Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

By Heather Edgcombe

​Background Information

• The Joy Luck Club follows the lives of four Chinese women that fled China in the 1940's and their four Americanized daughters.

• The book is written in a series of short stories that focus on either a mother or a daughter.

• The book's focus is on the mother-daughter relationships in each of the families.

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan​

Poll

Have you been, or will you ever be, a confused teenager?

• No, I have never been confused

• Yes, I get confused sometimes about my future

• Yes, my parents confuse me the most

• Yes, I am confused about everything all of the time

Poll

Do you ever have conflict with your parents?

• No, I always get along with my parents

• Sometimes my parents and I don't agree on things

• My parents and I disagree on lots of things

Poll

Do you have dreams? Wishes? Desires?

• No

• Yes! I have lots of dreams

​Congratulations! You'll relate to the characters in The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan​

​Let's learn about Amy Tan

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b4Peeb1rpQ&t=10s

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​Amy Tan Talks About The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan​

​"I have a story in me"

Food Narrative Project​

​- The culminating project will involve you writing a short story about a memory surrounding food. In the story we want you to focus on using imagery

- There will also be an extra credit option to bring in the food you wrote about!​

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The Joy Luck Club ​by Amy Tan

Let's see how well you remember figurative language​

The Joy Club by Amy Tan​

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of "He had lived there for a thousand years". (p. 83)?

• Simile

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Multiple Choice

What is this is an example of“The boat looked like a floating tree house” (190)?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of "The chess board seemed to hold elaborate secrets"?

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of “ a precious buncake, sweet witha good clean color” ( Joy 50)?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery