1 Are you familiar with the song 2

1. Are you familiar with the song? 2. What’s the Chinese name for the song? 一闪一闪小星星 3. Listen again & try to write down the English lines?

find out something special at the end of the lines ---Up above the world so high, --Like a diamond in the sky. -Twinkle, twinkle, little star, --- Twinkle, twinkle, little star, rhyme (押韵) How I wonder what you are!

Many poems can be sung, such as …

Welcome to the Garden of poems ! Unit 2 Poems

look & guess what poem it is or recite the poem

静夜思 床前明月光，疑是地上霜； 举头望明月，低头思故乡。 Looking up, I find the moon bright, Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned Who is the poet? Do you know what other famous poets at home & abroad?

Li. Qing zhao

English poets Shakespeare (1564— 1616) To be or not to be, that is a question. (生存还是毁灭那是个 值得思考的问题。)

English poets Do you know who wrote the famous sentence ? Ode (赞歌/颂） to the West Wind If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Shelley (1792— 1822)

Let’s learn A few simple forms of English poems

Fast reading : Q 1: How many forms of poems are mentioned in the passage? ----Nursery rhymes, list poems, the cinquain, haiku & Tang poems. Q 2: pair work-------Just read the 8 poems & finish the chart with your partner by ticking the correct box(es) on P. 9 Pay attention: there may not be one answer to some questions

Which poem describes a person? A B C D E F G H √ √ tells a story? describes an aspect of a season? is about a sport? is about things that don’t make sense? is recited to a baby? √ √ √√ √ describes a river scene? has rhyming words…? repeats words or phrases √√ √

Careful reading : Read the text carefully and fill in the forms of poems Nursery rhymes List poems Cinquain Haiku Tang poems characteristics

forms of poems characteristics nursery rhymes … language; rhyme; strong rhythm; repetition; easy to learn & to recite list poems flexible line length; repeated phrases Cinquain 5 lines; convey a strong picture in just a few words Haiku Japanese form; 17 syllables; give a clear picture & create a special feeling using the minimum of words Tang poems from China, Asian poetry

Poem A Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird. that. What mockingbird won’t sing, Poem. If. A: is the baby’s father going togets buybroken? you a diamond ring. buy if. Papa’s the mirror If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa’s going to buy you a looking-glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papa’s going to buy you another today.

We would have won… Our first football match If Jack had scored that goal, Poem C: had What do you think the speaker is If we’d just sports a few more minutes, writing about? Did his or her team win the game? If we had trained harder, If Ben had passed the ball to Joe, If we’d had thousands of fans screaming, If I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball, If we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before, If we hadn’t take it easy, If we hadn’t run out of energy. We would have won… If we’d been better! Poem C

Poem D Brother 　　　 兄弟 Beautiful, athletic Q: What’re Poems D & E about? Does the 　 爱美，又爱运动 authors like the subjects? Teasing, shouting, laughing 爱闹，爱叫，又爱笑 Friend and enemy too Mine 　　夏日 　困乏，刺激 干涸，枯萎，恐怖 　周而复始 　永无止境 　　是我的朋友 　 也是我的敌人 Summer Sleepy, salty Poem E Drying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out. Endless

Where she awaits her husband, 望夫石 ---王健 On and on the river flows Never looking back, Transformed into stone. 望夫处，江悠悠。 化为石，不回头。 山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。　 Day by day upon the mountain Poem H: Could you tell us the woman’s story top, in your own words? wind and rain revolve. Q: Choose the words to show the woman’s feelings Should journey lonelinessthejoy love return, trust anger hate sorrow this stone would utter speech. Q: Poem Why. Hdid the author write the poem? (by Wang Jian)

Do you know what other reasons why people may write poems ? tell a story express feelings show opinion why … for fun describe sb/ sth encourage people

practice Could you try to write some poems or just some lines for some reason Is it difficult for you ?

Enjoy a poem regarded as the shortest poem in the history of English literature. Ode to a Goldfish O Wet Pet!

A Student's Prayer rest Now I lie down to_____ test I pray I pass tomorrow's______

our art teacher Our art teacher, Mr show, Really knows how to , draw But his terrible , paintings Have caused many faintings.

remember: best Good, better, ______! Never have it rest! better Till good is_______, best And better, _______!

group work: It’s your time to create your own poems or just some poem lines!

1. To My _____, Thank you You were always there To _______me …… …… But most important You were always there To _______me

1. To My Parents, Thank you You were always there To _______me help You were always there To _______me guide You were always there laugh with To _______me …… cry with But most important You were always there love To _______me

Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, 强 弱 强 弱 强 Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa’s going to buy you a looking-glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papa’s going to buy you another today.

Rhyme & rhythm are essential to poetry.

Enjoy yourself People meet and people pass by Some laugh while some cry Some give up while some always try Some say hi while some say bye Others may forget you but never I.