冀教版（ 2012教材）初中九上

Lesson24 Writing a poem.

fairy

tale

character

plot

humorous

n. 仙子；小精灵n. 故事；童话n. (小说、戏剧当中的 )人物；特点；特色n. 情节adj. 幽默的；诙谐的

What’s the difference between poem and story?

poem

format rhyme

short length

meaningsyllable

story

characters plot

settingconflict

resolution

long length

Which do you prefer to write, poems or stories?

1. To listen and understand the passage

2. To learn to write a humorous poem

3. To learn some useful words and

expressions

Objectives

Words:

humorous fairy tale character plot

Phrases:

fairy tale at the beginning

Patterns:

I like reading stories, but they are very hard to

write.

1P61 Read the lesson and write true (T) or false (F).

1. Danny learned how to write songs last week. ( )

2. Danny likes reading stories. ( )

3. Danny thinks stories are easier to write. ( )

1. At the beginning, I was afraid to try writing a poem.起初，我不敢尝试写诗歌。

at the beginning “ 开始时；起初”， at也可以换成 in。

They were cheerful in/at the beginning.开始时，他们情绪高涨。

后接 of短语时，只能用 at the beginning。A policeman stood at the beginning of the street.一位警察站在街道的起点处。

2. Then my teacher encouraged me to write a humorous poem b

ecause I am always saying funny things.

后来，老师鼓励我写幽默的诗，因为我总是说一些有趣的事情。

always副词，表示“总是，一直”，常用于一般现在时，表示经常性的行为和动作。 always也可以用于进行时，表示某种思想、情绪或行为反复发生，且含有不满、厌恶、烦躁、感叹等感情色彩。

You are always making troubles！你怎么老找麻烦！

Team racing

ActivityActivity

Two teams have a race. The team first giving the correct rhyming words gets one point.

Write another three words that rhyme with the following words.

Write another three words that rhyme with the following words.

knock: ____________________________

lie: _______________________________

loud: _____________________________

sun:_______________________________

sing:______________________________

game:_____________________________

fat:_______________________________

dress: _____________________________

well: ______________________________

true: ______________________________

sock, clock, lock

shy, pie, why

proud, crowd, aloud

fun, son, donething, bring, ring

shame, name, blamebat, cat, hat

press, bless, guess

hell, bell, spelldo, zoo, blue

2 Use “must” to complete the dialogues. Then practice the

dialogues with a partner.Son: Mum, may I watch TV for a while?

Mum: No. It’s 10:00 in the evening. You_______ go to sleep now.

Student: Sorry, Mr. Hill. I am late for school.

Headmaster: Come to school on time tomorrow. As a student,

you_______ follow the rules of the school.

Policeman: You______ slow down when you pass by a school.

Driver: Sorry, sir!

must

must

must

Project Please think of words that describe things like age, siz

e, temperature, feelings and colour.

age:

size:

temperature:

feelings:

colour:

old, young, remote, classical, ancient…

big, small, short, long, round…cool, cold, warm, soft, gentle, hot…

happy, sad, angry, excited, smile, cry, shy, calm,

nervous…

red, black, white, yellow, blue, orange, pink,

purple…

Now use words from the list to complete the poem at the

bottom of the page.

Nature

Night, so______ and_______ (feelings and colour), ______, _____

_ (size and colour) stars.

A______ (temperature) wind blows _______ (adverb) on my face.

It makes me want to sing ______ (adverb) a _____, _______ (feeli

ngs and age) song.

quite black small

bright

cool gently

softly quiet ancient

Time for reflection

at the beginning

always

开始；起初总是；一直

Ⅰ. 根据汉语提示完成句子。1. His __________ (幽默的 ) remark 

lightened the tense atmosphere. 

2. She was like a princess in a _____ ____ (童话 ).

3. I really liked the script and the

__________(角色 ). 

4. He began to tell me the_____ (情节 ) of his new book.

5. He is _______ (总是 ) telling lies.

character

humorous

fairy tale

plot

always

Ⅱ. 翻译下列句子。1. 我们七月初要去日本。We’re going to Japan at the beginningof July. 2. 我经常鼓励学生多阅读。I often encourage my students to read more.3.  我决定对他的生平做些研究。I decide to do some research about his story. 

Preview the words and expressions in Lesson 25.

A Humorous Poem: Write a humorous poem. Think about

what you think is funny and try to write a poem that will

make people laugh.