| Teaching
Method | Home |
| I. Pre-reading | |
| 1. | Free-associate |
| Ask what they think of "snow";
what kind of feeling "snow" brings to them In the same vein, ask about their reaction toward "crow" |
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| 2. | Set the mood |
| Present a situational picture: a man standing under a hemlock tree on which there is a crow. |
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| II. While-reading | |
| 1. | Present the first stanza Ask Ss to predict what would happen next. (How would the poet react to such an event?) |
| 2. | Present the next stanza Ask questions about the meaning of the poem (1) What is the "change of mood"? (2) Why would the author say this event had saved his day? (3) What could be the possible reasons that change his mood? |
| 3. | Jigsaw: to explain the structure of this one-sentence poem |
| 4. | Listen to the poem and ask Ss to read |
| 5. | Ss draw pictures for the poem make it like a comic strip(showing the change of mood) |
| 6. | Further Discussion of the poem The meaning of "hemlock tree"? |
| III.
Post-reading |
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| 1. | Comparison Compare how the image of snow in the poem of ¡u³·ªáªº§Ö¼Ö¡vby ®}§Ó¼¯ and "Dust of Snow" |
| 2. | Compose your own poem! Ask Ss to write their own poem, start with "the way¡K" |