Unit 4 A garden of poems

if you don’t, you are good for nothing
if you agree to all her likes, she is abusing
if you don’t, you are not understanding
if you make romance, you are an experienced man
if you don’t, you are half a man
if you visit her too open, she thinks it’s boring
if you don’t, she accuses you of double crossing
if you are well dressed, she says you are a playboy
if you don’t, you are a dull boy
….
“o lord, tell me what to do. amen”
2)always have a dream
forget about the days when it’s been cloudy,
but don’t forget your hours in the sun.
forget about the times you’ve been defeated,
but don’t forget the victories you’ve won.
forget about the misfortunes you’ve encountered,
but don’t forget the times your luck has turned.
forget about the days when you’ve been lonely,
but don’t forget the friendly smiles you’ve seen.
forget about the plans that didn’t seem to work out right.
but don’t forget to always have a dream.
homework.
recite one or two poems and get ready for tomorrow’s lesson!
record after teaching:

period 2 speaking
teaching aims:
1. talking about poems to raise the ss’ interest in poems.
2. making dialogue to improve the ss’ speaking ability.

teaching procedures:
step1 greeting & lead-in
(at the beginning of the class, show the ss a poem----twinkle, twinkle little star)
t：just now, we enjoined a bit interesting poem. how do you feel about the poem? (ss may have different ideas). for myself, i like it. when i read the poem, it seems that a clear picture is shown before me. in the dark sky of night, there are thousands of stars that twinkle in the sky! so in this way, poem tells us about nature and shows us the beauty of nature. no wonder there are many poets expressing themselves by writing poems!
step 2 warming-up
t: you know there are many poems existing in the world, and china has a long history of poems ranging from li bai, du fu in the ancient times to guo monuo in the modern times. can you recite some chinese poems in a vivid way?
(welcome some ss to perform and give some claps; if possible show them some flash for the poems)
step 3 speaking
1.t: it seems that you have mastered chinese poems well.
1) do you all like the poems written by li bai or du fu?
2) whose style do you like best? /which poet do you like best?
so different people may like different poems. and you’ve also gained some knowledge of english poetry well, so it’s easy for you to express your feelings about poems.
2.t: the circles below give you ideas of topics for poems, periods of time, groups or names of poets and human feelings in poems. work in groups. ask each other questions about the kind of poetry your classmates might want to read. choose a word from each circle and explain why you would /would not like to read a poem like that. you can repeat the exercise a few times.