The Fourth Period

Teaching Aims:

1.Review the words and phrases appearing in the last two periods.

2.Review Direct and Indirect Speech.

Teaching Important Points:

1.Get the students to master the words and phrases correctly.

2.Get the students to master the interchanges of Direct and Indirect Speech.

Teaching Difficult Point:

Help the students master the changes of the pronouns,tenses,adverbials in the interchanges of Direct and Indirect Speech.

Teaching Methods:

1.Practising to finish the tasks in Word Study and in Grammar.

2.Individual,pair or group work to make every student take an active part in class and finish each exercise better.

Teaching Aids:

1.the multimedia

2.the blackboard

Teaching Procedures:

兂Step ⒐ Greetings

Greet the whole class as usual.

兂Step ⒑ Revision

T:In the last few periods,weˇve learn more about one of Shakespearesˇ playsXThe Merchant of Venice.What have you learnt from it?

Ss:The Good will be able to defeat the Bad at last.Justice is supported by everyone.

T:Quite right.Besides,weˇve learnt some useful phrases. Iˇll give you a dictation of them. Please take out a piece of paper.Hu Yue,please come to the blackboard.KAre you ready?

Ss:Yes.

T:OK.Letˇs beginK

(Teacher begins to give the dictation and after that,checks the answers with the whole class.)

兂Step ⒒ Word Study

T:Well done.Now please open your books at Page 69.Look at Word Study in this unit.Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases from the text.Youˇd better read each sentence to see which phrase fits the description first.Then fill in the blanks according to the meaning.See what I mean?

Ss:Yes.

T:OK.You can begin now.First by yourself.Then check your answers with your partner.At last,Iˇll collect the right answers.

Suggested answers:

1.all believed

2.pay back

3.show mercy to

4.offered,tear up

5.offer up

6.As far as

兂Step ⒓ Grammar

T:Next,letˇs come to Grammar.We all know in The Merchant of Venice,Shylock insisted on taking a pound of Antonioˇs flesh according to the agreement between them.Why did Antonio borrow money from Shylock?

Ss:To help his friend Bassanio,who had no money to marry Portia,a rich and beautiful lady.

T:Quite right.Now,please turn to Page 71 and read the material in the box.Then work in pairs to change it into dialogues.

Act 1:The dialogue between Bassanio and Antonio.

Act 2:The dialogue between Antonio,Shylock and Bassanio.Do you see what I mean?

Ss:Yes.

(The students begin to work.Teacher goes among the students to see how they are going on.At last,teacher asks some pairs to act out their dialogues.)

Sample dialogues:

Act 1:(B=Bassanio;A=Antonio)

B:Antonio,I want to tell you a good piece of news that I am in love with Portia,a rich and beautiful lady.

A:Does she love you?

B:She loves me too.

A:Then why donˇt you get married?

B:I can not ask her to marry me because I have no money.I wonder if you can lend me three thousand ducats.

A:Iˇd like to help you,but all my ship are at sea.I have no money at present.

Act 2:(S=Shylock)

A:Shylock,I want to know if I can borrow some money from you.

S:I agree to lend you the money on one condition.If you donˇt pay the money back at the end of three months,Iˇll have the right to have a pound of your flesh to be cut off from any part of your body.

A:OK.I would accept these terms.

B:Please,Antonio,donˇt accept these terms.

A:Donˇt worry.Iˇll take his offer and sign the agreement.

T:Wonderful.You did a good job.Next,letˇs look at the second exercise.Here are two letters.One is the letter that Antonio wrote to Bassanio.The other one is the letter from the lawyer to the Duke.By reading them,youˇll know more about the play.Are you interested?

Ss:Yes.

T:Now,begin to read.After that,change them into Indirect Speech.Then correct mistakes each other.At the end,Iˇll ask some students to read to the class.Is everything clear?

Ss:Yes.

Suggested answers:

Letter 1:

Bassanio received a letter from Antonio.In the letter,Antonio said that all his ships were lost at sea and that now he had to pay Shylock with a pound of his flesh according to their agreement.Antonio also said how he wished to see Bassanio before he died,since it was impossible that he should live in paying Shylock.Antonio told Bassanio to forget about the letter if his love for Antonio was not enough to lead him there.

Letter 2:

Doctor Bellario wrote in his letter that he was very ill.He said that when the Dukeˇs letter (had) reached him,he(had)had with him a learned young doctor from Rome and that he had told the doctor about the quarrel between Shylock and Antonio.He wrote to the Duke they had studied many law books and the doctor knew what he would say.He asked the Duke to let the doctor stand in his place and give judgement.He told the Duke that he had never known so young a body with so wise a head though he was young.

(After checking the studentsˇwork,teacher deals with some language points.)

T:Well done.Next,letˇs learn some useful expressions.Look at the screen,please.

(Teacher shows the screen.)

1.be in love with/fall in love with

e.g.They have been in love with each other since they met for the first time.

The first time Peter met Alice at a party,he fell in love with her.

2.on one condition/on condition that

e.g.He was allowed to go swimming on condition that he kept near the other boys.

Iˇll come on condition that John is invited,too.

3.so/how/too+adj.+a(n)+n.鶭

e.g.Did you notice that you made so serious a mistake?

It is too difficult a book for beginners.

How wonderful a plan it would be!

(Bb:be/fall in love with,on one condition/on condition that,so/how/too+adj.+a(n)+n.鶭)

兂Step ⒔ Consolidation

T:OK.So much for the language points.In order that you can master Direct and Indirect Speech better,especially the way to change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech.Iˇll give you another exercise.Look at the sentences on the screen and complete them.

(Show the screen.)

Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

1.¨Do not be so bitter,〃the Duke said to Shylock.

△The Duke asked Shylock______.

2.¨Do all men kill the things they do not love?〃Bassanio said.

△Bassanio asked______.

3.¨Antonio is my enemy and I hate him,〃Shylock said.

△Shylock said______.

4.¨Mercy falls like the gentle rain from the sky upon the earth,〃Portia said.

△Portia said______.

Suggested answers:

1.not to be so bitter

2.if all men killed the things they did not love

3.Antonio was his enemy and he hated him

4.mercy falls like the gentle rain from the sky upon the earth

兂Step ⒕ Summary and Homework

T:In this class,weˇve mainly revised the words and phrases learned in the play.In particular,weˇve revised Direct and Indirect Speech by doing some exercises.You should pay special attention to the changes of the pronoun,tenses and adverbial in the interchanges of Direct and Indirect Speech,and you should be able to use some sentence structures freely such as ¨tell sb. to doK〃¨ask sb.to doK〃and ¨say thatK〃.(Write the structures on the blackboard.)For todayˇs homework:Retell the story of The Merchant of Venice.You can use the words and phrases on the screen.Youˇd better copy them down.

(Show the screen.)

Retell the play The Merchant of Venice,using the following words and phrases:

be in love with,askKfor help,scoldKfor,on condition that,pay back,cut off,get married,be lost at sea,have mercy on,be seated,do the deed,be allowed to,drop,ask for,insist on,at the mercy of,according to,be taken away

Thatˇs all for today.See you next time.

Ss:See you next time.

兂Step ⒖ The Design of the Writing on theBlackboard

Unit 19 The Merchant of Venice

The Fourth Period

⒐.Useful phrases

be/fall in love with

on one condition

on condition that

so/how/too+adj.+a(n)+n.鶭

⒑.Direct and Indirect Speech

tell/ask sb.(not) to do sth.

say that-clause

ask wh-/how+clause

兂Step ⒗ Record after Teaching