The merchant of Venice教案

ss: yes.
t: ok. now, please look at the listening part at page 66. first, read through the questions in exercise 1. then listen to the tape to find the answers.
(teacher allows the students a few minutes to prepare, and then plays the tape. after that, teacher checks the answers.)
step iv speaking
t: up to now, we’ve learnt much about shakespeare and his plays. can you tell me what makes his play a masterpiece, xiao a?
a: sorry, i don’t know.
t: it doesn’t matter. the idea behind the play are about problems which are still important to people of different ages in modern times.
t: can you give some examples shown in the merchant of venice?
ss: mercy versus revenge and love versus money.
t: quite right. now, please read the two situations in speaking first. then find examples for each one in modern life and work in pairs to discuss whether it is right or wrong. are you clear about that? and behind the situation , there are some useful expressions. study them first, then use them in your dialogue if possible. do you remember?
(the students begin to work. teacher goes among them to see how they are going on with the work. a few minutes later, teacher asks some pairs to act out before class.)
step v. summary and homework
t: in this class, we’ve mainly talked about shakespeare and his plays. while we were doing each task, we’ve learnt some useful expressions, such as pay back, as far as, after all. after class, i hope you can practise using them again. besides, remember to preview the reading part in this unit. so much for today. goodbye.
the second period
teaching aims:
1. learn and master the following
(1) words: weakness, greatness, judgement, gentleman, troublesome, gentle, bless, surgeon, declare, court
(2) phrases: tear up, have mercy on, offer up, be seated
2. train the students’ reading ability
3. learn to recount detail in conversation
teaching important points:
1. useful words and phrases
2. 2. improve the students’ reading ability.
teaching difficult points:
help the students understand the play exactly, especially the following sentences.
1. you might as well go stand upon the beach and argue with the sea.
2. i offer you ten times the money that antonio has borrowed.
teaching procedures:
step i greetings
step ii revision and pre-reading
t: yesterday, we learned a lot about eilliam shakespeare and his plays. who’d like to tell the titles of his four great tragedies?
ss: hamlet, othello, king lear, macbeth.
t: and he also wrote some romantic comedies. which is the most outstanding one?