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Sd:4. At first, he didn't like poetry. Then an e-pal of his gave him some suggestions about poems. Now he likes long poems very much. Se:5. When he has had a bad day at school, he reads Keats' poems. Sf:6. I agree with the author and I have the same feeling as he does, but I like short poems most. T: Very good. Now can you answer my question Why do you like poems? Sg: Yes. Because poems can make people happy and forget all the unhappy things. T: Do you think that poems and songs have anything in common? Sh: Yes. I think so. They have the same good points. T: (Show the screen.) Now look at the screen. There are some useful words and expressions on it. Please read them and learn them by heart. Useful words and expressions: 1. change… to: He changed the date to Sep. 11. 2. get through: I got through the book in one evening . He got through the final exams. 3. extraordinary: I had an extraordinary dream last night. 4. avoid: The man tried to avoid answering him. 5. fall into: They have fallen into poverty. 6. stupidity: I'm ashamed of my stupidity. 7. by the light of: Sometimes we go on working after dark by the light of our tractors. Step III Listening and Reading Aloud (Teacher plays the tape for the students to listen to. Then students read the pas sage loud. ) Step IV Exercise T: Please turn to Page 31. Here is a poem by Robert Frost. Listen to the tape and read it aloud. Find the words that rhyme and then discuss with your classmates what it means. (Teacher plays the tape and then goes into the students and helps them to correct the mistakes in pronunciation and intonation, and then joins in their discussion.) T: Have you finished it? Please tell us the words that rhyme. S1: I'll try. “crow” rhymes with“snow”and“heart”rhymes with“part”. T: Are there any? S2: Yes. “me” and“ tree” rhymes “mood”and “rued” rhyme. T: Are they right? Ss: Yes, they are right. T: Who will tell us its meaning? S3: I think the whole poem is a sentence. It is like this: The way a crow shook the dust of snow from a hemlock tree down on me has given my heart a change of mood and saved some part of a day I had rued. Am I right? T：Yes, you are right. S4: It means that a crow in a hemlock tree shook down some snow on me and this gave me a release from my unhappy mood. T: Quite right. (责任编辑：admin) |