The Joy Luck Club Reading Guide 2023/24
The PDF of the novel is divided into sections by color and labels because this is the only free PDF available, and it
is not easily edited. This guide will also include supplementary texts that will be in Google Classroom. Please make
sure you have these texts read by the dates listed. DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, SO CHECK THIS
DOCUMENT DAILY!
Date
Reading
Dec 1
JLC Part 1, Chapter 1: Feathers from a Thousand Li Away “The Joy Luck Club”
Dec 6*
“Coming-of-Age Traditions from Around the World” and JLC Part 1, Chapters 2-4:
Feathers from a Thousand Li Away “Scar”, “The Red Candle”, and “The Moon Lady”
Dec 12*
“A Quilt of a Country” and JLC Part 2, Chapters 1-3: The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates
“The Rules of the Game, “The Voice from the Wall”, “Half and Half”
Dec 18
JLC Part 2, Chapter 4: The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates “Two Kinds”
January 11*
JLC Part 3, Chapters 1-3: American Translation “Rice Husband”, “Four Directions”,
“Without Wood”
January 17*
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and JLC Part 3, Chapter 4: American Translation
“Best Quality”
January 24
JLC Part 4, Chapters 1-3: Mother of the Western Skies “Magpies”, Waiting Between the
Trees”, “Double Face”
January 26*
“The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir” and JLC Part 4, Chapter 4: Mother of the
Western Skies “A Pair of Tickets”
January 30-February 6
Writing workshop: Origin story, research, personal narrative, synthesis.
*comparative texts/writing assignments