The merchant of Venice教案

unit 19 the merchant of venice
the first period
teaching aims:
1.learn and master the following
(1) words and phrases:
merchant, duke, masterpiece, mercy, enemy, pay back, as well as, after all
(2) everyday english:
correct me if i’m wrong, but …
one of the most important facts is …
as far as i know,…
2.train the students’ listening and speaking abilities
teaching important points
1. improve the students’ listening ability
2. improve the students’ speaking ability and learn some useful phrases as well as everyday english.
teaching difficult points:
1.how to help the students get the general idea of the listening material and find the answers to the listening exercises.
2.how to get the students to finish the task of speaking.
teaching procedures:
step i greeting and lead-in
t: good morning, everyone.
ss: good morning, ms wei.
t: sit down, please. class begin. first, please tell me if you are interested in plays, especially some of the world-famous plays.
ss: yes. (may be no.)
t: there was a great british playwright and poet in the world’s history of literature. he wrote about 37 plays and a large number of poems in his life. here’s a picture of him. do you know who he is ? (teacher shows the picture)
ss: william shakespeare
t: quite right. he lived from 1564 to 1616. he is considered to be the greatest playwright and poet of the renaissance in europe. as a playwright, he wrote tragedies, comedies, historical plays. as a poet, he wrote narrative poems and sonnets. can you follow me?
ss: yes.
t: today, we are going to learn unit 19.the merchant of venice . in the first period of this unit, we’ll learn something more about his plays as well as the merchant of venice. first, let’s learn some new words and phrases.
(teacher shows the screen and deals with them as usual.)
merchant venice bassanio portia antonio shylock pay back ducat masterpiece mercy revenge enemy as far as after all
step ii warming-up
t: well. now please open your books at page 65. look at warming up . look at the pictures and read each quotation one by one. try to understand each one of them. then tell from which plays, of which the titles are below the pictures, they come. work in pairs to prepare for a few minutes.
(a few minutes later)
t: are you ready?
ss: yes.
t: who’d like to have a try? any volunteer?
s1.the first one and the third one are from hamlet; the second one from king henry iv; the fourth one romeo and juliet; the last one troilus and cressida.
t: you did a good job. sit down, please. then what do you think these famous words mean? can you explain them in english?