Visually engages readers by placing the original dialogue on the left-hand side of the page, and a modern prose interpretations on the right. As a result, it is easy for readers to cross reference as they move through the play and finally "get" Shakespeare.
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A Better Way to Teach a Hard Play,
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This review is from: King Lear: Side by Side (Paperback)
King Lear has never been my favorite Shakespeare play. It's long and I find it hard to overlook Lear's initial foolishness to view him as a tragic hero. Still, it's required reading in my school - at the ninth grade!!!!!
So you can imagine the trouble my college-prep ninth-graders had every year until I discovered these Side-by-Sides. Students have the original text (because I do believe it is important for them to deal with Shakespeare's poetry, his use of similes, etc.), but they also have modern English translations to refer to if they get lost. I know that before I used the King Lear side-by-side this year, my students read only enough of the play to bluff their way through class discussion and to pass the test. But this year I really think they got into it, the intricate characters, the sense of betrayal and loss. And I credit the fact that the difficult language did not get in their way. I think I also got to see a play I'd never really cared for before in a new light. These Side-by-Sides are excellent teaching tools - especially if you are struggling to meet some middle ground between your need to teach challenging material and the unpreparedness (or unwillingness) of your students to try.
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KENT: I thought the king favored the Duke of Albany over the Duke of Cornwall. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bitter fool, foul fiend, hundred knights Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Albany, Enter Kent, Exit Edgar, Enter Cornwall, Enter Goneril, Royal Lear, Enter Albany New!
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KENT: I thought the king favored the Duke of Albany over the Duke of Cornwall. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bitter fool, foul fiend, hundred knights Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Albany, Enter Kent, Exit Edgar, Enter Cornwall, Enter Goneril, Royal Lear, Enter Albany New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- To Kill A Mockingbird - Student Packet by Novel Units, Inc. by Novel Units in Back Matter
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