[etni] Fw: re: Texting Shakespeare

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From: Chana Faye - chanafaye7@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Texting Shakespeare

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.

Chana Faye

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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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