Amy Tan in the Classroom by Renee H Shea

Amy Tan in the Classroom by Renee H Shea

Offers high school teachers an activity-based approach to teaching the works of Amy Tan, especially The Joy Luck Club and The Opposite of Fate.

Since the publication of The Joy Luck Club in 1989, Amy Tan has become one of the most widely taught contemporary authors in high schools. Her fiction and nonfiction, with their timeless themes of family, culture, survival, and history, have made Tan a favorite of high school English teachers across the country. In Amy Tan in the Classroom, you'll discover new ways to share the work of this important author with your students. Immensely practical, the book uses an activity-based approach to teaching both the print and film versions of The Joy Luck Club, as well as the nonfiction The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings. This volume features numerous resources and strategies for helping your students engage with Tan's writing. Highlights include biographical information, critical analysis of Tan's work, teacher-tested activities, writing assignments, and discussion questions, as well as an extensive unit on teaching and analyzing the film version of The Joy Luck Club. Amy Tan in the Classroom: "The art of invisible strength" is a useful resource that will enliven your literature classroom with exciting and enriching student-centered activities.

A unique team of authors who are AP English Language specialists. Renee H. Shea is a university professor who has directed freshman English programs; Lawrence Scanlon and Robin Dissin Aufses are English department chairs at high schools where they also teach AP English. Both Renee Shea and Lawrence Scanlon have been involved with the AP program for many years as faculty consultants and workshop leaders for both the Language and Literature courses.

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ISBN 13	9780814101483
ISBN 10	0814101488
Title	Amy Tan in the Classroom
Author	Renee Shea
Series	The Ncte High School Literature Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	National Council of Teachers of English
Year published	2005-08-30
Number of pages	128
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.