Introduction
In this lesson, students will discuss the idea of ‘taking revenge’, and watch a video about Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Students will check their understanding of the plot and characters in the play, and then work together to ask for and give advice to the main character, Hamlet.
Aims:
- To practise listening skills
- To practise writing skills
- To practise using functional language to give advice
- To use critical thinking skills
Age:
Teens 12 +
Level:
B1-B2
Time:
45 minutes or 3 shorter segments
Materials:
The lesson plan and worksheet can be downloaded in PDF format below.
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A Well-planed course to cultivate literacies
This course, in my mind, is a well-planed one for practically cultivating language-learners' literacy from traditional materials, among which brain-storming, story-board making (WOW, this can be developed to film-making), news-report writing in groups, roles-acting, digital video-appreciating - these advanced teaching techniques have all been applied. We can feel that then traditional literature works, in our designers' eyes, are twinkling fresh vitality in this post-era. I am hoping this kind of design can really awake our young generations' love of musical language itself and its beauties hidden behind. I am also hoping through our teachers and teacher educators' hard working, their literacy can be cultivated - who did really know whether or not one of them would be another Shakespeare in the not-far future? That's the magic power of education.