Unit 2 POEMS

In the quiet nightSo bright a gleam on the foot of my bed---Could there have been a frost already?Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight.Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of my home.

A Spring Morning

I awake light-hearted this

morning of spring, Everyw

here round me the singing o

f birds.

But now I remember the ni

ght, the storm,

And I wonder how many bl

ossoms were broken.

• How many poets do you know?

• Can you remember any poems you

have read in school, either in

Chinese or in English?

诗歌诗人诗歌（总称）

韵 , 压韵的词 (n.)

压韵 (v.)

节奏 (n.)

poem

poetpoetry

rhyme

rhythm

Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry.

Without rhythm, there wouldn’t be poems.

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are,Up above the world so highLike a diamond in the sky.

强 弱 强 弱　强 弱 强

构成一个韵节的四种情况 : 强 + 弱 , 强 +弱弱

弱 + 强 , 弱 + 强

Why do people write poems?People write poems to tell a story to express feelings to make others laugh to tell the life or friendship to delight the kids to tell stories to describe the seasons or scenes for entertainment as the lyric of a song

Let’s enjoy an English

poem in the form of a

song: Do-Re-Me and try

to find out the rhymes

and the rhythm.

Doe a deer a female deerRay a drop of golden sunMe a name I call myselfFar a long long way to runSew a needle pulling threadLa a note to follow SewTea a drink with jam and breadThat will bring us back to Doe oh-oh-ohThat will bring us back to DoeDo-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti Do-So-Do

Do re miDo re mi

A Few simple forms

of English Poems

Reading

1.Why do people write poems?

2.How many kinds of poems are mentioned in the text? What are they?

People write poems to tell a story or describe something in a way that will give the reader a strong impression. Others try to convey certain emotions.

Five kind of poems. Nursery poem; list poem; cinquain; Haiku; Tang poem.

Skim the poems on the following pages and tick the correct box(es) for each question.

Which poem A B C D E H G H

Describe a person?

Tells a story?

Describe an aspect of a person?

Is about sport?

Is about things that don’t make sense?

Is recited to a baby?

Describes a river scene?

Has rhyming words at the end of line?

Repeats words or phrases?

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Forms of Poems

Characteristics

1_____________

Have strong 2_________

_______

Have a lot of 3_________

Easy to learn and to

4_________

Read the text carefully and fill in the

blanks.

Nursery

rhymes

rhythm

and rhyme

recite

repetition

5_________

Easy to write

Repeat 6_________ and

some rhyme while other do

not

Cinquain

Easy to write

Made up of 7 ____________

Conveys a 8_______________

picture in just a few words

List poems

phrases

five lines

strong

Haiku

A 9___________form of poetryMade up of 10 ___________ Easy to writeGives a 11__________ pictureCreates a 12____________in just a few words

Tang Poems

The 13___________ have a free form.

translations

17 syllables

clear

Japanese

special feeling

Read the text carefully and choose the best answers.1.What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mockingbird won’t sing in Poem A?A. A billy-goat. B. A diamond ri

ng. C. A looking-glass. D. A computer.2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem B?A.A fish-pond on fire. B. A cottage in the sky.C. A girl like a cat. D. A person ten-feet high.

B

D

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F?

A. A child. B. A branch.C. A butterfly. D. A blossom.

4. What kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G?

A. Sorrow. B. Love. C. Happiness. D. Loneliness.

A

C

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