1. Unit2 Poems If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
Shelley--- Ode to the west wind
(西风颂)

3. Can you find something like a poem?
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Rhyme like a poem!

4. Can you find the similar things in these two videos?
easy to read
easy to remember
have a kind of rhythm/ tone
have a kind of rhyme ……

5. Twinkle twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
强 弱 强 弱　强 弱 强
Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry.
Without rhythm, there wouldn’t be poems.

6. A Few Simple Forms of English Poems
Reading
A Few Simple Forms of English Poems

7. Fast reading A B&C D&E F&G H 1. Why do people write poetry?
2. How many kinds of poems does the text mention? What are they? A
B&C
D&E
F&G H

8. A Nursery rhyme(童谣) Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,
Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird won’t sing,
Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns to brass,
Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass.
If that looking-glass gets broke,
Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat.
If that billy-goat runs away,
Papa is going to buy you another today.
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[ei]

9. B List poem (清单诗) I saw a fish-pond all on fire,
I saw a house bow to a squire,
I saw a person twelve-feet high,
I saw a cottage in the sky,
I saw a balloon made of lead,
I saw a coffin drop down dead,
I saw two sparrows run a race,
I saw two horses making lace,
I saw a girl just like a cat,
I saw a kitten wear a hat,
I saw a man who saw these too,
And said though strange they all were true. B
List poem
(清单诗)

10. C Our first football match We would have won…
if Jack had just scored that goal,
if we’d had just a few more minutes,
if we had trained harder,
if Ben had passed the ball to Joe,
if we’d had thousands of fans screaming,
if I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball,
if we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before,
if we hadn’t taken it easy,
if we hadn’t run out of energy,
if we’ve been better! C

11. POEM C : and answer the following questions
1. What sports do you think the speaker is writing about?
2. Did his team win the game?
3. How many excuses did they make to explain why they didn’t win?
4. Does the speaker really believe his own excuse?
Football No
Nine No
If no, what is the reason for their failure?
The reason why they are fail is that they are not good enough.

12. Five lines Cinquain (五行诗) (poem D and E) Brother Beautiful ,athletic
Teasing, shouting ,laughing
Friend and enemy too
mine
---one word (topic)
---two adjs
---three verbs with –ing
---four words
---one word

13. E
Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out
Endless
Does the speaker like the topic?
E: No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey(传达) this feeling.

14. F G 17 syllables A fallen blossom 雪儿融化了, Snow having melted, 作者Issa
Haiku (俳句诗 ) F
A fallen blossom
is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!
(by Moritake) 17
syllables
落下的花朵
回到了树枝上。
瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！
　　　作者Moritake G
雪儿融化了,
整个村庄充满着
欢乐的儿童。
　　作者Issa
Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
of happy children
(by Issa)

15. A.蝶恋花 B.竹枝词 C.望夫石 D.一剪梅 Where she awaits her husband,
　　望夫石
　　　　王健
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。
1. What’s the title ?
A.蝶恋花
B.竹枝词
C.望夫石
D.一剪梅
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 journeyer return,
this stone would utter speech.
(by Wang Jian)

16. ? Which of the following words can convey the woman’s feelings
loneliness B. joy C. love
D. trust E. anger F. hate
G. sorrow ?
A. loneliness
C. love
D. trust
G. sorrow

17. Translation: 举杯邀明月，对影成三人。
Till, raising my cup, I asked the bright moon, To bring me my shadow and make us three.
举杯邀明月，对影成三人。

18. When all at once I turn my head, find her there lantern(灯笼) light is dimly(朦胧地) shed.
蓦然回首，那人却在灯火阑珊处

19. Wildfire never quite consumes them -- They are tall once more in the spring wind.
野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。

20. Characteristics Form Nursery Rhymes Haiku List Poems Cinquain
They have strong rhyme and a lot of repetition.
Nursery Rhymes
They are made up of 17 syllables, and give a picture and a special feeling.
Haiku
They repeated phrases and some rhyme, and easy to write.
List Poems
They are made up of 5 lines, and convey a strong picture, and easy to write.
Cinquain
Their translations have a free form.
Tang Poems

21. Answer questions

22. All the following make small children like
nursery rhymes EXCEPT:
A. strong rhyme
B. strong rhythm
C. much meaning
D. a lot of repetition
2. What kinds of poems can be written by the students themselves easily?
A. List poems and cinquain.
B. Tang poetry and cinquain.
C. Haiku and nursery rhymes.
D. Cinquain and nursery rhymes.

23. 3. Children who learn and recite nursery rhymes can easily ____
A. form the ability of writing poems
B. learn about their language
C. make progress in studies
D. produce love to their parents
4. Which of the following are English speakers interested in copying?
A. Chinese and Japanese poems
B. Chinese and French poems
C. Japanese and American poems
D. Japanese and Russian poems

24. Enjoy more poems

25. Warming, welcoming, calming
Cinquain (五行诗)
Players, Proud and joyful Take a well deserved rest. Dedication and sacrifice Paid off.
Sunshine
Lovely, cheerful
Warming, welcoming, calming
I sing with you
Brightness

26. What is Love List poem (列举诗) Love is giving , Love is living ,
Love is taking someone’s load(负担) ,
Love helps them along the road.
Love is caring,
Love is sharing,
Love will seek the best for others,
Love treats everyone as brothers.
List poem (列举诗)

27. Our art teacher, Mr Shaw,
Really knows how to draw.
But his awful paintings,
Have caused many faintings.
Clerihews （打油诗）

28. Tang Poems: ON THE MOUNTAIN HOLIDAY All alone in a foreign land,
I’m twice as homesick on this day, when brothers carry dogwood up the mountain,
each of them a branch– and my branch missing.
九月九日忆山东兄弟 王维
独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。
遥知兄弟登高处，遍插茱萸少一人。

29. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives
As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?

30. I scream, You scream, We all scream, For ICE CREAM!

31. A Red, Red Rose
                                     　　　　　　　　　By Robert Burns
                   1
O, my Luve’s like a red, red rose,  哦我的爱人像朵红红的玫 瑰花
That’s newly sprung in June.　　在六月里迎风初开
O, my Luve’s like the melodie,哦，我的爱人像支甜甜的曲子
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.　　奏得和谐又合拍
                   2
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,可爱的姑娘，多美丽的人儿
So deep in luve am I,　　　　　我是如此深爱着你
And I will luve thee still, my dear,我将永远爱你，我亲爱的
Till a’the seas gang dry.　　　　直到大海干涸水流尽
                  

32. While the sands o’life shall run. 只要我一息尚存3
Till a’the seas gang dry, my dear,　直到大海干涸水流尽，And the rocks melt wi’the sun,　　岩石被太阳晒作灰尘
O, I will luve thee still, my dear,哦,我将永远爱你，我亲爱的
While the sands o’life shall run.　只要我一息尚存 4
And fare thee weel, my only luve,　再见了，我唯一的爱
And fare thee weel a while!　　　让我们暂时的别离
And I will come again, my luve,　但我定将回来，我的爱人
Tho’it were ten thousand mile!　　哪怕远隔千里万里

33. Learn to write a cinquain
------a noun
bother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting , laughing
Friend and enemy too
mine
adjectives
verbs
words
------a word

34. Can you write a simple poem?
Choose one of these forms, and try to write a poem in groups, and tell why you write the poem.
Nursery rhyme
List poem
Cinquain
Haiku
Tang poem