HAVO 3 - Tuck Everlasting - Lesson 2

Did everyone turn in their assignment on Tuck Everlasting?

I start by taking attendance and making sure that everyone handed in their homework. 

Pupils who didn't hand it in will be asked to leave the classroom and work on the book report. I explain that they have to hand it in next lesson, because they didn't do the homework for this class.

What did we do last lesson?

• Discussed some literary terms:

Theme, plot, and setting.

• Read the Prologue in Tuck Everlasting.

I ask the pupils if they can tell me the definition of the terms. If they don't know, I revise my explanation from last lesson.

Can anyone tell me what is happening is this picture?

I ask the pupils whether they know what this is. Then, I explain that this is an example of a Tableaux Vivant and that they will be doing something similar in this class.

What will we do this lesson?

1. Recap on last lesson
2. Two activities in groups of 4
3. Performance to the rest of the class
4. Evaluation 

Reminder: active participation is a MUST in order to get a good grade!

I discuss what we will do this lesson.

By the end of this lesson:

- You can apply some of the literary terms to the book ‘Tuck everlasting’.

- You know what a Tableaux Vivants is;

- You will have performed your own Tableux Vivants.

I discuss the aims for this lesson

Activity 1

• Divide yourselves up in groups of 4 
• Answer the following questions:

1. What is/ are the themes of the book?

• Write down thee examples in the book that illustrate this.

2. Write a short summary of the book. It should be about five sentences.

Activity 2 - Be ready to perform!

1. Prepare a series of three Tableux Vivants in which you make clear what the main theme is, taking fragments from the book as a starting point.

(A Tableau Vivant is a silent and motionless group of people arranged to represent a scene or incident.)

Performance time!

For the other groups: 

1. How well do you think the tableau represents the theme(s)?

Explain your answer.

After this lesson:

- You applied some of the literary terms to the book ‘Tuck everlasting’.

- You know what a Tableaux Vivants is;

- You performed your own Tableux Vivants.

Homework for next lesson

• Study the vocabulary from chapter 12.