1. Unit 2 Poems

2. Fast-reading What does the passage mainly talk about? It’s about ____.
A. the development of English poems
B. the future of English poems
C. all kinds of English poems
D. some kinds of English poems

3. five kinds 童谣 清单诗 俳句诗 五行诗 唐诗
2.How many kinds of poems did the text mention? What are they?
five
kinds
Nursery
rhymes
List
poems
Haiku
Cinquain
Tang
童谣 清单诗 俳句诗 五行诗 唐诗

4. Q2: pair work Just read the 8 poems & finish the chart with your partner by ticking the correct box(es) on P. 9
Pay attention: there may not be one answer to some questions

5. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Which poem A B C D E F G H
describes a person?
tells a story?
describes an aspect of a season?
is about a sport?
is about things that don’t make sense?
is recited to a baby?
describes a river scene?
has rhyming words…?
repeats words or phrases √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √

6. Read Para 2 and find out the characteristics of nursery rhymes.
the language is concrete but imaginative
strong rhythm
a lot of repetition
Listen to it and try to clap the beat.
Underline the pair of rhyming words.

7. 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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8. List poems
Read Para 3 and answer the following question.
What are list poems like?
have a flexible line length
repeat phrases
Some have rhyme while others do not.
Listen and underline the pair of rhyming words in Poem B.

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. Answer the following questions
What sports do you think the speaker is writing about?
Did his or her 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 or her own excuse? How do you know?
Football No
Nine
No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win

12. Cinquain poems
Read Para 4 and answer the following question.
How many lines is the cinquain made up of?
five lines
Listen and observe Poem D and E carefully. Try to find out the topics of the two poems.

13. Five lines D Cinquain (五行诗) (poem D and E) Brother Beautiful ,athletic
Teasing, shouting ,laughing
Friend and enemy too
mine
---one word (topic)
　　　 兄弟
　 爱美，又爱运动
爱闹，爱叫，又爱笑
　　是我的朋友
　 也是我的敌人
---two adjs
---three verbs with –ing
---four words
---one word

14. E
Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out
Endless
　　夏日
　困乏，流汗
干涸，枯萎，恐怖
　周而复始
　永无止境
Does the speaker like the topic?
E: No. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey this feeling.

15. Haiku poems
Read Para 5 carefully and find out the similarity and difference between Cinquain and Haiku .
Similarity:
easy to write
a clear picture
convey a special feeling
Difference:
5 lines
17 syllables
Enjoy two poems

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

17. Poem H: Tang Poem
Read this poem and answer the following questions.
What is the story that the poem tell? Tell the story in your own words.

18. H 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) H

19. ? 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

20. why Do you know what other reasons why people may write poems ?
tell a story
express feelings
why
show opinion
describe sb/ sth …
for fun
encourage people

21. Let's appreciate more & practice
Enjoy a poem regarded as the shortest poem in the history of English literature.
Ode to a Goldfish
O Wet Pet!

22. Eat .
Eat ..
Eat …
Fat ….
Fat …..
Fat……

24. rest test A Student's Prayer Now I lie down to_____
I pray I pass tomorrow's______
rest
test

25. remember:
Good, better,______!
Never have it rest!
Till good is_______,
And better,_______!
best
better
best