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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, Op's 11th grader is suggesting Animal Farm as a high school curriculum option.  I read it in middle school a gazillion years ago, and my MCPS 8th grader is also reading it in 8th grade.  [/quote]

OP here. Yes, we moved here from DC and my son had also read it as a middle schooler. His teacher was looking for suggestions for the general-level 9th grade English class, not the honors English class.

That said, our first year here, DC was in 9th grade, and took Honors English. That teacher decided it would be too hard for the students to read the Shakespeare play they were required to study under the district syllabus, so instead they watched the Leonardo DiCaprio/Claire Danes movie. In Honors English.

The PP who said to appreciate the education available in DC has a point!

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Wha do you mean "instead"?

It takes weeks to study a play, but 3 days to watch the movie.

Also, FYI, Shakespeare wasn't a novelist. Shakespeare was a playwright. 
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By “instead” I mean that instead of reading even one act, they read nothing and watched a movie as a substitute for reading the play. That is not an adequate substitute for reading the play.

I’m not sure why you are pointing out that Shakespeare is not a novelist, but you are correct. Shakespeare was a playwright. 👍[/quote]

Actually since Romeo and Juliet is a play, I think it's fine to just watch the movie.  That's closer to the original intent of the work of art than analyzing the script.  The Leo/Claire version is really good compared to the Zeffirelli version that teachers used to show before it.

Seeing it acted out likely helps with comprehension of the lines, builds interest, and saves class time for other works that exist only in written format.  For example, you could then spend a class covering the sonnets.

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