2. Unit 4 Integrating skills
songs and poems

3. 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

4. Unit 4 Integrating skills
Let's
read
and
write
Unit 4 Integrating skills

5. 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.

6. 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

7. Careful reading

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.

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

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

13. 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

14. 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!

15. 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

16. 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

17. Homework:
Find an English poem and write a review.

18. 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.
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