Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Activities :&: Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Nobility

Bring in an article from a newspaper, magazine, television, or internet that describes a noble action or noble person. Be prepared to say why you think the person or action can be called 'noble'.

2. Delusions of grandeur

Both Mr. and Mrs. Durbeyfield seem to be suffering delusions of grandeur in different ways. In groups, put on a skit that exaggerates their sense of their own importance.

3. Fate

Mrs. Durbeyfield is very religious, yet quite superstitious, consulting the Book of...
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