Much Ado About Nothing Quizzes, Worksheets, Vocabulary Games, Test, and Keys

Help students navigate William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing with this massive, low-prep bundle of worksheets, activities, and assessments. From developing knowledge of Shakespearean language to analyzing literary craft and character motivations, students will be supported by vocabulary activities (three per act), plot-based quizzes (one per act), and close reading inference worksheets (one per scene). A summative test is also provided, along with answer keys for everything. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Read for literal comprehension

• Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings

• Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

• Infer the intended effects of Shakespeare's word choices and narrative techniques

• Determine the functions of given excerpts

• Describe tone in context

• Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop

• Conduct brief research on the four humors of classical Greek medicine to facilitate an evaluation of Benedick's condition midway through the play

• Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, simile, hyperbole, allusion, malapropism, personification, paradox, invective, oxymoron, symbolism, dramatic irony, situational irony, verbal irony, and more

• Compare and contrast characters

• Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence

• Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision

• Come to class better prepared to discuss dramatic works

Materials in this bundle may facilitate small-group discussions in which students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development.

Materials are available for teaching a variety of Shakespeare's plays:

• Hamlet - Google and printable

• Julius Caesar - Google and printable

• King Lear - Google and printable

• Macbeth - Google and printable

• Othello - Google and printable

• Romeo and Juliet - Google and printable

• The Merchant of Venice - Google and printable

• The Tempest - Google and printable