A_Few_Simple_Forms_of_English_Poems

Revision韵， 押韵 传达 童谣 具体的 钻石 灵活的 取笑，招惹 翻译 rhyme convey Nursery rhyme concrete diamond flexible tease translation

Nursery rhyme (童谣) Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papa is going to buy you another today.

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Fast reading:1. How many forms of poems are mentioned in the passage? What are they?

five kinds

A B and C D and E F and G H Nursery List Tang Cinquain Haiku rhymes poems poems

童谣

清单诗

五行诗

俳句诗

唐诗

Pair workJust read the 8 poems & finish the chart with your partner by ticking the correct box(es) on P. 9

Pay attention: there may not be one answer to some questions

Which poem describes a person?tells a story? describes an aspect of a season? is about a sport? is about things that don’t make sense? is recited to a baby? describes a river scene?

A B C D E

F G H

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has rhyming words…?repeats words or phrases

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Careful reading :Read the text carefully and fill in the formforms of poems characteristics

Read the text carefully and find out the Characteristics of each form

Forms of Poems1______ Nursery _______ rhymes

Characteristics

rhythm Have strong _________ and rhyme _______ Have a lot of repetition Easy to learn and to recite _________

Nursery rhyme: Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won’t sing, going to buy you a diamond ring. a Poem A:Papa’s a nursery rhyme that illustrates If that diamond ring turns to brass, father’s love for his baby Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat If that billy-goat runs away, Papa is going to buy you another today.

Forms of Poems

Characteristics

________things List Have a ________line length flexible 2_________ List poems Repeated ________ phrases ; some rhyme while others do not

I saw a fish-pond all on fire, I saw a house bow to a squire, I saw a person twelve-feet high,

Poem B: an amusing nonsense poem which I saw a cottage in the sky, List poem describes images of some ridiculous I saw a balloon made of lead, (清单诗) I saw things a coffin drop down dead,I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses making lace, I saw a girl just like a cat, I saw a kitten wear a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And said though strange they all were true.

Our first football matchWe would have won…

Poem C: About losing a football match and the if we’d had just a few more minutes, writer lists a lot of excuses for their if we had trained harder, if Ben had failure passe

d the ball to Joe,if we’d had thousands of fans screaming, if I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball, if we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before, if we hadn’t taken it easy, if we hadn’t run out of energy, We would have won… if we’ve been better!

if Jack had just scored that goal,

Why didn’t the players win? Write down three excuses that the speaker gives. Didn’t have enough time; didn’t have thousands of fans screaming; stayed up too late, and ran out of energy. Does the speaker really believe his or her own excuse? How do you know? No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win.

Forms of Poems

Characteristics Easy to write five lines Made up of ____________ Conveys a _______________ strong picture in just a few words

Cinquain

Cinquain (五行诗) (poem D and E)

Five linesBrother Beautiful, athletic---one word (topic) ---two adjs

Teasing, shouting, laughing---three verbs with –ing

Friend and enemy too mine

---four words

---one word

Brother兄弟 爱美, 又爱运动 Poem D: a description of a 爱闹 lovely brother Teasing, shouting, laughing , 爱叫, 又爱笑 是我的朋友 Friend and enemy too 也是我的敌人 Mine Beautiful, athletic

Summer夏日 Sleepy, salty 困乏, E: 咸涩 Poem a description of hot and boring Drying, drooping, dreading 干涸, 枯萎 , 恐怖 summer 周而复始 Week in, week out. 永无止境 Endless

Forms of Poems

Characteristics

Haiku

A Japanese form of poetry Made up of ___________ 17 syllables Easy to write Gives a _________ picture clear

Haiku (俳句诗 ) A fallen blossom

Poem F: describes how a 落下的花朵 is coming backbutterfly to the branch. rests 回到了树枝上。 on a 瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！ look, a butterfly! tree(by Moritake)作者Moritake

syllables

Poem G: describes that the 雪儿融化了, Snow melted, weather is having warmer 整个村庄充满着 The whole village is brimful and the village is of happy children 欢乐的儿童。 full of happy (by Issa) 作者Issa children