Unit 4 A Garden of Poems
The Sixth Period: Exercises
Teaching material: Unit 4 A garden of poems
Lesson type: Exercises
Teacher: Wang Yu
Teaching Aids: Slide
Teaching Aims:
1. Consolidation.
2. Learn some new words and phrases.
3. Poetry reading competition: train the students to enjoy the English poems.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. The usage of the useful words and phrases.
2. How to enjoy English poems.
Teaching Methods:
1. Analyzing method to get the students to master the words and phrases.
2. Practice method to get the students to master what they’ve learned.
Teaching procedure:
Step I Lead-in (1 minute)
T: Class begins! Good morning, girls!
S: Good morning, teacher!
T: Sit down, please! Today we’re going to have an English poetry reading competition. But before the competition, we’ll check the exercise first, ok?
S: Ok.
Step Ⅱ Exercises (20 minutes)
T: Good! Will you please turn to page 103 and look at exercise 1. Change the words below into nouns by adding a suffix. Here “suffix” means”后綴”。
（Explain the words one by one and check the answers）
T: Now let’s look at exercise 2. Who’d like to read your answer?
(Explain the words one by one and check the answers )
T: Look at the second line. We’ve learnt the phrase “go through”, right? It means read quickly. But here it means “experience”. E.g. 他們都經歷過這場戰事.
S: They have all gone through the war.
T: Good. Now let’s see the fourth line. A higher quality of life. What does “quality” here means?
S: 質量
T: Then how to say”優質產品”?
S: Products of quality.
T: Right! Very good. So this sentence means”詩歌為人類提供了更高的生活質量.” Now let’s move on. Look at the sentence:” What sets them apart is that they are very skilled at playing with words and can put words together in amazing ways.” Here “set apart” means"把……分開”. “set apart” has another meaning. "留出，撥出”. E.g.撥出金額買新設備.
S: Set apart a sum of money for new equipment.
T: Well. What about the phrase “be skilled at”?
S: Be good at.
T: That’s right! We can say be skilled at writing or be skilled at painting. Be skilled at doing sth. Clear?
S: Yes.
T: Have you got any other questions about this passage?
S: No.
T: Ok. Now let’s look at exercise 3. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words in brackets.
(Check the answers using slides and explain some language points)
▲ Slip
1. 溜走
2. 滑倒
e.g., 在冰上滑倒 slip over the ice
▲ Intention of doing sth. 做某事的意圖
▲ Recommend sb. For the job. 推薦某人工作
StepⅢ Poetry Reading Competition. (20 minutes)
Groups: Dormitory 2240, 2241, 2242, 2243, 2244, 2245
Competitors:
40 Zhu Shanhu
“Dreams”
41 Hu Li
“Cuckoo”
42 Jiang Miaoshuang & Xiang Chenchen (Group Work)
“Shall I Compare Thee to the Summer’s Day?” (Sonnet 18)
43 Li Jinjin
“Poetry”
44 Lin Xinxin
“She Dwelt among the Untrodden Way.”
45 ①Wang Xiaojing
“Blue”
②Cai Dandan
“Trees”
Judgers: Teachers from class 1 and class 2
Wang Jiaolei, Zhi Xiuna, Jiang Zhimin
Winner: Domitory 2243, Li Jinjin
★ Blackboard Design:
優質產品: Products of quality
把……分開: set apart
be skilled at = be good at
Slip: 1.溜走
2.滑倒
Intention of doing sth. 做某事的意圖
Recommend sb. for the job. 推薦某人工作
★ Slide:
1. I have no intention of getting married before building a career.
2. His greatest glory is the picture with premier Zhou, which hangs on the wall.
3. You can make a dress after this paper pattern.
4. He is a nice young man. Quite a few people have recommended him for the job.
5. When I was young, mum asked me to recite every text to her.
6. You can slip out from the back door. No one will notice your absence.