Period Two. Listening

豐臺實驗 郝源俊 劉哲

Teaching Aims:

1. To improve the students' listening ability.

2. To appreciate English poems and the beauty of the English language

Step I. Pre-listening:

T: By reading poetry, we can find ways to express ourselves. What is poetry? Read the following poem.

Poetry

---Eleanor Farjeon

What is poetry? Who knows?

Not a rose, but the scent of the rose;

Not the sky, but the light of the sky:

Not the fly, but the gleam of the fly;

Not the sea, but the sound of the sea;

Not myself, but what makes me

See, hear, and feel something that prose

Cannot, and what it is , who knows.?

Step II. Listening

A. Tell the Ss sometimes people change the word poetry to songs. Ss listen to the song named Right Here Waiting, and fill in the blanks for the missing words or sentences.

Ocean apart day after day

And I slowly go insane

I hear your voice on the line

But it doesn't stop the pain

If I see you next to never

How can we say forever

Wherever you go

Whatever you do

I will be right here waiting for you

Whatever it takes

Or how my heart breaks

I will be right here waiting for you

B. Listening part P25,

1. Ss listen to the tape and then do Ex 1, P25.

2. Listen again and complete Ex 2

1. What is the dialogue about?

2. What kind of book is A Garden of Poems?

3. Which period is meant when we say “between the World Wars”?

4. How should you read a book such as 1001 Songs and Poems in English?

5. Which topic for poetry does the student like?

3. Listen for the 3rd time and complete Ex 3.

Poems sorted by Names Poems sorted by Period of time Poems sorted by Topic

A Garden of Poems

1001 Songs and Poems in English

English Poems of the Early

Poetry between the World Wars

The Earth is Painted Green

Homework:

Preview the reading part