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Module10 Unit2 King Lear

Period 2 Reading Teaching Aims I. Emotional teaching goals: 1. To help students get familiar with the great works by Shakespeare and the life story of the great playwright;

2. To instruct students to analyze and express the desire and the greed and the personality of different characters .Help students sort out the good qualities from the plays. 3. To help students build up a right attitude towards the world and arouse their love for their parents and people around them. II. Teaching aims: 1. This unit includes two scenes of the play King Lear. In this period, Students should learn the plot of scene 1 and put forward their questions and present their views in class. 2. Help Students get rid of difficult language points to have a deep understanding of the play.

Words Shorten, modernize, allocate, adore, pray, distribute, contradict, forecast, oppose, sneeze, confirm, rewind, cash, respond, suspect, insult, scold, scratch, demand

Expressions

Patterns

Hand over, care for, hear…out, on behalf of, speak out, pack up, give away, make a name Yet I love you even more

than words can say.

You’ll get nothing for nothing.

I love you as it is right and proper for a daughter to love her father, neither less nor more.

Let truth be your reward.

You are no longer my daughter but a stranger to my heart.

But sir, please hear me out. I have always honored you as my king and loved you as a father.

I would rather lose my life than see you make such a mistake.

You do wrong to cause friction between yourself and your daughter.

Important and Difficult Points 1.How to instruct students to analyze and express the desire and the greed and the personality of different characters .Help students sort out the good qualities from the plays. 1

2.How to help Students get rid of difficult language points to have a deep understanding of the play.

Teaching Aids Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams

Teaching Procedure Pre-Reading Stage Step 1.Greetings and Lead in. Ask students something about William Shakespeare and his works. 1. Who was William Shakespeare? 2. What do you know about him? 3. What books did he write? Can you name some? Have you read any of them? 4. Have you read the play King Lear in Chinese version? Do you know anything about it? William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is known as the greatest dramatist the world has ever known, the finest poet who wrote in the English language, and the world's most popular author. His poetry and plays remain in print today in numerous languages and his dramatic works continue to be performed around the world. His works include 37 plays, 154 sonnets and two long narrative poems. Most importantly, he is among the very few playwrights who are good at both comedy and tragedy. His four famous comedies are

Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like it. His four famous tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear. Step 2：Watch an episode of the film of King Lear. While-Reading Stage Step 3：Skimming

Glance quickly through Part 1 of the play and list the characters who appear in part one of the play. 2

King Lear GonerilAlbany ReganCornwall CordeliaKent

Step 4：Scanning: Plot Diagram 1. Ask and Answer 1.1. How can we truly understand and enjoy a play?

When we study a play, we have to know its plot diagram and analyze its characters’ personality.

1.2. Do you know plot diagram? How many parts does it have and what are they? Yes. Six. They are setting, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

Scanningthe most important or exciting part of a storyPlot Diagram4two or moreoppositeneeds or influence53216conclusion

3 characters time place

2. Task 1: Read the play and complete the plot diagram

Read part 1 again and find out the plot diagram of part 1 of the play. Then fill in the form on your own handouts.G1 mainly focuses on setting; G2 mainly focuses on conflict; G3 mainly focuses on rising action and G4 mainly focuses on climax. A plot diagram Setting

Description King Lear has 3 daughters. He is old and wants to divide his kingdom among his daughters. He is going to do this through a “love test”.

Conflict

Rising action His first two daughters flatter him with nice words, but the youngest daughter insists on telling the truth. Climax

Hearing the truth, the king gets very angry. He gives all his land to the first two daughters and leaves nothing to the youngest one. flattery vs honesty; words vs action

3. Task 2.Share your understanding of the plot diagram of this part. G1：Setting

G2：Conflict

G3：Rising Action

G4：Climax 4. Do exercises in Comprehending.

①. Why does King Lear want to give away his kingdom?

Because King Lear is old and tired and wants to retire. ②. How is he going to divide the kingdom?

He is going to ask his three daughters to tell him how much they love him and divide up the kingdom according to their answers. ③. At the beginning of the play, of which daughter is King Lear most fond?

Cordelia ④. Which daughters are already married and which is not?

Regan and Goneril are married and Cordelia is not. ⑤. What are the names of the men who want to marry King Lear’s youngest daughter?

The Duke of Burgundy and the King of France. ⑥. Who tries to defend Cordelia? What happens to him when he speaks out? Kent tries to defend Cordelia but Lear sends him away from the kingdom (He banishes him). 4

Step 5：Scanning: Characters’ Personality 1.

Brainstorming What adjectives can we use to describe a person’s personality? Characters’ Personalityloyalhot-headedtruthfuldeceitfulgreedyhonestfoolishbad-temperedcunningpersonalityinnocentbravehard-heartedrespectfulrationalcorrupt2. Task 3: Analyze characters’ personality in part 1. Read part 1 of the play again, paying attention to the lines of every character: King Lear, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia and Kent. Each group can choose a number to finish its task. After reading, please share your opinions with other students.

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Ask one student in each group to share their understanding of their task. Characters King Lear Description You are no longer my daughter but a stranger to my heart.

Kent, if you value your life, say no more

Personality hot-headed hard-hearted foolish bad-tempered…

Goneril Sir, I do not have the world to express the depth of my devotion. I love you mare than all the riches in the world, more than my freedom, more even than my own eyesight. In fact I love you more than anything else in the world.

deceitful corrupt greedy cunning…

deceitful corrupt greedy cunning…

honest truthful loving innocent…

loyal respectful honest truthful…

Regan In expressing her love for you, my sister also expressed mine. Yet I love you even more than words can say. I adore you more than anything else in the whole world. My greatest happiness is in loving you. Cordelia I can’t describe my feelings with such fancy words.

I love you as it is right and proper for a daughter to love her father, neither less nor more.

Kent I would rather lose my life than see you make such a mistake. You do wrong to cause friction between yourself and your daughter.

Step 6: Role Play 1. Ask some students to act out Part 1 of the play. 2. Read the classic dialogues of each character aloud. Post-Reading Stage Step 7: Discussion 6

1. What sentences in the text touch you most and why? 2. What have you learned from part 1 of the play? Step 8: Conclusion T：I would like to recommend a Chinese saying to all of you. Filial piety is the foundation of all virtues. Homework 1. Retell Part 1 in your own words. 2. If you were King Lear, what would you do to divide up your kingdom among your children?

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