1. Reminders 2/13/17 Much Ado Quiz Act II - TODAY
Next Much Ado Quiz Act III – Wednesday or Thursday (depending on our reading)
Vocabulary Quiz, Unit 7B – Friday
You should bring Much Ado About Nothing to class EVERY DAY!
Write your name in it!

2. Fun with Diction Looking for the PERFECT word
Voice Lesson Diction #1
Fun with Diction
Looking for the PERFECT word

3. Diction refers to the author’s choice of words.
Words are the basic tools of the writer. Just as the painter uses color and light or a musician uses sounds and rhythms, a writer uses words.
In order to write well, you have to find the PERFECT word.

4. The Perfect Word…
Is clear, concrete, and exact
Says exactly what you want it to say
Is specific
Creates a picture in your mind
Example – You don’t hang around the house; you mope around the house.
Is NOT a dead word; those words are overused, tired, and have lost their freshness.

5. Forbidden Words good thing nice really pretty very beautiful terrible
fine
bad
thing
really
very
terrible
wonderful
a lot

6. Looking Deeper into Words
Words do not just have meaning; they have Denotation and Connotation
Denotation is the LITERAL meaning
Connotation is the FEELING of the word

7. Diction in Action…
Read and Think:
Write About It:
A redheaded woman was there with Trout. Kate could see her rummaging through the cabin, dumping drawers, and knocking things from the shelves of cabinets.
-- Louis Sachar, Holes
What picture do you get in your mind when you read the second sentence?
How would the meaning of the sentence change if we changed some of the words? For example:
Kate could see her searching through the cabin, emptying drawers, and taking things off of the shelves of cabinets.

8. Now it is your turn…
Write a sentence describing a small boy making a huge mess in a restaurant. Choose words that are clear, concrete, and exact.

9. Vocabulary Intro to Words 7B

10. Shakespeare Language Mini Check Required school survey – Go to the following link and follow the directions – (#1 and lower case M)

11. Much ado about nothing Finish watching Act II Quiz, Act II
Recap Act III, Scenes i and ii (HW)
Re-read last part of Scene ii
Read/review summary of remainder of Act III
Cause-Effect activity: Act III

12. Act II - Cause-Effect Timeline
Consider all of Act III
Identify THREE IMPORTANT moments.
Put them in chronological order above the timeline (these are the WHAT)
Underneath the timeline (aligned with each moment), write a brief note to explain WHY that moment occurred.
EXAMPLE:
Beatrice & Benedick exchange heated words
Don Pedro agrees to woo Hero for Claudio
Don John decides to use information about Don Pedro wooing Hero for Claudio to cause problems for Claudio
They have had a history of not liking each other
He believes that he has the skills to do this for Claudio
Don John dislikes Claudio for being so well-liked and respected; he also dislikes him because he is so close to Don Pedro