Friday, March 22, 2013

A Midspring Morning's Revision


New ideas for this paper: Why is Shakespeare taught in High Schools at all? These are the bad things about Shakespeare (and Romeo and Juliet in particular): (violence,)_________  (suicide)_______  ___________.  Why is it taught? Because (he's an icon in the history of English literature)_________ (There's a variety of genres - drama, sonnets, etc)____________ __________.

Shakespeare turns kids off from English because (difficult language)____ ____ _____,and that's just counterproductive, so teachers MUST choose appropriate texts that will HOOK their students. MSD is more appropriate and interesting for youth. These are good teaching methods and techniques for that specific play: _(act it out)______  __(make a movie)__________  __(write your own ending?)_________
And that’s why teachers SHOULD teach Shakespeare, and why they should choose A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM!
(These are some of the thoughts/suggestions from Dr. Burton and classmates. What do you think?)

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