Understanding the Title Look at the picture What can you hear? Nothing – silent, serene (first character) What time is it? Night time (second character) What is the person doing in the picture? Thinking (third character) Poem

床 月 头 地 望 静夜思 李白 李白 ( ) 床前明 月光，明 月光 疑疑是地上霜。霜 举头举头望明月， 低头低头思故乡。故乡 Watch A Video!! Translation

Bright Back

月光 Back

疑 v. To suspect, to doubt Back

霜

举头 低头 Back

故乡 Back

李白 Li Bai ( ) A Chinese poet acclaimed from his own day to the present as a genius and romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. He and his friend Du Fu ( ) are the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry in the mid-Tang Dynasty that is often called the "Golden Age." Back