Разработки уроков по изучению творчества Шекспира

Разработки уроков по изучению творчества Шекспира

The World of Shakespeare (10 клас)

Aims:

• to practice reading, speaking, listening;

• to involve pupils into communicative activities by means of pair and group work;

• to develop critical thinking;

• to broaden pupil's outlook. Language: reporting, thinking, imagination.

Materials needed: music cassette, a portrait of Shakespeare, pictures, handouts, charts.

Procedure

1. Introduction

T. I'm glad to see you, children, on a fine spring morning. Hi, everybody! I hope you are OK, aren't you?

The day is really fine. Spring has set in with its eternal claim of Life and Love.

Our today's lesson is also closely connected with these words. Annually, in spring, on April 23^rd, we mark Shakespeare's birthday, the birthday of the world's greatest playwright, whose works are immortal.

Let his world of humanism, victorious good and undying Love fill this room.

I do hope to feel this atmosphere, I do rely on your help.

Thus, the theme of our lesson is "The World of Shakespeare".

2. Warm-Up

a) What would you like to hear at the lesson?
b) Read the epigraph of the lesson: "He Was Not of an Age but for All Time ".

Benjamin Johnson
c) What way do you understand these words?

(Pupils discuss the epigraph.)

3. He was the greatest of the greatest, the genius among geniuses, born in the heart of England

Listening

Split in groups. You'll listen to the poem. Try to concentrate on the idea of it.

THIS ENGLAND

This lovely land that Shakespeare praised so well;

That Wordsworth worshiped for her magic spell;

This land of specious cities, and of fanes
Pointing to Heaven, amid green - pastured plains;

This land of quiet rivers moving to the sea;

Of wooded grandeur, nigh to majesty;

Of highways rambling over hills and dales,

Of rose — crowned hedgerows in sequestered vales;

This land of gentle seasons that bestow

Surpassing beauty as they come and go;

Unfettered still it shall remain and free,

This land that shows what loveliness can be!

Allan Junior

After-listening activities

Each group makes up three sentences with the words from the text. (Proposed words: worshiped, praised, shows.)

4. Reporting

Pupil's task was to prepare essential information concerning the life of Shakespeare.

And now some touches of Shakespeare's biography.

PI. Shakespeare was born and also died on April, 23. Since this is also the day of England's patron saint, St. George, many people think they should mark it as a national holiday. Although we know more about him, than most of his contemporaries, there are certain things that historians cannot say with a firm that this is the final, the absolute truth. Really, the facts are very few.

Shakespeare was probably born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father was a respectable shopkeeper and dealt in wool, skins, leather. His, mother, Mary Arden, was a farmer's daughter. (Task: persuade your classmates that Stratford is a thrilling place for an excursion.)

P2. William was the eldest son in the family of 8 children. In his seventh year he was placed at the Grammar School of his native town. The priest of the church was also a schoolmaster. At school he learned to read and spell, and was taught his "little Latin and less Greek". He finished his studies at the age of 13 and never went to school again.

(Questions: Was Shakespeare persistent in achieving the goal? What features of character helped him to become genius?)

P3. The quiet middle-class life of his parents did not attract him and he soon

embarked on a fun loving life which caused many small scandals, hatreds and jealousies.

He started his controversial career in 1582, when, at the age of 18, married Anne Hathaway, a local girl who was) eight years older than him. In 1583 Susanna, their first child, was born, and twins, Hamnet and Judith followed her.

(Question: Was he a good father?)

P4. Will was still very young when he went off to London.

Legend has it that he first made his living by holding horses outside the theatre for play-goers who had no servants. This is probably a romanticized picture, but it is certainly true that he joined James Burbage's company, known as "Chamberlain's Men", which was one of the leading groups and the first to build a permanent theatre. He stayed with this company all his life.

(Question: Did Shakespeare go to London in search of adventures, to realize his dream of becoming an actor or to get a job and keep his family?)

P5. He began to write his poems at that time. While he was in London, he fell in love with "the dark lady" whom he wrote about in his sonnets. At that time in England the Saxon characteristics of blonde hair and pale skin were admired. "Fair" equaled beautiful. The darker, Celtic people, pushed to the west and north by the Saxons, were considered less beautiful. Shakespeare's dark lady was very dark, and he describes her as beautiful.

(Question: Will you name synonyms to the word "beautiful"?)

5. Reading comprehension

Pre-Reading Task

1. Shakespeare was reaching the height of his fame when the Globe theatre was built. It was the golden age of the theatre in England. Why do we say so?

2. While-reading task (insert words)

SHAKESPEARE'S STAGE

The original Globe was built in 1599 by a group of actors. Among them was Shakespeare himself and over the next few years his major plays, including the four great (1) Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and Othello, were staged there. But during the performance of Henry VIII, in 1613, a spark of cannon set the (2) roof on fire and the theatre burned down. Although rebuilt, it lasted only until 1644. And this might have been the end of the story, except that another spark then entered the mind of the late American actor and film director Sam Wanamaker 40 years ago, when he came to London and set off to look for the Globe's (3) site. He said, «Nobody really knew where it was. But anyway, I did finally get to it. It was marked by a black (4), which is still there, on the side of brewery wall, which said, in effect, "This is the site of the world's greatest theatre". It was erected by the Shakespeare Society of Britain and India, of all places. And I thought, welt why don't the British do something about this? I mean, this is terrible”.

There are imitations of the Globe in several countries around the world — Japan, Germany, the United States — but all make extensive use of modern (5). Wanamaker wanted to built something that was, as far as possible, an exact reconstruction of Shakespeare's theatre. It's this that's now taking shape by the river Thames, a few hundred yards from the original site. When complete, (6) will take place with no artificial lighting, no heating, no recorded music, no modem costumes, no (7), no (8) in the text; and since the theatre is open air it's certain that there'll occasionally be wind and rain. All this is as it would have been in Shakespeare's day, but actors in the new Globe will also have to (9) with 20^lh-century sounds like aeroplanes and police (10).

6. Post reading task

A. Answer the questions

1. Was Shakespeare among the builders of the original Globe?

2. What plays were staged there?

3. When did the theatre burn down? Why?

4. Who decided to build the imitation of the Globe?

5. Do similar theatres exist in other countries?

B. Give the main idea of the text using the underlined words.

C. Imagine the new building of the Globe Theatre.

(The exact copy of the theatre was built in 1996.)

7. Communicative activities (Dialogues)

Imagine

A. You are going to the theatre. Try to book tickets.

BOOKING TICKETS

• (Name), let's go to the theatre or the cinema!

• Why not? That's a good idea.

• Do you know what's on at the theatre?

• I think there is something good.

• Oh, then can we go?

• We could. We can go there this weekend If you like.

• Great! Can you book the tickets?

• Of course. It will be our first time at the theatre this season.

• The Ivan Franko Drama Theatre. Can I help you?

• Good afternoon. I would like to ask what's on at the theatre this Saturday.

• This week we have "Romeo and Juliet".

• What time does the play start?

• All our performances start at 7 p.m.

• Oh, great! Can I book some tickets?

• Certainly. How many tickets would you like to book?

• Can you tell me the prices of the tickets?

• All tickets cost 30 hrivnyas.

• Then 1 would like to receive two tickets for the weekend. For me and my friend.

• Please collect the tickets two hours before the performance. Can you tell me your name, please&

• It's (your name).

• Thank you very much. Good-bye.

B. Sharing opinion with your friend about Shakespeare's favourite works.

TALK ON SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS

1. Do you like to read Shakespeare?

2. What a question to ask! I adore his works, especially tragedies and sonnets. I have got a big home library. Among the books are some volumes of Shakespeare's works. And what about you?

1. Yes, of course, Shakespeare is worth reading. I'm fond of his "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", "King Lear". Into the bargain, I recite some of his sonnets.

2. They are really captivating. Especially about love, his works really passed through variations of tastes and changes of manners and have received new honours of new generations.

1. You are right. Not so long ago I read a book about the playwright and learned a lot of interesting facts about his life.

2. Really?

1. Yes. It turns out that he was not a good actor.

2. I can add that he laid the scenes of his plays in Africa, Asia, many parts of Europe, yet never left England. Have you ever seen Shakespeare's plays at the theatre?

1. No, only on video and TV But I'm looking forward to going to Kyiv and seeing them.

2. I appreciate your taste. As for me, I dream of seeing his best plays in English.

C. Imagine that you are meeting your bosom friend at the theatre during the performance. Ask him his opinion about the play.

AT THE THEATRE

• Good evening, (name)! Never expected to meet you.

• Good evening, (name)! This is a small world. How are you?

• I am doing fine, thanks. How is life treating you?

• Never felt better in my life. Thanks.

• Pleased to hear it. Incidentally, where do you have a seat?

• In the stalls, row C. And where is your seat?

• In the box, close to the stage. So I don't have to use opera glasses.

• Fine. What do you think of the play?

• Frankly speaking, I don't like it. The action develops slowly. Some scenes are dull. The cast is not very good. Do you share my opinion?

• Yes, I do. That happens to be a rather poor performance. Have you been to this theatre before?

• Haven't had a chance, you know. I am here for the first time. The hall is beautifully decorated. To put it in a nutshell everything here is magnificent, but the performance.

• I advise you to see "The Twelfth Night" by Shakespeare at the theatre. 1 am sure you will be impressed.

• I'd like to inform you that the best actors Of the theatre are engaged in the performance. The leading man is a famous actor. You should see him on the stage by all means.

• I'll follow your advice.

• I'll try to get tickets.

• As soon as I get tickets, I'll get in touch with you. Look! The lights are going down.

• We must hurry to the hall. In a minute the curtain will be up.

• Be seeing you later.

The World of Shakespeare (10 клас)

Aims:

• to practice reading, speaking, listening;

• to involve pupils into communicative activities by means of pair and group work;

• to develop critical thinking;

• to broaden pupil's outlook. Language: reporting, thinking, imagination.

Materials needed: music cassette, a portrait of Shakespeare, pictures, handouts, charts.

Procedure

Classroom Theatre

"ROMEO AND JULIET"

(Scene "Juliet and Mom")

Mother. Juliet? Where are you? Ah, there you are! What are you doing, darling? Are you... going somewhere?

Juliet. Ye-es.

Mother. And where are you going to?

Juliet. I'm going to.. I have a... I have...

Mother. What?

Juliet. I have a date, mommy.

Mother. Oh, sweetheart! A date! That's beautiful! And how romantic! A date with a future husband. Hm! My husband never made me any dates. We were just married. But yours, he is such a gentleman! A real prince!

Juliet. He is better than prince.

Mother. Well, maybe you are right. Such a fine daughter as you are must surely have the best husband. A king!

Ju1iet. Oh, he's better than king!

Mother. Hm. Maybe you are right, i sweetheart. Such a nice daughter as you are should marry an extraordinary man! A hero!

Juliet. But he is a hero! He's is the hero of my heart. And as I know, there have been many heroes in the family of Montague.

Mother. Well, maybe you are... What?! Montague? That name! Again! Come! Look at my eyes!

Juliet. Mommy...

Mother. You mischievous little girl! I thought we have already decided that your husband will be Count Paris, the handsome, rich and noble gentleman!

Juliet. But he is...

Mother. And I have already promised Count Paris that my mischievous little girl will marry him!

Juliet. I am not a little girl! I am almost fifteen!

Mother. Not in fifteen, nor in eighteen, nor in twenty, thirty and forty — you will never marry that young bum from the house of Montague!

Juliet — you have to listen,

Listen to the word I say.

Listen and you must remember:

Montague's the man I hate.

He gives me fever

When I see him

When I see his angry face,

Fever

When I listen

To the words he always says/

Juliet:

Mummy, let me tell you,

What you say to me is wrong,

Montague is not the father.

Montague is Romeo,

He gives me fever

When I see him,

When I see his lovely face,

Fever

When I listen

To the words he always says.

Mother. And now, my little mischievous girl, I recommend you to stop thinking about Romeo Montague and forget that family forever.

Juliet: But how can I?

Mother. I will lock you up!

Juliet. Lock up?

Oh, my mother doesn't understand
That her enemy's my only friend
But she doesn't even care for me
God, I want you to know that I want to be free!
Now my days are passing one by one

WHAT IS A YOUTH?
(Song from Romeo and Juliet)

Lyrics by Eugene Walter.

Music by Nino Rota

What is a youth? Impetuous Fire.

What is a maid? Ice and desire.

The world wags on...

A rose will bloom, it then will fade,

So does a youth, so does the fairest maid.

Comes a time when one sweet smile.

Has its season for a while.

Then love's in love with me.

A rose will bloom, it then will fade,

So does a youth, so does the fairest maid.

Some will think only to marry,

Others will tease and tarry.

Mine is the very best parry,

Pure pity rules us all

Caper the caper, sing me the song.

Death will come soon to hush us along

Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall,

Love is a pasting which never will pall

Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall,

Pure pity rules us all.

A rose will bloom, it then will fade,

So does a youth, so does the fairest maid.

(Question: Do you feel in this scene the generation gap?)

A Poetic Minute

AGEAND YOUTH

Crabbed Age and Youth
Cannot live together:
Youth is full of pleasance
Age is full of care;
Youth like summer morn,
Age like winter weather,
Youth like summer brave,
Age like winter bare.
Youth is full of sport,
Age's breath is short;
Youth is nimble, Age is lame;
Youth is hot and bold,
Age is weak and cold;
Youth is wild and Age is tame.
Youth, I do adore thee!

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Some glory in their birth, some in their skill,
Some in their wealth, some in their body forth;
Some in-their garments, though new-fangled ill;
Some in their hawks and hounds, some in their horse;

And every humour hath his adjunct pleasure,
Wherein it finds a joy above the rest;
But these particulars are not my measure,
All these I better in one general best.
Thy love is better than high birth to me,
Richer than wealth, prouder than garments' cost,

Of more delight than hawks and horses be;
And, having thee, of all men's pride I boast.
Wretched in this alone, that thou mayst take
All this away, and me most wretched make.

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Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
Oh, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although its height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doorn.
If this be error and upon me proved,
It never writ, nor no man ever loved.

***

My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is more red then her lips, red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses mask'd red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well 1 know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant! I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground;
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

Pair Work

Shakespeare's Quotations

A. Match two parts of the sentences.

B. How do you say these expressions in your language?

1. To be or not to be — that is a question! (Hamlet)

2. Brevity is — the soul of wit. (Hamlet)

3. Have more than you showest — speak less than you knowest. (Hamlet)

4. The wish is— the father to the thought. (King Henry IV)

5. Wake not — a sleeping wolf. (King Henry IV)

6. All the world's a stage — and all the men and women merely players.

Group Work

A. "There is no darkness but ignorance".

B. Quiz.

Quiz

1. What girl falls in love with a man before she sees his face or knows his name?

2. Who looks at his hands and says, "This is a sorry sight"?

3. Who calls his own murder foul "faul (зрада) and most unnatural"?

4. In which play do three males wear feminine clothes?

5. Whose last words are, "Thus with a kiss I die"?

6. What girl tells a young man when he first kisses her that he kisses "by the book"?

1. Which father has three daughters?

1. Who is the villain (негідник) whom everyone trusts and no one suspects until the end?

2. Who "loved not wisely but too well"?

3. Who in speaking of his wife says "She is my goods, my chattels (pyxoмe майно), my field, my barn. My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything"?

1. Juliet. 2. Macbeth. 3. The Ghost. 4. The Merry Wives of Windsor, 5. Romeo's. 6. Juliet. 7. King Lear. 8. Yago. 9. Othello. 10. Petruccio.

Shakespeare's legacy is enormous

He wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets and two poems. Which of them have you read? Which are your favourite?

What do they teach us?

The importance of his work

Possible answers:

1. Shakespeare was a realist. He truthfully described the life of people, their relationship; the playwright never idealized people.

2. He considered common people to be a driving force of history.

3. He criticized inhuman, demoralized monarchy though he didn't see the ways of fighting with it.

4. We find humanistic ideas in his plays.

5. Shakespeare showed the processes of social development in the profound way; he was greatly interested in the problems of man and power.

Dear son of memory, great heir of Fame,
What need you such weak witness of your name?
You in our wonder and astonishment
Have built yourself a live-long Monument.

John Milton

Наследник славы, для грядущих дней,
Не просишь ты свидетельства камней.
Ты памятник у каждого из нас
Воздвиг в душе, которую потряс.

Переклад С. Я. Маршака

Home assignment

To write a composition "The World of Shakespeare has the right to exist nowadays".

The World of Shakespeare (10 клас)

Aims:

• to practice reading, speaking, listening;

• to involve pupils into communicative activities by means of pair and group work;

• to develop critical thinking;

• to broaden pupil's outlook. Language: reporting, thinking, imagination.

Materials needed: music cassette, a portrait of Shakespeare, pictures, handouts, charts.

Procedure

Additional texts

The Globe

1. The Globe was erected in Maiden Lane near the river.

2. In shape the building was most probably polygonal on the outside and circular within.

3. It was made of timber and the roof over the gallery was made of thatch.

4. In front of the entrance there was a sign-board, on which Hercules, bearing the Globe upon his shoulders, was represented.

1. In the public theatres of those times the pit was open to the sky, so that the performance depended entirely upon the weather.

2. Flags were hoisted, when a play was to be given, but if the weather suddenly changed for the worse, the flags were pulled down and the performance didn't take place.

3. The plays were well announced on beforehand on bills placed on pasts in various parts of the city.

4. It is a pity that none of these bills has been preserved.

5. In public theatres most plays were given in the afternoon.

6. While waiting for the play to start, the public usually amused themselves by eating apples and nuts, drinking ale, smoking, playing cards.

7. Few women, except those of the lowest classes, attended public theatre in Elizabeth's time.

1. If a lady went to see a performance ' she wore a mask.

2. The Globe was opened to the public in 1599.

3. It was the golden age of the theatre in England.

4. Most of its plays, after 1599, were first performed in the Globe.

5. At the present time the site of the Globe is covered by a large brewery.

6. Tourists are shown a bronze memorial tablet on one of the walls of the brewery.

7. On the left of the tablet is a bust of the poet, on the right — a simple inscription: "Here stood the Globe Playhouse of Shakespeare".

Stratford

1. Stratford is really a thrilling place for an excursion because of its beautiful nature — winding Avon, woods, quiet rivers moving to the sea, hills and dales.

2. In Stratford we can see many buildings connected with Shakespeare and his family — Mary Arden's house, his school, cottage of Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's Theatre.

3. If you arrive at Stratford on the 23 of April you may become a participant of Shakespeare's festival. The traditional core of events is a procession to lay flowers on his tomb, a birthday luncheon and a birthday performance. The luncheon has grown into a grand event including six hundred distinguished guests. They are the representatives of international organizations.

It means that Stratford has become the gathering place of all nations.

Mary Arden 's House

Of all the buildings associated with Shakespeare and his family, Mary Arden's House at Wilmcote, the home of the poet's mother, is the least known and yet perhaps the most picturesque and interesting. It is situated four miles from Stratford-upon-Avon, It is and excellent specimen of a farmstead of Tudor date. It is of striking size and proportions. The house was occupied as a farmhouse till 1930 when it was purchased for preservation by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Shakespeare's School

The Grammar School, originally founded by the Gild of the Holy Cross in 1291 for giving education to members of the Gild, became known as King Edward VI's Grammar School in 1553. The two-storied building comprises an upper hall on the first floor In which it is believed that Shakespeare was educated as a boy, while below is Stratford's original Gild hall where Shakespeare probably saw theatrical performances by companies of travelling players.

The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre

The season of Shakespeare's plays which is held annually at the Shakespeare's Memorial Theatre has become so established that it now carries the reputation of an English tradition. In 1874, Charles Edward Flower, a prominent resident of Stratford, began a scheme for building a theatre for the town, and he presented a two-acre site on the banks of the river for this purpose. On April 23, Shakespeare's birthday, in 1879, the first Memorial Theatre was opened with a Shakespeare Festival.

Do you know that...

• ...William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 and died on the same date, April 23, 1616?

• ...John Shakespeare, the great playwright's father, could not write?

• ...William Shakespeare left the Grammar School where he studied when he was 13 years old and never went to school again?

• ...William Shakespeare travelled up to London on foot without much

money in his pocket because he wanted to become an actor?

• ...William Shakespeare began to work in London holding horses of those Londoners who came to see the plays at the theatre?

• ...The signatures of the greatest English men and women cover the walls and the ceiling of the room in which Shakespeare was born?

• …William Shakespeare is called the Bard of Avon?

• ...on his grave one can see the following inscription:

Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare
To digg the dust encloased heare:
Blese be ye man yt spares thes stones
And curst be he yt moves my bones

Добрый друг! Христа ради

Не беспокой прах, который заключен здесь.

Благословен будь, кто пощадит эти камни,

Проклят будь тот, кто пошевелит мои кости.

Quotations From Shakespeare

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. Twelfth Night

Brevity is the soul of wit. Hamlet

Cowards die many times before their deaths. Julius Caesar

Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest. Hamlet

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Hamlet

The fool thinks he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. As You Like It.

There is no darkness but ignorance. Twelfth Night

The wish is father to the thought. King Henry IV

To be or not to be? That is the question. Hamlet

Wake not a sleeping wolf. King Henry IV

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.' Hamlet

When clouds appear wise men put on their cloaks. Richard III

The weakest goes to the wall. Romeo and Juliet

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