Syllabus

College Composition II

ENG 102

Essex County College

Prof. Sean O’Connell                                                  M/T/W/R

Email:soconnel@essex.edu     

Phone: 973-877-1926                                                   Office: 1137

Office Hours: Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs9:30-10:10                   Room:                  

                        By Appointment                                                                     

Text: To be handed out on first today

CLASS BLOG: eng102summer2018.blogspot.com

*In class assignments will be handwritten; all homework assignments should be typed and double spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font.

America and Assimilation

7/9M Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus, plagiarism and What it means to be American?  Read Two Kinds and Brave We Are

7/10T The Namesake (Film), Two Kinds and Brave We Are

7/11 W The Namesake (Film), Read “Live For Today” and “Mrs. Turner’s Lawn Jockeys”

Identity and Learning from the Past

7/17  M “Live For Today” and “Mrs. Turner’s Lawn Jockeys”

7/16  T  Film: Lion

7/17 W Film: Lion ASSIGN FIRST PAPER, Read The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” and “The Temp”Read “The Temp”

The Magical Stranger and Culture

7/24 The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” and “The Temp”

7/25 Film: Edward Scissorhands

7/26 Film: Edward Scissorhands, PAPER DUE

Read “The Sisterhood of the Night” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”

Groupthink, Fear and Persecution

7/30 M “The Sisterhood of the Night” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”

7/31 T  Film: The Village, ASSIGN SECOND PAPER

8/1W Film: The Village

Final Week

8/6 M Meet in my office for help with Final Paper

8/7 Meet in my office for help with Final Paper

8/9 FINAL PAPER DUE (NO CLASS AFTER THIS!!!)