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1、Unit 1 The written wordProject 1Teaching aims: After finishing the lesson, the students will enhance their skill of analyzing and solving problems.After finishing the lesson, the students will be able to collaborate with others.After finishing the lesson, the students will be able to recite a poem.A

2、fter finishing the lesson, the students will be able to develop love and passion for poetry.Teaching aids:1. PPT2. blackboard3. a computer with network available for each student4. a PDF document for students to fillTeaching preparation:Before the day of the class, require the students to find some

3、poems which are to be presented during the class time. (The teacher might also encourage them to create their own ones)Teaching procedures: Step 1 Poems Sharing (PPT Page 6)Someone has several poems to share with us today. (Teacher) We also encourage love poems created by you.(Students)Presenting po

4、ems freely(Teacher)After so many nice poems, I would like to introduce something you guys like! something that is helping chase your Mr. /Mrs. RightAs you could see, the best way to do that is to recite (write) a poem to him/her, which is our project today! We are learning to recite a poem.(Blackboa

5、rd)Project: Reciting a poem(Teacher)In this project, we are telling you how to recite a poem to your Mr. /Mrs. Right to express your true love.Before getting started, reading an article about poetry will prepare us for that. Its about the poetry of a well-known Scottish poetRobert Burns.(Blackboard)

6、 The poetry of Robert Burns(Teacher)So here we go! Step 2 Fast-reading (Teacher) The article to read can be divided into three parts. Hopefully, you could, after reading, find out what they are and about. So your task is to give general ideas of each part.(Students) (PPT Page 7) Reading for answers.

7、(PPT Page 8) Please go through the article to conclude the general ideas of each part. partparagraphgeneral ideas11-4an introduction of Robert Burns25-5some information about a movement of poets called the Romantic Movement36-7the poem A Red, Red Rose with its introduction and explanationStep 3 Deta

8、iled-reading(Teacher)Having known the general ideas, we are closer to sending our Mr. /Mrs. Right poems. So lets look into details to follow Mr. Burns life into poetry. They might offer you more inspirations for the project.Part 1(Para 1-4)(PPT Page 9)Someone offered me two charts about Mr. Burns li

9、fe. Could you help me with them after reading Part 1? At Point 2, Robert published and moved to but was still poor. (Question 2 & Question 3)At Point 3, Robert died (Question 4)At Point 4, people watched (Question 5) (Teacher)While you are reading, please complete questions on the screen to help me

10、understand the two charts. (Students)(PPT Page 10)Reading Part 1 (PPT Page 11)1. Robert was born in the year 1759, in Alloway, Scotland. 2. He published To a Mouse and The Holy Fair encouraged by Burns first love/Nelly Kirkpatrick.3. He moved to Edinburgh, where he was still poor. 4. He died in the

11、year 1796 because of a hard life and a weak constitution. 5. 30,000 people watched the monument of Burns.Part 2 (Para 5-5)(PPT Page 12)As we have observed, Mr. Burns is a great man of poetry. But what kind of poems did he write? (Students)Reading Part 2(PPT Page 13) (Students)the movementof poetsnam

12、e of the movementRomantic MovementpoetsJohn Keats; William Wordsworth; Robert Burnsconceptsfreedom and beautytendenciesto use imagination and touch on strong feelingsPart 3 (Para 6-7)(Teacher) (PPT Page 14)We have been talking a lot about him. We knew he was a poor man loved by a lot of people. We f

13、ound he belonged to the Romantic Movement. But we havent talked about the contents of his poetry. Why not take the poem on Page 15 with you to read Part 3. I promise you that you will understand Mr. Burns poem better after looking into Part 3. Here we go! (PPT Page 15) (Students)Reading Part 3 and t

14、he poem(PPT Page 16)1. What theme is often used by Romantic poets? What is the example in Burns Poem?Nature: rose(PPT Page 17)2. What are the two comparisons?The poet compared the idea of love to a red rose and a song.(PPT Page 18)3. Who did Burns want to say goodbye to? He wanted to say goodbye to

15、a certain way of life or maybe he wanted to say goodbye to a loved one.Step 4 Poem Understanding(Teacher)Now we are looking at his poem. Anything you dont understand? You cant expect yourself to fully appreciate it before getting to know the difficult old English. So I offer you a Chinese version. B

16、e free to take notes of the words you dont know while reading.(PPT Page 20)一朵红红的玫瑰罗伯特.彭斯啊！我爱人像红红的玫瑰在六月里苞放啊！我爱人像一支乐曲乐声美妙、悠扬你那么美，漂亮的姑娘我爱你那么深切我会永远爱你，亲爱的一直到四海涸竭直到四海涸竭，亲爱的直到太阳把岩石消熔我会永远爱你，亲爱的只要生命无穷再见吧，我唯一的爱人再见吧，小别片刻我会回来的，我的爱人即使相隔万里(Students) Taking notes of difficult words in the poem(PPT Page 21) (Studen

17、ts)Old Scottish English Modern English luve lovemelodie melodythou art you arethee yougang goTill a the seas Till all the seaswi the sun with the sunthe sands o life the sand of lifeTho it were Though it werefare thee weel fare you well 诗歌阅读理解将为学生课题研究提供必要的信息铺垫。Step 5 Project Study(Teacher) Now we co

18、uld choose a poem to recite! Please download Project.PDF to your computer, and complete it.(PPT Page 22)Helpful Points 1. Please download Project.PDF to your computer. 2. The Internet might benefit you. 3. Be free to collaborate to do the research work! (Students)Working on the project(Teacher) Offe

19、ring assistance and help and making sure that everyone is engaged in the research work(Project.PDF)1. DiscussingBefore working online, please discuss the following question with your partner.Do you like poetry? _I like it because_or I dislike it because_2. Searching for InformationNow it is the time

20、 for you to log on the Internet for inspirations.The poem we all decide to choose is_We decide to recite it because_A brief introduction of the poet_We are going to make it more attractive by_3. Assigning TasksYou must have assigned tasks. Could you let me know what you guys do?The person to recite

21、is_The person to tell the background info is_The person to make props is_The last person is going to_4. Our source of information is from http:/www._If time is adequate:(PPT Page 23)Anyone to share with us the poem you chose? (Students)Sharing the poems they choseHomework(PPT Page 24)1. to learn a p

22、oem with your partners includingthe background of the poet the contents of the poem 2. to write your own poem After-class Resources(PPT Page 25)For more information on poetry, please visit the following website. http:/eserver.org/poetry Platform WorkProject Reciting a poemThe poetry of Robert Burns