Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a hard thing to cover in a classroom. It is hard to read when you are alone and even if you do happen to read it you have a hard time understanding what is being said. For students to even be able to sit through this play is if you make it into a reading exercise. Like assign people to be different parts and read through it as a class. If you did this you would have to stop along the way and discuss what is being said so that the students can understand it better. Another way that you could do is watch a play and discuss it as you go along to help further understanding.

This is a good story to share with high school kids because the characters in the play are their age and they could possibly be able to relate a lot better with this. This story shows that sometimes with passion we forget to think and sometimes things get out of hand. It is important to share with our students that things can work out in a different way than how it did for Romeo and Juliet.

This story has been over used in my opinion and more and more stories are coming out now that explain in easier words what this story says. Maybe that is considered dumbing down the reading for the students but I see it as adapting the story type to the time. Reading a book is a lot easier than reading a play. When I read it I could not make it through the play without hearing voices reading off each part.