Joy Luck Club Lesson Plans

8/14/2019 Joy Luck Club Lesson Plans

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6th quarter plans

Tuesday, April 22

Journal

Grammar

Emily Dickinson poem

Chinese history. Foot-binding. Pretend you are a reporter visiting a culture in which women dominate the men. Men are

supposed to be submissive to their wives, etc. Give a name to your culture and describe a cultural practice that discriminates

against men. Include quotes of men that you have interviewed. Include headline and byline. (40 pts)

Boys must wear pink ribbon cultural practice of the classroom, and must obey female students commands as long as they dontcontradict class rules. Boys do a diary entry rather than article. Name and origin of the cultural practice. What the cultural

practice means. How it affects daily life. How you feel about it.

Friday, April 24

Journal

(phrase as nouns and pronouns, make transparency) Writing for Change lesson 1.1; gendered phrases. Students write down

observations. Discuss list in reverse order. How do your impressions change when the order of words changes? What is implied

by the placement of male-gendered nouns and pronouns in the first position?

Chinese zodiac

Amy Tan article. Theme of JLC is language. Work in pairs, hand in one ditto per pair. Discuss article.

Monday, April 28

Journal

Skits action w/translator (preferably 3-4 students per group, students may self-choose but groups will be assigned from now on)

Tuesday, April 29

Who is poem

introduce book. reading HW, daily quiz.

mother/daughter exercise. one of your quizzes will require you to know who is whos mother/daughter. Say Suyuan Woos

daughter and student must respond in time to get participation point. First open-book, then closed-book.

Vocab (sentence w/each word, 20 pts. EC of 10 points: use these words to create a story)

bloated (adj, 10): swelled up

sulk (v, 13): to be silent or moody

wispy (adj, 14): thin, delicate, soft

nondescript (adj, 15): plain, lacking distinctive qualities or characteristicstranslucent (adj, 21): see-through, lets through light but blurs images

cultivate (v, 27): to improve and prepare, to promote the growth of, to refine by education

pretense (n, 28): the act of pretending, a false appearance intended to deceive

blurt (v, 29): to speak abruptly

reclaim (v, 29): to take back

for notetaking, set aside four sheets of paper. mother on front side, daughter on back side. text (facts) in left column,

interpretation (inferences) on right column.

read beginning together. foreshadowing. symbolism.

Wednesday/Thursday, April 30-May 1

JLC quiz 1-16

Semicolon grammar packet

Discussion on pp.1-16

5; ideas too big to communicate. unfinished business = uncommunicated idea.

top of 6; communication gap theme

bottom of 6; unspeakable tragedies. unspeakable communication.

Suyuan Woo started the JLC. first husband was a Kuomingdan officer. escaped to Kweilin during war.

10-12; origin of JLC

11-12; was the JLC justified?

12; The story always grew and grew; mother trying to communicate something, the big idea that burst in her head

ESLRs


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Friday, May 2

journal

Honors test

Monday, May 5

journal

JLC quiz 16-32 (20 pts)

What happened when An-Mei visited her relatives in China?

How do the aunties surprise Jing-Mei Woo at the end of the Joy Luck Club meeting?

new vocab words for Scar and Red Candle; vocab sentences due Friday (20 pts) dowry (n, 35): money and goods that a woman brings to her husband in marriage

insolent (adj, 36): rude, disrespectful

mute (adj, 37): silent, not speaking

shrill (adj, 38): harsh-sounding, high-pitched

concubine (n, 39): a socially recognized or acceptable mistress

betrothed (adj, 44): engaged

scurry (v, 53): to scamper or move briskly, to flurry about

deficient (adj, 59): lacking, inadequate, insufficient

writhing (adj, 60): to twist in pain, struggle, or embarrassment

HW: due tomorrow is the first half of Scar

JLC discussion: 16-32

application to the Joy Luck Club (write this stuff down! not going to tell you again. remember its mission to take the mind offsuffering in life. you must have a mission statement for your club at the top. what kind of people do you want? what would the

joy luck club do? what game? what kind of food? what kind of things go on an application form? must include some short-answer questions, like Why do you want to join the Joy Luck Club? etc.) (25 pts)

Tuesday, May 6

quiz on first half of Scar; when you finish, you may begin silent reading (20 pts)

Why did Popo tell An-Mei scary stories?

Describe An-Meis relationship with her father.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? (1 pt)

HW: return applications. 2 copies of typed and formatted applications are due on Thursday, May 8

JLC discussion: first half of Scar

write a story that you could use to scare children away from doing bad things. (p.34; greed, refusing to listen) (15 pts). share

these stories. grammar: colons

Wednesday, May 7

journal

quiz on 2nd half of Scar (15 pts)

Describe the scars in Scar. How did the characters acquire them?

JLC discussion: second half of Scar

poetry: Maya Angelous Still I Rise. you may work on discussion questions with a partner. Answer any THREE questions in

paragraph form.1. How could you tell that the speaker is an African-American woman? Be sure to use stanzas 1, 8, and 9 to answer this question.

2. List the similes to which the poet compares herself. Why do you think she uses these similes?

3. To whom is the poet speaking?4. Note the last two lines of stanzas 2, 5, and 7. What do the last two lines of each of these stanzas have in common? Why do you

think the poet uses that particular imagery?

grammar: dashes

Thursday, May 8 (70 minutes)

SSR

Grammar review

exchange applications and have people fill them out. give applications back to the original owner, who gets to then decide

whether to accept or reject the application

JLC discussion: beginning of Red Candle


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Friday, May 9

Journal

Grammar quiz

JLC reading quiz: The Red Candle (30 pts)

Why does Lindo want her daughter to know about the story of the red candle?

What does the candle symbolize?

How did Lindo prove that her marriage was cursed?

balloon JLC trivia game

Monday, May 12 journal

vocab (from The Moon Lady and Rules of the Game) (10 vocab sentences due Friday 20 pts)

pungent (adj, 65): strong in taste or smell, biting and sharp

decipher (v, 68): to decode or interpret

rickshaw (n, 72): a small two-wheeled cart for a passenger, pulled by one person

warily (adv, 74): cautiously

sullen (adj, 75): resentfully silent, gloomy

apparition (n, 76): a ghostly figure, a sudden or unusual sight

remorse (adj, 76): bitter and guilty regret, moral anguish due to regret over some wrongdoing

penance (n, 80): an action that shows sorrow and remorse for a wrongdoing (often includes self-punishment)

lament (v, 80): to mourn, to express grief

adversary (n, 95): an enemy or opponent JLC discussion: The Red Candle

my desires + someone elses desires = compromise. as classwork, students draw three of these organizers. (20 pts)

Tuesday, May 13

quiz on The Moon Lady (30 pts) /SSR/journal check! (50 pts)

Using severalspecific examples from the text, explain how you know that Ying-Ying St. Clair was disobedient as a child.

Describe Ying-Yings relationship with Amah.

Who is the mythical Moon Lady? How did she end up on the moon?

community

introduce Leadership class popular and unpopular kids

define the word, normal

Much Madness is Divinest Sense how are you normal, how are you unique?

Wednesday, May 14

Journal

group presentations: groups read chapters and hand in notes by end of class (have teacher initial rubrics when work is done)

Thursday, May 15

quiz on Rules of the Game (30 pts)/SSR

What is the art of invisible strength? How does Waverly and her mother use it?

Why is Waverlys mother proud of her?

Why does Waverly get angry at her mother?

group presentations: groups prepare skit

JLC discussion: Moon Lady

Friday, May 16

journal

group presentations: groups prepare skit and turn in script by end of class

JLC discussion: Rules of the Game

Monday, May 19

Voice in the Wall discussion questions

1. How did Lena become paranoid?

2. How do you know that Lenas mother and father have trouble communicating? Use examples.

3. What are the voices coming from the wall? How do they inspire Lenas imagination?


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Whereas the major problem for the older generation had been the struggle against fate, the younger generation perceives their essential

difficulty to involve the making of choices. (similarity to Jasmine)

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