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(More customer reviews)I have taught English 9 to learning disabled students in a small-group setting for ten years. I used this graphic novel for the first time this year (2010-2011), having used parallel texts (Shakespeare on one page and modern English on the opposite page) in previous years. Since we have to read the text together--because of the students' decoding and comprehension deficits, and it is written as a comic rather than a play (with designated parts), I had students volunteer, two at a time. They would take turns with one reading a page and then the other, the next page. It went well. The students loved it and were actually enthusiastic. The one thing that probably isn't so necessary for 9th grade is the footnotes with explanations of sexual connotations in some of the scenes. Although I skipped over this, the students didn't.
At any rate, my students understood the content more easily than with the parallel texts. Most of my students are struggling readers who have trouble comprehending text, particularly the language of Shakespeare. Even so, they need to be exposed to his plays, the author, the time period, and all that goes with this writer.
Along with plot, I was still able to teach literary devices--irony, idioms, metaphors and similes, etc., and because the students weren't struggling to understand what the text meant, they were able to pay more attention to the use of literary devices--what they were, and what they meant.
Therefore, I would most definitely recommend this book as an aide to assist students before beginning the real play, or to use with struggling readers who simply need to be exposed to Shakespeare.
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Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels) (No Fear Shakespeare Illustrated)No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels is a series based on the translated texts of the plays found in No Fear Shakespeare. The original No Fear series made Shakespeare's plays much easier to read, but these dynamic visual adaptations are impossible to put down. Each of the titles is illustrated in its own unique style, but all are distinctively offbeat, slightly funky, and appealing to teen readers. Each book will feature:
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