4.　　　 Decide a subject by each group. Then make a pattern according to the subject. Then finish the poem as the models in the text.

3.　　　 After finishing the poems, read it to the class. All the groups have different poems. Do they sound funny?

2.　　　 Finish the three poems in the text. Use the sentence: I need a ______. Let the others give the answers, one student write the words down.

1.　　　 Divide the class into groups to finish the task.

2.　　　 What’s a syllable?

Step5: Come to “PROJECT”.

1.　　　 Do Haikus tell a story?

2. Know some styles of poems: Haiku, Nature Poem and Limerick.

Teaching Difficult Points:

The old form of Japanese poetry: Haiku.

Teaching Preparation: pictures

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures

Type of lesson: new lesson

Teaching Procedure: Step1: Show pictures of Japanese poets and poems. Then introduce Haiku to the students. The teacher can find some music to match the poem.

Step2: Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.

Usually Haikus are about _______.

Haiku always has ______ lines.

The first line of a Haiku has _______ syllables.

Check the answers in class in oral.

Step3: Read the text and guess the meanings of the new words.

Sometimes some new words are too hard to understand, so the teacher can find some related pictures to help them.

If the students bring some pictures about nature to the class, let them show them in front of the class.

Step4: Read the text and find the answers to the questions:

1. Learn about an old style of Japanese poem: Haiku.

3.　　　 Compare the differences between the Chinese and Japanese poems.

Teaching Important Points:

2.　　　 Know more about the foreign culture.