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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Claudio and Hero Lesson Plan

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students examine the roles of arranged marriage through their work with Shakespeare's, Much Ado About Nothing. They look at the roles of Claudio and Hero, and determine how their marriage could be considered to be arranged. They complete...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Deception Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore Shakespeare's portrayal of deception. In this plot lesson, students examine the use of deception in "Much Ado About Nothing." Students write their own mini-versions of the play that are limited to 3 minutes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Much Ado About Nothing Masks Lesson

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students examine the personality traits of characters. In this characterization lesson, students read act 2 of "Much Ado About Nothing" and create masks to represent the characters in the play.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Much Ado About Nothing: Hero and Claudio

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Hero and Claudio worksheet, students read the book Much Ado About Nothing and fill out a graphic organizer on the potential partners that they would choose based on the book. Students choose 3 important qualities and then...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Much Ado About Nothing

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore the genre of romantic comedy through their reading of Much Ado About Nothing. In this literary genres lesson plan, students study the genre of romantic comedy through their reading of Much Ado About Nothing. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing Task

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders consider parallel relationships in Much Ado About Nothing and the structure of the play within an extended piece of writing.  In this point of view lesson, 8th graders examine relationships and write a discursive piece...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Change slander to remorse: Unscripted Scenes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers hypothesize about the content of unscripted moments, search for evidence in the actual text to support their hypothesis, and explore how this hypothesis would affect characterization.
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Primary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides the complete text of Shakespeare's works. Content also includes a search engine (for looking up words and/or phrases), a chronological and alphabetical listing of his plays, a collection...
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eBook
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Full text of "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare.
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Tales From Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania provides great information on Charles Lamb's Shakespeares works. Includes a brief summary, then lists his famous plays, and each has a summary that can be accessed by clicking on the corresponding link. This is...
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Handout
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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Unit Plan
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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Unit Plan
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...
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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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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.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: 60 Second Shakespeare: 60 Second Star: "She's Not My Hero"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 60 Second Star: "She's Not My Hero" news article about characters and events in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. It hightlights the plot, themes, and characters of the play in what the form of a new story.
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Article
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...
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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...
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Website
University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Shakespeare's Life and Times

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource deals with Shakespeare's life, society, drama, art, music, politics and history of that time. The full text to many of Shakespeare's plays is also included.
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Unit Plan
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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Website
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...
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Tales From Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary Lamb, with the editorial help of her brother, Charles, rewrote twenty of Shakespeare's plays into stories for children. This is a copy of the tex which introduced Shakespeare to many people of all ages throughout the nineteenth and...
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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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Lesson Plan
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...