Unit 2 Poems

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Unit 2 Poems
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Those sweet memories
Try to think back and remember some poems from
your early childhood.
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Quiz in Chinese traditional poems
Can you recite the Chinese traditional poems
according to their English translation.
Lets have competition.
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If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased,
Just see the over-brimming
river flowing east!
Translated by Xu Yuanchong
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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
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I look for her in vain. When all at once I turn
my head, I find her there where lantern light is
dimly shed.
Translated by Xu Yuanchong
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Brain Storming
Why do people write poems?
In small group make a list of these reasons.
to tell a story to express feelings
to make others laugh to tell the
life or friendship to delight the kids
to tell stories to describe the
seasons or scenes for entertainment
as the lyrics (???)of a song
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A Few Simple Forms of English Poems
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Go through the passage quickly and answer the
following questions.
What is the main topic of the reading passage?
Some simple forms of English poems.
What five kinds of poems does the reading passage
talk about?
nursery rhymes, list poems, the cinquain, haiku
and Tang poems
Topic sentence
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Simple forms of poems
Para 1Brief introduction
Para 2Nursery rhymes
Para 3 List poems
Para 4 Cinquain poems
Para 5 Haiku poems
Para 6 Tang poems
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Nursery rhymes
Read Para 2 and find out the characteristics of
nursery rhymes.
strong rhythm strong rhyme
a lot of repetition
Watch the flash and try to clap the beat.
Circle the pair of rhyming words.
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List poems
Read Para 3 and answer the following question.
What are list poems like?
repeat phrases Some have rhyme while others do
not.
Listen and circle the pair of rhyming words in
Poem B.
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Cinquain poems
Read Para 4 and answer the following question.
How many lines is the cinquain made up of?
five lines
Listen and observe Poem D and E carefully. Try to
find out the characteristics of the two poems.
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Haiku poems
Read Para 5 carefully and find out the similarity
and difference between Cinquain and Haiku .
Similarity
easy to write
a clear picture
convey a special feeling
Difference
5 lines
17 syllables
Enjoy two poems
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Poem H Tang Poem
Read this poem and answer the following questions.

• What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the
  story in your own words.
• Circle one or more of the feelings below that you
  think the woman has. Give reasons for your
  answers.
• loneliness joy love trust anger hate sorrow

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Chinese Version of Poem H
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1. Tell the story in your own words.

A womans 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.
2. Her feelings
loneliness, love, trust, sorrow
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Whatve learned today?
Forms of Poems Characteristics
Nursery Rhymes
List Poems
Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition,
easy to learn and to recite
Repeated phrases and some rhyme
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Whatve learned today?
Forms of Poems Characteristics
Cinquain
Haiku
Made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in
just a few words.
Made up of 17 syllables Give a clear picture and
create a special feeling in just a few words.
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Whatve learned today?
Forms of Poems Characteristics
Tang Poems
The translations have a free form.
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Discussion which poem do you like best? Give
reasons.
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Assignment
Practice reading aloud the poems in the passage
Choose your favorite form of poems and write one
on your own. Tomorrow lets share your works.
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Joy and Sharing
More about poems
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Share your own poems in groups and tell the
feelings you want to express.
Please read aloud your poems in front of the
class.
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Listening task
Ben, Sam, Sally
Listen for the first time and finish Ex 1 on P53.
Listen for the second time and finish Ex 2.
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Sam Ben Sally
What kind of poem is the student going to write
list poem
cinquain
haiku
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Sam Ben Sally
What topic is the student going to write about?
the students in her class
nature
Ben
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Listening text
Three students, Ben, Sam and Sally, are talking
about their poetry homework. Listen to their
conversation.
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BEN When are you going to do your poetry
homework, Sam? SAM I dont know, how long have
we got? SAM Oh no I suppose Ill have a go at
it this weekend. What kind of poem are you
planning to write? BEN Well, I think Ill have
try writing some haiku poems.
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SAM What are those? BEN Sam, dont you remember
we learnt about them in class. Theyre those
Japanese poems made up of 17 syllables. SAM Oh
yeah. Sounds a bit difficult to me. What are you
going to write about?
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BEN Well, usually haiku are about nature so Im
going to go and sit in the park tomorrow and just
observe life. Ill just see what images come into
my mind. SALLY Hi, Sam, hi Ben. What are you
talking about?
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SAM That horrible poetry homework we have to do
. SALLY Actually, Im looking forward to doing
it. SAM Well, I always knew you were crazy! BEN
What are you going to do yours on, Sally?
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SALLY Im going to try one of those list poems
and write a line about each person in the
class. SAM You can leave me out of it! SALLY Oh
Sam, its going to be funny. Im going to see if
I can make the lines rhyme. Itll be fun.
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BEN So Sam, are you feeling inspired now. Look,
there are lots of different kinds of poems you
could try a haiku, a list poem hey, what
about a cinquain you know those five line poems.
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SAM Oh yeah, Id forgotten about those. Yeah ,
thats what Ill do and guess what Im going to
do it on? BEN What? SAM You ! BEN (laugh) Oh
no !
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A Christmas Tree
Star If you are A love compassionate, You will
walk with us this year. We face a glacial
distance, who are here Huddld At your feet.

William Shelly Burford
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A Grain of Sand
To see a world in a grain of sand,        
And a heaven in a wild
flower,             Hold infinity in the
palm of your hand,     And eternity in an hour
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William Blake
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Pie Problem
If I eat one more piece of pie, Ill die! If I
cant have one more piece of pie, Ill die! So
since its all decided I must die, I might as
well have one more piece of pie. MMM-OOOH-MY! Chom
p-Gulp-Bye.
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Assignment
Read the passage A Few Simple Forms of English
Poems at least three times and mark out the
points you think difficult to understand.
Preview Reading 2 Ive Saved the Summer on P14.