Globe Education Shorter Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing

Description

Get straight to the heart of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing; students’ confidence and understanding develop faster as they explore the plot, themes and Shakespeare’s language, which is supported throughout this abridged play text from Globe Education.

This Title Includes

• Reduces the length of the play by a third, while preserving the intricacies of the plot, enabling students to engage with the whole story in the class time available
• Builds understanding of Shakespeare’s language by providing a detailed glossary alongside the text for quick and easy reference, plus a range of language-focused activities
• Offers a tried-and-tested approach to introducing Shakespeare, based on Globe Education’s shortened ‘Playing Shakespeare’ productions that have been seen and appreciated by over 150,000 students
• Helps students form their own personal responses to Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, stimulated by stunning photographs from Globe productions and questions that reflect on context, characters and themes
• Lays the foundations for GCSE success by including activities that target the skills needed for the assessment objectives
• Free teacher support
• Shorter Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing is supported by free online teaching resources for each scene:
• Teaching notes with guidance on how to approach the scene
• Practical group activities to use in the classroom
• Questions on language, context, themes, character and performance
• Web links to extra resources including photographs from Globe productions, interviews with actors and contextual information