Цели и задачи:
- познакомить учащихся с примером любовного романа в английской литературе;
- ознакомить с характерными особенностями данного жанра;
- развитие навыков аудирования и чтения;
- расширение лексического запаса учащихся и развитие навыков монологической речи;
- расширение кругозора учащихся и повышение интереса к английскому языку и литературе.
Оборудование:
- УМК –“ Blueprint. Upperintermediate”;
- аудиокассета к данному курсу;
- видеофильм Jane Eyre (на английском языке);
- постер с изображением основных составляющих элементов романов любовно-романтического жанра
Ход урока.
- Организационный момент.
- Песня на английском языке “Colour of the Night”и введение в тему урока.
- Ознакомление с любовным романом как с литературным жанром и его особенностями.
- Шарлотта Бронте - автор известного любовного романа. Знакомство с жизнью писательницы.
- Роман «Джейн Эйр» - автобиографичен. Инсценировка начала жизненного пути главной героини.
- Аудирование краткого содержания романа и ответы на вопросы в учебнике (упражнение 3 с.60).
- Характеристика главных героев и самого произведения как любовного романа.
- Работа с отрывком из романа: чтение про себя и выполнение упражнений на лексику упражнения 7 и 8 с. 62.
- Просмотр отрывка из видеофильма и описание главных героев и их чувств с использованием текста учебника (упражнение 4, 5 с.60).
- Выразительное чтение текста по ролям. Озвучивание видеофрагмента.
- Подведение итогов урока. Домашнее задание.
1.Good morning, dear friends! I’m glad to see you today. Are you OK?
2. Today we will start our lesson with a nice song “Colours of the night”. (One of the pupils sings).
Did you enjoy the singing? Oh, yes it was really brilliantly performed! It is not accidentally that we started with this beautiful song. What is it about? Yes, this song is about love and today we are speaking about love in English literature. Do you like to read books about love? I’m sure, you do, especially girls. How do we call this sort of books? Yes, you are right. We call it romantic fiction.
3. Now open your books on page 60, use exercise 1 and answer the question: What are the main ingredients of romantic fiction? There is a poster on the blackboard that can help you to answer the question.
Pupils answer: “Romantic fiction is a book about love or a book with a romantic plot; the main characters are He and She; a couple meet and fall in love but are kept apart by outside forces or internal conflict; these are overcome and the lovers are finally united”.
Give some examples of romantic fiction. (The fairy tale “Cinderella “, “Gone with the wind” by M. Mitchell.)
4. Of course, there are a lot of books about love but one of the most popular English love-story writers is Charlotte Bronte. Let’s listen to the information about her and say if the sentences on the blackboard are true or false.
True or false:
1. Charlotte was born in Thornton in 1816.
2. She was the fourth daughter in the family.
3. She was from a rich family.
4. After the death of Charlotte’s mother, her mother’s sister came to look after the family.
5. The children were sent to Cowan Bridge School.
6. When Charlotte left school she became a doctor.
7. Her first novels were published under a pen name.
8. The writer died from cancer.
9. Her novels were partly autobiographical.
One of the pupils tells about Charlotte Bronte:
Charlotte Bronte was a famous English writer. Her four published novels that are partly autobiographical are still widely read today.
Born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1816, Charlotte was the third daughter of Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell. Her father was a clergyman and the family was quite poor. There were 6 children in it – 5 girls and one boy. After the death of Charlotte’s mother in 1821, her mother’s sister Elizabeth came to look after the family. In 1824 the four eldest girls were sent to Cowan Bridge School, which was famous for its poor conditions. The children lived in cold dark rooms and were always hungry. Charlotte’s two sisters died in that school. Later Charlotte Bronte described the school in her novel “Jane Eyre”, so we can say that the novel is partly autobiographical.
When Charlotte Bronte left school she became a teacher at school for girls and lived with her two sisters and the brother. The Bronte sisters wrote poems and novels. Their first book was published in 1846. Charlotte’s first novel was “The professor” but “Jane Eyre “ is her true claim to greatness. It was first published under the pen name of Currer Bell in October 1847. Why under the pen name? It was unusual for women to be a writer in those times.
Charlotte Bronte is greatly admired for her use of language and her emotional honesty.
The writer died in 1855 from an illness associated with pregnancy. But “Jane Eyre” is one of the most passionate and popular romances in the English language and English literature.
(Pupils listen and say if the sentences are true or false.)
Key: 1.T, 2.F, 3.F, 4.T, 5.T, 6.F, 7.T, 8.F, 9.T.
5. Now we know that Bronte’s novels are autobiographical, life of Jane was rather hard and it was similar to Bronte’s. Today we have a chance to see how Jane’s life started. (Several pupils perform a piece of acting: a girl of ten –Jane, Mr. Brocklehurst - a tall man, Mrs. Reed - Jane’s aunt)
Mrs. Reed and Jane are in the room with a fireplace. Mr. Brocklehurst is entering.
Mrs. Reed: This is the little girl I spoke to you about.
Mr. Brocklehurst: She is small. How old is she?
Mrs. Reed: Ten years.
Mr. Brocklehurst: So small? Your name, little girl?
Jane: Jane Eyre, sir.
Mr. Brocklehurst: Well, Jane Eyre, and are you a good girl?
Mrs. Reed: It is better to say nothing about it, Mr. Brocklehurst.
Mr. Brocklehurst: That’s too bad. I must to talk to her. Come here, Jane Eyre. Do you read the
Bible?
Jane: Sometimes.
Mr. Brocklehurst: Is it interesting?
Jane: No, sir.
Mr. Brocklehurst: This shows that you are a bad girl.
Mrs. Reed: Mr. Brocklehurst, I think I told you in my letter that she is not a good child. If you
take her to Lowood School, tell the teachers what kind of girl she is.
Mr. Brocklehurst: I’ll speak to the teachers.
Mrs. Reed: She will stay at the school during her holidays, it will be best for her.
Mr. Brocklehurst: You are right.
Mrs. Reed: So, I may be sure that you will receive her at your school. I shall send the girl very soon.
Mr. Brocklehurst: Very well, I’ll write to the teacher and tell her that she will have a new girl.
Mrs. Reed:Good-bye, Mr. Brocklehurst!
Jane: I am happy that you are not my aunt. I’ll never call you aunt again as long as I live. I’ll never come to see you when I am grown up; and if anyone asks me how I liked you I’ll say that you are a bad woman.
6. So it was the start of Jane’s hard life. Now let’s listen to the summary of the story and answer the questions in exercise 3 on page 60 (students listen to the cassette and answer the questions)
- Why was Jane sent to live with her aunt?
- Why did she go to Thornfield Hall?
- What was Mr Rochester like?
- What qualities attracted Rochester to Jane?
- Why couldn’t they get married?
- Why didn’t Jane die on the moors?
- What stopped her from going to India with St John?
- What happened to cause Rochester’s terrible injuries?
Tapescript
Jane Eyre is an orphan. After her parents die, she is put in the care of her aunt. She has a very hard and difficult upbringing, and eventually becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall where she is given a job of looking after the daughter of a certain Mr Rochester. Mr Rochester is a classic hero from romantic fiction. He’s dark and very angry-looking and has a bad temper but at the same time he is very attractive. In spite of Jane’s plainness, Rochester is fascinated by her. He finds her witty and full of spirit. Gradually, he falls in love with her and Jane falls in love with him. Everything looks as if it’s going to be happy but at the very last moment they are prevented from marrying when it is revealed that Rochester’s wife is not only alive, but she’s also mad, and living in the attic rooms of Thornfield Hall.
Jane runs away and nearly dies out on the moors. Luckily, she is rescued by the Reverend St John Rivers, and later, although she is still in love with Rochester, she agrees to marry Rivers and go with him to India. She is stopped from doing this by a telepathic message from Rochester. Jane returns to Thornfield Hall to find that the house has burnt down, and that Rochester is sad and deeply depressed. He had tried unsuccessfully to save his wife from the fire, and during his attempt he had been blinded and permanently injured by the fire.
7. Now we know the whole story of Jane. Let’s try to analyse if the novel “Jane Eyre” is romantic fiction. Use the notes:
a) Who are the main characters – describe them
Jane- small, plain not very pretty, with long dark hair with a parting in the middle; witty,
full of spirit;
Rochester - a classic hero from romantic fiction, dark, angry-looking, has a bad temper but
is very attractive
b) Has the novel got a romantic plot?
Yes, a couple meet and fall in love. Then they are kept apart but finally the lovers are
united.
Several students sum up everything and make the conclusion that the book is romantic fiction.
Today we are reading and working with the final scene of the novel – the scene when Jane returns to Thornfield Hall after the fire.
Jane returns.
(The following scene takes place when Jane returns to find Rochester after the fire. Rochester is blind and doesn’t realise that she has come. Jane takes a tray from the housekeeper to take into him.)
“Give the tray to me. I will carry it in “. I took it from her hand. The tray shook as I held it. The water spilt from my glass. My heart struck my ribs hard and fast. Mary opened the door for me, and shut it behind me.
The room looked gloomy. A neglected fire burnt low in the grate, and, leaning over it, with his head against the high , old-fashioned mantlepiece, was the blind occupant of the room. His old dog, Pilot, lay on one side, curled up as if afraid of being trodden on. Pilot pricked up his ears when I came in, then he jumped with a yelp and a whine, and bounded towards me.
He almost knocked the tray from my hands. I set it on the table, then patted him, and said softly, “Lie down!” Mr Rochester turned mechanically to see what the disturbance was; but as he saw nothing, he turned back and sighed.
“Give me the water, Mary,” he said. I held out the now only half-filled glass; Pilot followed me, still excited.
“What is the matter?” Rochester inquired.
“Down, Pilot!” I again said. Mr Rochester checked the water on its way to his lips, and seemed to listen. He drank and put the glass down.
“It is you, Mary, isn’t it?”
“Mary is in the kitchen,” I answered.
He put out his hand. “Who is this? Who is this?” he demanded, trying, as it seemed, to see with those sightless eyes.
“Answer me – speak again!” he ordered imperiously.
“Will you have a little more water, sir? I spilt half of what was in the glass,” I said.
“Who is it? What is it? Who is speaking?”
“Pilot knows me, and John and Mary know I am here. I came only this evening,” I answered.
“Great God! – am I mad?”
“No, sir, you are not mad. Your mind is too strong for madness.”
“And where is the speaker? It is only a voice? Oh, I cannot see you, but I must touch you, or my heart will stop and my brain will burst. Whatever, whoever you are, let me touch you!”
I took hold of his hand and imprisoned it in both mine.
“These are her fingers!” he cried, “her small, slight fingers! If so, there must be more of her.”
The muscular hand broke from mine, my arm was seized, my shoulder, neck, waist – I was entwined and gathered to him.
“Is it Jane? This is her shape – this is her size –“
“And this is her voice,” I added. “She is all here, her heart too.”
“Jane Eyre! – Jane Eyre!” was all he said.
Let’s try to understand the new words from the text. Do the exercises 7 and 8 on page 62.
Match the words with the dictionary definitions:
Gloomy grate curl up prick up one’s ears bound sigh gather
a) to lie comfortably with arms and legs drawn close to body
b) to pull around or close to something
c) to move along quickly by jumping or leaping
d) to raise the ears so as to listen attentively
e) to let out a deep breath slowly and with a sound, usu. Expressing sadness, tiredness or satisfaction
f) the bars and frame which hold wood, coal, etc. in a fireplace
g) almost dark, esp. in an unpleasant way
Now find a word in the text which means the same as each of the following:
- forgotten about
- resting one’s body against
- stepped on
- in a commanding voice
- grabbed violently
- wrapped around
9. Now let’s watch this part of the novel on video and try to describe the feelings of the main characters. What do they feel?
a) How did Jane feel?
- She was very nervous and excited – “…The tray shook as I held it. My heart struck my ribs hard and fast”
b) Describe Rochester
- He was depressed at first- “…A neglected fire burnt low in the grate , and , leaning over it , with his head against the …mantelpiece , was the blind occupant of the room.” Then he was surprised and excited and couldn’t believe that it was happening to him -“ …he demanded trying, as it seemed, to see with those sightless eyes. …he ordered imperiously. “
10. We know their feelings and now let’s read the scene from their parts demonstrating the character’s emotions.
(Students read in pairs as Jane and Rochester)
It will be more interesting now – I want you to sound this scene on the video. (Students try to sound the final scene of the video using the text in their student’s books). I’m sure it was great! You are real actors! Thank you very much for your work and for the lesson!
11. Write down your home task: exercise 12 page 62.