Gr 9 Up-After her mother's suicide, Leigh travels to Taipei to stay with her maternal grandparents, with whom she can barely communicate. The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R Pan. The band, as they explain on their web site, has "no music videos, no record contract, no Grammy® nominations-but do have over 159,000 hits on Google." NPR has a video of them singing "Sloop John B" that will be fun for students to watch. This short snippet can be shown during class discussion and is a great way to give context to the story.Īuthor Amy Tan is part of a rock band of authors, including Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Stephen King, and more. In this short (less than two minute) video clip, Amy Tan's childhood friend shares her memories of their parents' friendship and their own Joy Luck Club. Play it in class or during discussion to help reinforce what students have read and perhaps bring in those students who didn't read or fully understand the book. This TED-Ed video is a nice three-minute recap of the events in the book with acccompanying animation. TED Talks are popular videos of experts in different fields talking about one specific thing. TED-Ed Video: Why should you read "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan? A free online version of the game is available from USA Today, along with instructions on how to play. The characters in The Joy Luck Club meet to play mahjong and tell stories.
Mahjong, or mah-jongg, is a game played with tiles that was developed in China. The movie adaptation of Tan's novel is rated R, so find short clips of particular scenes to share with students.
The story's themes of mother-daughter relationships, immigration and culture, and more continue to resonate with readers. As the first Hollywood studio film to star an all Asian American cast, it marked an important milestone for diversity in movies.
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan was first published in 1989, but it was arguably the movie adaption in 1993 that accelerated the story's popularity. Our aim is to inspire educators to breathe fresh life into lessons around these works by giving students new context to understand why these classics are still relevant today.īe sure to check out the 2022 “Refreshing the Canon” lists for more read-alikes of longtime summer reading picks. Inspired by the most popular titles that emerged, SLJ editors and members of NCTE’s Build Your Stack® Committee have curated this year’s round of “Refreshing the Canon” selections.Īdditionally, we’ve put together multimodal lists of recommendations-including nonfiction, graphic novels, documentaries, and more-that educators can feature in classrooms and libraries alongside the exemplar texts. Last month, SLJ asked librarians and educators to weigh in on which classics should remain on summer reading lists.
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