The merchant of Venice教案

ss: see you.
the third period
teaching aims:
1. learn and master the following words and phrases:
justice, murder, go down on knees, punishment, immediately, order, sword, conflict, complex
2. train the students’ reading ability.
teaching important points:
help the students understand the text exactly and master the following words and phrases: shall , at the mercy of , go down on one’s knees
teaching difficult point:
how to help the students write a play.
teaching procedures:
step i greetings
greet the students as usual.
step ii revision and lead-in
t: yesterday, we read the first part of the merchant of venice. antonio’s trial was taking place at the court. do you still remember what happened at the court? xiaoa , could you please retell the story in the first part?
sa: yes. at the court, the duke tried hard to persuade shylock to have mercy on antonio, but shylock insisted on having a pound of his flesh. even if bassanio would pay him double the money antonio had borrowed, shylock would not change his mind. while the duke was wondering what to do, portia arrived , pretending to be a famous lawyer. at first, portia also tried to persuade shylock to have mercy on antonio and take more than three times his money. but shylock still refused to give up his demand for a pound of flesh from antonio , so portia said he might take his knife to prepare to do the deed.
t: well done. sit down, please. will shylock get his pound of flesh? let’s go back to the court. first, listen to the tape of the second part of the play. try to find out the second part of the play. try to find out what will happen to antonio and shylock a last. begin to listen.
sb answer: shylock will not get antonio’s flesh. he has to give half of his money to the city of venice and promise to leave the other half of his money upon his death to his daughter and her husband.
t: is that right?
ss: yes.
t: ok. now let’s learn the new words. then read the play.
justice, murder, go down on one’s knees, punishment, immediately, order, sword, conflict, complex, tragedy.
step iii reading
t: now, please open your books at page 71. read the second part of the play carefully and find out the answers to the questions on the screen.
1. how does portia stop shylock from cutting antonio’s flesh?
2. what does portia say when shylock finally agrees to take three times more than antonio borrowed from him?
3. what is the result of the trial? does the story have a happy ending?
suggested answers:
1. portia allows shylock to take exactly one pound of flesh from antonio, no more, no less. she also tells shylock that he must not let one drop of his blood fall. so shylock gives in.