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Unit 6 Seasons
Reading 1
Enjoy a song
Enjoy a song
Question: What’s the song about?
Lead-in
What is each season like in your hometown?
Use three words or phrases to describe each season?
Spring :________,________and ________.
Summer :________,________and ________.
Autumn :________,________and ________.
winter :________,________and ________.
warm
flower
fly a kite
Pre-reading
1. What type of text is it?
A. a blog post
B. a diary
C. a letter
D. a poem
Pre-reading
2. What is the poem about?
It’s about seasons.
While-reading
How many stanzas are there in the poem?
Four.
GGGGGGGGGGGGG
Tip 1: A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, like a “paragraph” for poetry.
1
2
3
4
While-reading
What seasons are the stanzas about?
winter
spring
summer
antumn
They are about winter, spring, summer and autumn.
While-reading
匹配
c
d
b
a
spring
autumn
winter
summer
Hear the beauty
Hear the beauty
How does this poem sound? Why?
This poem sounds beautiful. Because it rhymes really well, and it is easy to read aloud.
Tip 2: Rhyme means when two or more words end with the same sound. It’s like the words “sing a song” togrther---their ending sounds are the same, and it makes the words sound nice when you say them.
For example: cat and fat; tree and free...
Hear the beauty
grow
day
kite
showers
shade
cool
ground
drops
again
See the beauty of winter
Weather:
views:
Actuvity:
snowy and cold
snow everywhere
bare trees光秃秃的树
dead flowers
birds fly away
Are trees and flowers able to forget ?
Do they have mind?
personification 拟人手法
/pəˏsɔnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
Tip 3:
Personification is a writing skill.
When you use it, you describe non-human things as if they were humans---they can talk,smile, feel, or do things that humans do. It makes your writing more lively and interesting.
See the beauty of winter
Use personification to make sentences.
Insects__________ music of the summer sound.
play
See the beauty of winter
Use personification to make sentences.
Snowflakes__________ freely in the air.
dance
The beauty of winter
How might the poet feel in winter? Why?
The poet might feel a little _______ in winter because the plants stop growing and birds fly away.
lonely
See the beauty of spring
Weather:________
Things:________
Activities: people___________.
bees and butterflies_____________and ___________________.
windy and bright
kites, bees, butterflies and April showers.
fly kites
play among flowers
hide from April showers
See the beauty of spring
What might the poet feel?
A. tired
B. bored
C. hopeless
D. excited
See the beauty of summer summer
Relaxed.
Weather
Views
Activity
Hot
______________, trees and shade
People _______________________.
Quiet streams
eat ice cream
How might the poet feel in summer?
See the beauty of summer summer
The poet might feel ________in summer because of the sweet memories such as enjoying quiet streams and trees and shade and eating ice cream.
A. lonely B. upset C. relaxed D. unlucky
relaxed
How might the poet feel?
See the beauty of autumn
Weather
Views
Activities
cool
________________on the ground
Farmers work to _________________.
Brown leaves
harvest crops
See the beauty of autumn
How might the poet feel in autumn?
Happy/Cheerful/Satisfied
We can enjoy beautiful views
Farmers harvest crops.
Further thinking:Why dose the poet mention winter again?
stanza 4:
stanza 1:
Beginning
Ending
Seasons of the year
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
To echo from beginning to end.
(首尾呼应)
Post-reading
Mille is recording a video to introduce the different seasons in her hometoen.
Post-reading
Mille is writing about the four seasons and what she likes about them. Help her complete the article.
shower
lazy
stream
shade
Post-reading
Mille is writing about the four seasons and what she likes about them. Help her complete the srticle.
harvest
perfect
temperature
memories
Discuss and share
Which place do you like better:
a place with spring-like weather all year round, or one with four different seasons? Why?
四季如春or 四季分明?
I like the place with four very different seasons. Because___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
I like the place with spring-like weather all year round. Because___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
We should enjoy the beauty of nature.
Four seasons teach us about change and growth.
These changes make life rich and interesting.
So let’s love each season, hug every part of life, and find joy in all the little things around us!
Homework
For all: finish《课课练》reading 1.
For some: collect more English poems about seasons.
Thank you
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