Revision

• Why do people write poems?

• What are the eight poems in the text about?

Study useful language in Text1

• Discuss the questions of the class.

Para.1

• There are ______ reasons ____ people write poetry. ____ poems ____ a story or _________ something in a way _____ will ___ the reader a strong __________. ______ try to _______ certain emotions. Poets use many different forms of poetry to _____ themselves. In this text, however, we will look at a _____ of the simpler forms.

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Para.2

• Some of the first poetry a young child learns in English is nursery rhymes. These ______ like the one on the right (A) ___ still a ________ type of children's poetry. The language is ________ but___________, and they _______ small children because they______, have strong ______and a lot of_________. The poems may not make _____ and even seem__________, but they are easy to learn and______. By _______ ________________ in nursery rhymes, children ____________ language.

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A

• Hush, little baby, don't say ____ 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 _________ brass, Papa's going to buy you a ____________ . If that looking-glass ______ broke, Papa's going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papa's going to buy you ________ today.

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Para.3

• One of the simplest kinds of poems are those like B and C that list things. List poems have a _______ line ______ and _______ phrases ______ give both a _______ and a rhythm ____ the poem. Some ______ (like B) ______others do not (like C).

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B•      I saw a fish-pond all ____ fire,

      I saw a house _____ to a squire,        I saw a person twelve-_____ high,        I saw a cottage in the sky,        I saw a balloon made of_____ ,        I saw a coffin _____ down dead,        I saw two sparrows____________ ,         I saw two horses _______ lace,        I saw g girl just like a cat,        I saw a kitten _______ a hat,        I saw a man who saw these too,       And _____ though strange they all were ______ .

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C Our first football match  We would have _____ ...

      if Jack had _______ that goal,      if we'd had just a few more minutes,      if we had trained_________ ,      if Ben had ________ the ball to Joe,      if we'd had thousands of fans ___________ ,      if I hadn't _______ my eye off the ball,      if we hadn't _________so late the night before,      if we hadn't taken it _______ ,      if we hadn't ____________________ .     We would have won ...      if we'd been better!

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Para. 4

• Another simple form of poem _______ students can easily write is the cinquain, a poem __________five lines. With these, students can ______ a strong picture ____ just a few words. Look at the examples (D and E) on the top of the next page.

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Translating • D    • Brother • Beautiful, athletic • Teasing, shouting, laughing • Friend and enemy too • Mine

• E    • Summer • Sleepy, salty • Drying, drooping, dr

eading • Week in, week out • Endless

Para, 5

• Haiku is a Japanese _____ of poetry that ____________ 17 syllables. It is not a __________ form of English poetry, but ________________ English writers. It is easy to write and, like the cinquain , can ______ a clear picture and ______ a special feeling _______ the minimum of words. The two haiku poems (F and G) ______ are translations from the Japanese.                

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Recite F & G• F     • A fallen blossom • Is coming back to the branch. • Look, a butterfly!

        ( by Moritake) G   

• Snow having melted, • The whole village is brimful • Of happy children.

(by Issa)

Para. 6 & 7

• Did you know that English speakers also enjoy ______ forms of Asian poetry - Tang poems from China ______________? A lot of Tang poetry has been translated into English. This Tang poem (H) is a translation from the __________ .                         ______ so many different forms of poetry to choose ______ , students may __________ want to write poems __________________. It is easier than you might think and certainly _______ a try!

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H : recite, fill &explain• ________ she _______ her husband • On and on the river________ . • Never looking back,• ___________ into stone.• Day by day upon the mountain top,• wind and rain revolve.• _______ the traveller return,• this stone would ______ speech.,

                                            (by Wang Jian)

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Some of the first poetry a young child learns in English is nursery rhymes.

• 有些 最早的 诗歌 小孩学习的 用英语的

是 童谣 • 孩子们最早学习的英文诗是童谣。

One of the simplest kinds of poems are those like B and C that list things.

• 之一 最简单 种 诗歌 是 这些 像 (B) 和(C) 列举事务的

• 像 (B) 和 (C) 这样的列举事物的清单诗是诗歌中最简单的一种。

Homework

• Read the text;

• Continue to do the exercise.