Sunday, February 27, 2011

Joy Luck Club Post 4: Wordle

Post 4: (7, pages 65-80) After reading one additional chapter: Pick a character you are interested in and spend some time writing about them. Who do they remind you of in your own life? Why? Try and use specific references to events in the book and your own life. What do you think of the decisions they have made up to this point? Do you like this person? What advice would you give them? Who else do they remind you of from other literature you have read or other characters in movies, television shows and other texts from popular media? Share some links to these things on the blog.

OR – Use all the dialogue this character has spoken or any narrative passage describing or related to the character and create a word cloud using wordle (http://www.wordle.net/). Post your cloud to the blog and describe what you think the cloud reveals about the character, the story and the larger ideas, themes and issues it is dealing with.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Joy Luck Club Post 3: Newsworthy connections

Post 3: (Chapters 5-6, pages 40-65) After reading two more chapters respond using these questions: What connections are you seeing between the book and current events? Be specific – include quotes from the book to help you convey your ideas. Find some news articles, video shots on youtube and other video hosting websites and post them to the blog. Explain the connections you see. Ask your group members to comment.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Joy Luck Club Post 2: Music Video

What do you think of the narrative up to this point? What intrigues you? What characters are interesting to you? What are you not sure about yet? What tensions are you noticing? Where do you think the story is headed? What specific quotes, lines or passages do you like? Why? Find a music video online that you feel connects to your writing and include it at the end of your post.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

The Joy Luck Club Post 1: Initial Reactions




Look at the front cover, read the 1st line of the book, think about the title. What do you think this book will be about? Take some guesses and see where they lead you…