Romeo and Juliet, (The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of)
Publication Information
Author:  Shakespeare, William	Illustrator:  Early, Margaret
Title:  Romeo and Juliet, (The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of)	Date:  1998
Publisher:  Harry N. Abrams	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-8109-3799-9	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    historical fiction, drama
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading
Summary:
This lively, clear, prose retelling of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet follows the original story very closely.
Teaching Ideas:
On several occasions, the author quotes a line from the original play. Teachers can share the longer passage which the contains the lines for a comparison of drama and prose. The musical West Side Story provides a contemporary version of the story for readers to compare. Undoubtedly, modern readers will want to discuss/write about the problems of young love in any age--love vs. infatuation, the pressure of parents, well-meaning people who intervene, the social mores of the community and so forth. Since the complex story contains much information, teachers might use summarizing or main idea + supporting detail strategies. More information about the historical conflict between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines mentioned in the author's note can be researched online.
Teaching Strategies:
Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
Herringbone    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/herringbone.pdf
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