Communication
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The Joy Luck Club - Resource Use
If you have not yet acquired a copy of this text, I highly recommend you plan to use the PDF (here) or order the book online to be delivered (here).
We will NOT be reading The Joy Luck Club in its published order. Amy Tan tells four separate family stories throughout this novel, and each family has one chapter per part, for a total of four chapters per family. We will read family-by-family rather than straight through the novel to aid student comprehension (detailed novel breakdown here).
Week at a Glance - What's Due and When?
DUE TUESDAY
By 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24th, please complete the following:
- After familiarizing yourself with the novel structure of The Joy Luck Club, reading the first prologue “Feathers from a Thousand Li Away,” and reading chapter one “The Joy Luck Club,” create a discussion post in Schoology (instructions here). Your classmates will read and respond to this later!
- To complete this, log in to Schoology, go to our course, select the folder titled “The Joy Luck Club - The Woo Family,” then click on “Woo Family Discussion #1 - Chapter & Prologue Connection.” Follow the instructions for submitting your work.
By 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 27th, please complete the following:
- Respond to two of your classmates’ discussion posts in Schoology (instructions here).
- To do this, log in to Schoology, go to our course, select the folder titled “The Joy Luck Club - The Woo Family,” then click on “Woo Family Discussion #1 - Chapter & Prologue Connection.” Read through your classmates’ postings, then pick two to construct responses to. Check the assignment sheet here for details on how to craft your responses.
- After having read chapter 8, “Two Kinds,” complete the assignment (here) in Schoology.
- To do this, log in to Schoology, go to our course, select the folder titled “The Joy Luck Club - The Woo Family,” then click on “Woo Guided Reading Task #1 - Ch. 8 ‘Two Kinds.’” Follow the instructions for submitting your work.
- Complete all Unit 5 activities in Sadlier Connect.
Links to This Week's Resources
The Joy Luck Club - Novel Organization Resource here
The Joy Luck Club PDF here
Unit 5 Vocabulary Word List here
Woo Family Discussion Post #1 Assignment here
Woo Family Guided Reading Task #1 Assignment here
This Week’s Suggested Pacing
As long as you are meeting the deadlines posted above, you may pace yourself however you choose, but to support your time-management for this week, we have put together a suggested pacing guide for each day.
Monday (3/23)
- Familiarize yourself with the “The Joy Luck Club - Intro. Materials” folder in Schoology for our novel study. Please pay attention to
- Familiarize yourself with the first discussion assignment (here) to prepare for reading.
- Read the Part 1 Prologue: “Feathers from a Thousand Li Away”
- Read chapter 1, “The Joy Luck Club”
- Finish your reading as needed from yesterday, and create a post in the discussion thread in Schoology for chapter 1 (assignment here). This is due tonight by 11:59 p.m.!
- Complete one activity for Unit 5 in Sadlier Connect. Be sure to use the word list here!
- Familiarize yourself with the guided reading task for chapter 8, which can be found here.
- Read chapter 8, “Two Kinds.” Be sure to look for evidence to help you complete the guided reading task. (Page numbers can be found here; this document is also in the “The Joy Luck Club - Intro. Materials” folder in Schoology.)
- Complete one activity for Unit 5 in Sadlier Connect. Be sure to use the word list here!
Thursday (3/26)
- Complete the activity on “Two Kinds” (here). This is due tomorrow!
- Complete one activity for Unit 5 in Sadlier Connect. Be sure to use the word list here!
Friday (3/27)
- If you did not finish the “Two Kinds” guided reading task (here), be sure to finish it and submit it to Schoology today by 11:59 p.m. (due today!)
- Respond to two classmates’ discussion postings for the “Woo Family Discussion #1 - Chapter & Prologue Connection” discussion. (due today!)
- Complete your last activity/ies for Unit 5 in Sadlier Connect. Be sure to use the word list here! This is due tonight by 11:59 p.m.