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1) Hamlet
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
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Jack Worthington is an upstanding gentleman in Victorian society. He just has one secret-he tells everyone that he has a brother named Earnest, when, in reality, Earnest is his alter ego. This allows him a certain duality; he can go out and party as Earnest, but have a sterling reputation as Jack. However, he must merge the two when Jack discovers that his lover, Gwendolyn, will only marry a man named Earnest. Meanwhile, Algernon, a family friend,...
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The Taming of the Shrew (1592) is a comedy by William Shakespeare. Written between 1590 and 1592, The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's earliest works. Frequently critiqued by scholars for its demeaning portrayal of Katherina and for Petruchio's violence, the play has also been considered as an ironic treatment of the inequality experienced by women in marriage. The Taming of the Shrew has served as source material for countless film and...
4) The tempest
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This bewitching play, Shakespeare's final work, articulates a wealth of the playwright's mature reflections on life and contains some of his most familiar and oft-quoted lines. The story concerns Miranda, a lovely young maiden, and Prospero, her philosophical old magician father, who dwell on an enchanted island, alone except for their servants - Ariel, an invisible sprite, and Caliban, a monstrous witch's son. Into their idyllic but isolated lives...
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Much Ado About Nothing, with its sparkling wordplay, spirited heroine, battle of the sexes, and of course eventual romance, all mixed with a good dose of burlesque, is one of Shakespeare's most performed and studied comedies. Benedick summarizes the plot: "Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably."
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, William Shakespeare, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. These classic plays...
9) Macbeth
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A vivid graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Faithful to the original text while providing a new lavish rendition. When three witches prophecy to Macbeth that he will one day become the King of Scotland, an epic of unhappiness, treachery, and blood begins. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's ambitions lead to an ever-growing path of murder as Macbeth grows ever-closer to the throne. But where will it all end? Only with death - and with madness....
10) King Lear
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
11) The Season of Us
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Against the irresistible backdrop of Christmas in New England, bestselling author Holly Chamberlin creates a heartfelt story of reunited family, new beginnings, and unconditional love-the best gift of all.
To outsiders, Appleville, New Hampshire, is a storybook small town. To Gincy Gannon Luongo, it was a place to escape from as quickly as she could. Since she moved away twenty years ago, Appleville has been her hometown in name only. But at her...
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More than anything else, Billy Coleman wanted a pair of hunting dogs. Following his grandfather's advice, Billy saved until he had enough money to buy them. Billy patiently trains them to hunt and they become the best in the state. Being best, however, is not always enough as love given and returned form the basis of true caring and courage.
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One of William Shakespeare's most farcical comedies, "The Comedy of Errors" is notable for its use of mistaken identity to achieve a slapstick comedic effect. Ripe with the bard's characteristic word play, the comedy concerns the lives of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated shortly after their birth. The play begins by the elderly Syracusian trader Egeon relating the back-story of his family. When Egeon was young, he married...
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The man trap (Episode 6, Stardate 1513.1) When the U.S.S. Enterprise's landing party arrives on planet M113 to give a routine medical examination to Robert and Nancy Crater, a nightmare unfolds when several members die, every trace of salt mysteriously removed from their bodies. The naked time (Episode 7, Stardate 1704.2) Sent to pick up a research team, the U.S.S. Enterprise finds the scientists dead. One of the landing party brings the disease back...
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William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," is a classic comedy of mistaken identities, a device employed in a number of the bard's plays, which is believed to have been written sometime between 1601 and 1602. When Viola is shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria she is separated from her twin brother Sebastian, who she mistakenly believes to be dead. With the help of the ship captain who rescues her, she enters into the service of Duke Orsino, who has fallen...
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Episode 14. The Galileo seven (Stardate 2821.5): Spock, Scotty, McCoy, and a shuttlecraft crew crash lands on an unknown planet inhabited by giant Neanderthal-like creatures. Episode 15. Court martial (Stardate 2947.3): Kirk faces court martial for giving an order that led to the death of a crew member.
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What are little girls made of? (episode 10, stardate 2712.4) The U.S.S. Enterprise is assigned to discover what has become of Dr. Roger Korby (Michael Strong), "The Pasteur of Archaeological Medicine." Dagger of the Wind (episode 11, stardate 2715.1) While delivering supplies to a penal colony, an inmate, Dr. Simon Van Gelder (Morgan Woodward), escapes to the U.S. Enterprise and demands sanctuary ... Van Gelder is the first participant in a Vulcan...
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Charlie X (Episode 8, Stardate 1533.6) The cargo ship Antares transfers Charlie Evans (Robert Walker, Jr.) to the U.S.S. Enterprise on his way to Alpha Five Colony. Orphaned fourteen years before, Charlie learned to survive on his own. Or did he? His parents crashed on a world inhabited by legendary beings. When Antares is destroyed and crew members vanish, Kirk realizes Charlie is responsible but has little control over his deadly powers. Special...
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Episode 27. Errand of mercy (Stardate 3198.4): The Federation's archenemies, the Klingons, are introduced. While Kirk and Spock attempt to persude the council of neutral Organia to join the Federation, the Klingons invade and enslave the planet's sheep-like citizens. Episode 28. The city on the edge of forever (Stardate 3134.0): Accidentally overdosed on cordrazine, a delirious McCoy transports down to the planet below. Kirk and Spock follow and discover...
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