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Curated OER

Performing Modernized Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students select a piece of text from a play and prepare it for performance to the class based on their modern setting.
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Curated OER

TO LOVE, HONOR AND OBEY (ONE'S PARENTS!)

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine parent-child tensions regarding obedience and communication, in order to explain the conflicts in the opening scene of King Lear. They discuss ways in which expectations for studenT obedience were different in...
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Curated OER

Tickling the Brain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers improvise scenes which relate to the plot of Much Ado About Nothing.
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Curated OER

Lose the Lute!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use Shakespeare's plays to add modern music to match the mood in the play. They assign adjectives to the original songs of the play and find a song with the same mood. They work together to role-play the play with new music.
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Comedy: Much Ado About Nothing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive study guide/lesson for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and also about Shakespeare's comedies in general. It includes an introduction, worksheets, plot summaries of different...
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TES Global

Tes: Much Ado About Nothing: Shakespeare Resource Pack

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource from the National Theatre will assist young scholars interpret the dramati production William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The comedy Much Ado About Nothing, also known as Love's Labour's Won, looks at human relationships from the fiery love affair with Benedick and Beatrice to the filial obligations of Hero to Leonato....
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TES Global

Tes: Reel to Real: Much Ado About Nothing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource, created for the Reel to Real education project with the Victoria and Albert Museum, provides film-focused activities based on the 2013 adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. These include...
Primary
SparkNotes

Spark Notes: No Fear Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the online text of Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare. This version from No Fear Shakespeare offers the original text and a modern English text side-by-side. It also offers a list of characters with short bios of each...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare Study Mtl [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-page PDF of study materials from Bob Jones University for Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing. It includes information about the title and date, couples in the play, duties of the night watch, and Shakespeare's...
Study Guide
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: "Much Ado About Nothing"

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed synopsis and assessment of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing", made specifically for students preparing for the GCSE test. Site includes links to context, plot, character, dramatic effect, themes and language. With sample...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Much Ado About Nothing Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-page PDF study guide for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing prepared by Barbara McKean for Montana Shakepeare in the Schools, Montana State University - Bozeman. It includes information about characters in the play, a...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Will Power Study Guide: Much Ado About Nothing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 21-page PDF study guide for Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing entitled "Will Power Study Guide: Much Ado About Nothing" from the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at Desales University. It provides information about...
Primary
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Great Online Books: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete online text of the London: Oxford University Press 1914 edition of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.
Interactive
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Shakespeare's Crazy Crosswords: Much Ado About Nothing[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a crossword puzzle a crossword puzzle about Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the comedic play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read the full text of Shakespeare's comedy, "Much Ado About Nothing." The text of this play is organized by scene and is accompanied by a brief introduction that overviews the play's plot and introduces its characters.
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Other

Cummings Study Guides: Much Ado About Nothing, a Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a study guide for William Shakespeare's Comedy Much Ado about Nothing.
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Other

Shakepeare Study Guide: Much Ado About Nothing: Summary and Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a summary and analysis of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing including a list of characters, a plot summary and analysis, figures of speech, metaphors of fire, Dogberry's Malaporpisms, animal imagery, and study questions and...
Activity
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Classical Comics: No Text: Much Ado About Nothing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This 19-page PDF provides a condensed version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing along with two sections of text with no-text comics to fit the play. Students print the comics, read the sections, and fill in the dialogue bubbles...
Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Pennsylvania State University: Much Ado About Nothing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 77-page PDF of the full text of the Shakespearean comedy Much Ado About Nothing provided by Pennsylvania State University's Electronic Classics Series.
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TES Global

Tes: Much Ado: Relationships With Leonarto and Hero

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a series of lessons focusing on relationships in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing including the relationship between Benedick and Beatrice, Claudio and Hero, and Hero and her father...
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TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare on Screen: Much Ado About Nothing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an article about different adaptations of Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing beginning with its first performance in the 1598-99 season and its publication shortly thereafter.
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TES Global

Tes: Much Ado About Nothing Gallery: Beatrice and Benedick

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a slide show of photos of Beatrice and Benedick from Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of Much Ado About Nothing which are useful when comparing interpretations and to spark discussion.