Unit 2 POEMS

1. Unit 2 POEMS

2. In the quiet night So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed--- Could there have been a frost already? Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight. Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of my home.

3. A Spring Morning I awake light-hearted this morning of spring, Everywhere round me the singing of birds. But now I remember the night, the storm, And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.

4. How many poets do you know? • Can you remember any poems you have read in school, either in Chinese or in English?

5. poem poet poetry rhyme rhythm

6. Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry. Without rhythm, there wouldn’t be poems. Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky. 强弱 强 弱　强弱 强 构成一个韵节的四种情况:强+弱, 强+弱弱 弱+强, 弱+强

7. Why do people write poems? People write poems to tell a story to express feelings to make others laugh to tell the life or friendship to delight the kids to tell stories to describe the seasons or scenes for entertainment as the lyric of a song

8. Let’s enjoy an English poem in the form of a song: Do-Re-Me and try to find out the rhymes and the rhythm.

9. Do re mi Doe a deer a female deer Ray a drop of golden sun Me a name I call myself Far a long long way to run Sew a needle pulling thread La a note to follow Sew Tea a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to Doe oh-oh-oh That will bring us back to Doe Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti Do-So-Do

10. Reading A Few simple forms of English Poems

11. 1.Why do people write poems? 2.How many kinds of poems are mentioned in the text? What are they? People write poems to tell a story or describe something in a way that will give the reader a strong impression. Others try to convey certain emotions. Five kind of poems. Nursery poem; list poem; cinquain; Haiku; Tang poem.

12. Skim the poems on the following pages and tick the correct box(es) for each question. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √

13. Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks. rhythmandrhyme Nursery rhymes repetition recite

14. phrases Listpoems fivelines strong

15. Japanese 17syllables clear special feeling translations

16. Read the text carefully and choose the • best answers. • What is the baby’s father going to buy • if the mockingbird won’t sing in Poem A? • A. A billy-goat. B. A diamond ring. • C. A looking-glass. D. A computer. • 2. Which of the following is NOT • mentioned in Poem B? • A fish-pond on fire. • A cottage in the sky. • C. A girl like a cat. • D. A person ten-feet high. B D

17. 3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F? • A child. B. A branch. • C. A butterfly. D. A blossom. • 4. What kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G? • Sorrow. B. Love. • C. Happiness. D. Loneliness. A C

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