Tess of the D'Urbervilles Lesson Plan

Portrait of a Pure Woman

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will be able to use an alternate medium to interpret close readings of the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5

Structure:

Ask students to spend some time finding passages in the First and Second Phase that describe Tess's physical appearance, and make a list of some of the physical attributes that Hardy describes.

Next, show students several examples of Victorian portraiture, and lead the class in a discussion about their defining characteristics.

Students will the create their own...