Step 1.Greetings.

设计意图：让学生做好上课的准备。

Step 2. Think about it.

1. Which do you prefer to write, poems or stories?

2. Why do you think Danny was afraid to write a poem?

设计意图：为更好地理解课文做铺垫。

Step 3. Read and understand the text.

Read the lesson and write true (T) or false (F).

1. Danny learned how to write songs last week.(  )

2. Danny likes reading stories. (  )

3. Danny thinks stories are easy to write. (  )

设计意图：让学生带着任务读课文。

Step 4. Practice: write a poem.

As a class, think of words that describe things like age, size, temperature, feelings and colour. Then think of words that describe how things move. Make a list of these words on the blackboard. In small groups, ask your group mates for words to fill in the blanks.

设计意图：让学生在课堂上练习写诗。

Step 5. Language Points

1. Which do you prefer to write, poems or stories?

诗或故事，你更喜欢写哪一个？

动词，意为更喜欢，宁愿，相当于。一般不用于进行时。用法如下：

1). prefer sth. 表示“更喜欢某物”。

Tom prefers his new MP4.

2).prefer to do sth. 表示“宁愿做某事”。

His little brother preferred to tell the truth.

3). prefer (doing) A to (doing) B “比起（做）B更喜欢（做）A”。to为介词。

I prefer swimming to skating.

4). prefer to do A rather than do B. “宁愿做A而不愿做B”.

My friend prefers to rent a house rather than buy one.

2. Then my teacher encouraged me to write a humorous poem because I am always saying funny things.

然后我的老师鼓励我去写一首打油诗因为我总说一些好笑的事。

1).encourage sb. to do sth.  鼓励某人做某事

 This kind of contest encourages Chinese to speak English.