2.　　　 Know how to write an English poem.

Teaching Difficult Points:

Use what we learn to write an English poem.

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.　　　 Learn the English poetry about nature by hearty.

3.　　　 Compare the differences between the English and Chinese poetry.

Teaching Important Points:

2.　　　 Enjoy the charming of the English poetry.

1.　　　 Cultivate the students’ guessing ability of the whole text.

2.　　　 Get more information about the English poetry after class.

Summary:

The students more little of the English, so that the teacher provides them more information about the English poetry is very necessary. We can use the Internet to help us. The teacher should stimulate the students’ interests about the English poetry. The students can have more time to search more information on the Internet after class.

Lesson 2: 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.　　　 Finish off the activity book.

2. Each group writes an English poem about the familiar things around us. Then let them change the poems in groups. They may give their own advice to the poems written by others.

Step6: Describe the picture in English.

Ask the students work in their formal groups. Then let them read their poems in class loudly.

Step7: Come to “LET’S DO IT”.

Work with a partner. Let the students talk about the question: which do you think is more difficult to understand, English poetry or Chinese poetry?

All of the students have seen much Chinese poetry, but few of them have seen English poetry. So present the students several English poems. Let them discuss the mean ideas of the poems. Then let them finish the task.

Step8: Homework

1. Divide the class into several groups. Then let them translate a Chinese poem written by Li Bai or other famous poets. Then compare the translations of the groups. Let’s see which is the best.

3.　　　 Danny learned his poem by heart.

Step5: Deal with the language points.

How to make a suggestion:

Maybe you could write a description of your favourite place.

The infinitives:

I haven’t decided what to write about.

Would you like to hear my poem?

Do you really want to hear?

I don’t need to read it.

Let the students sum the use of infinitives of this lesson. Then encourage them to make more sentences with the grammar.

Step5: Activities