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Pen and the Pad: Romeo and Juliet and Westside Story Lesson PlanPen and the Pad: Romeo and Juliet and Westside Story Lesson Plan
Publisher
Yale University
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
930L
Lesson Plan

Pen and the Pad: Romeo and Juliet and Westside Story

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This lesson plan explains how to compare and contrast Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet with the film West Side Story.

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Concepts

romeo and juliet, william shakespeare, west side story

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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