redsquirrel Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I hope I am explaining this correctly. I need some help from someone who is familiar with the K12 middle school language arts. I am trying to to find the specific Shakespeare books assigned by K12 for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade language arts. I am trying to help out a local friend find these particular books and I have hit a dead end. It has now become a quest, lol. So, they are listed as 6th grade: Shakespeare 12th night (Shakespeare for young reader's adaption) 7th grade: Shakespeare Julius Caesar (Shakespeare for young reader's adaption) 8th grade: Romeo and Juliet isbn: 0451526864 first thing to know: the designation "Shakespeare for young readers" is fairly useless. The mystery begins with the ISBN that I got for the Romeo and Juliet. It leads to a fairly standard Romeo and Juliet book BUUUT the reviews are obviously for a different book (don't you love diving into the guts of amazon, lol) called the "No Fear Shakespeare" edition. No Fear Shakespeare has it's own listing and I can find it...but is it the correct one for 8th grade? And the reviews keep comparing the No Fear Shakespeare to the Shakespeare retelling by Bruce Coville (I love him!). Is it possible the K12 editions for grades 6 and 7 are the Coville books? But he doesn't seem to have done 12th night. It has now become a mystery and I just want to solve it. I am trapped in Amazon! I know that k12 does it's own adaptions of some books, such as Don Quixote. But, that does not seem to be the case in this specific situation. Well, I guess it could be, but it is unlikely that Amazon has no record of any of them. They most likely would have at least one, given my experience with them. So, if any of you have used K12 literature can you please just put me out of my misery. :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I can't help except, perhaps, to link Coville's Twelfth Night (awkwardly, since I'm on my phone). http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0803723180/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?qid=1431542468&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=bruce+coville+shakespeare&dpPl=1&dpID=61qX2uOEzvL&ref=plSrch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettW Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 The K12 books can be found on amazon (mostly for 1 cent + shipping, used). You would search under "shakespeare for young people". Here's the link to the Julius Caesar one: http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Young-People-Julius-Caesar/dp/0767508297/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431549706&sr=8-1&keywords=shakespeare+for+young+people The others are listed, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 The K12 books can be found on amazon (mostly for 1 cent + shipping, used). You would search under "shakespeare for young people". Here's the link to the Julius Caesar one: http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Young-People-Julius-Caesar/dp/0767508297/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431549706&sr=8-1&keywords=shakespeare+for+young+people The others are listed, too. That is it! K12 calls it 'Shakespeare for young readers" not "young people" Big difference, lol Thank you so much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsunshine Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Redsquirrel: Thanks for bringing this up! We are using the 8th grade materials for next year and I am now confused about which version of Romeo and Juliet to get. I've looked through all the materials and I don't even find the isbn you talked about, above. So, is it supposed to be the Romeo and Juliet for young people? Or the other? TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 I don't actually use K12, I am just helping a friend solve a mystery, lol. But I am assuming it is either the "young people" or just any old version. If you have the 8th grade material, like the teacher's guide, you have more information than I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsunshine Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Thanks! The Teacher Guide is mysteriously silent on the version of the play K12 wants. It just says "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare. I never even considered that it might be a "young people" version. Hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 Then I would just assume it is any old version. If the assignments aren't by page numbers, but by acts then it I would assume it isn't a simplified version. Besides, by 8th grade I would assume most kids are beyond a simplified version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidbits of Learning Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 The only ones that are for young people are 6th and 7th grade. Romeo and Juliet is a Signet Classic book and is the full version. This is the one k12 ships to students-http://www.amazon.com/Romeo-Juliet-Publisher-Classics-Revised/dp/B004NWJCLE/ref=pd_cp_14_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=11WXEND2KWV6QC01FSF7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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