William Shakespeare - The Immortal Poet of Nature

MEI “Borskaya Primary School” DEDICATED TO THE WORK OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE LITERATURE CLUB, “WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – THE IMMORTAL POET OF NATURE” Made by Bykov Vladislav Yurevich, of MEI “Borskaya Primary School” the English teacher Leningradskaya oblast, Tikhvinsky region, village Bor village Bor 2017 Topic: William Shakespeare – The Immortal Poet of Nature Aim: the acquaintance with the work of William Shakespeare Objectives :     to develop speaking and listening skills in the process of creative communication students with each other and the teacher on the basis of the topic; to develop creative atmosphere in the classroom (group); to develop the students` interest to the cultural heritage of the UK; to develop the horizons of students. : literature club Form Materials:  excerpts of the plays by William Shakespeare in Russian and in English;   folder “William Shakespeare – The Immortal Poet of Nature; tape recorder (notebook, projector, screen) The lesson: 2 # 1 . 2 . Stages The teacher`s speech Introduc Greeting tion Good day, everybody! The meeting of our club is dedicated to the greatest playwright in the world literature: William Shakespeare. I hope all of you will take an active part in it. Time Mod e T – Cl minute 2 s Notes Phonetic s We will begin our lesson from the extract of one of the famous sonnet. At first we will work with some expressions. Listen and repeat after me. minute 4 s T – Cl T – P Appendix 1 3 . Warm- Up Thank you for this task! Now answer my questions:  When was William Shakespeare born?  Where was the author born?  Who was his father?  Who was his mother?  What was his wife`s name?  When did William Shakespeare die?  What plays of William Shakespeare do you know? T – P minute 3 s 4 . Acquaintan ce Thank you! 3 with the work and biography of William Shakespear e (+ Relaxation during 1 minute) Listen to some facts from William Shakespeare`s biography and the time when he lived and worked. You have mentioned the main facts in Shakespeare`s biography. Now I`d like to agree or disagree with some facts from William Shakespeare`s life. Very good! Thank you for your answers! I see that you know Shakespeare`s life rather well. As you know, in London Shakespeare became an actor of the Globe Theatre and began to write plays for it. He wrote tragedies, comedies and historical plays. I am sure that you know them well. So your next task is to divide his plays into tragedies and comedies. Listen to this extract from one of the famous Shakespeare`s plays and tell us what play it is from. What mostly troubled the young prince was uncertainty about his father`s death. What was the name of young prince? You are right. His name was Hamlet. Now listen to an extract from the famous play. minute 25 s T – Cl T – P P – Cl The students tell to the class prepared reports. Appendix 2 Appendix 3 The students get 12 cards with the names of the plays. All cards are mixed. Appendix 4 One student reads the fragment from “Hamlet”; the other student translates it into Russian. 4 “To be or not to be that is the question”. This expression is well-known, but not all know about the existence of the other expressions by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote many sonnets (154). They are very popular and loved by our people. All of them were translated into different languages. Listen to one of them. Home task Your task for the next lesson. Imagine the illustration to one of the works of William Shakespeare. The end of the lesson The meeting of our club is over. Thank you for your talking and active part in it. Your marks for today are… 5 . 6 . 5 Appendix 5 Appendix 6 Two students read the sonnet in English and in Russian. The teacher explains the task. teacher The thanks the pupils for the active participation in the literature club and gives them marks. T – Cl T – Cl minute minute 3 s 3 s