Knowledge and skills

1£®To enable the students to listen to the “music” of the poem£¬to know how it makes them feel and what it makes them think about.

2£®To get the students to learn the following useful new words and phrases£ºappropriate£¬exchange£¬sponsor£¬darkness£¬try out£¬let out.

3£®To get the students to learn the following useful structure£º

If I£«past tense...£¬I would...

4£®To help the students learn how to write a poem starting with “If I£®..”£®

5£®To foster the students' ability in skimming and looking up information in reference books and improve the students' reading ability.