Syllabus

College Composition II

ENG 102

Essex County College

Prof. Sean O’Connell                                                  9:00-1:00

Email:soconnel@essex.edu     

Phone: 973-877-1926                                                   Office: 1137

Office Hours:                                                              Room: 2110                

                                                                                               

Text: To be handed out on first today

CLASS BLOG: eng102winter17.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

12/21 R  Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus, plagiarism and What it means to be American?  Read Brave We Are and Two Kinds

12/22 F T Brave We Are and Two Kinds, The Namesake (Film),

Identity and Learning From the Past

12/26 T “Live For Today”, “Mrs. Turner’s Lawn Jockeys”, W Film: Lion, ASSIGN FIRST ESSAY,   

Characters Going Through Change

12/27 W Nawabdin the Electrician, “The Eve of the Spirit Fest”, Film: Castaway

The Magical Stranger and Appearance

12/28 R “The Temp”, “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, Film: Edward Scissorhands

Tradition, Persecution and “Groupthink”

12/29 F “The Sisterhood of Night” “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”, Film: The Village

Reality and Experience

1/2 T The Allegory of the Cave”The Truman Show, “ ASSIGN SECOND ESSAY

1/3 W Meet in my office for help with Final Paper

1/4 R Meet in my office for help with Final Paper

1/5 F THIRD ESSAY DUE