Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学设计及说课稿

Unit 2 King Lear Part One: Teaching Design Period 1: A sample lesson plan for reading (King Lear) Aims To help students develop their reading ability To help students learn about William Shakespeare’s Procedures Warming up by learning about William Shakespeare Looking and saying about the eight model plays Hi, everyone! We shall go to the theater tonight. But first let’s look at these photos and learn something about the model plays which used to be so popular in China. The eight model plays included: The Legend of the Red Lantern Shajiabang Taking the Tiger Mountain by Strategy The Harbor Sweeping the White Tiger Regiment The Azalea Mountain Song of the Dragon River The Warfare on the Plain 1.Warming up by watching King Lear (1983) (TV)

2. Pre-reading—getting to know about King Lear

King Lear is generally regarded as one of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies. It is believed to have been written in 1605 and is based on the legend of Leir, a king of pre-Roman Britain. His story had already

been told in chronicles, poems and sermons, as well as on the stage, when Shakespeare undertook the task of retelling it. II. Reading On page 12 there is a play by Shakespeare entitled "King Lear" You are going to read it aloud to the recording. Now read the text again to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken

the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions.

III. Copying expressions and making sentences IV. Making a list of characters of King Lear V. Closing down by putting the play into a story To end this period we are going to put the play into a story. Complete the summary of the text with one word in each blank.