Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Three Quatrains Sonnet Share

Opening

Share the three quatrains of your sonnet with your partner.

  • Do these first 12 lines fit the proper syllable and rhyming patterns? If not, help each other fix them so they comply with the requirements.
  • Remember that the last two lines of a sonnet, the rhyming couplet, are special. Together, they can reinforce or totally change the way the reader thinks about the poem and its ideas.
  • As you work, think about the topic of your partner’s sonnet and the topic of your own. What are some ways you could end your own sonnet?

Much Ado About Much Ado

Work Time

Preview Much Ado About Nothing . You’ll notice that the play is organized by acts and scenes. When you refer specifically to what one or another character says, you must identify the act, scene, and line where you found those words.

Your Much Ado About Nothing Character Chart will help you keep the characters straight.

  • Fill in information each day as you read and find out more about the characters.
  • As you look at the names of the characters in this play, see if you can guess what some of the names might signify (e.g., Dogberry or George Seacoal).
  • As you run across vocabulary unfamiliar to you, note the word and where you found it.

Act 1, Scene 1

Work Time

Read along while your teacher reads the summary of act 1, scene 1. Note the characters’ names and the situation that exists as the play begins. Ask any questions you have about this.

  • Now read act 1, scene 1 aloud as a class.
  • Your teacher will be asking for volunteers to read the various roles in the play for this scene.
  • Parts will be reassigned often so that everyone can participate.

Character Chart Check-In

Work Time

Create a Much Ado About Nothing Character Chart in your Notebook, using the sample as a guide.

  • On your Character Chart, fill in what you can about the characters you have encountered so far.

Next, check in with the class and share the notes that you’ve made.

Act 1, Scene 1

Work Time

Continue reading the play aloud, with your classmates and teacher taking the various roles.

  • When you reach the stopping point, fill in whatever else you can in your Character Charts.

Initial Predictions, Please

Closing

Discuss with your small group what you understand about the men and women in this play.

  • Predict the outcomes of the play on the basis of just what you have read so far.

Open Notebook

Your Sonnet?s Final Couplet

Homework

  • Finish the last two lines of your sonnet. Bring it to class for a final peer editing during the next lesson.
  • If your class did not finish reading all of act 1, scene 1, read the rest of the act for homework. Annotate anything you find interesting, important, or confusing.

Open Notebook