NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE (SPARKNOTES)

No Fear Shakespeare is put together by the fine people over at Sparknotes (essentially, digital Cliff Notes for those of us who still remember those eyeball-assaulting little flip books).  No Fear Shakespeare offers numerous works of the bard, including 19 of his plays as well as his sonnets.  Each play contains the original text on one side of the page, and a modern translation that your students will easily understand on the right.  (Caution: All the dirty jokes are translated, too, so be advised!)  This is a great adaptation for RtI students, or for groups getting their feet wet for the first time with Shakespeare's language.  If you like the texts, they are also available in print.  (I bought both Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth at Barnes & Noble for around $10 a pop, although you could probably find them used at a cheaper rate.)


Note: Also available are a few non-Shakespearian texts, including Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Heart of Darkness, The Scarlet Letter and A Tale of Two Cities.

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