Step1. Warm up
1. Do you like Chinese ancient poems?
2. What poems are the most famous in ancient China?
3. Who can you first think of on mentioning the Tang Poems?
4. Can you give some examples of their poems?
Step 2. Show some pictures of the three famous Tang poets, and get the Ss to guess who they are.
Step3. Read the poem A Tranquil night and answer the questions
1. Who wrote the poem?
2. What’s the topic/subject of the poem?
3. What’s the mood of the poem?
4. What images can you find in it?
5. What’s the rhyming stile of the poem?
