Homegoing tackles serious and intense issues and does not shy away from them. As such, students should be prepared to read about physical and sexual violence, as well as language that includes racial slurs.
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, of 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...