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No.1 Middle School of Yong’an No.1 Middle School of Yong’an FujianFujian

Unit 2 PoemsUnit 2 Poems ReadingReading

A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMS

Chun xiao

Jing ye si

little star

Hush,little baby

望夫石 王健

望夫处，江悠悠 , 化为石，不回头。 山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。

Outline of the textOutline of the text

Part 1

Part 2

A general introduction of English poems

Five simple forms of English poems

Fast readingFast reading

How many poems are there in this text?How many forms of poems are

introduced and what are their names?

Nursery rhymes

List poems

The cinquain

Haiku

Tang poems

Intensive-reading Intensive-reading

Forms of poems

Characteristics

Nursery rhymes

List poems

Cinquain

Haiku

Tang poems

Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to recite

Repeated phrases and some rhyme

Made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words.Made up of 17 syllables; Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words.

The translations have a free form.

Practice

Enjoy some poems on Page 52Choose one and tell its

characteristics

Practice

Form a cinquain with the following words long ago,but lived once, dinosaurs,remain, only dust and dreams

Practice

dinosaurs long ago but lived once only dust and dreams remain

SummarySummary

There are many forms of poems, such as , , cinquain,

Haiku and Tang poems.People write poems for different .Poems have

and they often _____.Some poems are very short,only______several lines,but they can _______strong pictures.

nursery rhymeslist poems

purposes rhythm

rhymehave

convey

HomeworkHomework

1.Finish exercises in post-reading2.Review the information we have

collected this class.3.Read the whole passage alound and

underline the language points . Is that clear?

Thank you !