1 . Read the poems below and then complete the table.

	Wind on the Hill	Dream	A Match
Subject	1	2	3
Images	4	5	6
Rhymingwords	7	8	9
Rhetorical devices	10	11	12

2 . Before you read, discuss how to understand a poem with your partner. Make a list of questions that the readers should consider while reading poems. The following points may help you.

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3 . Listen to their conversation and tick the phrases that Max or Song Lin uses.
Expressing feelings and emotions
□It was fantastic!   □How wonderful!   □How exciting!
□That’s amazing.   □It was great fun!   □It’s very exciting.
□It was great to...   □I’m really happy that...   □I’m pleased to...

4 . Song Lin and Max are talking about a recent festival experience.Observe the following pictures and infer what they are talking about.

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5 . Warming Up

1. What are they doing in the pictures?
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2. What are they wearing?
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3. Can you guess where can we see the scenes in the pictures?
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6 . 【课本改编题】
Discuss these questions in groups and then fill in the table.
What festivals do you celebrate with your family each year?
Why do you think people celebrate different festivals?

Names of the festivals	Reasons for celebrating the festivals
1	2
3	4
5	6
7	8

7 . 阅读下列句子，注明画线部分是作定语还是表语
1. The letter was touching. ________
2. There is a car waiting outside. ________
3. The food at the party did not seem very inviting. ________
4. The boy sitting behind me is my brother. ________
5. Going from junior high school to senior high school is challenging. ________
6. The girl swimming in the pool is my daughter. ________
7. Class is over, but she remains sitting there. ________
8. During the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, families gather to admire the shining moon and enjoy delicious mooncakes. ________

8 . Thinking and Answering.
1. Have you ever written a poem before? If so, what did you write about?
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2. What might inspire you to write poems?
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9 . 回顾旧知
1. 什么是定语？_______________________________________________________
2. 关系代词：__________________________________________________________
3. 关系副词：__________________________________________________________

10 . Find the words in the poems that rhyme with the words below. Then add other words that rhyme. The first one has been done for you.

A	Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s gonna buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s gonna buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa’s gonna buy you a looking glass. If that looking glass gets broke, Papa’s gonna buy you a billy goat. If that billy goat won’t pull, Papa’s gonna buy you a cart and bull.
B	Only One Mother Hundreds of stars in the pretty sky, Hundreds of shells on the shore together, Hundreds of birds that go singing by, Hundreds of lambs in the sunny weather. Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, Hundreds of bees in the purple clover, Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, But only one mother the wide world over. George Cooper
C	LIFE Life can be good, Life can be bad, Life is mostly cheerful, but sometimes sad Life can be dreams, Life can be great thoughts Life can mean a person, Sitting in court.
D	Brother Beautiful, athletic Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine
E	A fallen blossom Is coming back to the branch. Look, a butterfly!
F	Where she awaits her husband On and on the river flows. Never looking back, Transformed into stone. Day by day upon the mountain top, wind and rain revolve. Should the traveller return, this stone would utter speech. Wang Jian

1. mockingbird	word, heard
2. sad
3. sky
4. together
5. teasing