Romeo and Juliet

I think that next time I do Romeo and Juliet with the Grade 10s, I will show parts of the Leonardo DiCaprio/Baz Lurhmann version throughout instead of all at the end.  The way the scenes are framed and the action of the play is so dynamic that even my most hard core Anti-Shakespearians are enthralled. 

I might also include a contrasts between other more traditional versions of Romeo and Juliet like the Zeffirelli version.  Although, what would be best is to see it done live somewhere like Bard on the Beach or Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, although that kind of field trip is hard to line up. 

Sometimes it's hard to know that those types of resources exist but I can't access them because we live too far north (or west in the case of Saskatoon), but it is nice to know they exist at all.