牛津版选修8Unit1__Project参考教案

牛津版选修8Unit1 Project参考教案

Teaching aims

1.Enable the students to learn the report on Robert Burns’s famous poem.

2.Help the students learn the background of a poem and recite it.

Teaching important points

Let the students learn to enjoy classic poems and their background

Teaching difficult points

Help the students to learn how to get background of a poem chosen. Teaching methods

Listening, talking, reading and pair-work

Teaching procedures & ways

Step 1 Introduction of Robert Burns

罗伯特·彭斯(RobertBurns,1759-1796)，苏格兰诗人。1759年1月25日生于苏格兰高原的一个农民家庭，家庭经济拮据。他自幼爱好诗歌。1786年出版了《苏格兰方言主写的诗集》（Poems Chiefly in Scottish Dialect）。

他的诗歌内容多种多样，多以苏格兰方言写成，抒发了这位伟大的诗人对他的家乡和大自然的热爱之情，并歌颂友谊与爱情。1796年于贫病交加中辞逝。然而生活的困顿并不是他的作品给人的主要印象。他的作品充满了对现实生活的热爱，表现英格兰农

村生活场景和诗人所追求的自由平等思想。彭斯的诗作主要以民歌为本，写了大量情诗，实用文档

涉及爱情的各种变化，名篇诗作有《一朵红红的玫瑰》（A Red Red Rose），《我亲爱的约翰·安德森》（John Anderson, My Jo），《我心在高地》（My Heart’s in the Highland）等。现在传唱的《友谊地久天长》（Auld Lang Syne）的歌词就是取自这位诗人的诗作。

Step 2 Skimming

1. Read the report on the poetry of Robert Burns, Skim for the main idea of this article and tell how it is organized.

Paragraphs 1—4: introduction of Robert Burns

Paragraphs 5—7: some information about a movement of poets called the

Romantic Movement

Paragraphs 8—9: the poem ‘A Red, Red Rose’ with its introduction and

explanation

2. Pair work: Rearrange the events in the order of time. Fill in the following table:

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Step 3 Listening

Listen to the article and fill in the following table about Robert Burns

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Step 4 Read the poem

Read and recite the poem A Red, Red Rose, trying to understand the meaning of the poem.

Step 5 Language points

1. After his first book of poetry was published, he transformed and became famous nationwide overnight. 在他的第一本诗集出版后，他的生活发生了变化，一夜之间全国闻名。(P14)

overnight adjective, adverb

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一夜之间

突然,出乎意料的

2. A hard life and a weak constitution shortened Robert Burns’s life. 艰辛的生活和虚弱的体质缩短了彭斯的生命。(P14)

shorten

verb [I or T] : (使)变短

Step 6 Project

1. Group work: Discuss the eight questions in Part B. Then prepare your project.

2. Present your project.

Homework

1. Read the passage in project and recite the poem.

2. Do Parts B1 and B2 on page 101 of the Workbook.

3. Unit Revision: Period 9.

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