Fish Cheeks

FISH CHEEKS

OBJECTIVE (S)

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●ELA.7.7.D Analyze how the
setting influence character
and plot development.

●ELA.7.6.D Paraphrase and
summarize texts in ways
that maintain meaning and
logical order.

⋆ELA.7.9.E Identify the use
of literary devices,
including subjective and
objective point of view.

⋆ELA.7.6.C Use text
evidence to support an
appropriate response.

REVIEW

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FISH CHEEKS

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VOCABULARY

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APPALLING

causing shock, disgust,
or alarm

CLAMOR

loud and confusing
noise

FISH CHEEKS

by

Amy Tan

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Fa la la la la, la la la la.

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Open Ended

What shapes a person's identity? Is it possible for a person to change their identity?

Should they try? Explain.

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Multiple Choice

How does the narrator's embarrassed attitude towards her culture affect the way she describes events in the passage?

• She describes the food as foreign and unappealing.

• She focuses on her desire to be more "American."

• She focuses on her crush's reactions to her family

• She criticizes every little detail of her mother's cooking

Multiple Choice

What does the menu description in paragraph 3 reveal about how the narrator views her family's cultural traditions?

• She views them as honorable.

• She views them as disgusting.

• She views them as humorous.

• She views them as annoying.

Multiple Choice

Which piece of evidence best reveals the narrator's feelings about her family's behavior during dinner?

• "I was stunned into silence for the rest of the night." (Paragraph 6)

• "And then they arrived — the minister's family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas packages." (Paragraph 4)

• And even though I didn't agree with her then, I knew that she understood how much I had suffered during the evening dinner (Paragraph 8)

• "Robert and his family waited patiently for platters to be passed to them." (Paragraph 5)

Open Ended

How does the speaker's family act during dinner? How does the minister's family act during dinner? Why do they act so differently? Explain.

Multiple Choice

What does the menu description in paragraph 3 reveal about how the narrator views her family's cultural traditions?

• She views them as humorous.

• She views them as annoying.

• She views them as honorable.

• She views them as disgusting.

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Multiple Choice

What does Amy's mother mean when she says, "Your only shame is to have shame"? (Paragraph 7)

• It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed about fitting in with her classmates.

• It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed about having a crush on Robert.

• It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed of her love for American food.

• It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed of her family's traditions.

Multiple Choice

What does paragraph 8 reveal about how the narrator's point of view changed as she got older?

• She regretted not expressing her real emotions to Robert and his family.

• She learned to love her mother's cooking, which she previously hated

• She realized the minister's son was not as friendly as she thought.

• She learned to appreciate her family and her Chinese American identity.

Open Ended

Refer back to paragraphs 7 and 8. What does Amy's mother understand about family that Amy couldn't see as a fourteen year old? How is the relationship between family members different from other relationships? Do you agree that it is important to remember and stay true to your culture, heritage, and traditions? Why?

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

⋆This short story, set in
Denmark on New Year's Eve,
describes what happens to a
little girl on a very cold night.
Respond to the text and
submit the assignment in
CANVAS

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