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Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and craft analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 3 of William Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing. A plot-based quiz, five close reading worksheets (one per scene), a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these activities, students will:

• Read for literal comprehension
• Determine the meanings of unfamiliar and archaic words
• 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 the author’s stylistic choices and dramatic techniques
• Describe tone in context
• Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Compare two characters (Beatrice and Benedick)
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including oxymoron, personification, malapropism, paradox, allusion, metaphor, simile, pun, hyperbole, foreshadowing, innuendo, situational irony, dramatic irony, and more
• Conduct brief research on the four humors of classical Greek medicine to facilitate an evaluation of Benedick’s condition
• Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
• Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision
• Be better prepared to engage in collaborative discussions about Shakespeare’s comedy