(
课件网) Do you enjoy Chinese or foreign poetry? Why or why not? Do you enjoy writing or listening to poetry? (Page 48) Listen and say whether each student likes writing and / or listening to poetry. Read the questions. Then listen to the teacher, Mr. Tanner, and three students, Wu Zhe, Lily and Chelsea, talking about their feelings about poetry. Who enjoys listening to poetry? Who enjoys writing poetry? Lily and Chelsea. Lily and Chelsea. Listen to the conversation again and match the reasons he / she enjoys or doesn’t enjoy poetry. Wu Zhe Lily Chelsea Poetry is like music. It’s rubbish. I like playing with words. The language in poetry is strange. Poetry takes you to a different world. You don’t have to follow grammar rules. Listen to the tape again. Match each student with the words they said and note the different feelings of the three students about poetry when they say the following words. LILY: My heart sinks! Poetry, yuck! WU ZHE: I love listening to it too ... But I'd much rather be writing it. CHELSEA: Sometimes I feel inspired and the right words just come spilling out. What are your feelings about poetry? Compare them with the speakers in the listening. Sample S1: I enjoy listening to poetry especially if the reader is an expressive reader. I close my eyes and it is like listening to music. S2: Really? I don’t like reading or listening to poetry. Poetry’s rubbish if you ask me. I would prefer a good pop song. S1: Then you really miss a lot. It takes you to another place in your mind. I like writing it too. I enjoy playing with words and sentences and lines. S2: I think it sounds silly. People just write anything as long as it sounds right. They don’t seem to care about the meaning. S1: I don’t understand you. Pop songs are poetry too. You cannot just write down whatever comes into your head. However you can experiment with words and see what you produce. That’s what I really enjoy. S2: That’s my experience when I put words to music. It’s nice to know that what I am doing is poetry … Read Exercise 1 and learn about the information of the listening material. Listen and check your answer. (Page 53) T Decide the sentences are true or false. The students have to give their poetry homework to the teacher today. Sam is going to try to write his poem on the weekend. Sam doesn’t like the poetry homework. Sally doesn’t want to do her poetry homework. F F T 5. Sam doesn’t remember what a haiku is. 6. Ben is going to the park on Saturday. 7. Sam is going to write a poem about himself. 8. Sally, Ben and Sam are all present at the beginning of the conversation. T T F F Listen again and fill in the chart below. cinquain haiku list poem Ben nature the students in her class Questions Sam Ben Sally What kind of poem is the student going to write? What topic is the student going to write about? Listen to the tape again. Do Sally, Ben and Sam know each other very well? Find two pieces ... ...
