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Book Summary For The Joy Luck Club

vocabulary -- Word List, Word Games and Vocabulary
  • Common Core alignment to "Reading: Literature and Subject-related Content" is to 3 key phrases: "Particular Topic", "Context" and "Reading Literature". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades: Particular Topic: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 4.6. 5.6, 6.6, 7.6, 8.6, 9-10.6, 11-12.6 Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a Reading: Literature: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: RL.2.4, RL.3.4, RL.4.4. RL.5.4, RL.6.4, RL.7.4, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.4, RL.11-12.4 Reading: Informational Text: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: RI.2.4, RI.3.4, RI.4.4. RI.5.4, RI.6.4, RI.7.4, RI.8.4, RI.9-10.4, RI.11-12.4
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A vocabulary word list for The Joy Luck Club is arranged in order of appearance by section:

  • Feathers From A Thousand Li Away:
    immigration, cerebral, mah jong, prolong, porridge, gruel, sulk, compress, unanimous, chenille, banquet, smudge, concubine, peer, betroth, embroidery, lunar, doom, restless, scorpion, presumptuous, pavilion, squaw, apparition, consent
  • The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates:
    invisible, ailing, replica, diminish, etiquette, concession, scurry, immediacy, jaunty, ruffle, celestial, cascade, arpeggio, petticoat, quiver, gawker, fiasco, Alakazam
  • American Translation:
    leprosy, swoon, contaminate, manipulative, benevolent, shudder, doily, dimension, despicable, ironic, sophisticated
  • Queen Mother Of The Western Skies:
    impertinent, mansion, teak, rickshaw, kowtow, shun, ravel, wonderment, loath, despair, reckless, longevity, theology, insidious, syndrome, trinket, reverentially, jut, orgy, essence, pious

    Thank you, Jan Cook, a former teacher at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, California, for being the teacher contributor at www.myVocabulary.com for a vocabulary word list for The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.