[etni] Fw: re: Texting Shakespeare
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- Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:11:34 +0300
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From: "Jack Pillemer" <jackpil@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Texting Shakespeare
If you are looking for selected text (from Romeo and Juliet) plus ideas on
how to use it you might find some work I put up on the net a while back
useful.
http://www.etni.org/teachers/jack/master.htm
Jack Pillemer
Chana wrote:
> In America, we had a special program that provided free Shakespeare
> teacher educational packets. It was great. Unfortunately, there is no way
> to get
> those things here.
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> Texting Shakespeare
> amarillo.com - July 30, 2009
> Bard's language poses challenge for teachers
> Most teenage girls today wouldn't go to the trouble of saying "Romeo,
> Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" It would be more like "Y R U Romeo?"
> But nearly 400 years after his death, references to William Shakespeare
> abound in American culture. Filmmakers still make blockbuster movies out
> of his stories. The film "10 Things I Hate About You" is based on
> Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." Disney Channel's "The Suite
> Life of Zack and Cody" produced a "Romeo and Juliet" episode.
> And so high school English teachers take on the daunting task each year of
> teaching "Romeo and Juliet" and other deeply layered Shakespearean works
> to a generation more accustomed to texting in abbreviation.
> (To read the whole article, go to -
> http://www.amarillo.com/stories/073009/new_news1.shtml )
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