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1、Teacher:WhyIdon’twanttoassignShakespeareanymore(eventhoughhe’sintheCommonCore)A newreport ontheteachingofShakespeareinhighereducationfoundthatEnglishmajorsatthevastmajorityofthecountry’smostprestigiouscollegesanduniversitiesarenotnowrequiredtotakeanin-depthShakespearecourse—buttheBa
2、rdremainsafixtureinhighschoolEnglishclasses.Infact,studyingShakespeareisarequirementinthe CommonCoreEnglishLanguageArtsstandards,mentionedinspecificstandardsthroughouthighschool.Forexample,inninthandtenthgrades:CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9Analyzehowanauthordrawsonandtransformssourcem
3、aterialinaspecificwork(e.g.,howShakespearetreatsathemeortopicfromOvidortheBibleorhowalaterauthordrawsonaplaybyShakespeare).Andineleventhandtwelfthgrades:CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedinthetext,includingfigurativeandconnotativemeanings;a
4、nalyzetheimpactofspecificwordchoicesonmeaningandtone,includingwordswithmultiplemeaningsorlanguagethatisparticularlyfresh,engaging,orbeautiful.(IncludeShakespeareaswellasotherauthors.)CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7Analyzemultipleinterpretationsofastory,drama,orpoem(e.g.,recordedorlivep
5、roductionofaplayorrecordednovelorpoetry),evaluatinghoweachversioninterpretsthesourcetext.(IncludeatleastoneplaybyShakespeareandoneplaybyanAmericandramatist.)Shakespeare,ofcourse,isseenbymanyasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguageandcentraltotheWesterncanon.TheideaofnotteachingShakes
6、peareworks—withtheirinsightsintothehumancondition—isanathematomanyEnglishteachers.Butnotallofthem.SomewishtheycouldstopteachingWilliamShakespeare’sworksaltogether.OneofthoseteachersisDanaDusbiber,aveteranteacheratLutherBurbankHighSchool.LutherBurbankisthelargestinner-cityschoolinSac
7、ramento,California,withallstudentscomingfromlow-incomehomesandamajorityofthemminorities.Inthispost,sheexplainswhyshedoesn’twanttoteachShakespearetoLutherBurbank(orany)students.[Skipping Shakespeare?Yes,EnglishmajorscanoftenbypasstheBard]ByDanaDusbiberIamahighschoolEnglishteacher.Iam
8、notsupposedtodislik
