1. Rest your mind in poems…
Vicky from WZMS

2. Different Kinds of Poems we learnt:
nursery rhymes
list Poems
cinquain
Haiku
Tang Poems

3. Appreciate it:
I’ve Saved The Summer

4. Feel it : What do you think of the poem? warm and soft moving
gentle but full of passion …

5. Follow the tape and find:
Read it :
Follow the tape and find:
Does it have rhyming words ? If yes, circle them.
Does it have rhythmic pattern ? If yes, tap your desk to the strong beats.

6. rhyming words I have saved the summer And I give it all to you
To hold on winter mornings
When the snow is new

7. rhythmic pattern Tap your desk if you hear any strong beat.
I have saved the summer
And I give it all to you
To hold on winter mornings
When the snow is new
saved
sum
give
you
hold
morn
When
new

8. Understand it: 1. Whom I ‘ve saved the summer for ?
2. What else have I saved?
3. What have I kept for myself?
For you.
Some sunlight.
Your smile

9. Read between the lines (1)
Who is more likely to be the speaker in the poem, a lover or a parent? Give your reasons.
I ‘ve saved the summer
I’ve saved some sunlight
Till you’re older you’ll not know
Till you’ve found your own
older and more experienced

10. Read between the lines(2)
But if you’ve a need for love
I’ll give you all I own
It might help you down the road
Till you’ve found your own.
What does ”your own” refer to?

11. To my mother:
If it _______________(not bring) me up, I would have ________.
If you _____________(not teach) me everything, I would have ________.
had not brought
had not taught
Subjunctive Mood

12. Teasing, shouting, laughing
Choose either of the following forms and write a poem to someone you love.
Our first football match
We would have won….
If Jack had scored that goal,
If we’d had just a few more minutes,
If we had trained harder,
It Ben had passed the ball to Joe,
If we’d thousands of fans screaming,
If I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball, …
Brother
Beautiful , athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine