Much Ado About Nothing whatifs

   

"I´d rather be a sharp thorn to hurt my brother than be the sweet flower whose smell would please him"

       How would  Much Ado About Nothing have changed if Hero had really died? 

If she had really died....
                                    Claudio would have committed suicide.
                                    Claudio would have married another woman.
                                     this comedy would have been a tragedy.

      

        How would the play have changed if Don John hadn´t been so wicked?  

               If Don John hadn´t been so wicked, 

                                Claudio would have successfully married Hero.

                          Claudio wouldn´t have had doubts about Hero´s virtue.

                          no one would have suffered.

                          the plot would have been far duller.

             Claudio and Hero would have been happy from the very beginning.  

How would the play have changed if Margaret had said in the wedding that she was the one with  Borachio the night before?

               

          If she had said that she was the one with Borachio the night before, 

                                                           Claudio would have married Hero on the spot.

                                                           Don John´s scheme would have been discovered.
                                                         Claudio might have fought with Don John                                                     Claudio could have felt embarrassed


       (Third Conditionals by 3ºB and 3ºC students. Magnificent performances btw...)

                                                                                                            

Much Ado About Nothing follow-up (3ºC,B)

Remember the topics for the composition about Much Ado...? Let´s see what your classmates in 3ºB and C had to say about them...

Topic A. Why do you think this play is called Much Ado About Nothing (Mucho ruido y pocas nueces)?

"In Spanish, Much Ado About Nothing means "Mucho ruido y pocas nueces". When we say that expression we are referring to a person or something that looks or shows themselves as a very extraordinary person or thing. But finally it isn´t as spectacular as expected. For example when you see it is going to rain a lot and you take your umbrella, a lot of clothes, your coat, but then it hardly rains. (...) I think this play is called "Much Ado About Nothing" because (...) there is a lot of mess and confusion with Don John, Hero, Borachio, Claudio, Beatrice, Benedick and the other characters, and then, at the end, it´s all the same way it was, except for Benedick and Beatrice". (Raquel B.) 

"In my opinion the play is called Much Ado About Nothing because the characters go through many scandals and problems formed by nothing (jealousy) or without a special intention from the people provoking them. An example of this would be the love story between Benedick and Beatrice, as the love between them was created by a simple game (...). Another example of this would obviously be how Claudio abandoned Hero because he did not trust her and he let Don John fool him without questioning his arguments or talking to Hero about it.

 (...) Another possible option would be that Shakespeare tried to make a pun, as in his day "nothing" was often pronounced as "noting", which can mean the same as eavesdropping. Now remember how Benedick and Beatrice get to know about each other´s feelings by overhearing conversations..." (Laurentiu C.)

 

Topic B. If you were in love with a beautiful girl/handsome boy who really loved you, but one day  the rumour had it through whatsapp (with pictures of him/her with another girl/boy in a very friendly attitude) that he/she is cheating on you, would you believe it without hesitation?  Would you leave your girl/boyfriend without talking to her/him about it? 

"The first thing I would do is to talk to my girlfriend because resolving problems makes relationships stronger, and if the excuse convinces me I will continue with her because she has the right to meet her friends but I would tell her that if she sees me with another girl she shouldn´t get jealous". (Alejandro J.)

"Some people say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but in my opinion, this is not true. Sometimes an excellent explanation can give more information than expected, and can even save love between two people. 

(...) Before making a decision you should consider your love towards that person. If you really love her, you trust her, and therefore you won´t be jealous. I would always behave this way, and if she is really cheating on you, it´s her problem. that woman doesn´t deserve your love, and you should look for someone who is really worth". (Alberto S.) 

"...with technology available now, a good photo editor can make you believe a situation that is not real, for example if you have a photo in a social network kissing your girlfriend, the editor can change your face for another person´s". (Cristian F.)

"In a relationship there has to be confidence, respect and love, and if you break that confidence, it is very difficult to earn it again, because confidence is hard and slow to obtain, but fast to break". (Irene M.)

"A relationship broken because of a misunderstanding isn´t strong enough". (Larisa P.)

"You always have to give people time to stay with their friends and I understand he is not going to be with me all the time as also I´m not going to be always with him". (Marta V.)

"It is a very difficult situation because I think you never know how to react. If you get angry maybe the other person will also get angry or not. If you are calm, he could get angry or not. If you are nervous he will probably leave you because he thinks you are too reactive, but he would also see you care about him. If you are calm he maybe would think you don´t care and is better to leave you, or he would like it because you show you are a very calm person. But for sure I would choose the first reaction, getting angry. I think because I prefer him to think I am jealous and am concerned about this situation. I want him to see that I love him". (Patricia E.)

"...if finally the girl confesses that they are having a secret relation, I will immediately leave my boyfriend (...). Then I will try to make the boy confess because I will never be able to forget that love if I never know the truth from both parts. I will never forget the situation, I will be for a long time very depressed because I will feel betrayed and disappointed". (Carolina B.)

"If I love someone I trust her (...), if she really loved me she wouldn´t cheat on me, that´s what I think". (Ioan S.)

The Sigüenza Nature Camp

 We are now back from Sigüenza, four exciting days we won´t forget!

Patricia, abseiling and (surprisingly) smiling at the same time

Learning to play Tchouckball with Gretchen

Playing Lacrosse

Andrea having a go at golf

Baseball now

A literary circle in the forest? No, playing Splat with Daniel

In Barbatona

Hiking back to Sigüenza: Don Quixote was here!

Some indoor activities too

Eva and Gloria preparing cupcakes (or so)

Rubén, about to descend a frightening rock

Reyes, another bold abseiler

Ioan went down three times!

Gabriel making his way to the top

Sightseeing in Sigüenza

What is El Doncel reading?

Farewell

 

 

 

 

With the fabulous Naturenglish team: Gretchen, Joseph and Daniel

April 5-8 plan (3ºB,C)

Hi all, these are the activities you must prepare this week. Distribute your time to have them ready for Monday 11:

3ºB

-Passive "pack": finish it. Work also with the online drills in the entry below if you haven´t yet.


-Much Ado About Nothing:

-Now you have unscrambled the plot and know what happens in each scene of the play, it´s time to act one of them! Task:
1. Think of groups (between 2 and 5 members) to work with. Don´t forget to include the students who will go to the immersion activity.
2. Choose a scene you would like to perform (according to the number of characters it includes: if you are only 3, it wouldn´t be very advisable to choose a scene with 6 characters unless you want to go nuts).  Each group must pick a different scene. Andrei, as your class representative, will see to that.
3. Choose then a character. The sex of the character shouldn´t be a problem, if you are a man you can perform a woman (as you know, that was the case back in Shakespeare´s times), and vice-versa. I wouldn´t mind if you included a character that is not in the scene as long as the main events in the scene are not affected, with the same condition an unimportant character could also be eliminated.
4. When I´m back, I´ll give you a quarto (hopefully you remember what that is, come on, check your notes) with the scene you selected (an adapted version!) so you can work on it. You can (and should if you want to get a better mark) introduce changes in the dialogues or make them longer again on condition again that you don´t change the plot. You can give me your own quartos for me to check ASAP (anyway never later than April 20).
5. The performances will be done on April 25. Come properly dressed and bring the necessary props...

-Continue reading Skellig. Remember on April 14 you must turn in the LC worksheet about chapters 10 to 15.

-Student´s book (Interactive): p 62, exercise 8a,b (vocabulary) and pp.64, 65 (Jamaica) exercises 1a,b,c (p.65).

3ºC

-Passive "pack": finish it. Work also with the online drills in the entry below if you haven´t yet.


-Time capsule activity: In groups of 3 students (and one of 4) you have to think of 3 things which in your opinion best represent teenagers in Spain and prepare a poster to display them. The objects must not be bigger than a book (the idea is to put them into a time capsule to be buried and eventually opened in 2099 so that the people living then can have an idea about what you were like) and the poster will include pictures of the objects, explanations of what they are used for with the passive voice (It´s used to, it was invented....) and an eye-catching graphic design.  Organize the groups as you like: three groups must be made up by 3 students and a fourth should have 4.

-Much Ado About Nothing: Finish the unscrambling activity and find the correct order of the scenes. Start thinking of the classmates you would like to work with to prepare the performance of one of the scenes, the scene you would like to perform and the character you would like to be.


-Continue reading Skellig. Remember on April 14 you must turn in the LC worksheet about chapters 10 to 15.

 -Student´s book (Interactive): p 62, exercise 8a,b (vocabulary) and pp.64, 65 (Jamaica) exercises 1a,b,c (p.65).