1. Students listen to the song “Seasons in the sun” by the band called westlife and asks students’ feelings about the song.
2. Students will have a free talk about the lyric and how to enjoy a such a rhythm.
II. Presentation
1. Students read the text and work in groups to discuss the questions: Who is the speaker in the poem and who is he/she speaking to? And give the reasons.
2. Students read again and circle the underlined words: You/ new; need/ feed; nineteen/ mean. They can discuss with others and summarize the rhythm of the poem: end rhythm, easy to read.
3. The teacher leads students to find out the image and the feelings in the poem.
III. Practice
1. Listen to the tape and read after it. In this step, students will get a deeper understanding of the beauty of rhythm in the
poem.
2. Students read one by one with proper intonations and emotions.
IV. Consolidation
Task 1: the best poet
Students work in group of 6 and list the things they can save in life and the person they want to give, then each student makes a sentence with the same end rhyming one by one, creating a new poem. Five minutes later, some groups will share their poem with the whole class. Others and the teacher will choose the best poet and give the prize.
V. Summary
Students summarize the poem and end rhyming in this lesson and the teacher will make supplement if necessary. In the meantime, the teacher will remind them of treasuring the beauty of life and poems.
VI. Homework
Students are supposed to share the poem with family members and surf the Internet for more poems and share with others next class.