Tess of the D’Urbervilles: Activity Pack for AS and A Level
Set text for:
- AQA A AS and A Level
- AQA B AS and A Level
- Edexcel AS and A Level
Activities include:
- engaging questions
- critical thinking
- close reading
- pair and group tasks
- visual, audio and kinaesthetic tasks
- further research
- extension tasks
Accessible for every level and linked to the AOs throughout!
Plus! Answers to all activities included.
With a morally compromised dairymaid as its heroine, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a fascinating and atypical text from which to explore the cultural attitudes to sexual morality, religion, class and love in late Victorian England. This invaluable, varied activity pack provides a variety of ready-to-use handouts, covering the whole text, for you to mix and match to suit your class.
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Prepare
Pre-reading exercises provide a starting point for study -
Explore
Appealing chapter-by-chapter tasks guide students through the text, allowing them to gain understanding and analytical skills while remaining engaged -
Reflect
Whole-text activities show the bigger picture, exploring key areas of: Characterisation • Relationships • Genre • Themes • Attitudes and Values • Writer's Use of Language • Form • Structure • Context • Critical Reception
Keywords
- Prose
- Thomas Hardy
- A Level Edexcel English Literature (9ET0)
- Love through the Ages Pre-1900
- Paper 1: Love through the Ages
- A Level AQA A English Literature (7712)
- A Level Activity Packs
- Component 2: Prose
- Women and Society
- A Level English Literature Activity Pack
- A level English Literature
- A Level AQA B English Literature (7717)
- Paper 1: Literary Genres
- Aspects of Tragedy