Description
Engage your students with the short story “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan using this ready-to-use short story analysis packet designed to build comprehension, critical thinking, and personal connection.
Students strengthen vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and literary analysis skills as they examine theme, symbolism, and conflict throughout the story. The lesson also encourages meaningful text-to-self connections through reflection and creative response, helping students connect Jing-mei’s experiences with their own struggles around identity, expectations, and growth.
This resource includes a before-reading activity to activate thinking, a vocabulary chart with PowerPoint slides, reading check and literary analysis questions, and an after-reading assignment that promotes reflection and deeper understanding. You’ll also receive a suggested lesson procedure, complete answer keys, and editable student activities, making the lesson flexible and easy to adapt for your classroom.
This lesson works especially well in units on identity, family expectations, coming-of-age stories, and short story analysis, and is an excellent choice for middle school or high school ELA.