1. Fast-reading to rasp the main idea of three most important paragraphs.

2. The introduction of some famous poets to widen their background knowledge about English poetry.

3. Pair work or group work to get every student to join in the class activities.

Teaching Procedure:

Step 1: greeting and revision (2 minutes)

T: Good morning, girls.

Ss: Good morning, Miss Huang Likui.

T: Yesterday, we started our trip of poetry. We mentioned a lot of things. Some new words and some famous poets in china, right?

Ss: Yes

Step 2: While-reading (30 minutes)

(Deal with paragraph 3, 4 and 5)

1. Fast-reading (10 minutes)

T: What about English poetry? Now, please open your textbook and turn to page 10. Let's have a look at the poems first. Please listen to the tape carefully.

Ss: Yes

T: OK, here we go.

(Several minutes later)