Book 6 Unit 2 Poems Warmingup What is

Book 6 Unit 2 Poems

Warming-up What is poem? Poem is a piece of writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, usually with a repeated rhythm , and sometimes the line rhyme at the end.

Rhyme & rhythm are essential to poetry. Twinkle twinkle little star 强弱　强弱强 How I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky.

What is love Love is giving, Love is living, Love is taking someone’s load(负担), rhythm Love helps them along the road. Love is caring, Love is sharing, Love will seek the best for others, Love treats everyone as brothers. rhyme

Pre-reading Why do people write poems? to create a mood to make others laugh to express a point of view to encourage people to tell a story Why? to create images in the readers to play with words to express feelings to describe something …

Fast Reading How many forms of poems are mentioned? And what are they? Nursery rhymes 童谣 Cinquain 五行诗 Five forms of poems List poems 清单诗 Haiku 俳句诗 Tang poems 唐诗

Careful Reading Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks. Forms of Poems Characteristics ______ Nursery _______ rhymes (Poem A) Have strong _____ rhythm _____ Have a lot of repetition Easy to learn and recite _____

Easy to write List poems phrases and Repeat _________ (Poem B&C) some rhyme while other do not List things Cinquain five lines Made up of ______ (Poem D&E) Conveys a ________ strong picture in just a few words

A Japanese form of poetry Made up of 17 ______ syllables Haiku Easy to write (Poem clear picture Give a_____ F&G) Create a special feeling in just a few words translations Tang The ______ have a free Poems form. (Poem H)

Nursery rhymes Listen to it and try to clap the beat. Underline the pair of rhyming words.

Nursery rhyme(童谣) Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, 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 is going to buy you another today. [ə: d] [in] [a: s] [əu] [ei]

List poems Read and underline the pair of rhyming words in Poem B.

I saw a fish-pond all on fire, I saw a house bow to a squire, I saw a person twelve-feet high, I saw a cottage in the sky, I saw a balloon made of lead, I saw a coffin drop down dead, List poem (清单诗) I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses making lace, I saw a girl just like a cat, I saw a kitten wear a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And said though strange they all were true.

Our first football match We would have won… if Jack had just scored that goal, if we’d had just a few more minutes, 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 taken it easy, if we hadn’t run out of energy, We would have won… if we’ve been better!

POEM C : Answer the following questions 1. Did his team win the game? No 2. How many excuses did they make to explain why they didn’t win? Nine 3. Does the speaker really believe his own excuse? No The reason why they fail is that they are not good enough. If no, what is the reason for their failure?

Cinquain (五行诗) (poem D and E) Five lines Brother ---one word (topic) Beautiful , athletic ---two adjs ( describe the subject) Teasing, shouting , laughing ---three verbs with –ing Friend and enemy too ---four words (opinions mine or feelings) ---one word

Summer Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out Endless

Haiku (俳句诗 ) A fallen blossom 17 syllables is coming back to the branch. 落下的花朵回到了树枝上。 look, a butterfly! (by Moritake) 瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！雪儿融化了, 整个村庄充满着欢乐的儿童。 Snow having melted, The whole village is brimful of happy children (by Issa)

Where she awaits her husband, On and on the river flows Never looking back, Transformed into stone. Day by day upon the mountain top, wind and rain revolve. 　　望夫石 A. 蝶恋花 this stone would utter speech. B. 竹枝词望夫处，江悠悠。 C. 望夫石 D. 一剪梅化为石，不回头。 (by Wang Jian) 山头日日风复雨，　　　　王健 Should the journeyer return, 行人归来石应语。

Which of the following words can convey the woman’s feelings A. D. G. loneliness B. joy C. love trust E. anger F. hate sorrow ?

Post-Reading They have strong rhyme and a lot of repetition. Nursery Rhymes They are made up of 17 syllables, and give a picture and a special feeling. Haiku They list things and repeated phrases and some rhyme. List Poems They are made up of 5 lines, and convey Cinquain a strong picture, and easy to write. Their translations have a free form. Tang Poems

Can you guess what forms the following poems are?

Life Life is is beauty, admire it. bliss(极�), taste it. ★★ a dream, realize it. a challenge, meet it. a duty, complete it. a game, play it. a promise, fulfill it. sorrow, overcome it. List poems