Tess of the D'Urbervilles Lesson Plan

Should She Tell

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to develop a deeper understanding of Tess's motivations

Common Core Standards:

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

Structure:

Conduct a debate. Break students into two teams. Each team will choose three speakers.

Students will respond to the resolution: "Tess should to tell Angel about her past."

Explain the resolution more deeply. Tess has been raped, and borne a child, who died. She knows that those events were not her fault, but she also knows...