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I forced it on 4th, 5th, and 6th graders last year. At first they were terribly confused by Shakespearean language but ultimately, they loved it.

During Bottom's soliloquy in the play-within-a...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Jan 23 21:01:54 -0800 2008 Sat Sep 13 22:23:44 -0700 2008 2 William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was much more fruitful than my first. The play helped me realize, to a greater extent, Shakespeare’s genius and his works’ complexity.

The way Shakespeare frames the reality of those characters in love is very t...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 07 18:17:13 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 18:24:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 08 07:48:58 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 07:50:15 -0700 2009
Les uns habitent la cité, régie par une loi anti-naturelle et imposée ; les autres demeurent au plus prof...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:20:48 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:30:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 10 23:03:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 23:14:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon May 04 16:37:32 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 17:06:41 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 18:34:36 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 20:53:09 -0700 2009
This book was amazingly vivid, and though I am not fluent in the particular type off English, I understood what was happening at a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:42:21 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:42:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 16:08:57 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 22:56:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 10:39:44 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 16:34:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 29 20:37:56 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 20:38:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 25 21:37:48 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 14:41:57 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false true Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 31 13:09:30 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 14:25:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 15:35:50 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 14:12:03 -0700 2009
DUDES! this is some great stuff:
the idea of loving peolple who actually do not love each other has something in it i cant even explain

"The course of true love never did run smooth"
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That being said, it is important for teens who read the manga versions of Shakespeare to realize that what they are reading is a summarized version. Hopefull...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1622