Unit 6 Nature in words Writing & presenting ideas 学案-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

【教师版】Unit 6 Period 5 Writing & Presenting ideas（配套） 【学习目标】 Learning Objectives 1 To analyse the rhetoric devices used in the poem, and write a poem about nature 2 To share a book about nature and plan your own book 【学习过程】 Learning activities 目标一: To analyse the rhetoric devices used in the poem, and write a poem about nature Activity 1: Read three poems below and find out what is written each. a b Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. (from "The Star" by Jane Taylor) c She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind And curtsied up and down. She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbour: “Winter is dead.” (“Daffodowndilly” by A.A. Milne) Answers: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity 2: Read the poems and tick the correct box(es) for each question. Which poem... a b c ... use its shape to help convey message? ... has rhyming words at the end of the lines? ... uses metaphor? ... uses simile? ... use personification? Activity 3: Read “Learning to learn” and find out the rhyme in poem a and b. Learning to learn Rhyme is a typical feature of English poetry. A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (or the same sound) in two or more words. Children’s poems, called “nursery rhymes”, usually contain strong rhymes so they are easy to be remembered. In modern poetry, however, features other than rhyme are more important. Lines of modern poetry can be of variable length, the shape of the words on the page is more important, and rhyme is not often used. Activity 4: Think about words and expressions related to nature and add them to the mind map. Activity 5: Work in pairs. Plan a poem. Consider the following: • what your poem will be about • what kind of poem you are going to write • what figures of speech y