Teaching Blood-Burning Moon | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: The son of a planter and daughter of the first governor of African-American descent, Jean Toomer was a prominent writer and philosopher. The purpose of Lesson 1 is to learn more about Toomer's life.

1) 1) Class Activity: Research Jean Toomer's life and career, and create a timeline of significant personal and literary milestones.
2) Class Discussion: As a writer of mixed-race heritage, Toomer wrote...
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