This close reading assessment bundle features text-dependent, high-order questions to promote improved reading comprehension and analysis of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost. By completing these activities, students will: Discern and articulate what the text states explicitly and implicitly Isolate a factual statement about the passage from false statements Examine cause-and-effect relationships Analyze Shakespearean language to discern and articulate meanings of words and phrases in context, taking into consideration denotative definitions and connotative associations Analyze Shakespearean language to discern and articulate tone in context Gain deeper insight into character modes of thinking by analyzing dialogue Analyze a portion of text to discern which literary device is applied in context (anaphora and simile) Demonstrate knowledge of Biron’s criticisms of those who are obsessive in their pursuit of knowledge Make reasonable inferences about why the quickness of Moth’s responses frustrates Armado Articulate Armado’s internal conflict in the context of an excerpt Analyze Moth’s dialogue to discern what is implied about women who wear makeup Analyze Moth’s asides to discern and articulate what they reveal about his true feelings Conduct brief research on the topic of Humorism Analyze Costard’s use of malaprops and explain why Shakespeare had him speak in such a manner Interpret figurative language with emphasis on metaphor (“love is a devil”) Make an inference about what Armado finds reassuring about the tale of Samson Apply knowledge of situational irony by explaining what is unexpected about Cupid’s powers Articulate the significance of of Armado’s closing soliloquy Apply knowledge of literary devices to the text including alliteration, simile, hyperbole, and stichomythia Articulate the intended effect of hyperbole in the context of the passage Articulate the intended meaning of a given simile Define complex words and phrases in context, taking into consideration denotative meanings and connotative associations Identify the Princess’s motivation for choosing Boyet to be a spokesperson Identify textual evidence that serves to justify Maria’s judgment of Longaville Analyze Rosaline’s dialogue to discern tone in the context of her conversation with Biron Determine and articulate the primary purpose of a passage Explain why Longaville grows impatient with Boyet’s responses Identify the evidence supporting the claim that Ferdinand is lovesick, according to Boyet Articulate the intended meaning of a given metaphor Analyze Armado’s dialogue to discern and articulate what it reveals about his mindset Analyze Moth’s dialogue to discern and articulate his intent Identify the most synonymous word or phrase to replace a given word in the text Analyze Moth’s dialogue to discern tone in context Contrast Costard’s characterization with that of Biron and Armado Apply knowledge of epiphora to the text Analyze Biron as a dynamic character, identifying textual evidence in support of the claim that he is dynamic Analyze Biron’s diaogue to discern and articulate what he believes is Cupid’s motivation for plaguing him with feelings of love Analyze Armado’s letter and articulate the function of an excerpt Analyze Rosaline’s dialogue and actions to argue how she defies standard conventions of femininity and what her motivations are Analyze Shakespeare’s craft to identify which literary devices he employs and what their intended effects are (emphasis is placed on rhyme, innuendo, diacope, metaphor, and irony) Write with clarity, logic, and precision

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills while teaching Act 3 of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing with this bundle of formative assessments. Included are the following: a multiple choice quiz on characters and plot, five close reading worksheets addressing the author’s craft, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly Discern the functions of scenes Determine tone in context Explore 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 Discern the intended effects of literary devices in context Explore the symbolism of lapwings and haggards in the context of scene one Articulate the greater significance of Benedick’s appearance in the context of scene two Conduct brief research on the four humors of classical Greek medicine to facilitate an evaluation of Benedick’s condition Articulate how Shakespeare established a tense atmosphere in scenes four and five Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant textual evidence

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and dramatic craft analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 5 of William Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It. A plot-based quiz, four 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 Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: Read for literal comprehension Demonstrate knowledge of historical context 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 Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact Compare and contrast characters Apply knowledge of literary devices including oxymoron, metaphor, simile, anaphora, allusion, hyperbole, situational irony, and more Consider themes in context 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

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills while teaching Act 3 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth with this bundle of formative assessments. Included are the following: a multiple choice quiz on characters and plot, six close reading worksheets addressing the author’s craft, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these activities, students will: Identify what the text states both explicitly and implicitly Define challenging words as they are used in the text Explore cause-and-effect relationships Discern tone in context Determine the function of given details Examine how characters think, behave, interact, and develop Compare characters in the play Analyze Shakespeare’s incorporation of religious imagery to articulate what it implies about Macbeth Apply knowledge of literary devices such as allusion, metaphor, euphemism, hyperbole, allusion, callback, situational irony, and more Consider the symbolism of sleep, diamonds, and an extinguished light in context Make logical inferences about Elizabethan culture and its perspective on the supernatural Support inferences and claims with sound reasoning and relevant evidence Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision

Create more purposeful reading experiences, measure general comprehension, promote the development of close reading analysis skills, and facilitate review of the plot of Romeo and Juliet with emphasis on Act 3 using this bundle of instructional resources. Delivered in Word Document and PDF formats, these materials save English Language Arts teachers valuable time at home without sacrificing rigor in the classroom. Answer keys are provided. By engaging with these materials, students will: Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly Analyze complex character development and interactions Apply knowledge of a range of literary devices with emphasis on foreshadowing and metaphor Define complex Shakespearean words and phrases in context Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims Make logical inferences about characters, plot development, and author’s intent Write with clarity and precision

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills while teaching Act 4 of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with this bundle of formative assessments. Included are the following: a reading guide, a multiple choice quiz on characters and plot, five close reading worksheets addressing the author’s craft, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will: Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word and phrase meanings Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques Describe tone in context Discern the overall purpose of a given soliloquy Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop Argue whether Friar Laurence’s decision to assist Juliet is consistent or inconsistent with his moral and religious duty Reflect on a previous scene to articulate how an aspect of Friar Laurence’s plan was foreshadowed Apply knowledge of literary devices including dramatic irony, metaphor, situational irony, and more Support claims or 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

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and dramatic craft analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 3 of William Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It. 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 Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, 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 Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, simile, oxymoron, allusion, personification, euphemism, dramatic irony, and situational irony 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

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and dramatic craft analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 3 of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. 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 materials, 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 Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact Compare and contrast two characters (Antonio and Shylock; Portia and Antonio) Apply knowledge of many literary devices with emphasis on metaphor, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, allusion, personification, symbolism, invective, and euphemism Consider themes in context 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

Measure high school reading comprehension and support analysis of Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet (Act 4) with this bundle that features a plot-based quiz and rigorous close reading activities. By engaging with these resources, students will identify what the text says explicitly and implicitly, apply knowledge of literary devices, interpret figurative expressions, make engagement with text visible, and more. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: Define complex words and phrases in context Verify interpretations of words and phrases using reference materials such as a dictionary and thesaurus Identify an example of figurative language and explain its effect Apply knowledge of verbal irony, sibilance, personification, consonance, and inversion to the text Isolate a factual statement about plot development from falsehoods Analyze character actions and dialogue to discern character motivations Analyze a character’s dialogue to discern what it suggests about their psychological state Identify and explain Claudius’s dominant internal conflict Analyze Hamlet’s dialogue to discern and articulate how he portrays Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as less than human Cite textual evidence in support of the claim that Hamlet shows disrespect toward the king Analyze the author’s craft to discern what effect is created by presenting several consecutive brief scenes Isolate a factual statement about plot development from falsehoods Identify why it is important for Claudius to give the illusion of careful consideration when banishing Hamlet Identify Hamlet’s justification for calling Claudius his mother Make a logical inference about Hamlet’s thinking based on dialogue Compare and contrast Hamlet and Ophelia Compare and contrast Hamlet and Laertes Determine the primary purpose of Hamlet’s letter to Horatio Discern the tone of a given passage Cite textual evidence in support of claims and ideas

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills while teaching Act 3 of William Shakespeare’s King Lear with this bundle of formative assessments. Included are the following: a quiz on characters and plot, seven close reading worksheets addressing the author’s craft, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these activities, students will do the following: Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly Discern the intended effect of Shakespeare’s narrative techniques and figurative language Define words/phrases as they are used in context Verify interpretations of language using reference materials Describe tone in context Consider the greater significance of given details Determine the primary function of given excerpts/scenes Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop Compare two characters in the play (Edgar and Edmund) Apply knowledge of literary devices including assonance, hyperbole, personification, paradox, metaphor, verbal irony, dramatic irony, situational irony, and apheresis Conduct brief research on pelicans to better understand their symbolic value in context (“pelican daughters”) Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills while teaching Act 4 of William Shakespeare’s King Lear with this bundle of formative assessments. Included are the following: a quiz on characters and plot, seven close reading worksheets addressing the author’s craft, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. 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. Using these resources for structured guidance, students will improve their ability to present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly and convincingly. By engaging with these activities, students will do the following: Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques Determine the functions of given scenes Describe tone in context Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop Evaluate whether Lear is better off or worse off as a result of plot developments Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, simile, symbolism, and more 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

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and craft analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 1 of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. A plot-based quiz, seven close reading worksheets (one per scene), and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these activities, students will: Identify what the text states both explicitly and implicitly Discern the intended effect of Shakespeare’s diction Analyze language and articulate its intended effect Discern tone in context Determine the function of a given excerpt Define complex and archaic words as they are used in the text Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop Apply knowledge of literary devices including assonance, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, foreshadowing, paradox, allusion, situational irony, verbal irony, and more Identify the best textual evidence in support of claims and inferences Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision

Help high school students navigate William Shakespeare’s language with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of The Tempest. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the play during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 5 vocabulary application activities, 5 crossword puzzles, 5 word search games, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. A total of 118 words are addressed: abide, abstemious, abysm, acquaint, adder, affliction, ague, alack, allay, amends, anon, aspersion, auspicious, austerely, barren, baseness, beseech, besiege, bestow, brine, certes, chastise, chirurgeonly, coragio, cur, deboshed, desolate, diligent, direful, discase, discord, dismay, drollery, ebb, enmity, entreat, expeditious, extirpate, fain, filbert, foison, frail, frippery, furlong, gaberdine, gale, hearken, hither, idle, impertinent, incense, indignation, industrious, infirmity, insolent, invulnerable, jocund, knave, liege, loathly, lusty, mar, marmoset, mischance, murrain, mutineer, mutinous, nimble, oracle, paragon, paunch, penitent, perdition, perpetual, pertly, pickle, pox, prate, prattle, prescience, prithee, promontory, quarrel, rabble, rapt, ratify, reign, repose, requite, rite, sanctimonious, sans, scurvy, shun, sicklemen, sirrah, sloth, sot, spendthrift, supplant, tawny, thence, thrice, totter, treacherous, trice, tricksy, trumpery, vain, valiant, verdure, vexation, viands, vigilance, wanton, wearily, withal, and yarely. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex 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

Help high school students navigate William Shakespeare’s language with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of As You Like It. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the play during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 5 vocabulary application activities, 5 crossword puzzles, 5 word search games, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. A total of 126 words are addressed: abominable, abruptly, acquit, allottery, amble, anon, array, base, bastinado, bequeath, bestow, boast, boisterous, boorish, bough, caparison, capricious, carlot, chanticleer, chaste, chide, churlish, cicatrice, clamorous, comely, commend, compact, conjure, contrive, counsel, countenance, descend, desolation, discord, dissuade, ditty, dowry, dulcet, effect, elegy, entreat, erewhile, exult, fain, feign, flout, forbear, gallant, gilded, heartily, hoarse, hornmaker, husbandry, idle, irk, jointure, knavery, lament, languish, leer, lief, lo, lusty, malice, mar, melancholy, mirth, miser, moonish, murmur, mutton, nimble, nuptial, obscure, odious, osier, pains, pard, parlous, peevish, penury, perpend, pilgrimage, politic, pompous, prate, prithee, purgation, purlieus, quarrel, rascally, reign, relish, resolute, rudiments, rumination, salutation, sans, sententious, servitude, shrewd, simper, sinewy, sirrah, slander, smirch, stern, sullen, sunder, swift, swoon, synod, tedious, thrice, treacherous, umber, uncouth, unkept, valiant, vehemence, venerable, waspish, weary, wherefore, whither, and woo. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex 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

Help high school students navigate William Shakespeare’s language with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of The Merchant of Venice. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the play during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 5 vocabulary application activities, 5 crossword puzzles, 5 word search games, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. A total of 118 words are addressed: abate, abode, accoutred, allay, aloof, alter, amity, amorous, argosy, barbarous, base, bechance, beseech, beset, beshrew, besmear, bestow, bleared, cackle, carrion, cherubin, clamber, commend, confiscate, conjure, contrive, counsel, cozen, cuckold, cudgel, cunning, cur, decree, deed, ducat, entreat, estimable, feign, foppery, forbear, fourscore, fray, gaberdine, gaoler, gaudy, gormandise, grandsire, gratis, hark, haste, heartily, hymn, immortal, immure, infidel, infinitely, jot, keen, knave, malice, mar, melancholy, mirth, misconstrue, mitigate, mutton, ostent, paltry, peevish, peize, penance, perchance, perjury, posy, prate, precedent, predicament, presage, prey, principal, prodigal, prolixity, proverb, quarrel, quire, recant, renowned, repent, reproach, requite, reverence, rheum, salvation, shrive, shudder, signior, sirrah, spurn, stern, summon, sunder, superfluity, tarry, tedious, temporal, tender, thine, thrice, unthrift, usance, valiant, vehement, vesture, wherefore, whom, wont, wooer, and zeal. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex 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

Help high school students navigate William Shakespeare’s language with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of Julius Caesar. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the book during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 5 vocabulary application activities, 5 crossword puzzles, 5 word search games, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. A total of 108 words are addressed: abide, abridge, accoutred, adder, amiss, apace, apprehensive, apt, ascend, augurer, barren, bequeath, beseech, bestow, bondman, brutish, carrion, chastisement, choler, clamor, cogitation, consort, construe, contrive, council, counsel, countenance, cur, decree, demeanor, dint, drachmas, earnest, emulation, entreat, ere, errand, exigent, extenuate, fain, feeble, fleer, fray, gamesome, grievous, hark, hasty, hither, hollow, idle, immortal, inflame, insurrection, inter, jade, knave, lament, leaden, lowliness, lusty, malice, mart, meddle, meek, melancholy, mettle, mirth, mutiny, nimbleness, parley, peevish, phantasma, portentous, presage, prey, prithee, proclaim, provender, quarrel, rabblement, rash, redress, repose, reverence, rive, salutation, saucy, selfsame, shrill, sirrah, smatch, soothsayer, spurn, stern, tarry, thither, thrice, throng, undeserver, valiant, vanquish, vexed, wander, wary, waspish, weary, whelp, and wherefore. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex 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

Help high school students navigate William Shakespeare’s language with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of The Taming of the Shrew. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the book during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 5 vocabulary application activities, 5 crossword puzzles, 5 word search games, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. A total of 120 words are addressed: abode, accoutrements, affable, alarum, amiable, amorous, amort, bauble, beguile, bemoil, bereft, beseech, bestow, blear, bondmaid, bonny, breeching, carouse, chattels, chide, choleric, clamorous, confer, confound, construe, counsel, countenance, court, coxcomb, coy, cozen, crack-hemp, cullion, currish, deign, digress, diligent, din, disdain, dissemble, doff, dole, dotard, dowry, ducat, ere, fain, fair, famish, flout, forbear, forthwith, fray, frivolous, gale, gamesome, giddy, gird, goodly, graybeard, habiliments, haste, headstrong, heartily, heedless, heir, hither, immortal, imprimis, insolence, irksome, jarring, knavery, lackey, largess, loggerheaded, lusty, madcap, mar, meddle, miry, moralize, mutton, noddle, notorious, pains, paltry, pate, patrimony, pedant, perpetually, pine, plead, quaff, quench, raiment, reign, rudesby, scornful, scrivener, solemn, sullen, surly, swiftly, swinge, tarry, tedious, thrall, toil, unapt, undone, vex, volubility, wander, wane, weary, wherefore, woo, and worshipful. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex 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

Help high school students navigate William Shakespeare’s language with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of Twelfth Night. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the book during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 5 vocabulary application activities, 5 crossword puzzles, 5 word search games, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. A total of 119 words are addressed: abhor, abjure, aloof, altar, anon, apt, austere, barbarous, barren, beguile, beseech, beset, beshrew, besmear, bestow, catechise, chantry, cheveril, chide, churlish, clodpole, consanguineous, consecrated, contempt, convey, counsel, covetousness, coxcomb, decree, discreet, dissemble, dormouse, dowry, dram, ducat, durance, entreat, enwrap, estimable, eunuch, extort, fadge, feign, fervor, fie, folly, forbear, fowl, fulsome, further, gabble, gait, gaskins, geck, giddy, grandam, haply, hardy, haste, hither, hyperbolical, idle, impetuosity, jocund, knave, laudable, lime, lubber, lustrous, malapert, malice, malignancy, maugre, meddle, melancholy, mellifluous, mettle, mirth, notorious, obscure, paltry, pang, pare, perchance, perdition, perpend, prattle, prithee, prudent, quaff, quarrel, quench, rave, resolute, reverence, rubious, rudesby, sage, scathable, scurvy, shrill, skittish, solemn, swaggering, tarry, thriftless, transparent, tut, tyrannous, unauspicious, ungird, unprizable, usurp, valiant, vex, waylay, weary, wherefore, and wooer.

Help high school students navigate William Shakespeare’s language with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of Othello. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the book during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 5 vocabulary application activities, 5 crossword puzzles, 5 word search games, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. A total of 121 words are addressed: abode, affliction, alarum, amorous, anon, balmy, base, beckon, begrimed, beguile, beseech, beshrew, bestow, boast, boon, bound, chide, chuck, clamor, conjunctive, construe, counsel, coxcomb, credulous, cudgel, dames, defunct, designment, direful, discern, discord, dispatch, dote, dull, earnestness, ebb, eminent, encave, enchafed, exhibition, exsufflicate, fain, fair, filch, forbear, forfend, forsooth, frailty, fulsome, galls, gastness, gorge, grievously, gull, haste, heartily, heathenish, hie, hither, humors, hungerly, imminent, imperious, importunity, impudent, insolent, languish, light, lip, malice, mar, mischance, murmur, mutiny, mutter, obscure, odious, oft, pains, penitent, perchance, perdition, peril, perjured, pernicious, plead, pox, prate, prologue, quarrel, quench, rash, rebuke, relish, repent, reproach, reverence, ruminate, sans, saucy, sirrah, slander, slubber, smote, solemn, strumpet, subdue, summon, thrice, timorous, treachery, trifle, unbookish, valiant, vehement, voluble, votarist, wary, wherefore, woo, and yerk. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex 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

Help high school students navigate William Shakespeare’s language with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of Hamlet. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the book during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 5 vocabulary application activities, 5 crossword puzzles, 5 word search games, and answer keys. Materials delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. A total of 116 words are addressed: afflict, affront, anon, auspicious, base, beseech, beshrew, besmirch, beteem, boisterous, bough, brainish, bravery, brevity, cautel, chapless, charge, cherub, chide, cicatrice, condolement, contumely, corse, counsel, craven, credent, cudgel, dearth, discord, divulge, ducat, dup, effect, entreat, ere, fain, fair, felicity, fetters, fond, forbear, fordo, gambol, gaudy, gibber, gibe, glean, gorge, green, grizzled, gyve, hasten, heartily, heaves, hither, imminent, importunate, incensed, incorporal, infallibly, insolence, jocund, lament, lard, liegemen, malefactions, massy, melancholy, melodious, mirth, needful, ominous, orison, ostentation, palmy, palpable, pang, paragon, perchance, pernicious, perpend, pigeon-livered, pious, porpentine, portentous, prate, prithee, profane, prologue, quarrel, rash, rebuke, reechy, reign, remiss, repose, robustious, rub, scourge, scullion, skyish, softly, springe, stonish, strumpet, sultry, superfluous, suspiration, tedious, tender, tristful, truepenny, wander, wary, wittingly, and wonted. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex 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