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15.4.11

Teaching Romeo and Juliet?

For teachers introducing the play "Romeo and Juliet".

This link offers a version that you can read online, as well as downloadable versions for iPad, iPhone, and iTouch or Kobo (epub),  a Kindle format, as well as a version you can download and read on your laptop or desktop machine (html)

Below is a link to a playlist of a movie version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1954)
Some of the text of the play has been chopped up, but it gives a feel for the action of the piece.

Here's an audio version, in parts (Librivox)

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In the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare for Students) Ed. Anne Marie Hacht. Vol. 3. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2007. p764-787.(Work overview, Character overview, Plot summary) Students will need ID and password for home access.

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EBSCO
Romeo and Juliet's Excellent Working Relationship. By: Wiggins, Hugh J., Plays - The Drama Magazine for Young People, 00321540, Apr2010, Vol. 69, Issue 6
Students will need ID and password for home access.

Romeo & Juliet. By: Shakespeare, Will, Scholastic Scope, 00366412, 9/7/2009, Vol. 58, Issue 1
An adapted version of the play in modern English
Students will need ID and password for home access.

Romeo and Juliet. By: Shakespeare, William, Plays - The Drama Magazine for Young People, 00321540, May2008, Vol. 67, Issue 7  Dramatized Classic (Upper Grades)
The greatest love story of all time… Adapted for round-table reading by Lewy Olfson
Students will need ID and password for home access.

Romeo and Juliet. Scholastic Action, 01633570, 2/6/2006, Vol. 29, Issue 9
Their families hate each other, but Romeo and Juliet are in love. Can they find a way to be together? Read our adaptation of William Shakespeare's famous play to find out.
Celebrate VALENTINE'S DAY with this classic tale of love and grief.
Students will need ID and password for home access.

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Side by Side Modern English version

Study guide: