Урок на тему "Shakespeare"

Subject:Shakespeare - Soul of the Age! The wonder of the stage!  

Objectives: -  to introduce new vocabulary on the topic

                    - to encourage pair work

                     - to exercise and refine their skills of observation

                     - to employ creative and descriptive writing skills to communicate their ideas, using Shakespeare's texts as a model

                       - to develop an understanding of the local environment as a source of imagery for poetry

Aids: additional handouts, the tape recorder.

                                                                 The procedure

I. Introduction.

1.Greeting.

T: Good morning, pupils! How are you today?
P:  Good morning, teacher. Fine. Great.

T: Sit down, please. And let’s start our lesson.

2.Warming up activity

T.: Children, what do you know about Shakespeare? Let’s do Shakespeare quiz to check how much you know about this famous British playwright.

  Shakespeare Quiz
1) When was William Shakespeare born?

a) 1498

b) 1564

c) 1895

2) What period in English history was it when Shakespeare was alive?

a) Elizabethan

b) Georgian

c) Victorian

3) Which of these plays was not written by Shakespeare?

a) Hamlet

b) Romeo and Juliet

c) The Taming of the Rat

4) Where was Shakespeare born?

a) Stratford Upon Avon

b) Cambridge

c) Oxford

5) How many plays did Shakespeare write?

a) 8

b) 38

c) 108

6) Which type of plays did Shakespeare not write?

a) Tragedies

b) Comedies

c) Musicals

7) What's the name of the ‘Shakespeare theatre' in London?

a) The World Theatre

b) The Globe Theatre

c) The Old Shakespeare Theatre

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8) Who played Romeo in the most recent film version of ‘Romeo and Juliet'?

a) Leonardo Dicaprio

b) Johnny Depp

c) Brad Pitt

Answers: 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-a, 5-b, 6-c, 7-b, 8-a

T.: So,as you may guess our today’s theme is Shakespeare - Soul of the Age! The wonder of the stage! And we are going to talk about Shakespeare’s life, the plays he wrote to learn more about this famous playwright.

II. The main part.

1. Listening  practice. (©Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2006

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Pre-listening activity :

T: Match the proper names with their transcriptions.

1.William Shakespeare 2. Ann Hathaway 3. London  4. Stratford-upon-Avon 5. Globe

Theatre 6. Romeo and Juliet

a)[ æn ˈhæθəˌwe ], b) [ ˈromiˌəʊ ənd ˈdʒʊlɪet ], c) [ˈlʌndən ],  d)[ ɡləʊb ˈθɪətə ], e) [ ˈwɪlɪəm ˈʃeɪkˌspir ],

f) [ˈstrætfərd əˈpɒn ˈeɪvən ].

Answers:  1e), 2a), 3c), 4f), 5d), 6b).

While – listening activity.

T: Now we will listen to the story about W. Shakspeare’s life and while hearing the information you will have to fill in the correct  word in the gaps.

Worksheet

William Shakespeare was born on (1) ____________, ____________ in (2)

Stratford-upon-Avon. When he was (3) ____________ he went to the local grammar

school for boys. He left school when he was about (4) 14. He was only (5)

____________ when he met (6) Ann Hathaway and they got married in (7)

____________ , ____________ . Their first daughter, (8) Susanna, was born (9)

____________ months later.

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In (10) 1592 Shakespeare was living in (11) ____________ and had become

famous. At this time he was writing and acting for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men at the

Globe Theatre. Shakespeare became very successful and in (12) 1599 he bought the

(13) ____________ ____________. During his life he wrote at least (14) 37 plays

including Romeo and Juliet, Hamletand Twelfth Night. He died on his birthday in (15)

____________ at the age of (16) 52.

T.: What interesting information have you heard, maybe you’ve heard something that you didn’t know before?

Answer

William Shakespeare was born on (1) 23 April, 1564in (2) Stratford-upon-Avon.

When he was (3) sevenhe went to the local grammar school for boys. He left school

when he was about (4) 14. He was only (5) 18when he met (6) Ann Hathawayand

they got married in (7) November, 1582. Their first daughter, (8) Susanna, was born

(9) eightmonths later.

In (10) 1592Shakespeare was living in (11) Londonand had become famous. At this

time he was writing and acting for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men at the Globe Theatre.

Shakespeare became very successful and in (12) 1599he bought the (13) Globe

Theatre. During his life he wrote at least (14) 37plays including Romeo and Juliet,

Hamletand Twelfth Night. He died on his birthday in (15) 1616at the age of (16) 52.

Post – listening activity.

T.: Now you have to put the questions to the text using given question words.

Questions

(1) When

__________________________________________________________________?

(3) How old

__________________________________________________________________?

(5) How old

__________________________________________________________________?

(7) When

__________________________________________________________________?

(9) How many

__________________________________________________________________?

(11) Where

__________________________________________________________________?

(13) What

__________________________________________________________________?

(15) When

__________________________________________________________________?

2. Reading comprehension.  

Pre-reading activity:

T.: Before reading let’s match the halves of Shakespeare’s plays.

Romeo and….                                        A) Dream

Antony and…                                         B) Errors

The Comedy of….                                  C) Juliet

A Midsummer Night’s ….                     D) Cleopatra

KEY:  1C), 2D), 3B), 4A).

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New active vocabulary.

T.: Before reading the text read the words and their definitions and try to translate them.

acting company = a group of people

who owned theatres and performed plays

amphitheatre = a building with many seats that has the form of a circle . It normally doesn't have a roof.

attend = go to

Black Death = an illness that killed millions of people in Europe and Asia at the end of the Middle Ages

century = a hundred years

following = next

curved =bent, rounded

level =platform

mayor = the leader of a town or city

middle-class = people who are edu-cated and have good jobs

nobleman = a person who belongs to the highest social class and usually has a title like Duke or Baron

own = if something belongs to you

perform = to act

playwright = someone who writes plays

present =show, perform

public places = places where a lot of people get together

seat = a place to sit

sonnet = a poem with 14 lines that rhyme

spread = to move to other places

stage = the place where actors per-form during the play

While-Reading activity.

T.: So, children,  let’s start reading the story about W. Shakespeare but be attentive. The paragraphs are mixed. Your task is to put the paragraphs in the correct order while reading.

                      William Shakespeare ( The broken text )

1 - When William was 18 he married Anne Hathaway. They had three children, first Susanna and then twins, a son named Hamnet and a daughter named Judith. Hamnet died when he was 11.We don’t really know what William did during the fol-lowing years but in 1592 he went to London to work as an writer and actor. It was a difficult job and only the best found work in London.

2 - The Globe was a huge amphitheatre without a roof. The seats were curved around a stage that was built on many levels. Plays always started at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. People who didn’t have the money to buy a seat were al-lowed to stand in the front of the stage. The company also presented special plays for kings and queens.

3 - William Shakespeare is often called the world’s greatest playwright. He wrote comedies, tragedies and historical plays in England in the last part of the 16th and the early 17th century.

4 - From 1592 to 1594 the Black Death spread across Eng-land . Many public places were closed and plays couldn’t be performed either. Shakespeare spent these years writing sonnets and poems.When the theatres opened up again in 1594 Shakespeare joined the best acting company of the country—Lord Chamberlain’s Men. It had the best actors , the best writers and the most famous theatre—the Globe.

5 - William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the Eng-lish town of Stratford-upon-Avon. His father was a businessman and the town’s mayor. His mother came from a fam-ily that owned land near Stratford.William had three younger brothers and two younger sisters.Like other boys of middle-class families, William at-tended a grammar school in Stratford where he got a good education and also learned Latin.

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Answer:

William Shakespeare is often called the world’s greatest playwright. He wrote comedies, tragedies and historical plays in England in the last part of the 16th and the early 17th century.

William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the Eng-lish town of Stratford-upon-Avon. His father was a businessman and the town’s mayor. His mother came from a fam-ily that owned land near Stratford. William had three younger brothers and two younger sisters.Like other boys of middle-class families, William at-tended a grammar school in Stratford where he got a good education and also learned Latin.

When William was 18 he married Anne Hathaway. They had three children, first Susanna and then twins, a son named Hamnet and a daughter named Judith. Hamnet died when he was 11.We don’t really know what William did during the fol-lowing years but in 1592 he went to London to work as an writer and actor. It was a difficult job and only the best found work in London.

From 1592 to 1594 the Black Death spread across Eng-land . Many public places were closed and plays couldn’t be performed either. Shakespeare spent these years writing sonnets and poems.When the theatres opened up again in 1594 Shakespeare joined the best acting company of the country—Lord Chamberlain’s Men. It had the best actors , the best writers and the most famous theatre—the Globe.

The Globe was a huge amphitheatre without a roof. The seats were curved around a stage that was built on many levels. Plays always started at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. People who didn’t have the money to buy a seat were al-lowed to stand in the front of the stage. The company also presented special plays for kings and queens.

3.  Speaking practice.

T.:  Now, let’s divide into 4 groups. You should line up due to your dates of birthdays first. Well done. Now count 1, 2, 3, 4, and make 4 groups of 3. Good. Now every group will get the flashcards, and your task is to speak about Shakespeare with the help of the cards. But listen attentively to find out whose turn is to go on speaking.

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III. The end of lesson.

Summarizing. Hometask. Marks.

T: So, at today’s lesson we were talking about….

I hope that you found out something interesting and useful for yourself from our lesson.

Your hometask is to …Your marks are…Thank you for your attention. Good bye.