Unit 5 Poems Reading and Thinking 课件 2023-2024学年高二英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit 5 Period 1 Reading and Thinking(I) 1.熟悉并掌握文中的重点词汇、短语与句型； 2.通过阅读，了解几种简单的英文诗歌形式，掌握其基本特征和语言特点。 学习目标 新 课 导 入 Let’s appreciate the poem—The Road Not Taken 课 堂 学 习 Forms of literature Example Characteristics Novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer vivid character(s), complete plot development, setting descriptions, … Drama Short story What are the different forms of literature that you already know about? What are the characteristics of each form of literature? 1. Compared with other forms of literature such as the novel, drama, and the short story, what are the characteristics of poetry? Discuss the questions with your partner. 1 Pre-reading Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky. Compared to other forms of literature, poetry tends to be shorter though a poem can be very long. Words are used differently, not in sentences and paragraphs like in novels, but lines and stanzas. Often grammar and punctuation are ignored or used differently. Poetry is more emotional, and the possibilities are much more open than in prose. Brainstorm 2. Why do you think people write poems? Why? to tell a story to express feelings to recall an enjoyable or unpleasant incident to encourage people to create a mood to make others laugh to express a point of view to play with words … to create images for the readers Skimming Read the text and answer the two questions. 1. What is the main topic of the text? 2. How many forms of poems does the text talk about? What are they? It is about a few simple forms of English poems. Five. They are Nursery rhyme(童谣), List poem (清单诗), Cinquain(五行诗), Haiku (俳句诗) and Tang poem (唐诗). Para. 1 Para. 7 Why people compose poetry What are the distinctive characteristics of poetry Para. 2-6 Scanning Read the text again and and draw a mind map of the passage. closing paragraph: an encouragement to the readers 8 A few simple forms of English poems Para. 2 nursery rhymes Para. 3 list poem Para.