different feelings with different poems

Don’t look up the meaning of the words Read alone and aloud 3.What techniques of reading poetry are mentioned in the passage? Recite them Don’t look up the meaning of the words Read alone and aloud Practise more Read different poems when having different feelings

Dust of snow（雪尘） Listen to the tape and try to understand the poem. By Robert Frost（罗伯特.弗洛斯特） 铁杉树上，一只乌鸦，抖落雪尘，撒我一身；我的心情，因此变化，一天的沮丧已不再留下。 The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.

Try to find the words that rhyme: crow me heart mood snow tree part rued

A change of mood to what mood? from what mood? bored, sad light-hearted, happy, enjoy the day’s beauty

RIGHT HERE WAITING I hear the laughter, I taste the tears - by Richard Marx Oceans apart, day after day, And I slowly go insane. I hear your voice on the line, But it doesn't stop the pain. If I see you next to never, How can I say forever? Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you; whatever it takes, or how my heart breaks, I will be right here waiting for you. I took for granted all the times That I thought would last somehow I hear the laughter, I taste the tears But I can’t get near you now Oh, can’t you see it baby You’ve got me crazy Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you; whatever it takes, or how my heart breaks, I will be right here waiting for you. I wonder how we can survive this romance But in the end if I’m with you I’ll take the chance

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Then the traveler in the dark Thanks you for your tiny spark; He could not see which way to go, If you did not twinkle so. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are!

What is the poem about? This poem is about the stars in the sky. When I read the poem, it seems that a clear picture is shown before me. In the dark sky of night, there are thousands of little stars that twinkle in the sky. They are far away from me, perhaps thousands of millions of miles away. Examples

Examples What feelings do you have when you read it? I want very much to go further and see clearly what they are like. But I can’t. I can only see them like diamonds in my story books. When I read the poem, I feel very happy and comfortable. Nature is beautiful and mysterious whether in the day or at night. There are many, many things like stars in the sky waiting for us to discover. Examples

Homework: Find an English poem and write a review.

Title: Name of the poet: ________ Describe what the poem is about. Describe what images you see in your mind and what feelings the poem gives you Describe what you think the poem is about when you think about it more deeply. Also, give your opinions about the poem. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3