Required Reading Analysis

To read or not to read that’s the question? Shakespeare is being taught all over the world, it’s being taught in 9th grade all the way up to 12th grade. Shakespeare should not be taught in the ninth grade curriculum because it's too hard to teach; also its very difficult to understand, last it's not even relatable to today's youth. That why I think Shakespeare shouldn't be taught in school.

During high school, students will tend to read multiple plays written by William Shakespeare in school. In fact, part of the English Language Arts (ELA) Standards set by Common Core included William Shakespeare’s plays. For ninth and tenth grade students, standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9 expected them to be able to examine how an author draws on and transforms source materials in a specific work (Common Core State Standards, 2017). The examples given included how an author draws on a play written by Shakespeare and how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible (Common Core State Standards, 2017). In regards to high school students in the eleventh and twelfth grade,

Should one of Shakespeare 's most famous plays, Romeo, and Juliet, be removed from the freshman English curriculum? Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare and is a tragic play about two star-crossed lovers. Romeo and Juliet, the two main character, deny their family’s feud and choose to fall in love, but the choices they let others and themselves make lead to their untimely death. The classic play was written in mostly sonnets, a form of poetry and contains most of the English literature devices like figurative language, foreshadowing, imagery, etc... Also, Romeo and Juliet has part of the English curriculum for decades. Romeo and Juliet should still be part of Niles West learning curriculum since it’s still relevant because

When Shakespeare was a kid going to grammar school, a school open to boys only by the way! they learned Latin, Greek and rhetoric, persuasion through logical argument. Students read Latin and Greek writers to learn about the history of ancient Greece and "the glory that was Rome” and this material was translated by them into English or French after many hours of work. I'm glad the school curriculum of the 21 st century has evolved and we no longer spend our days doing boring stuff like that! Their old-fashioned, subjects that have little relevance in the modern world of the internet and space travel. The question is: shouldn't we allow our education system to further evolve and file Shakespeare in the same drawer where we've stuck Homer,

Should Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet be or not included in the ninth grade curriculum? So many people have been having this argument for a long time because Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is just a play that is very controversial today. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet should be included in the ninth grade curriculum because some of Shakespeare’s other plays allow the people to analysis their lives and Shakespeare has allowed people to see what teens could do for Love. In the News Article Kentucky inmates turned actors explore selves through Shakespeare play it was so many reasons why Shakespeare should be allowed to taught in schools because if inmates that are serving life sentences or just 25 years in prison can understand and relate to his

Romeo and Juliet should be taught because it teaches about typical teenage behavior. Mercutio asks Romeo if he wants to dance and Romeo says “Not I, believe me: you have dancing shoes, with nimble soles; I have a soul of lead so stakes me to the ground I cannot move”(I.iv.14-16).

I believe that reading needs to be purposeful and that teachers should not have their students read a ton of un-purposeful content just to have them become better at reading. Students need to like what they are reading to grow as readers. When students like a book, they will try harder to learn more of the writing conventions and vocabulary because they want to understand the book completely. Thus, students need to like what they are reading to become better readers and writers.

In this article, Suzanne M. Kauer states that she believes that every parent has the right to choose whether their child will or will not read a book. Kauer believes that it is important to understand and respect why parents don’t want certain books to be read, without forcing the rest of the class to abide by the same rules. She also mentions that there should be more of a focus on why we’re reading these particular books anyways, and that we should create more diversity in the authors and characters presented in our curriculum.

Millions of literary works have been created and published throughout time. Some of these have been considered arguably the best literature ever created, and some believe it is important to teach them. As the United States does not have a defined national school curriculum as other nations have implemented, major controversy remains on whether all high school students should be required to read specific texts in their schools. The common knowledge of specific texts can unite students from around the nation, but this implementation may not necessarily hold truth within a large, diverse nation.

Most high school students are required to read and understand many classic literary works throughout their schooling, such as Romeo and Juliet, Fahrenheit 451, Macbeth, and Frankenstein (“Popular High School Classics Books”, n.d.). These books have no doubt stood the test of time by remaining so popular today. However, is it really beneficial to have students read so many older works? The lack of contemporary literature in high school classes is quite worrisome. There are many great books from more recent times that should be represented in high school curriculums but aren’t. Is it because they have not yet passed the test of time like the classics? Or is it because people are too attached to the classics? Whatever the reason, this issue needs to be recognized and addressed.

Romeo and Juliet demonstrates the fact that humans have been experiencing the same conflict and struggling with the same issues since time began. I strongly recommend that Shakespeare should still be taught in school because he uses timeless themes; such as teenage love, suicide, teenage rebellion and so on. Also, many of his stories prove how certain circumstances can cause people to fall from grace. I feel that scholars can learn from Shakespeare’s play because uses todays issues making it relevant. I have decided to suggest a novel by Dan Brown called “The Da Vinci Code.”

Today’s generation of teenage would much rather watch reality television shows then be forced to reader plays written almost more than half a millennium ago. Author Alexandra Petri ask the question “Why do we keep dragging class after, kicking and screaming, through the wilds of “Romeo and Juliet”?” High schooler are just uninterested in Shakespeare he use complex old English words and talks about completely irrelevant things. Students would much rather be doing anything other than reader Shakespeare against their will. An example of the complexity language used by Shakespeare is the scene in Romeo is describing Juliet voice. In the scene it says “She speaks. O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art As glorious to this night, being o’er my head, As is a wingèd messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturnèd wond’ring eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.”(II.ii.35). No one in modern times choose to speak like this unless they are performing a Shakespearean play because no one would be interested if they did.

My entire high school career I never understood why we had to read Shakespeare. It was always hours spent sitting behind a desk, reading words no one understands or knows how to properly pronounce. Some may say that Shakespeare is relevant to those who are working to become English majors, congratulations! But we shouldn’t all have to suffer through outdated English that makes little to no sense and serves no purpose in todays world. Sure the curriculum can spend a day on Shakespeare but not an entire unit. It’s not something that will stick with me in the future,

To teach, or not to teach, that is the question. Reading Shakespeare in high school has been the norm for students for generations; his works, in fact, are considered classics. In 2018, however, are these creations relevant to pupils in this modern age? The issue with forcing high schoolers to read Shakespeare is that most find the vocabulary difficult to interpret so their time is spent analyzing the text versus reading for enjoyment. Rajat Bhageria, author and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, expresses, “contemporary novels contain enough complex and meaningful language to be worthwhile, and contain plot lines that students can directly relate to” (Bhageria). People care about things that intrinsically motivate them, and relatable

Numerous nations have a concrete national school syllabus. However, some do not, such as the United States. Consequently, students enrolled in an English class, within the United States, read a miscellany of texts, which differentiate from school to school. Due to the fact that some nations have a stipulated national school curriculum, those nations enforce that all students read the same texts. This ultimately poses the question whether all students of high school English should be required to read definite texts or books. There should not be specific texts that all students of high school English must read, due to the fact it hinders cultural insight, and literary canon books are beginning to abate.