Quote:
Originally Posted by ATDrake
But yes, it's best to use adaptations as supplements to the actual text.
|
Yeah, that was my feeling too

Hey, if they want to read easy stuff, they are more than welcome to read the sparkly vampire crapola on their own time

I feel like school is about giving them a general overview of things; history, geography, literature etc. And if you are doing literature, Shakespeare is part of that. Fine, show the movie or use the comic book too. But I have a real problem with kids walking away from this thinking that Shakespeare was an acclaimed author of graphic novels