The Joy Luck Club Lesson Plan

Joy Luck Tree

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will be able to visually organize the characters from the book.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3

Structure:

To begin the activity, show students examples of different kinds of graphic organizers (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/tree/). Explain to students that they might pay particular attention to the tree and the fishbone.

Then, organize students into small groups. Instruct them to create a graphic organizer, of their choosing, that shows the relationship between all eight characters. The graphic organizer should also include an important...