1. Unit 2 Poems

2. Look at these pictures, can you tell the names of these famous poets
Look at these pictures, can you tell the names of these famous poets? Who do you like best? Why?
孟浩然 王维
Shelley

3. 李白 杜甫
莎士比亚 艾青
白居易
李清照
毛泽东

4. Can you remember any
poems you have read in
high school, either in
Chinese or in English?
Can you recite any?

5. 明月几时有? 把酒问青天。 不知天上宫阙, 今夕是何年?
How long will the bright moon appear? Wine-cup in hand, I ask the sky.
I do not know what time of year,
It would be tonight in the palace on high.
Translated by Xu Yuanchong
水调歌头
明月几时有? 把酒问青天。 不知天上宫阙, 今夕是何年?
——苏轼

6. Coming Home (a Tang poem)
I left home young. I return old.
Speaking as then, but with hair grow thin;
And my children, meeting me, do not know me.
They smile and say: Stranger, where do you
come from?

7. 回乡偶书 唐-贺知章
少小离家老大回，
乡音无改鬓毛衰。
儿童相见不相识，
笑问客从何处来。

9. Find out something special
at the end of the lines
rhyme (押韵)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
How I wonder what you are!
Rhyme like a poem!

10. Brainstorming Why? Why do people write poems? to encourage people
to create a mood
to tell a story
to make others laugh
Why?
to express feelings
to express a point of view
to describe something
to create images
in the readers
to play with words …

11. Fast reading: five kinds 童谣 清单诗 俳句诗 五行诗 唐诗 Nursery rhymes List poems
Haiku
Cinquain
Tang
Fast reading:
1. How many forms of
poems are mentioned
in the passage?
童谣 清单诗 俳句诗 五行诗 唐诗

12. Fast reading :
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

13. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 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 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √

14. Poem A: a nursery rhyme that illustrates a father’s love for his baby
Careful reading:
Poem A
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’s going to buy you another today.
Poem A: a nursery rhyme that illustrates a
father’s love for his baby

15. B I saw a fish-pond all on fire Poem B: an amusing nonsense poem which
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 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.
Poem B: an amusing nonsense poem which
describes images of some ridiculous
things B
List poem
(清单诗)

16. Poem C 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,
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 take it easy,
If we hadn’t run out of energy.
If we’d been better!
Our first football match
Poem C: About losing a football match and the
writer lists a lot of excuses for their
failure
Poem C

17. Why didn’t the players win
Why didn’t the players win? Write down three excuses that the speaker gives.
Didn’t have enough time; didn’t have thousands of fans screaming; stayed up too late, and ran out of energy.
Does the speaker really believe his or her own excuse? How do you know?
No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough
to win.

18. 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)
---two adjs
---three verbs with –ing
---four words
---one word

19. Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine
Poem D
Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine 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
Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out.
Endless
Poem E
　　夏日
困乏, 咸涩
干涸, 枯萎, 恐怖
周而复始
永无止境

20. Poem D
Q: What’s Poem D about?
Poem D: a description of a lovely brother

21. Poem E
Q: What’s Poem E about?
Poem E: a description of hot and boring
summer

22. F G 17 syllables A fallen blossom Snow having melted, 雪儿融化了,
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！　 G
Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
of happy children
(by Issa)
雪儿融化了,
整个村庄充满着
欢乐的儿童。

23. Poem F: describes how a
butterfly rests on a
tree
Poem G: describes that the
weather is warmer
and the village is
full of happy
children

24. Poem H: Tang poem 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。　　　　　　
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 journey return,
this stone would utter speech.
(by Wang Jian)
Poem H: Tang poem

25. Poem H: Could you tell us the woman’s story in your own words?
A woman’s husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. She waits and waits never moving from that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go.
Q: Choose the words to show the woman’s feelings.
loneliness joy love anger hate sorrow

26. The reason why the woman have the feelings:
She was alone watching her husband on the mountain top.
loneliness:
love:
She waited year after year despite wind and rain.
sorrow:
Year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husband’s coming back, she was very sad.

27. Read again and answer the questions.
1. What is the main topic of the reading passage?
Some simple forms of English poems.
2. Which two poems have rhyming lines?
Circle the pairs of rhyming words.
Poem A and B. Each poem has four
beats a line.

28. Choose the best answers.
What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mockingbird won’t sing
in Poem A?
A. A billy-goat.
B. A diamond ring.
C. A looking-glass.
D. A computer. B

29. 2. Which of the following is NOT
mentioned in Poem B?
A. A fish-pond on fire.
B. A cottage in the sky.
C. A girl like a cat.
D. A person ten-feet high. D

30. A 3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F? A. Child.
B. A branch.
C. A butterfly.
D. A blossom. A

31. C 4. What kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G? Sorrow. Love.
C. Happiness.
D. Loneliness. C

32. 5. All the following make small children like nursery rhymes EXCEPT ___.
A. strong rhyme
B. strong rhythm
C. much meaning
D. a lot of repetition C

33. A 6. How many syllables are there in a Haiku poem? A. 17 B. 7 C. 5
D. 70 A

34. Learn to write a poem Brother Beautiful, athletic
a name (subject of the poem)
Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine
two adjs ( describe the subject)
three verbs ending with –ing (describe actions)
four words (opinions or feelings)
restates the subject in another single word

35. Samples
Players, Proud and joyful Take a well deserved rest. Dedication and sacrifice Paid off.
Don't lie I look through you To the depths of your soul I can see your innermost thought I know

36. Eat .
Eat ..
Eat …
Fat …
Fat…

37. Warming, welcoming, calming
Cinquain (五行诗)
Sunshine
Lovely, cheerful
Warming, welcoming, calming
I sing with you
Brightness

38. Homework Review the text carefully and retell it.
2. Finish exercises 3, 5 and 6 on
page of the workbook