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Emily - 4 - Good variety of artifacts
Jamica - 3 Repeated artifact with game
Caydunn - 2 - Artifact isn't linked and just a picture
Grace - 2 - 2 artifacts weren't attached

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An Mei's mom speaks mandarin. An Mei spoke a little mandarin, enough to understand her mom.

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Interesting Mandarin Language Facts

If you're thinking about learning a language it's always good to know a little about the origins and history of the language you are learning. Here, Cactus Language offers up our most interesting Mandarin language facts:

1. The Origins

Mandarin is one the of Chinese language forms which develop from the regional variants of Middle Chinese. Mandarin was originally a dialect of Northern China, before being chosen as the standard form of Chinese in order to help unify China.

2. The Speakers

Mandarin is famous for being the most natively spoken language in the world, with nearly a billion speakers. Mandarin Chinese is primarily spoken in mainland China.

3. The Difference

While Cantonese is the main language in many parts of Southern China including Hong Kong and Macao, and of most Chinatowns across the world, Mandarin is the dominant form of Chinese in China. Mandarin Chinese also has a ever-increasing number of speakers whereas Cantonese is suffering from the central Chinese government efforts to make Mandarin the only national language.

4. The Logograms

Logograms are written characters representing a word or a phrase. It is estimated that there are more than 100,000 Chinese characters. The Chinese don't use all these characters in their everyday lives, and the Chart of Common Characters of Modern Chinese lists 2,500 common characters.

5. The Tones

Mandarin has four tones and an additional neutral tone. Tones are used to differentiate words.

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Mandarin Language Facts : Interesting Facts about Mandarin

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If you're thinking about learning a language it's always good to know a little about the origins and history of the language you are learning. Here, Cactus Language offers up our most interesting Mandarin language facts: Mandarin is one the of Chinese language forms which develop from the regional variants of Middle Chinese.

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Pleading Child and Perfectly Contended by Emily Byrd

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Pleading Child and Perfectly Contended by Emily Byrd

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This is the song June was supposed to play at the talent show. She was meant to impress her mothers friends with her ¨natural¨ talents but instead she messed up and never tried to practice. At the end of the chapter she tries to play
to play again and this how i picture it being played. I think her mother would´ve been proud to hear this.

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Waverly is about to marry another man, but is afraid her mother is going to bring out the bad in him and make her not see him as amazing. Her mother had done this with her first husband, whom was her high school sweetheart. Another  one of the daughters also had gotten a divorce, and is coming up on her second, as she is not happy with her husband and the way he does things.
-Grace BC3

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Info: The disease spreads through the air by respiratory droplets produced from coughing or sneezing.Measles symptoms don't appear until 10 to 14 days after exposure. They include cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes, sore throat, fever, and a red, blotchy skin rash. There's no treatment to get rid of an established measles infection, but over-the-counter fever reducers or vitamin A may help with symptoms.
why it's connected to the story: Lena St. Clair's would be husband Arnold dies of complications from measles. She did not want him to be her future husband and her mother believed that if Lena did not completely finish her food that her would be husband would get sick and die. So she starved herself. Arnold coincidentally died from the measles.
-Caydunn BC3

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This is a picture and website explaining the tradition of celebrating the moon lay on the 15th day of the 18th month. The little girl in this story was very mesmerized with the thought of having one wish. When she realized it was fake she was devastated.

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The Moon Festival, also called the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, is one of the major traditional holidays celebrated by Chinese people. It is always on the 15th day of the 8th month each year according to the Chinese lunar calendar. This year, it falls on Sept. 19.

The festival was first introduced as an official holiday at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty and became widely celebrated in the Song Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, it became of equal importance as the New Year's (Yuan Dan).

Like every other traditional Chinese festival, the Moon Festival's origins come from a story passed on from generation to generation and it is always related to the moon lady Chang'e.

According to a Chinese legend, there was a time when 10 suns hung in the sky, baking the earth dry, and depriving the people of water and life. A hero named Hou Yi climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain and shot down 9 of the 10 suns with his bow and arrows, thus saving the people on Earth.

One day, Hou Yi encountered the Lady Queen Mother and received the elixir of immortality from her. The elixir, when taken, would allow one to become an immortal and live in the heavens. Hou Yi gave the elixir to his wife, Chang'e, for safekeeping.

A neighbor learned of the elixir of immortality and tried to forcefully take it from Chang'e while Hou Yi was away. In a moment of desperation, Chang'e swallowed the potion and immediately became a Goddess and flew into the sky. Because she still cared so much for her husband, she landed on the place closest to Earth, the moon.

When Hou Yi returned and found his wife gone, he was devastated. As he looked up to the sky to call out her name, he saw that the moon that night was especially bright and full and he caught a glimpse of Chang'e.

He immediately brought out Chang'e's favorite cakes to pray for blessings from Heaven. Since then, it became a tradition for people to worship Heaven and celebrate with moon cakes on that day. Thus, the Moon Festival became well-known among the Chinese.

There were once many things that the Chinese did to celebrate the Moon Festival. However, other than that many people purchase and eat moon cakes (round cakes filled with sugar, sesame, and other spices), most traditions are now forgotten.

The first time I really saw what the Moon Festival was all about was through my grandmother when I was a little girl, about 7 or 8, in my hometown in China. My grandmother is a traditional Chinese woman, who wears traditional Chinese buttoned shirts and has bound feet.

On the night of the Moon Festival, my grandmother quietly slipped out of our room to go somewhere. I was curious to see what she was doing, so I tried to tag along. My grandmother quickly waved me away and told me to go play.

Unsatisfied, I still followed her, out of sight, to the backyard of our house. I saw that she had laid out dishes of fruit and moon cakes on a platter, and then she proceeded to light incense and kneel down to pray. I watched her for a moment, and then quickly left.

Later, I would learn that my grandmother was praying to the Heaven and the Earth. The Moon Festival was not only about worshiping the Moon Goddess, but also about showing appreciation for Heaven and Earth. On this day, families gather together and celebrate the holiday in unity.

Fruits and moon cakes must be laid out for the Earth God and the Moon Goddess, and people should also share moon cakes together. Traditionally, the moon cakes are cut into many pieces, one piece for each member of the family. If a family member is not present, a slice must be reserved for them.

This is a memory of Chinese culture to be cherished!
chinareports@epochtimes.com

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The Moon Festival, also called the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, is one of the major traditional holidays celebrated by Chinese people. It is always on the 15th day of the 8th month each year according to the Chinese lunar calendar. This year, it falls on Sept. 19.

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Someone asked An-Mei how old she was and she didn't know what to tell them, she was 7 according to the American Calendar but 8 according to the Chinese Calendar. The Chinese calendar determines if you're having a boy or girl based on your age and month of conception. An-Mei was "two different ages" because of the month and about the time the guy asked.

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Many of the characters live in San Francisco. They lived mostly in the run-down parts, but a few who have found luck have moved to a better neighborhood. Many of the families live in the upstairs apartment of a Chinese restaurant. They all live in Chinatown, and lead different lives.
-Grace BC2

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Waverly Jong became a national chess champion. She was a chess prodigy. She started out just playing against her brothers. She began memorizing every possible move and would play against herself at night. She also began playing against the elderly.
-Caydunn BC2

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Jamica Bryant

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Mahjong Table. They played this game at the Joy Luck Club
meetings.

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mahjong table the joy luck club - Google Search

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This is a very old black and white ink painting of the kweilin mountains in china. this is a visual look at how most of the Chinese saw these mountains.
-Caydunn BC1

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This is a recipe on how to make the dumplings that Auntie An-mei was making while June was watching her. I think this is important because during the Joy Luck club it is a major tradition to stuff yourself full. It is interesting to see and know how to make what An-mei was making.

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Potstickers are one of the most popular types of Chinese dumplings. This recipe includes a dipping sauce and instructions on making the dough.

For the Filling:

8 ounces celery cabbage (Napa cabbage)

3 teaspoon salt (divided)

1 pound lean ground pork

1/4 cup green onions (with tops, finely chopped)

1 tablespoon white wine

1 teaspoon cornstarch

1 teaspoon sesame oil

Dash white pepper

For the Dumpling Dough:

2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup boiling water

For the Pan-Frying:

2 to 4 tablespoons vegetable oil

2 cups water (divided)

For the Dipping Sauce:

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 teaspoon sesame oil

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How to Make Your Own Pork-Filled Chinese Potstickers

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Potstickers are one of the most popular types of Chinese dumplings. This recipe includes a dipping sauce and instructions on making the dough.

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This artifact is present in many stories, and many of the women in the book mention how they only came to America with three silk dresses or how they were married in a red silk dress. The silk dresses really play a very important role in the story. In Ying-Yings story, it explains how as a young girl, she finally got to go to the Moon-Lady ceremony on her family's rented boat. She got a wonderful silk dress that her mother had spent months working on. Later that evening, she got her dress dirty and decided that the best way to cover it up was with a bucket of fish blood that was left on the deck. Her nurse-maid caught her and scolded her harshly. She took off her dress and left her in her undergarments on the deck. -Grace Reed

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This is where you will add your artifacts that support understanding of your book!
Mrs. Coffman