Shakespeare's Hamlet: The (not really) Manga Edition

I chose to look at the manga version of Hamlet for my comic book

while i am not a huge comic book reader,
i thought it was really cool.
and i think the art is very well done and beautiful
---i do wish it was color

I was really excited to purchase a copy
just to have in my future classroom

i could see students loving something like this
and perhaps
I think it would be a wonderful first approach
for students to read Shakespeare

we are back to scaffolding
you could have your students read the comic version first
they get used to the story
get used to the language
see it in a format they already like
and see the pictures with the language
and then students could read the actual play
you could even structure this scene by scene
and you could work in the audio book even.

have students read the comic
listen to the audio book
read important scenes alound

this may take twice as long in a classroom
but i think if students were enjoying Shakespeare
and understanding it
then it would be worth it

and they would all think you were the coolest teacher.

i love this idea

and where many teachers may be dreading it,
this makes me so anxious to get out and teach
and teach Shakespeare!