The Tess of the d'Urbervilles

• English
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES

By Rudo, Irene and Srikanti

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson: (Target Group: HAVO 5)

• Students can explain the concept of theme as a literary element
• Students can understand and identify the themes of nature vs modernity and injustice vs fate
• Students can justify their choice of the theme with a quotation from the book 

Target Group: VWO year 4

Identify the Themes

What themes do we find in Tess?

Read the Quotes and Match the Theme 

                       

                                       CLICK HERE

COLLABORATIVE ASSIGNMENT 

Step 1: Make groups of 4 students

Step 2: Work on your allocated themes in this worksheet 

 (CLICK HERE) Time: 20 minutes

Additional Activities Ideas

Lesson idea 1: Mini-soundtrack ( Students choose songs to represent 3 significant moments in the story) 

(Blooms Taxonomy: Analyse and Evaluation)

Lesson Idea 2

Make your own comic strip

Choose a scene or chapter from the book and make a comic strip

Students can choose a theme from their favourite series like Star War, Star Trek or Disney 

(Blooms Taxonomy: Create)

Lesson Idea 3

Write a script

At the start of the book, Mr Durbeyfield is told he has grand ancient 'family connections' to the D'Urbervilles. He and his wife are elated and plan for Tess to seek out those family relations.

 Script the conversation between Tess' parents.

(Blooms Taxonomy: Create)