Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending第一课时教学设计

Unit 2 King Lear

Warming up & Reading Teaching Goals: Ⅰ. Emotional goals: 1.

To make the students familiar with the great works by Shakespeare. 2.

To help the students build up a right attitude to the world and arouse their love for their parents. II. Teaching goals: 1. To make the students learn the plot and the personalities of different characters. 2.

Let the students master the language of the play. Teaching Important and difficult points: 1.

How to enable the students have a better understanding of the plot and the personalities of different characters. 2.

How to instruct the students to improve the reading ability. Teaching aids: the multimedia Teaching Procedures: StepⅠ

Warming Up 1.

Enjoy a piece of music (1). Are you familiar with this song?

(2). What is the name of this song?

(3). What does the singer want to express in this song? 2.

Love test (1). Do you love your father? A. Yes.

B. No. (2). How much do you love him? A. Very much

B. So-so

C. Very little

D. Not at all (3). Do you still love your father even if they become old, ugly or unhealthy enough?

(4). Which of the following best describes your feeling towards your father? A. I love him more than my life.

B. I love him as much as I love my eyes. C. I love him as much as I should, no more and no less. D. I don’t know how much I love him. I have never thought about the question. 3. Discuss 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? StepⅡ

Pre-reading

1.

Brief

Introduction William Shakespeare is regarded as one of the most remarkable poets and playwrights

Four tragedies: Othello

Hamlet

Macbeth

King Lear

2.

Watch a video

After watching the video, answer the following questions. (1)

List the characters who appear in Part 1 of the play. (2) Speak out their relationship to King Lear. King Lear

loyal friend

eldest daughter

second daughter

youngest daughter

Goneril

Regan

Cordelia

Duke of Kent

Duke of Albany

Duke of Cornwall

(son-in-law）

(son-in-law) (3) How did King Lear judge which of the daughters loved him best?

( A) A．By their words.

B．By their actions. C．By both their words and actions. D．By his long-time observation of his daughters.

Step Ⅲ

Reading Fast Reading Read the play quickly and decide whether the statements below are True (T) or False (F)

T

King Lear is old and tired and wants to retire. F

At the beginning of the play, King Lear is most fond of Goneril. F

Cordelia is already married.

F

Duke of Kent wants to marry Cordelia.

T

Kent tries to defend Cordelia but Lear sends him away from

the kingdom. Careful Reading Plot

Play

Characters

Tip: From the lines, we can learn characters' feelings and personalities and also the plot of a play.

Plot: setting---rising action---climax---falling action---resolution Setting King Lear has__three__daughters. He is old and wants to__divide___his kingdom among his daughters. He is going to do this through a__love test___.

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.

Character 's personality

①

Discuss personalities of main characters ②

Find supporting sentences in the passage. Some words: honest loyal hot-headed truthful deceitful hard-hearted respectful corrupt greedy innocent

foolish

cunning

bad-tempered

loving King Lear:

foolish

hot-headed

hard-hearted

bad-tempered Supporting sentences:

foolish:

Now tell me, my dears, which of you loves me the most? For whichever of you has for me the most devotion I will give to her the best part of everything I own. Goneril, what do you say?

hard-hearted:

You are no longer my daughter but a stranger to my heart. hot-headed:

Do not contradict me. It is done. bad-tempered: Kent, if you value your life, say no more. How dare you oppose me. Get out of my sight. Goneril

cunning

deceitful

corrupt

greedy Regan

cunning

deceitful

corrupt

greedy Cordelia

honest

truthful

loving

innocent

honest and truthful:

Nothing, my father I love you as it is right and proper for a daughter to love her father, neither less nor more. loving: My dear father, you brought me into this world, you cared for me and loved me. In return I love, honour and obey you.

innocent: I do not understand why my sisters spoke as they did. If they do indeed love you that much, then I don't understand why they ever got married. You see, when I marry, it will be my duty to give half my love to my husband. Kent

loyal

honest

truthful

respectful loyal: I have served you for many years and you know that I have always honoured you as my king and loved you as a father respectful: I have to speak out, my Lord. I would rather lose my life than see you make such a mistake.

honest and truthful: You do wrong to cause friction between yourself and your daughter. I forecast that such actions will cause great conflict throughout your kingdom. StepⅣ

After-reading

Role play StepⅤ

Summary Sentence: Filial piety is the foundation of all virtues.

StepⅥ

Homework 1. Retell Part 1 in your own words. 2. Write down your opinion about how to treat parents.