Thomas Hardy : Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Reading Writing

read and discuss key chapters (four or five)

from The Maiden
(a) Chapters One and Two
(b) Chapters Ten and Eleven
from Maiden No More
(c) Chapter Fourteen
from The Rally
(d) Chapter Twenty-three
from The Consequence and from The Woman Pays
(e) Chapters Thirty-four and Thirty-five
from Fulfilment
(f) Chapter Fifty-Six

 

reading the same chapters as models of writing: producing poems, atmospheric writing,

evaluate their own writing in a short commentary
analyse the structure of the text and identify how key themes are developed
this would include short, written exercises considering character sketches, sense of place, theme of justice

 

watching the video to glue the text together

compare the text to a film/TV adaptation
this would include short, written exercises

read a short prose text from a later period: Michele Roberts' short story
understand and use in discussion a range of media terms discuss similarities and differences between the Hardy and the Michele Roberts
 

write an essay (review, analyse, ) incorporating quotations

writing a 'mock' GCSE coursework piece during a week's worth of lessons

 
 
six weeks' work