The United Kingdom（Period 6 Reading and Writing）
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the opening of parliament t: now read the passage again.this time, please pay special attention to the characters in the story. (students read the passage.) t: what are the main characters in the story? s: guy fawkes, robert catesby and king james. t: here is a picture of all the people that took part in the plan.
教學資源，完全免費，無須注冊，天天更新！" type="#_x0000_t75">t: what did the main characters in the passage do in the story?let’s talk about king james first. s: king james of scotland became king of england in 1603.he seemed happy to be friendly to both catholics and protestants and let them both practice christianity in their own ways.later he changed his mind.before the opening of the parliament he was told about guy fawkes’s plan and decided to search those cellars, where he discovered some gunpowder.he had guy fawkes killed at the tower of london.later he decided that he did not want his people to forget how close the government had come to disaster.so he made november 5th into a yearly celebration. s: guy fawkes was one kind of christian, a catholic, but the government of england usually supported the protestant cause.on october 10th, 1605 robert catesby asked him if he would support a plan to change the government and replace it with another that supported the catholic cause.fawkes agreed.then they bought a house close to the houses of parliament and bought large containers of gunpowder and stored them in the cellar.he waited by the gunpowder to start the fire on november 6th, when the parliament opened.but he was found by the soldiers sent by king james.guy fawkes was taken to the tower of london to be killed. s: robert catesby was guy fawkes’s friend.it was he that persuaded fawkes to take part in the plan to replace the government.he bought the house and gunpowder with fawkes.when king james sent the soldiers to search those cellars, he took flight and ran away. t: yes, these are the main things that they did. step 4 group work (teacher divides the whole class into groups of four.) t: you are going to retell this story in a group.decide whether you would like to be guy fawkes, robert catesby, king james or an eyewitness.think about what your character would say or do.when you are ready, practice your speech so that you tell the story as a group.while doing this, remember to introduce your character and explain reasons for your behaviour. (students work in groups.meanwhile, the teacher goes around the classroom and helps them solve any problem that they may have.)