Reading 1

Learning Aims1.To master some new words butterflies, showers, streams, shade, piles, harvest, crops, temperature, drop. 2. To feel the beauty of the four season in the poem . 3. To find out the rhymes(韵脚) and the rhyme patterns(韵律模式). 4. To read the poem correctly, clearly, loudly and emotionally(有感情地).

Pre-reading

预学作业Why?

Which season do you like best?

spring

summer

autumn

winter

While-reading An English poem

Task 1 Listen to the tape and try to feel the tone(感情基调) of the poem.hopeful sad exciting cheerful relaxing humorous

Task 2 Read the poem again by yourself and find out words that stop you from understanding the poem.butterflies shade temperature showers piles drop streams harvest/ crops

Task 3

Read the poem paragraph by paragraph.

1. What season is it about? 2. What can you see, hear and feel?full of snow forget to grow fly away

snow trees and flowers birds

winterno sound cold/silent/ bright/ ...

1. What do you like to do in spring? 2. What’s the weather like in spring? What do people do in spring? What do bees and butterflies do ? The days of spring are windy and bright What a perfect time to fly a kite!

weather

Bees and butterflies play among the flowers, Then hide from the April showers.

activities

In the spring light, comes the summer night.1. Could you share your good memories of summer days with us? 2. How is the writer’s summer? streams pool trees

sweetice cream

shade

Autumn is the season of harvest.1. What will you think of about autumn? 2. What is the writer’s autumn like? What color can you see in autumn? Brown/ Golden. What are farmers busy doing? They were busy harvesting crops. What changes happen in autumn? The days are shorter and the temperature drops.

Read the last two lines and try to tell the writer’s feelings between the lines.Soon the snowy season will begin, And it will be a new year once again.

How time flies!

Read the poem by heart and tell which line or part you like best.

Task 4

Enjoy the beautiful language!

And lazy afternoons by a pool, Eating ice cream to feel cool. Personification(拟人手法) Find out more examples! forget to grow play among flowers hide from the April showers quiet streams

Task 5

Make a comparison!

It’s spring. What a perfect time to fly a kite! Bees and butterflies play among flowers. It’s summer. There are quiet streams, trees and shade. We can eat ice cream.

It’s autumn. Brown leaves fall on the ground. Farmers harvest crops. It’s winter. Winter days are full of snow. Birds fly far away.Are there any differences between the two?

Winter days are full of snow When trees and flowers forget to grow, And birds fly far away To find a warm and sunny day. 1. Find the rhymes. _______ rhymes with ________. 2. Find the rhyme pattern. A. aabb B. abab C. aaba D. abaa

The days of spring are windy and bright What a perfect time to fly a kite! Bees and butterflies play among fl

owers, Then hide from the April showers. 1. Find the rhymes. _______ rhymes with ________. 2. Find the rhyme pattern. A. aabb B. abab C. aaba D. abaa

Those sweet memories of summer days Are about quiet streams and trees and shade, And lazy afternoons by a pool Eating ice cream to feel cool. 1. Find the rhymes. _______ rhymes with ________. 2. Find the rhyme pattern. A. aabb B. abab C. aaba D. abaa