Crafting Humorous Poems: Learn to Write with Fun

1. Unit 4 Stories and Poems Lesson 24 Writing a Poem

2. Words fairy tale character plot humorous n. 仙子；小精灵 n.故事；童话 n. (小说、戏剧当中的)人物；特点；特色 n.情节 adj.幽默的；诙谐的

3. What’s the difference between poem and story? VS

4. rhyme format poem short length syllable meaning

5. characters plot long length story resolution setting conflict

6. Which do you prefer to write, poems or stories?

7. Objectives 1. To listen and understand the passage 2. To learn to write a humorous poem 3. To learn some useful words and expressions

8. Words: humorous fairy tale character plot Phrases: fairy tale at the beginning Patterns: I like reading stories, but they are very hard to write.

9. Read the lesson and write true (T) or false (F). P61 1 1. Danny learned how to write songs last week. ( ) 2. Danny likes reading stories. ( ) 3. Danny thinks stories are easier to write. ( )

10. Language points

11. 1. At the beginning, I was afraid to try writing a poem. 起初，我不敢尝试写诗歌。 at the beginning “ 开始时；起初”，at也可以换成in。 They were cheerful in/at the beginning. 开始时，他们情绪高涨。 后接of短语时，只能用at the beginning。 A policeman stood at the beginning of the street. 一位警察站在街道的起点处。

12. 2. Then my teacher encouraged me to write a humorous poem because I am always saying funny things. 后来，老师鼓励我写幽默的诗，因为我总是说一些有趣的事情。 always副词，表示“总是，一直”，常用于一般现在时，表示经常性的行为和动作。always也可以用于进行时，表示某种思想、情绪或行为反复发生，且含有不满、厌恶、烦躁、感叹等感情色彩。 You are always making troubles！ 你怎么老找麻烦！

13. Activity Team racing Two teams have a race. The team first giving the correct rhyming words gets one point.

14. Write another three words that rhyme with the following words.

15. Rhming exercise knock: ____________________________ lie: _______________________________ loud: _____________________________ sun:_______________________________ sing:______________________________ game:_____________________________ fat:_______________________________ dress: _____________________________ well: ______________________________ true: ______________________________ sock, clock, lock shy, pie, why proud, crowd, aloud fun, son, done thing, bring, ring shame, name, blame bat, cat, hat press, bless, guess hell, bell, spell do, zoo, blue

16. Use “must” to complete the dialogues. Then practice the dialogues with a partner. 2 Son: Mum, may I watch TV for a while? Mum: No. It’s 10:00 in the evening. You_______ go to sleep now. Student: Sorry, Mr. Hill. I am late for school. Headmaster: Come to school on time tomorrow. As a student, you_______ follow the rules of the school. Policeman: You______ slow down when you pass by a school. Driver: Sorry, sir! must must must

17. Please think of words that describe things like age, size, temperature, feelings and colour. Project old, young, remote, classical, ancient… age: size: temperature: feelings: colour: big, small, short, long, round… cool, cold, warm, soft, gentle, hot… happy, sad, angry, excited, smile, cry, shy, calm, nervous… red, black, white, yellow, blue, orange, pink, purple…

18. Now use words from the list to complete the poem at the bottom of the page. Nature Night, so______ and_______ (feelings and colour), ______, ______ (size and colour) stars. A______ (temperature) wind blows _______ (adverb) on my face. It makes me want to sing ______ (adverb) a _____, _______ (feelings and age) song. quite black small bright gently cool softly quiet ancient

19. Time for reflection at the beginning always 开始；起初 总是；一直

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21. Ⅰ. 根据汉语提示完成句子。 1. His __________ (幽默的) remark  lightened the tense atmosphere.  2. She was like a princess in a _____ ____ (童话). 3. I really liked the script and the __________(角色).  4. He began to tell me the_____ (情节) of his new book. 5. He is _______ (总是) telling lies. humorous fairy tale character plot always

22. Ⅱ. 翻译下列句子。 1. 我们七月初要去日本。 We’re going to Japan at the beginning of July. 2.我经常鼓励学生多阅读。 I often encourage my students to read more. 3.  我决定对他的生平做些研究。 I decide to do some research about his  story. 

23. Homework Preview the words and expressions in Lesson 25. A Humorous Poem: Write a humorous poem. Think about what you think is funny and try to write a poem that will make people laugh.