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Much Ado About Nothing 2.3: RAFTS and CBEAR analysis

You will need to open your notes we opened yesterday. In this assignment you must:
1. Deconstruct the prompt using RAFTS. You may use your deconstruction from
Monday, but make sure you understand the prompt before you write your CBEAR
response.
2. Use your notes to fill in specifically the evidence portion of your CBEAR
response.
3. Complete the CBEAR response using complete sentences, sound reasoning,
and thorough analysis.
Prompt: After reading Act 2, scene 3 of Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing, watch the
Kenneth Branagh and the Joss Whedon film adaptations to consider the directors choices for
depicting eavesdropping in the play. In at least one CBEAR paragraph, use specific evidence
from the films as well as the text, to argue which of the films best depicts Shakespeares
purpose for eavesdropping.
Role:

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Tasks:

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Friday CBEAR Assessment

Claim:
Complete the
frame. Adjust
the frame if you
need.

________________ was the most effective director at depicting

Shakespeares purpose for eavesdropping in the ________ Much Ado
About Nothing.

Background:
Complete the
frame.

Both directors, Kenneth _____________ and Joss __________, produced

film adaptations of the original Shakespearean play by using the original
Shakespearean text. Branaugh set his adaptation in a more traditional,
Spanish setting, but Whedon set his adaptation in modern a Los Angeles
and time period.

Use your notes for the three points of evidence. EACH piece of evidence must be accompanied
by analysis.
Evidence 1:

Evidence 2:

Evidence 3:

Analysis 1:

Analysis 2:

Analysis 3:

Response: Complete the

After considering these three aspects of the film adaptations,

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stem.

it is evident that the _______________ film is.