Dakin, an English language arts teacher who gives workshops on teaching Shakespeare across the country, explains how and why to teach his works to all types of students in secondary classrooms. She outlines methods for engaging students in reading Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and other plays, through study of his stage directions, archaic words, character vocabulary, tone, and use of pronouns, as well as fluency and comprehension skills through pre-reading, rereading, and post-reading strategies. Annotation 2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
