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/Thurs9:30-10:00
Room:
By
Appointment
Text: To be handed out on
first today
*In class assignments will be
handwritten; all homework assignments should be typed and double spaced using
12-point Times New Roman font.
5/1
W Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus, plagiarism and What it means
to be American? Read “Brave We Are”
5/2
R Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus, plagiarism and What it means
to be American? Read “Brave We Are”
America
and Assimilation
5/6
“Brave We Are”, Read “Two Kinds”
5/7
T “Two Kinds,”
5/8
W Film: The Namesake
5/9
R Film: The Namesake (Film), Read “Live For Today”
Identity
and Learning From the Past
5/13
M “Live For Today”, Read “Mrs. Turner’s
Lawn Jockeys”
5/14
T ‘Mrs. Turner’s Lawn Jockeys”
5/15
W Film: Lion
5/16
R ASSIGN FIRST ESSAY, Film: Lion,
Read ‘Nawabdin the Electrican”,
Characters
Going Through Change
5/20
M Nawabdin the Electrician, Read “A Perfect Day for Bananfish”
5/21
T “A Perfect Day for Bananfish”
5/22
W Film: Castaway
5/23R
Film: Castaway, FIRST ESSAY DUE, Read “The
Allegory of the Cave”
The
Magical Stranger and Appearance
5/27
M ***NO CLASS***
5/28
T “The Allegory of the Cave”
5/29
W The Truman Show,
5/30 R The
Truman Show
Reality
and Experience
6/3
M “The Temp”, Read “The Handsomest
Drowned Man in the World”
6/4
T “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”
6/5
W Film: The Village
6/6
R Film: The Village, Read “The
Sisterhood of Night” ASSIGN SECOND ESSAY
Last
Week
6/10
M Meet in my office for help with Final Paper
6/11T
Meet in my office for help with Final Paper
6/12
W Meet in my office for help with Final Paper
6/13
R SECOND
ESSAY DUE
