Read part three, chapter three from The Joy Luck Club to answer questions about Ted and Rose.
Read chapter four from The Joy Luck Club to answer questions about character interactions.
Students respond to a prompt by writing about how the development of a character can affect the narrative.
Students read part four of The Joy Luck Club and examine how sharing life experiences with those we love can help change perceptions. Students also read "I Ask My Mother to Sing" to examine a male perspective on identity for Asian Americans.
Read part four, chapter one from The Joy Luck Club to explore the characters An-Mei and her mother.
Read part four, chapter two from The Joy Luck Club to explore the character, Ying Ying.
React to part four, chapter three from The Joy Luck Club to discover how Lindo convinces her husband to marry her.
Understand how learning about the past in The Joy Luck Club allows the mothers and daughters to alter their perceptions of one another. Choose one mother and daughter's experiences from part four of The Joy Luck Club to use to support your response.
Prepare to write by brainstorming and determining the focus.
Analyze and annotate a model essay focusing on style and tone.
A class discussion to gain a greater understanding of a person's life experiences and how they can change our perception of them.
Students will be introduced to Maslow's hierarchy of needs and will explore how this hierarchy relates to the needs that humans have. Students will also be introduced to background information about the South during Jim Crow through an informational article, the song "Strange Fruit," and a video about Ernest Gaines. Students will also read chapters 1-7 of A Lesson Before Dying and participate in a whole-class discussion about the similarities between the characters' situations and where these characters fall on Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Read chapters 2- 3 from A Lesson Before Dying in pairs, and discuss Grant's internal and external conflicts.
Analyze the structure of a sentence from chapter four of A Lesson Before Dying to determine how understanding the sentence deepens our understanding of Grant's internal conflict.
Annotate page 56 from A Lesson Before Dying focusing on details that develop humor and/or sarcasm to deepen our understanding of the tone of the chapter.
Gather and organize evidence to prepare for a discussion about the similarities between Grant and Jefferson and their placement on Maslow's hierarchy. This will help us understand how Gaines is using characters to develop a theme.
Form claims to prepare for a discussion about the lessons Grant and Jefferson have learned about humanity in the first seven chapters.
Students will examine how the theme of isolation is developed in chapters 8-17 of A Lesson Before Dying, as well as the song "I Am a Rock," "No Man is an Island," and an excerpt from Invisible Man. Students will also examine the internal and external conflicts that Jefferson and Grant have, as well as any lessons that Jefferson and Grant are beginning to learn about being human. Students will answer questions and add details to the humanity understanding tool.
React to chapter eight from A Lesson Before Dying to establish your initial understanding of how Matthew Antoine influenced Grant.
Read chapter eleven from A Lesson Before Dying independently and examine the development of tone.