Think William Shakespeare meets 50-Cent meets CliffNotes.

I'm Bob Zaslow, but all my students call me, "Mr. Z." I've written the book RAP-NOTES: SHAKESPEARE'S GREATEST HITS for every middle-or high-school kid who has any fear about reading and understanding Shakespeare.

I've told the entire story of Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream...in rap and rhyme. And I've hired two talented rappers to record the raps, available on I-tunes and CD-baby for a dollar.

I'm giving away my first rap, Macbeth to you! Please feel free to make copies and distribute it to your class. I'll be putting up the mp3 of Macbeth as well.

All I ask is that you email me your comments on my web site, www.rap-notes.com. Thanks. And happy Shakespeare!

Total Pages

7 pages

Answer Key

N/A

Teaching Duration

45 minutes

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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSRL.9-10.2

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSSRL.9-10.3

Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

CCSSRL.9-10.10

By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

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