Unit7Lesson20LifeIsaJourney（第一課時）

LessonFocus

?Readingtoappreciateandunderstandapoem

?Talkingaboutlifeandwritingapoem

Warmup

Exercise1

Purpose:tohelpstudentsdiscusslife,usingthemetaphoroflifeasajourney

Havestudentsconsiderwhat'sinvolvedintakingajourney.Ask“Whatkindoffeelingsdoyouhaveabouttakingajourney?”Promptthemtoconsiderpositiveaswellasnegativefeelings.ElicitIfeelexcited(nervous,happy,confused,curious...).Say“Imagineyouareclimbingamountainonyourjourney.Whatareyouthinkingaboutwhenyouareclimbing?”Elicitideas.Promptstudents,asneeded.Examples:Iamreallytired.Thisissobeautiful.Iwanttogohome.Iamhavingthebesttime.Ifeellonelyandscared...

DirectstudentstothewordsrelatedtoLife.Say“Let'sreadthewords”.Readthewordsaloudandhavestudentsrepeat.Thensay“Lookatthewordsandthinkabouttheirmeaning.Whichwordsarepositiveandmakeyoufeelgoodandwhichwordsarenegativeandmakeyoufeelbad?”Makeachartontheboardwiththreecolumns.LabeltwocolumnsPositive??andNegative??andlabelthethirdcolumnDon'tKnow??.Givestudentsafewmomentstowriteeachwordinoneofthecolumns.Monitor,offeringhelpasneeded.Youmaywishtohavestudentsworkinpairs.

Askstudentstotellyouwhichwordstheythinkarepositiveandwhicharenegative.Writethemontheboard.Useexamplestogivethemeaningofwords,asneeded.Answersmayvary,butwilllikelyincludethefollowing:Positivewords:choice,enjoy,future,happiness,hope,successNegativewords:despair,difficulties,failure,workhardDon'tknow:upsanddowns(Somemayalsoincludefuturehere)

Say“Lifeisoftenparedtoajourney”.Thenask“Inwhichwaysislifeajourney?”HaveastudentreadtheExample.Thenaskstudentstodiscusstheirideaswithapartner.

Goovertheiranswers,askingvolunteerstosharetheirideaswiththeclass.

Reading

Exercise2

Purpose:tohelpstudentschooseasuitabletitleofapoem

Directstudentstothepoem.Readthetitleofthepoemaloudoraskastudenttoreadit.Ask“Whatdoyouthinkthepoemwillbeabout?”Elicitanappropriateresponse.Example:Itwillbeaboutlearningnewthingsinlife.Itwillbeaboutgoodandbadthingsinlife….

Notethatsomepoemsincluderhymingwordsbutotherpoemsdonot.Ask“Doesthispoemrhyme?”Elicitthatitdoesnot.Tellstudentsthatwritersoftensharetheirfeelingsthroughpoemsandthatpoemscanhelpusconsiderourownfeelings.Askstudentstoreadthispoemandthinkaboutthemainideaofthepoem.Givethemafewmomentstoreadandthenhavethemchoosetheiranswer.Youmaywantthemtodiscusstheiranswerwithapartnerfirst.

Goovertheiranswersasaclass.Havethemdiscussthereasonsfortheirchoices.

Answer

a

Exercise3

Purpose:todiscusshowtoappreciateapoemandhelpstudentspleteatablebasedontheirunderstandingofapoem

Directstudentstothepoem.Ask“Whatcanyoutellmeaboutthepoem?”Encouragestudentstopointoutthingstheynoticewhentheylookatthepoem.Ifneeded,promptthemtonoticesuchthingsasthetitle,thenameofthewriter(poet),andthefourpartsofthepoemwiththreeorfourlinesineachpart.Youmayskipthisstepifyoufeelstudentsarereadytodotheexercise.

DirectstudentstotheReadingHelpbox.Askthemtoreadthefirststatementaboutthepoet'snameandnotethewordAnonymousbelowthetitleofthepoem.SaythewordAnonymousandhavestudentsrepeat.

ThendirectthembacktoReadingHelpandthesecondstatementwhichdescribesversesandstanzas.Askthemtolookatthepoem.Ask“Canyouseetheversesinthispoem?Howmanyversesarethere?”Elicitresponses.

ThendirectstudentstothefinalstatementinReadingHelp.Readabouttheuseofmetaphorsinpoems.Writeametaphorontheboard.Example:Aclassroomisagarden.Explainthemetaphor.(Studentsaretheplantsthatdevelopandgrowwithalittlehelp.)

Givestudentstimetolookatthetableonpage81.Say"Lookatthepoemagain.pletethetableaboutthepoem".Havestudentsworkinpairs,ifneeded.Monitorasstudentspletethetable,offeringassistanceasneeded.

Goovertheanswers,askingindividualstudentstosaythemaloud.Encouragestudentstoanswerinpletesentences.

Exercise4

Purpose:tohelpstudentschoosethesummaryforeachverseofapoem

Askstudentstoremindyouhowmanyversesthereareinthepoemonpage80.Ask“Whydoyouthinkwehaveversesinpoems?”Elicitanswers.(Eachversemightexpressadifferentidea,likeaparagraphinastory.)

Directstudentstothepoemandhavethemreadeachverse.Thenhavethemchoosethesummaryforeachverseandwrite14.Monitor,offeringhelpasneeded.Ifstudentsneedsupport,havethemworkinpairs.

Goovertheanswers.Haveindividualstudentsreadtheanswersaloud.

Answers

a)3,b)2,c)4,d)1

Exercise5

Purpose:tohelpstudentsanswerquestionsaboutapoem

Directstudentstothequestions.Reviewthesummaryforeachversewithstudents(fromExercise4).Thensay“Readtheversesofthepoemagainandanswereachquestion”.Notethattherearefourversesandfourquestions.

Givestudentsafewmomentstoreadtheversesandthentoanswereachquestion.Monitorasstudentswritetheanswers,offeringassistanceasneeded.Ifstudentsneedsupport,havethemworkinpairs.

Goovertheanswers,askingindividualstudentstosaythemaloud.Encouragestudentstoanswerinpletesentences.Challengethemtoexpresstheirideasclearly.

Answers

Answerswillvarybutshouldincludethefollowing:

1.Thepathofajourneygoesleftandrightandthe