Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Tuesday/Wednesday, 05/17-18/11

World Literature
1. Read chapter 1, "The Joy Luck Club," from The Joy Luck Club. Complete the take-home quiz questions (see below). I could not locate the text online - you will have to buy it or get it from the library.
2. Continue getting sources for your research paper. Create source cards for each source.

ch 1 quiz questions:
1. Where was the first Joy Luck Club started?
2. Name one thing Suyuan Woo (Jing-Mei Woo’s mother) had to drop in her escape from the Japanese army.
3. What way does the Joy Luck Club actually make money (through “luck”)?
4. Name two opinions that Suyuan has about An-mei.
5. What happened to An-mei when she went back to visit China?
5. At which corner of the table did Suyuan Woo sit (Jing-Mei sits there now)?
6. Why do the Joy Luck mothers look worried when they Jing-Mei claims she didn’t know her own mother very well?

Composition
1. Finish JOTF #9 (63 - 75), ch.4 "Painted Faces and Long Hair"
2. Continue working on the body paragraphs of your research paper. Type them into the google docs or write them down from your note cards and then transfer them over.

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