1. are you familiar with the song? 2. what’s the chinese name for the song? 3. listen again &...
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1. Are you familiar with the song?
2. What’s the Chinese name for the song?
3. Listen again & try to write down the English lines?
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Find out something special at the end of the linesFind out something special at the end of the lines
Twinkle, twinkle, _________,
How I _______ what _______.
Up above the world so _____,
Like a diamond in the ____.
Twinkle, twinkle, _________,
How I wonder ____ you are!
rhyme (rhyme ( 押押韵韵 ))
little star
wonder
high
you are
sky
little star
high
Many poems can be sung, such as …Many poems can be sung, such as …
Welcome to the Welcome to the Garden of poems !Garden of poems !
Unit 2 Poems
Quiz in Chinese traditional poems
Do you known the following Chinese traditional poems according to their English
translation?
Let’s have competition.
If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased, Just see the over-brimming river flowing east!
问君能有几多愁，恰似一江春水向东流。
—— 李煜
Translated by Xu Yuanchong
《虞美人》
How long will the bright moon appear? Wine-cup in hand, I ask the sky. I do not know what time of year, It would be tonight in the palace on high.
水调歌头明月几时有？把酒问青天。 不知天上宫
阙，今夕是何年？ ——— 苏轼
Translated by Xu Yuanchong
I look for her in vain.When all at once I turn my head,I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.
Translated by Xu Yuanchong
众里寻他千百度， 蓦然回首， 那人却在， 灯火阑珊处。
青玉案 . 元夕
--- 辛弃疾
Before my bed ,there is bright moonlight.So it seems like frost on the ground.Lifting my head ， I saw the bright moon .Lowering my head, I
dream that I’m at home.
Do you know any English poems?Now, let’s enjoy some of them together.
ReadingReading
Nursery rhymes
Read Para 2 and find out the characteristics of nursery rhymes.strong rhythm a lot of repetition
Underline the pair of rhyming words.
Find the words that rhyme:
word sing broke
mockingbird
ring
brass
Looking-glass
billy-goat
away
today
Poem A
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’s going to buy you another today.
What is the baby’s father going to buy if What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror gets broken? gets broken?
Poem APoem A
[ə:d]
[in]
[a:s]
[əu]
[ei]
List poemsRead Para 3 and answer the following question.What are list poems like?
repeat phrases
Some have rhyme while others do not.
Underline the pair of rhyming words in Poem B.
fire
squire
high
sky
lead
dead
race
lace
cat
hat
too
true
Poem B
Find the words that rhyme:
Which of the following is NOT mentioned
in Poem B?
A fish-pond on fire. B A cottage in the sky.
C. A girl like a cat. D. A person ten-feet high.
I saw a fish-pond all on fire
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,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
我看到鱼塘在燃烧。
我看到房子向主人哈腰。
我看到人高一丈八。
我看到茅屋在天郊。
我看到气球用铅做。
我看到棺材把死人抛。
我看到两只麻雀在赛跑。
我看到两匹马儿绣花包。
我看到姑娘像只猫。
我看到小猫戴花帽。
我看到有人在一旁瞄。
虽奇怪， 但也把实情报。
Poem C
1. What sport do you think the speaker is writing about?
2. Did his or her team win the game?
football
No
3. How many excuses did they make to explain why they didn’t win?
Nine
Cinquain poemsRead Para 4 and answer the following question.How many lines is the cinquain made up of?five lines
Observe Poem D and E carefully. Try to answer the following questions of the two poems.
Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine
Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out.
Endless
兄弟
爱美，又爱运动
爱闹，爱叫，又爱笑
是我的朋友
也是我的敌人
夏日
困乏，刺激
干涸，枯萎，恐怖
周而复始
永无止境
Poem D & E
1.What subject is the speaker writing about? Poem D:_________ Poem E:________
His or her brother
summer
Task 3
2 Does the speaker like summer? E: No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey this feeling.
Brother
Beautiful ,athletic
Teasing, shouting ,laughing
Friend and enemy too
mine
---one word (topic)
---two adjs
---three verbs with –ing
---four words
---one word
Observe Poem D and E carefully. Try to find out the characteristics of the two poems.
Haiku poems
Read Para 5 carefully and find out the similarity and difference between Cinquain and Haiku .
Similarity:
Difference:
a clear pictureeasy to write
convey a special feeling5 lines
17 syllables
Enjoy two poems
A fallen blossom
is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!
(by Moritake)
Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
of happy children
(by Issa)
落下的花朵
回到了树枝上。
瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！ 作者 Moritake
雪儿融化了 ,
整个村庄充满着
欢乐的儿童。
作者 Issa
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F?
A. A child. B. A branch.C. A butterfly. D. A blossom.
2. What kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G?
A. Sorrow. B. Love. C. Happiness. D. Loneliness.
A fallen blossom
is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!
Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
of happy children
(by Issa)
Line1: 5 syllables Line2 : 7 syllables
Line3: 5 syllables
17 syllables
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.
Should the journeyer return,
this stone would utter speech. (by Wang Jian)
1. What’s the title ?
A. 蝶恋花 B. 竹枝词 C. 望夫石 D. 一剪梅
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。
Which of the following words can convey the woman’s feelings
A. loneliness B. joy C. love D. trust E. anger F. hate G. sorrow
A. loneliness C. loveD. trustG. sorrow
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finish the form on Page 9.
Scan the poems and fill in the following form.
Which poem
A B C D E F G H
Describes a person?
Tells a story
Describes an aspect of a season?
Is about sport?
Is about things that don’t make sense?
Which poem
A B C D E F G H
Is recited to a baby?
Describes a river scene?
Has rhyming words at the end of lines?
Repeats words or phases?
Nursery RhymesThey have strong rhyme and a lot of repetition.
List Poems
They repeated phrases and some rhyme, and easy to write.
CinquainThey are made up of 5 lines, and convey a strong picture, and easy to write.
HaikuThey are made up of 17 syllables, and give a picture and a special feeling.
Tang PoemsTheir translations have a free form.
Characteristics Form
Discussion
What forms are the following poems?
Love is giving , 爱是给予，
Love is living , 爱是生活，
Love is taking someone’s load(负担） ,爱是肩负他人重任，爱是一路帮助他人。
Love helps them along the road.
Love is caring, 爱是关怀，
Love is sharing, 爱是分享，
Love will seek the best for others, 爱是为别人争取最好，爱是将人人当成兄弟。
Love treats everyone as brothers.
what is
love List poem ( 列举诗 )
What forms are the following poems?
Trees
green every spring
bright orange in autumn
bare in winter
Haiku( 俳句诗）
Cinquain ( 五行诗 )
Sunshine Lovely, cheerful
Warming, welcoming, calmingI sing with you
Brightness
What forms are the following poems?
Are you sleeping
Are you sleeping
Are you sleeping,
Brother Bear, Brother bear
Morning bells are ringing
Morning bells are ringing
Ding Dang Dong
Ding Dang Dong
Nursery rhymes
Wildfire never quite consumes them -- They are tall once more in the spring wind.
野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。
Tang Poems