beachnut Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Has anyone used this series of resources to teach Shakespeare? Each book includes Shakespeare's original writing on one page and a line-by-line modern translation on the facing page. (Perhaps a "Shakespeare For Dummies" approach?) The books look great for people like me -- always had a hard time understanding the language, which took away from truly enjoying the story. Plus, each book includes features like story background, historical & social context, language analysis, character descriptions, etc., a la Cliff's Notes. I'm thinking this might be the perfect way to gently introduce my DS to Shakespeare. Anyone have any experience (good/bad) with using this series with high schoolers? Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 bumping you up here... I've used different parallel text versions when my dd was reading on her own (e.g. she did a Smarr study of Julius Caesar). There's a "No Fear" series and a Shakespeare Made Easy series (the one we used the most) and a Side By Side series, etc. But my favorite was to read aloud the Shakespearean English, with her reading say the female parts & me the male, hamming it up. Or of course attending a play or even watching a good movie, since Shakespeare is best when performed. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachnut Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Thanks, Julie. Good to know. I like the idea of alternating parts while we read. That might make it more fun. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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