The Grass is Singing Lesson Plan

Discuss what happened with the tobacco crops. What were Mary and Dick's initial reactions to the failure?

The rains came right on time in December and the tobacco looked healthy and green. By the end of the month, the drought began. Initially, Dick was not too worried. but, day after day, well into January, as the rains held back, Dick became morose and irritable. Mary, meanwhile, was weirdly silent. One afternoon, rain fell lopsidedly, hitting one of their tobacco crops but not the other. Weeks passed before more rain fell. Other farmers in the area had rain and announced the partial salvation of their crops, but none fell on the Turner's farm. One afternoon, their...