高二英語(yǔ) Unit 19 The Merchant of Venice教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)
(after the students finish reading the passage. teacher checks the answer.)t: ok. everyone, have you found out the answer? who wins?ss: yes. the good wins.t: quite right. now, please work in groups of four or five to write a short play based on this story. give names to the king, the two mothers and the children. there is also a character to play the role of the soldier. if you like, you can also have a few other characters who are friends of the two mothers. can you follow me?ss: yes.t: besides, find a good title for your play. do you remember?ss: yes.t: ok. begin to prepare now. five minutes later, i’ll ask one group to act out your play before the class.a sample play:clever king charlescharacters:sarah(sa):the woman whose baby is livingdeborah(d):the woman whose baby is deadcharles(c):the kingemma(e):a friend of the two womensimon(s):a soldier of the king(inside king charles’ palace)c: what is your quarrel?sa: o king! i have a baby. and deborah has a baby. one baby is dead. the dead baby looks like deborah’s baby. i think deborah took my baby when her baby died.d:o king! sarah is angry because her baby is dead. she came to see my baby. when she saw my baby she wanted it because her baby is dead.e:o king! i saw the two babies. i think the dead baby is deborah’s baby. i think deborah took sarah’s baby in the night, when sarah was asleep.c: call the swordsman. tell him to bring his sword.(a man comes in. he has a big sword in his hand.)s:o king! here is the swordsman.c: bring the baby here.(a servant takes deborah’s baby and brings it to the king.)i am a just king. i do not know whose baby this is. i do not know if this is deborah’s baby or sarah’s baby. but i must be just to each of you. i will take this baby and cut it into two halves. then sarah can have half of the baby, and deborah can have half.d: yes, yes, the king is a good king. cut the baby in halves.sa: but the baby will die!c: yes, the baby will die. but you shall each have one half of the baby. so you will not quarrel any more.sa: o king! save my baby. do not cut the baby. give the baby to deborah. let the baby live.c: give the baby to sarah. sarah wants the baby to live. so i know that sarah is the mother. deborah is a bad woman. she took sarah’s baby.(two men take deborah away.)e: the king is a just king. o good king charles! clever king charles!step ⅴ summary and homeworkt: in this class, we read the second part of the merchant of venice and learned to write a play. by doing this, we’ve learned some useful words and phrases, and our skill in using language has be well developed. after class, practise more and revise what we’ve learnt in class. that’s all for today. see you next time.