Unit 4 A garden of poems

t: we say, poems can be fine wine enjoyed by the east and the west. that means not matter you are a english or chinese, you can find amusement in poem. but how to enjoy a english poem? we need to know several simple principle, do you want to know what principles they are? (yes!) well, let’s see a clip of video.
(after the end of the video, show the next slide)
t: when enjoy an english poem, you should: 1. use your heart and emotion.2. imagine you are exactly in the dream world of that poem.
step 7 discussion
t: it’s really amusing! at the end of this lesson, let’s have a discussion.
are poems good for our life? what can we get from poems?
1. poems bring passion (激情) to our life.   
2. poems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and romance…
3. poems make us know, we are here, we can make our life and the world more colorful!
step 8 homework
1. read the text again to get a better understanding.2. read and translate several good english poems.
3. get some information about famous poets on internet if possible

period 4 language study & grammar
teaching aims:
1. learn and master the past participle used as adverbial.
2.compare the differences between the present participle and the past participle used as adverbial.

teaching procedures:
step 1 song
ask the students to listen and learn to sing the song
an apple a day ,
keeps the doctor away.
an apple a day,
keeps the doctor away.
a-p-p-l-e, “apple”
then ask the students to look at the words from the song---“day, away”.
t: what do these two words have in common?
s: they end with the same vowel---/ei/.
t: if two words have the same sound, including a vowel, we can say they rhyme. who can give us some words that rhyme?
s: horse and mouse, school and fool…
now look at part 2. please read them and match the words that rhyme.
suggested answers:
mad-glad  tale-fail  glory-story  recite-night  cow-plough  shade-afraid  isle-smile embrace-base
step 2 word study
t: please turn to page 29. look at word study, part 1. fill in the blanks with words in the text. have a discussion with your partner and then we’ll check the answers:
suggested answers:
1. poem  2. absence  3.atmosphere  4.stories  5. poets  6. translated (put)
step 3 grammar
show the two sentences on the screen.
the past participle used as adverbial.
1.once published, his work became famous for the absence of rhyme at the end of each line.
2. no matter how well translated, something of the spirit of the original work is lost.