-------The Merchant of Venice
Teaching Procedures:
Step I. Oragainzing
Greetings and make a duty report.
Step II. Introduction:
Find out how much the students know about the writer William Shakespeare and ask some questions like this:
What do you know about Shakespeare? What is his nationality?
When was he born and when did he die?
Do you know the titles of any of his plays? Suggested answers:
1 The King Henry VI 亨利六世
2 The Comedy of Errors 错中错
3 The Taming of the Shrew 驯悍妇
4 Romeo and Juliet 罗密欧与朱丽叶
5 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 仲夏夜之梦
6 The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人
7 As You Like It 如愿
8 Twelfth Night(What You Will) 第十二夜
9 Hamlet 哈姆莱特 10 All’s Well ends Well 皆大欢喜
11 Measure for measure 恶有恶报 12 Othello 奥塞罗
13 King Lear 李尔王 14 Macbeth 麦克白
15 The Winter’s Tale 冬天的故事 16 The Tempest 暴风雨
Write the key words and phrases raised by the Ss during the discussion on the Bb.
Step III. Presentation
Ask questions about the picture, and get the students to tell you what they think is happening.
Step IV. Reading comprehension.
Ask students to read the introduction silently and find out the answers to followimg questions.
1.The text mainly talks about_______________.
A.Antonio’s charities(善行)and Shylock’s cruelty
B.Portia’s cleverness and Antonio’s charities
C.Shylock’s cruelty and Portia’s cleverness
D.The three colorful characters of Antonio, Portia and Shylock
2.Antonio did business with _______________.
A. people in Venice B. people in Italy
C. People in other countries D. people in the world
3.Antonio was a(n) ________________ person.
A. warm-hearted B. strong-willed
C. open-minded D. hot-tempered
4.What kind of person was Shylock? He was ___________.
A. greedy and hypocritical B. hypocritical(虚伪) and cruel
C. cruel and lazy D. greedy and cruel
5.What did the Duke mean by saying “Don’t be so bitter”?
He wanted Shylock to be _________________.
A. warm-hearted B. calm
C. kind-hearted D. reasonable
6.In writing style, this text is a _____________.
A. drama B. story C. fable D. fairy tale
7.The word “scold” in the text means to ______________.
A. fool with B. laugh at C. criticize D. quarrel with
英语教案－unin11 The merchant of Venice Lesson42—43