Teacher Guide

Far from the Madding Crowd Lesson Plan

Notes to the Teacher

Hardy makes frequent use of references from the Bible throughout Far from the Madding Crowd. The teacher may want to identify references that are crucial to comprehension of the text and provide brief explanations for students who are not familiar with biblical characters, stories, or symbols.

The thought questions in this lesson plan provide material and ideas that students can use to write short original essays and to develop their powers of analysis.

The questions provided for the final paper are most suitable for student essays. For the sake of improving their written expression, teachers should encourage students to write on topics that have been discussed in class, this time in...

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