Lesson2: Poems About Nature
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: hill, clear, brave, pale, golden, softly, kiss, noisy
Oral words and expressions: swiftly, tiny, warmth, scene, related, topic
Teaching Aims:
1.Cultivate the students’ guessing ability of the whole text.
2.Enjoy the charming of the English poetry.
3.Compare the differences between the English and Chinese poetry.
Teaching Important Points:
Learn the English poetry about nature by hearty. Know how to write an English poem.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Use what we learn to write an English poem.
What should you do first if you want to write a poem about winter?
First try to answer the question in groups. Then ask some students to answer in front of the class.
1.When you read this poem, do you see a picture in your mind?
in your mind在你的头脑里mind是名词,还可以构成词组make up one’s mind(下决心),还可以做动词“介意”。Never mind. 不介意。mind doing介意做某事……mind one’s doing
2. You can express yourself by telling how something looks...你可以通过描述事物的形状……来表达你自己。
介词“by”“以……方式”后面常加动词的ing形式,例:She is making a living by writing.
3. Name things about winter that you can say in English.列举你能用英语说出来的有关冬天的事物。
name sb. / sth.+名词,命名某人/某物……
that you can see in English是定语从句,限制修饰名词things。
4. Start each line in your poem with a word related to the scene, something you would see...
<1>related to... 和……相关的,形容词短语作后置定语,再如:There is a book related to music
<2>something作scene的同位语,一个名词或代词后常跟一个名词,对前者进行解释,这样的成分叫同位语,例:Mrs Green, a beautiful woman, is from England.格林夫人,一个漂亮的女人,来自英国。
Mr. Li, our English teacher, is very humorous.
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.
Divide the class into several groups. Talk about the next questions:
Have you read any poems in English? Which one do you like best? Why?
What should you do first if you want to write a poem about winter?
Choose several best poems and let the students read them in front of the class. Show some pictures of winter to the students. Help them to find more words to describe winter.
Step2. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.
1. Does the poem make you think of _______?
2.You can write a poem about _______, too.
3.Before you start writing your poetry, think about your _______.
Step3. Read the text and find the new words.
1.Let the students guess the meanings of the new words.
Most of the new words are related nature. So present some pictures to the students to help them understand the new words.
2.Ask some students to tell the main idea of this text.
Step4. Do with the language points.
Make sentences with the new words we learn in this text.
Ask if someone can tell a story with the words we learn today. Encourage them to stand in front of the class and tell his story to us.
Step5. Reading task
Encourage the students to ask questions about this text.
Finish the task in groups. Let the students design questions and exchange them in groups. They can ask questions like this:
1.What are your ideas for a nature poem?
2.What can you do to describe about something?
Step6. Activities.
Work in groups.
Write a poem about the two pictures. Finish a poem. Then each student in the group correct it before reading it to the class.
Step7. Come to “LET’S DO IT!”
The task is similar to the step6. Finish it in class. Try to write a poem about one of the seasons. The teacher shows some pictures about the seasons to the students.
Step8. Homework
1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.
2.Go on the next reading in the student book.
Summary:
It is fun and interesting to write a poem in English. The teacher tries to write a poem and presents it to the class. Let the students correct it if they have any good ideas. Some students are interested in English, and they are also interested in poems. So give them more chances to create their minds.
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