A garden of poems(The Fourth Period)
(teacher collects the first five students' answers. then say the following. )
t: sa, please give us the answer to the first question.
sa : when he is listening to music and to the song words, he feels that it was written for him.
t: the second question?
sb: when he locks the door and reads the poems aloud, he is given a strong feeling at first. when he has some practice later and falls into the rhythm, the rhyme and the sounds of the words, it is a very special experience.
t: are they right?
ss: yes, they are right. t: very good. now read the text again, and discuss the questions on the screen.
(teacher shows the screen.)
read the text carefully and find the answers to the following questions.
l. why is the question why read and sometimes even write poetry not difficult to answer if we change the word poetry to songs?
2. why are there songs that the writer sings in his head between classes and he wants to sing when the school bell rings by the end of the day?
3. what song words does the writer like?
4. does the writer like long poems?
5. what does the writer read when he has had a bad day at school?
6. do you have the same feeling as the writer? do you agree with him?
(teacher goes into the class and joins the students in the discussion.)
t: (after the students' discussion.) now give us your answers, please. one student, one question. volunteers?
sa: 1. i'll try the first question. because the writer thinks that poems and songs are the same and he sings when he feels good.
sb: 2. the second question: because between classes and when the school bell rings by the end of the day, he'll have a free time of his own. he can do what he wants to do, so he feels good and wants to sing.
sc:3. he likes song words about love and friendship and he especially likes to sing his favourite songs in english.
sd:4. at first, he didn't like poetry. then an e-pal of his gave him some suggestions about poems. now he likes long poems very much.
se:5. when he has had a bad day at school, he reads keats' poems.
sf:6. i agree with the author and i have the same feeling as he does, but i like short poems most.
t: very good. now can you answer my question why do you like poems?
sg: yes. because poems can make people happy and forget all the unhappy things.
t: do you think that poems and songs have anything in common?
sh: yes. i think so. they have the same good points.
t: (show the screen.) now look at the screen. there are some useful words and expressions on it. please read them and learn them by heart.