American Literature and College Reading & Writing

American Literature

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan ISBN-13: 978-0143038092 Description: Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money in pursuit of their American Dream.

College Reading & Writing

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

ISBN-13: 9780316017930

Description: The reader will embark on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. The question explored: what makes high-achievers different? Along the way, the reader learns the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.

Assignment: Read the selection for your assigned course. American Literature students must

complete the Major Works Data Sheet. College Reading & Writing will complete the assignment for

Outliers. Both the data sheet and the assignment are posted on the Jupiter Christian School website.