Unit 5 Poems Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第三册

POEMS Lesson 1 Reading and Thinking (1) 1 In this lesson, you will read a passage about a few simple forms of English poems; learn about various reasons why people compose poetry and distinctive characteristics of poetry; appreciate different forms of English poems; write an English poem by yourself. Learning objectives Two roads diverged (分叉) in a wood, and I — I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference. — Robert Frost What can you see in the picture? Can you see two diverged roads? Can you see a wood? Can you see a man travelling on one of the roads? Read after the speaker and try to form a picture in your mind. Turn to page 49. Is the picture in your mind similar to this one? Do you understand the poem lines? Can you use your own words to explain them? Warming up Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference. — Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference. — Robert Frost Robert Frost (1874-1963) is an American poet. He uses the image of a split path to talk about choices in life. Facing a choice in life, Frost says he took the “one less travelled”, which means he made a choice that most people don’t, and he felt that it was the right decision. Warming up Brainstorming Why do people write poems? 2. Compared with other forms of literature such as the novel, drama, and the short story, what are the characteristics of poetry? Before reading 1. In Chinese , we have “ 诗言志, 诗言情, 诗歌合为事而作”. That is, people write poems for different Reasons. People write poems to express their thoughts to convey their emotions to tell a story to make people laugh to create an impressive picture Before reading Compared with other forms of literature such as the novel, drama, and the short story, what are the characteristics of poetry? Words are used in lines and stanzas(诗节). Grammar and punctuation are ignored