Part A: Reading

At the beginning of this period, let’s enjoy an English poem: She walks in beauty. Look at the screen and listen to the tape, trying to grasp the theme of the poem.

It’s a romantic poem. As we all know, romantic themes tend to be emotional. Today, we’ll read and later recite a romantic poem about love by Robert Burns A Red, Red Rose. Let’s come to the reading part of Project.

1. Read the report on the poetry of Robert Burns, Skim for the main idea of this article and tell how it is organized.

Paragraphs 1-4 introduction of Robert Burns

Paragraphs 5-7 some information about a movement of poets called the Romantic Movement

Paragraphs 8-9 the poem ‘A Red, Red Rose’ with its introduction and explanation

2. Pair work: Rearrange the events in the order of time. Fill in the following table:

Time Event

1750 The Romantic Movement started.

1759 Robert Burns was born.

1794 The poem ‘A Red, Red Rose’ was published.

1796 Robert Burns died at the age of 37.

1870 The Romantic Movement ended.

1877 The monument to Burns was first publicly exhibited.

3. Read the article for a third time to get more information about this report, and then fill in the following table about Robert Burns.

Year of birth Place of birth Year of death Family status

1759 Alloway, Scotland 1796 Poor

His first love Name Nelly Kirkpatrick

Effect on him Encouraged him to start writing poetry

Main works ‘To a Mouse’; ‘The Holy Fair’; ‘A Red, Red Rose’

The movement

of poets Name of the movement Romantic Movement

Representative poets John Keats; William Wordsworth; Robert Burns

Features Romantic themes tend to be more emotional.

The poems are always about love, dreams or nature.

The way people

memorize him *All of Scotland mourned his death, and afterwards many people donated money to support his widow and children. The monument to him was first publicly exhibited in 1877 and about 30,000 people attended the first exhibition.

*The house in Alloway, where Burns was born, is now a museum of his life and work.

4. Read and recite the poem A Red, Red Rose, trying to understand the meaning of the poem.

Part B

1. Group work: Discuss the eight questions in Part B. Then prepare your project.

2. Present your project.

Homework

1. Read the passage in project and recite the poem.

2. Do Parts B1 and B2 on page 101 of the Workbook.