Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending课时教案

Book10Unit2Kear Lear

warming up pre-reading reading and comprehending Teaching design 辽宁省兴城市高级中学

胡艳文

Analysis of teaching content The central topic of this unit is "Shakespeare and his play

king Lear". Language skills and knowledge are designed around this central topic. The Warming Up part is composed of two sets of questions. The first set of questions center on the topic of "children's respect and love for their parents". It requires students to talk about how to respect and love their parents in line with their own reality and arouse students' attention and deep thinking on this topic. The second group of questions was about the relationship between emperors and officials in ancient China and the mixing of royalty. The students were asked to talk about how emperors treated their children and officials in ancient China. These two questions are closely related to the reading of king Lear. The discussion in the "warm-up" section can help students better understand the relationship between the central task and the development of the plot. The pre-reading

section briefly introduces some basic information about the text (such as the author --William Shakespeare; Title - King Lear; Characteristics - shortened, simplified, modernized and main appearance characters - the main characters, etc.). As Shakespeare's plays are often vivid and tortuous in plot, rich in content and profound in educational significance, teachers can encourage students to make bold predictions about the story content based on "warm-up" discussion, combined with the words prompted by exercises and clues such as text illustrations. Students are allowed to make up content completely different from the text, as long as the plot is reasonable and has practical significance, they should give affirmation. Students also enjoy learning as they make up stories and tell stories. The Reading and comprehending part

is taken from king Lear, one of Shakespeare's four tragedies. The play was first performed in 1606. King Lear, who ruled England, wanted to divide his land between his three daughters. He tested the filial piety of his three daughters, and the eldest and the youngest, with all their flattery, won Lear's trust and half his territory. And the youngest outspoken anger father, get nothing, fortunately the French king married her. Lear was shunned and abandoned by his two daughters, who even conspired to get rid of him. Thanks to his loyal servants, Lear survived. Later, the younger daughter took command of the troops as her father. By this time there was a conflict between the other two daughters, who were trying to get rid of each other, but who, facing the French, united again. The British win the war, two daughters imprisoned Lear and his younger daughter, but has been brought to the court and the whole discontent. Result Lear's little daughter was killed, the two eldest daughters did not get a good end, finally Lear hugged the body of the little daughter crying, his own sad death. The "reading" section takes place in the first act of the play, and the dialogue between Lear and his daughter is one of Shakespeare's most famous passages. II. Teaching aims:

1.Knowledge aims:(1)understand Shakespeare and king Lear, one of his representative works of tragedy, as well as relevant words and phrases. (2)Enhance the students’ listening speaking and reading comprehension ability, (3)Remember the new words and expressions 2.Emotional aims: 1)We should respect and love for our parents 2)A good medicine tastes bitter to the mouth; advice unpleasant to the ear is good for doing. 3).We shouldn’t hear what others say, but see what others do. III .Teaching emphasis and difficulty 1. Teaching important points (1) understand Shakespeare and king Lear, one of his representative works of tragedy, as well as relevant words and phrases. (2) Think about the practical significance of respecting parents, educating children and distinguishing between sincerity and hypocrisy in building harmonious family and social relations. (3) Learn to express different feelings, such as sadness, disappointment, anger, friendliness, hostility, etc. (4)Remember the new words and expressions 2. Teaching difficult points (1) Listening , speaking and reading comprehension (2) Express different feelings, such as sadness, disappointment, anger, friendliness, hostility, etc (3)Act out the play. 3. Teaching tools Muti -media ,a text book, chalk ,a black board ,ppt. A Slide remote control pen IV Teaching Steps Step1 Lead in

Ask students a question Do you know Shakespeare ? Who can tell me something about Do you know Shakespeare

? Answer: William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest playwright in the English-speaking world. He is more famous now than he was in his day. Now his plays are performed all over the world and almost all high school students know his name. Although his plays were completed more than 500 years ago, they are still relevant to today‘s life. He is

a playwright and an actor . He writes a lot of famous works in his life. Show a picture and a famous saying by Shakespeare

“All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women are merely players.”(translate} Main works:

154 sonnets

2 long poems; 37 plays The four great comedies:

1.A midsummer night's dream,

2.The merchant of Venice,

3.The twelfth night

4.All's well that ends well The four great tragedies 1.King Lear 2.Hamlet 3.Othello

4.Romeo and Juliet shakespeare's

Quotes: To be or not to be. That is a question. 《哈姆雷特》中最著名的一句话。No matter how long the night, the day will come .

《麦克白》

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

《皆大欢喜》

Thinking questions: Which quote can represent the theme of the play “King Lear”

? How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to have a thankless child. Step2.Warming up 1. Do you love your father? 2.

If you were married, whom would you love more, your wife/husband or your father?Why? Students’ answer may vary Disscuss these questions with others in your group 1.Is it important to show love and respect for your parents?Why? 2. How do you show love and respect for them? Can you give a good example? 3. If parents believe their child has been disrespectful, what should they do about it? Students’ answer may vary .Discuss these questions about ancient China. 1. What was the traditional attitude towards the emperor? Who succeeded him when the emperor died? 2. What did the emperor do to keep his servants loyal to him? What happened to the servants who were not loyal? 3. Who decided whom the emperor’s children would marry? For what reasons

were marriages arranged? Students’ answer may vary. Step3.Pre-reading Glance quickly through Part1of the play and answer the following questions main characters :Goneril, Regan and Cordelia; the Dukes of Albany and Cornwall , Gonerils and Regans husbands; and the Duke of Kent , a loyal friend of the king. The words in the box all appear in Part I of the play. Tell me the meaning of them. devotion

honour

loyalty

bridegroom

contradict

oppose

fiction What will the text be about? King Lear gave away his land to his daughters according to how much they loved him. Step4.Reading and comprehending Read the play again, and answer these questions about the play. 1 .Why does King Lear want to give away his kingdom? Because Lear is old and tired and wants to retire. 2.How is he going to decide who he should give the best part of his kingdom to? 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 begging of the play, of which daughter is King Lear most fond? Cordelia. 4. Which daughters are already married and which is not?5.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 o f Burgund 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).

Complete the blanks with the strategy of supporting details. MAIN POINTS: King Lear gave away his land to his daughters according to how much they ________him. 1 .King Lear wants to ______ and decides to ______ his land to three daughters. 2. He wants to know ____ ________ they love him. 3. Goneril and Regan make the king _________by saying they love him very much. They ______ the land. 4.

Cordelia makes the king angry by being _________ and not _________ him. She gets ________. 5.

Kent, the servant, makes the king _________ by defending Cordelia and begging the king to listen to the _______. Choose the proper words to describe the Characters’

Personality. Honest

loyal

hot-headed

truthful

deceitful

hard-hearted

respectful

corrupt

greedy

Innocent

foolish

cunning

bad-tempered

loving

Step5.Act out the play Step6.Summary What lesson can we learn from the play? 1.A good medicine tastes bitter to the mouth; advice unpleasant to the ear is good for doing. 2.We shouldn’t hear what others say, but see what others do. 3.True love is expressed through action and not words. 4.Actions speak louder than words. 5.Money is not everything. Do you know the end of King Lear? Who can tell me the end of the play? Step7.Homework 1.Recite

the new words and expressions in this unit. 2.Prepare the language points of

this passage and underline the

important ones. 3.Read part 2 and part3 after class.(page17 and page63.)