高中英语Unit 2 Poems Reading and Writing 教案设计
Unit 2 Poems Reading and Writing
教学内容分析
The teaching materials of this period contain two parts. The first part is the Reading passage on page 14 with the title of I've Saved the Summer, which is a poem telling a parent speaking to a young adult child. The older person has experienced his/her own journey through life and is offering love to the young person to help him/her begin on his/her own journey through life. The second part is the Writing Task on page 16,which asks the students to write a poem.
目标设计
Knowledge and skills
1. To enable the students to listen to the "music" of the poem, to know how it makes them feel and what it make them think about.
2. To get the students to know about the useful new Words and phrases.
3. To get the students to learn the following useful structures:
If I + past tense..., I would...
4. To help the students learn how to write a poem starting with "If I..." .
Process and methods
Reading for specific information, summarizing,discussing and practicing.
Emotion ,attitude and value
1. To stimulate the students' love to poetry.
2. To inspire the students to write poems of their own.
教学重、难点
1. The under standing of the Reading passage.
2. The use of the subjunctive mood in poem writing.
3. Teaching the students how to write a list poem of their own.
教学过程
Step 1 Revision
Are these statements true or false?
...
Step 2 Pre-Reading
Listen to the poem "I've saved the summer" and answer these questions:
1. Does the poem have a rhythmic pattern?
2. Does the poem have rhyming Words?
Step 3 Reading
1. Circle the Words that rhyme. What is unusual about the rhyming Words in the last four lines?
2. Now listen to the beats of the rhythm are marked below:
I’ve saved the summer
And I give it all to you
To hold on winter mornings
When the snow is new.
I’ve saved some sunlight
If you should ever need
A place away from darkness
Where your mind can feed.
And for myself I've kept your smile
When you were but nineteen,
Till you’re older you’ll not know
What brave young smiles can mean.
I know no answers
To help you on your way
The answers lie somewhere
At the bottom of the day.
But if you’ve a need for love
I’ll give you all I own
It might help you down theroad
Till you’ve found your own.
Step 4 Discussion
In small groups discuss these questions:
1.Who is the speaker in the poem and who is he /she speaking to ? Give reasons to support your answer.
2.Which of the following is the closest to the speaker’s message?
A. If it’s cold, I’ll warm you; if it’s dark, I’ll give you light; if you’re hungry, I’ll feed you; if you want to love , I’ll give it to you .
B. Although the future may be difficult for you, whenever you need warmth and love, remember I’ll have some to give you.
C. While you’re away I’ll remember your smile and I’ll love you always. When you return, I hope you will love me.
Step 5 Writing
1. Revise the grammar.
1). If I had done ..., I would have done ...
2). If I did... , I would do...
2. Write a list poem.
1).Work in groups. The teacher guides the students to write a list poem starting with "If I..." like poem C on page 10. It doesn't have to rhyme.