《Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending》优质课教案设计

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To help students develop their reading ability

To help students learn about William Shakespeare’s

Procedures

■Warming up by learning about William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (baptised April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright. Shakespeare has the reputation as one of the greatest of all writers in the English language and in Western literature, as well as one of the world's pre-eminent dramatists. Indeed, some critics have raised their praise of him to the level of bardolatry.

Shakespeare wrote his works between 1586 and 1616, although the exact dates and chronology of the plays attributed to him are often uncertain. Shakespeare is among the very few playwrights who have excelled in both tragedy and comedy, and his plays combine popular appeal with complex characterization, poetic grandeur and philosophical depth. Shakespeare's works have been translated into every major living language, and his plays are continually performed all around the world. In addition, quotations from his plays have passed into everyday usage in many languages. Over the years, many people have speculated about Shakespeare's life, raising questions about his sexuality and debating whether someone else wrote his plays and poetry.Looking and saying about the eight model plays

Hi, everyone! We shall go to the theater tonight. But first let’s look at these photos and learn something about the model plays which used to be so popular in China.

The eight model plays included:

The Legend of the Red Lantern

Shajiabang

Taking the Tiger Mountain by Strategy

The Harbor

Sweeping the White Tiger Regiment

The Azalea Mountain

Song of the Dragon River

The Warfare on the Plain

Panshiwan

Red Detachment of Women

Now we go to page 11 to read a model play by Shakespeare

■Warming up by watching King Lear (1983) (TV)

I have something wonderful to show you. A TV play called King Lear (1983) (TV). The whole production was beclouded with grayness, as suits the theme of seeing/sight, yet the acting was elegiac. Diana Rigg and Dorothy Tutin were as seeming kindly as they were brutal. Robert Lindsay's Edmund was as poisonous as he was seemingly loving and loyal. But what I take away most specially was Olivier, as Lear, lifting a lock of his dead Cordelia's hair in his bowed hands to his face, taking a breath, a last scent. I cried. It was a most elegant summary of a parent's loss.

I. Pre-reading—getting to know about King Lear

King Lear is generally regarded as one of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies. It is believed to have been written in 1605 and is based on the legend of Leir, a king of pre-Roman Britain. His story had already been told in chronicles, poems and sermons, as well as on the stage, when Shakespeare undertook the task of retelling it.

After the Restoration, the play was often modified by theatre practitioners who disliked its nihilistic flavour, but, since World War II, it has come to be regarded as one of Shakespeare's greatest achievements. The part of King Lear has been played by many great actors, but is generally considered a role to be taken on only by those who have reached an advanced age.