Period 4

Using language

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Seasons in the sun Westlife Rod Mckuen

Rod McKuen

Born, April 29, 1933a bestselling American poet, composer, and singer, good at writing love songs

Pre- reading

I’ve saved The summer

Listen and answer the question.

Who do you think “I “is more likely to be?

A girlfriend/boyfriend or a parent? Give your reasons.

Listening

I’ve saved The summer

you/ new need/ feed nineteen/ meanway/ day own/ own

Scan the poem and circle the rhyming words.

Reading P 14

I’ve saved the summer A nd I give it all to you To hold on winter mornings W hen the snow is new.

Read aloud and pay attention to the strong

beats

I’ve saved some sunlight

If you should ever need

A place away from darkness

Where your mind can feed.

And for myself I’ve kept your smile

When you were but nineteen,

Till you’re older you’ll not know

What brave young smiles can mean.

I know no answers

To help you on your way

The answers lie somewhere

At the bottom of the day.

But if you’ve a need for love

I’ll give you all I own

It might help you down the road

Till you’ve found your own.

I’ve saved the summer A nd I give it all to you To hold on winter mornings W hen the snow is new.

ComprehendingPost-reading

I’ve saved some sunlight

If you should ever need

A place away from darkness

Where your mind can feed.

“save”

rescue keepkee

p

snow darkness

difficulty

And for myself I’ve kept your smile

When you were but nineteen,

Till you’re older you’ll not know

What brave young smiles can mean.

How to put these two sentences in normal

order?And I’ve kept your smile when you were

only nineteen for myself.

You’ll not know what brave young

smiles can mean (to me) till/until you’re

older

I know no answers

To help you on your way

The answers lie somewhere

At the bottom of the day.

But if you’ve a need for love

I’ll give you all I own

It might help you down the road

Till you’ve found your own.

Can parents help the children deal with

all the problems they meet with in their

life?

own

v. have,

possess

adj. belonging to

oneself

No

In this poem the parent wants to tell his/her child that______.

A .If it’s cold, I’ll warm you; if it’s dark, I’ll give you light; if you’re hungry, I’ll feed you; if you want love, I’ll give it to you.

B. While you’re away I’ll remember your smile and I’ll love you always. When you return, I hope you will love me.

C. Although the future may be difficult for you, whenever you need warmth and love,remember I’ll have some to give you.

What can a child get from his/her parents?

From our parents we can get …

love

help

guide life

care

support Knowledge … …

Discussion

food

To My Parents, Thank you

You were always there To help me You were always there To guide me You were always there To laugh with me You were always there To cry with me But most important You were always there To love me

Discussion

How to be a good parent?

Pre-writing

teacher

1.Then write a little poem to list what you would do if you were a parent of a teenager.

2. Using the sentence pattern we learnt in this unit.

If I were … I would …. 3. Try to use some rhyme and rhythm. 4. Eight or ten lines will be Ok.

Writing

You may start like this, If I were a parent of a teenager, I would give him less pressure; (If I were a parent of a teenager,) I would (not)…..

Evaluation whether the readers can a clear idea

of what your poem expresses;whether the structures are right or

not; whether there is some rhythm or

rhyme whether you can use right intonation

and stress to read your poems aloud;… ...

Post- writing

A parent is a parent though not perfect.

As we’ve already learned, there are various reasons why people write poetry and poets use many different forms of poems to express themselves. Nursery rhymes have strong rhythm and rhyme and have a lot of repetition. Some of the list poems repeat phrases and some rhyme while others do not. Both cinquain and haiku are short but they can give you a clear picture. The translations of Tang poems have a free form. “I’ve saved the summer” expresses a parent's love to a child.

consolidation

Homework

1. Improve the poem and copy it on your exercise book.

2.Read the poems on P 52.3 常规作业

People laugh and people cry,Some give up and some always try,Some say hi while some say bye,Some feel down while others maybe

high,You can forget all but never I

What’s the relationship between “you” and “I”?

Point out the rhyming words.

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