Teaching plan of Unit 4 A Garden of Poems
(Designed to the periods)
Teaching aims and demands

1. Topic: Talk about English poetry
2. Vocabulary and useful expressions:
Poetry, poet, poem, recite, loneliness, sadness, glory, pattern, belong, absence, translate, shade, extraordinary, idiom, stupidity, dust, mood, rue, length, apart, insane, guideline, essay, collection, recommend, contribute, dare, follow, avoid, among , as, worth, call up, belong to, come into being, contribute to, hear of/about, too… to , a number of, at the beginning of. Be supposed to do/be, be well-known for, get through, used to do.
3. Function:
Practise expressing intention and decision:
I’m interested to…
I’m interested but…
I think I might want…
I want to….
I’d like to,,,,
I think it will be too difficult to…
I think it will be boring…
I hope to find….
I don’t know much about… but….
I never heard of… so….
I’m not interested in…. so….
4.Grammar:
The Past Participle used as Adverbial
过去分词用作状语
a. Greatly surprised, he couldn’t say a word.
b. When completed, the canal will connect the river with the lake.
c. Coated with sugar, bananas will taste better.
d. Even if invited, I wouldn’t go.
e. He stared at me, astonished.
5. Write about a poem

Teaching procedure:

Period 1.
Step 1.Warming up
1. Brainstorming:
Find as many words as the students can find to talk about poets and poetry:
Limerick, sonnets, Shakespeare, happiness, vividness, sadness, imagination,etc
2. Following the Step 3 of the warming-up on page 25.
3. pay attention to the rhyme of the limerick:
Corfu/Peru/through; Singapore/No 4/door
Step 2. Pre-reading
1. Show some pictures of some famous Chinese poets.
2. group work: work out 5 words related to poetry.
Step 3. While-reading
1. Scanning: Ss read quickly and do Ex1 on p28:
2. Ss read and get the main ideas of each paragraph.
Step 4. After-reading
What do the words in bold refer to?
Step 5. Assignment
1. surf the internet and get more information about the topic..
2. Retell the passage using your own words.

Period 2.

Step 1. Warming up
Ask some Ss to retell the passage that they have learnt last period.
Step 2. Learning about the language
Teacher explain some language points in the text on page 27--28.
1. Peotry also call up all the colours, feelings, experiences and curious images of a dream world.
Call up:
The music calls up old times.
On reaching the city, she called up.
2. Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme.
Follow:
Follow the directions on the package.
I can’t follow your lecture.
The typhoon was followed by fine weather.
3. Besides, no matter how well translated, something of the spirit of the original work is lost.
No matter how = however
No matter how hot the weather is, he doesn’t complain.
She always goes swimming, no matter how cold it is.
Step 3. Practice
1. Ss finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 29by themselves.
2. check the answer.
3. Teacher gives Ss suggested answer and tell them why if the Ss have any problem.
Step 4. Assignment
1. Learn the useful expressions by heart.
2. Finish Wb. Ex1 –4 on page 103--104.

Period 3.

Step 1. Revision
Check the answers of Wb Ex 1 -- 4 on page 103 --104.
Step 2. Discoverig useful structures
1. Ss look at the following sentences and underline the Past Participle.
f. Greatly surprised, he couldn’t say a word.
g. When completed, the canal will connect the river with the lake.
h. Coated with sugar, bananas will taste better.
i. Even if invited, I wouldn’t go.
j. He stared at me, astonished.
Let Ss themselves find the functions of the PP.
2.Ss study more examples on p30.
Once published, his work became famous for the absence of rhyme at each line.
3.More exercises to consolidate the Grammar.
.EX1—3 on p30
Step 3. Talking
1. Ss four in one group and have a discussion about the topic on page 102
2. Ss make notes during the discussion, and try to reach an agreement that is acceptable to all.
3. Ss show their result to the class.
Step 4. Speaking
Ss work in pairs and discuss their preferences.
The following structures are helpful to students:
I’m interested to…
I’m interested but…
I think I might want…
I want to….
I’d like to,,,,
I think it will be too difficult to…
I think it will be boring…
I hope to find….
I don’t know much about… but….
I never heard of… so….
I’m not interested in…. so….

Step 5. Assignment
Finish Grammar Ex on page 104--105.

Period 4.

Step 1. Warming up
Ask Ss some questions about poets and poetry:
Step 2. Reading
1. Ss read the passage on page 105,and then discuss the following question:
What are the differences between traditional poetry and modern poetry?
2. Help Ss to understand the passage entirely.
Step 3. Writing
Finish the writing task on p 107.
The following questions are important for the report:
a. What’s the form of the poem?
b. Was it well written?
c. Does the poem use rhyme or free verse?
d. Is the poem modern or rather traditional?
e. Are the ideas and use of language original?
f. Which human feelings are expressed in the poem>
g. What makes the poem very good?
Step 4.Recite one of the 3 poems.

Period 5. (Listening)

Step 1. Listening
1. Ss finish the listening task on page 25.
2. Ss listen to the tape again and check the answers.

Step 2. dealing with the Ex 1—2 on p 102 of Workbook.
Step 3. Listening skills
Give the students some tips on how to improve listening while checking the Ex.
a. make notes while listening;
b. write down the most important information

Period 6. (Writing )

Step 1. Pre-writing
1. Ss read the passage on p31 and get the general idea about it.
2. Explain the skills on how to organize a paragraph.
Step 2. While-writing
1. Ss write a short essay commenting on an English poem.
2. Ss exchange their writing and correct the mistakes.
Step 3. After-writing
Choose some samples and show them in class.
Tips on writing:
Pay attention to the form of an essay.
Pay attention to the tense while writing.
Pay attention to the structures of the sentences.
Arrange the paragraphs in a logical order.
Step 4. assignment
Find an English poem and recite it. And then tell your deskmate why you like it.

Period 7.

Teachers can use this period freely.
Suggestion: Teachers can use this period to let Ss sum up what they have learned and explain what Ss couldn’t understand very well in this unit. Teachers can also add more practice in this period to consolidate what the Ss have learned. Finally, ask the Ss to finish Assessing on page 108. It is very important to improve their learning and let them have a sense of assessing gradually. If necessary do some extrawork to enlarge their vocabulary.