Teaching Techniques are Changing with the Times: CliffsNotes® Helps Teachers Take Teaching Outside of the Box

Are today's students bored by the Bard? Do they turn their noses up at the practice tests for the SATs? Fret no more! From the trusted brand CliffsNotes come new and exciting options for teaching the classics and preparing for those ominous standardized tests. Rather than sticking to regular textbooks and conventional lesson plans, CliffsNotes is offering teachers numerous ways to make learning fun and exciting.

Hoboken, NJ (PRWEB) November 29, 2007

Are today's students bored by the Bard? Do they turn their noses up at the practice tests for the SATs? Fret no more! From the trusted brand CliffsNotes come new and exciting options for teaching the classics and preparing for those ominous standardized tests. Rather than sticking to regular textbooks and conventional lesson plans, CliffsNotes is offering teachers numerous ways to make learning fun and exciting. Visit http://www.cliffsnotes.com for purchasing information.

Check out these new titles sure to make learning the classics and studying fun and refreshing for both teachers and students:

Vocabulary Puzzles: The Fun Way to Ace Standardized Tests by John T. Molloy and Rich Norris
$14.99/ 978-0-470-13510-5, August 2007
This nontraditional book includes crossword puzzles, matching column exercises, sample sentence fill-ins to help students expand their vocabulary, and flashcards to aid retention. Based on proven teaching principles, it's a great complement to popular test-specific guides.

Shakespeare: The Manga Edition by William Shakespeare Adam Sexton, and various illustrators
$9.99/ February 2008
From the experts at CliffsNotes comes a new reference series that takes reading and learning to another level: The Manga Edition. Inked by talented Manga artists, The Manga Edition books convert well-known classics into full-throttle, graphic novels, with panel after panel of compelling action. Launching in January 2008 with adaptations of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Julius Caeser, Macbeth, and Romeo & Juliet, the new series will make reading the classics more fun than ever before!

Shakespeare on the Double!(tm) by William Shakespeare and Mary Ellen Snodgrass
$8.99/ September 2006
In high schools and colleges, the Bard's works are assigned more than those of any other writer, much to the chagrin of many students who find reading Shakespeare slow and laborious. No more! With Shakespeare on the Double! titles already published such as Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caeser, students can read the play in language they grasp quickly and easily. The modern English translation, a synopsis, a list of characters, character maps and reflective questions facilitate learning and enjoyment--on the double! Students who are quickly intimidated by Shakespeare may become quickly enthralled! Look for A Midsummer's Nights Dream, Othello, Taming of the Shrew, and Twelfth Night in June 2008!

CliffsNotes revolutionizes the way students learn with these new spins on the classics!
Enjoy even more innovative teaching tips at http://www.cliffsnotes.com

About CliffsNotes®
Often imitated but never equaled, CliffsNotes are the original and still most widely recognized study guides in use today. Recent research shows that amoung today's students, parents, and adults in general, CliffsNotes have more than double the recognition of the leading competitive study aid brand. A branded imprint of Wiley, CliffsNotes have been described by the N.Y. Times as "an American icon." The only study guides written by teachers and educational professionals, CliffsNotes have full range of test prep and study aids - just what today's students need to grasp the essentials fast and score their highest. For more information, visit Cliffsnotes.com. CliffsNotes is a branded imprint of Wiley.

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