Module6TheTangPoems

ReadingandWritingThePowerofPoetry

LeadinReadthetitleandpredictwhatthispassagewilltellus.

MainideaofeachparagraphPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4PoetrycanbeusedasawaytoexpressfeelingsPoetrycanbeusedasaformoftherapytohelppeoplewithproblems.Atypicalexampleofpoetrybeingusedasatherapyinaspecialschool.Poetrycanalsobeusedforotheruses,suchasraisingfundsforlocalhospitals.

Thepassagecanbedividedinto_____parts:Partone:___________Parttwo:_____________Partthree:_____________Para.1Para.2,Para3Para4three

PairworkReadthepassageandanswerthequestions.

1.Whydopeoplewanttowritepoetry?2.Whatispoetrytherapy?3.Whatkindofpeoplecanpoetrytherapyhelp?Toexpresstheirfeelings.Itisawayofhelpingpeoplewithproblemsthroughwritingpoetry.Everyone,butespeciallypeoplewithproblemsofsomekind.

4.Inwhatwayscanpoetryhelppeople?5.WhatproblemsdothestudentsataspecialschoolinDudleyhave?Itcanhelpthemtotellotherpeoplehowtheyfeel,andhelpthemcommunicatewiththeworld.Long-termmedicalproblems,personalitydisordersorpsychologicalproblems.

6.Howdoeswritingpoetryhelpthestudents?7.Howdoesthebookofstudents’poetryhelpthelocalcommunity?Ithelpsthestudentstobecomemoreself-confidentandalsohelpsexploretheirproblemsanddevelopapositiveattitudetolife.Itraisesmoneyforthehospital.

1.Poetsuselanguageasawayofexpressingtheirfeelings,whetherpositiveonesoflove,happinessandhope,ornegativefeelingslikeangerandfear.Languagestudy※whether…or…“无论…还是…”，常用于引导主语从句、宾语从句、状语从句。

※Whetherhestaysorleavesmakesnodifferencetome.（主语从句）※Whetherhesucceedsorfails,hehastodohisbest.（状语从句）※Wehaven’tdecidedwhethertotaketrainorflytoXishuangbanna.(宾语从句）

2.Bywritingdownyourfeelings,youcanlearntounderstandyourselfandgiveyourselfavoice.※bypre