Students should be warned and prepared to encounter offensive racial slurs used in the text. Care should be taken to discuss the historical context of the terms and the impact their use has on the text.
The thought questions in this lesson plan provide material and ideas that students can use to write short original essays and to develop their powers of analysis.
The questions provided for the final paper are most suitable for student essays. For the sake of improving their written expression, teachers should encourage students to write on topics that have been discussed in class, this time in the more formal writing style expected in a literary essay. At the same time, students should...
