SBP25, read and enjoy the two limericks.
1. What is a limerick?
2. Do you find any sounds that sound the same?(Corfu, Peru, through, trains, aeroplanes.)
3. Is there a pattern in the poem? What’s the pattern of these two limericks? (aabba)
Step 4: Extension
Limerick is a type of English poems. There are many types of English types. What other types of English poems do you know? Who are the typical poets? (Mention some of the poets in SBP26 Speaking to see how much the students have already known about it.)
Homework:1. Surf the Internet to find the introduction to some famous English poets like Keats and Wordsworth (P26 Speaking).
2. Learn to sing the song “Right Here Waiting” or one English song as they like. ( Tell them they will be asked to sing in the following periods while studying this unit.)

Period 2 Listening & Speaking

Step 1: Warming up
1. Greetings
2. Get the students to exchange the information they have got about famous poets with their partners first. Get some individuals to report to the class.
3. Get one or two individuals to sing their favourite English song.
Step 2 Listening
SBP25, Listening.
1. After the first listening, do Exercise 1. ( Read the instructions and make sure they know all the words listed and remind them of the librarian’s words from the tape.)
2. After the second listening, finish the following multiple choice.
Listen to the tape and choose the correct answer.
1. What is the dialogue about? ( )
A. A student is asking the librarian for advice on how he can choose poems to read.
B. A student is asking his teacher about how to choose poems to read.
C. A boy is asking his mother about how to choose poems to read.
2. What kind of book is A Garden of Poems? ( )
A. A collection of poems. B. a book of a garden. C. Poems about a garden.
3. How should you read a book such as 1001 Songs and Poems in English? We should_________. ( )
A. read all the poems carefully
B. just look at the title, the topic or the first or last lines
C. only read those which you like
4. Which topic for poetry does the student like? ( )
A. nature B. animals C. paintings
5. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
a. A Garden of Poems and 1001 Songs and Poems in English are sorted by names. ( )
b. English Poems of the Early Seventeenth Century is sorted by period of time. ( )
c. Poetry between the World Wars and the Earth is Painted Green are sorted by topic.
Suggested answers: 1—4 AACA 5. TTF
Step 3:Speaking
I.Pre-speaking
1. When did Du Fu/ Li Bai/ George Gordon Byron live?
2. What’s the topic of his/her poems?
3. What special feelings does his/her poem show?
4. Are you interested in his/her poems?
5. Which one do you want to read?
6. Listen to the example dialogue and tell what the speaker’s favorite poem is and why.
7. Collect the useful expressions used to talk about intention from the class.
II. While-speaking
Get them to talk about their tastes and preferences of poems and poets, using the expressions in the box of P27.