Shakespeare was active writing plays in his twenties and creating dramas of his own at twenty-eight. This volume from Scholastic gives middle school students a shortened version of Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, As You Like It, Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. These are great introductions to reading longer versions, and then on to full length versions. Written in narrative form which is easier to read for students by Johanna Johnston, many middle school students have come to like Shakespeare. Like it enough to ask to create an AR quiz collaborating with me and their Language Arts Teacher and this is a sweet result.
