English Composition Ii

ENGLISH COMPOSITION II ENGL102- SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. William J. Au Coin Spring 2016

OFFICE: T 329 Brockton OFFICE HOURS: M,W,F 11:00

PHONE: Ext. 1829

ENGLISH COMP. II WEB SITE: http://www.billaucoin.com/login/EnglishCompTwo2.htm

EMAIL: [email protected]

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

A course designed to strengthen the student's skill as a writer and to focus on analysis and argument. Assignments will include critical examination of literature and the techniques of the research essay. Emphasis is on writing as a part of the process of thinking and writing.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. Students will develop higher-level writing skills. 2. Students will develop the ability to analyze a piece of literature. 3. Students will develop the ability to present a persuasive analysis argument. 4. Students will develop the ability to write a research paper. 5. Students will develop and appreciation of literature and its value for understanding life and the essence of being.

TEACHING PROCEDURE:

Hybrid

TEXTS:

Barnet, Berman, Cain, An Introduction to Literature, 16th ed., Pearson (optional)

Hacker, Rules for Writers, 6th or 7th Edition (required)

PAPERS:

Students will be required to complete: All Student Journal entries, 10 one page Research Reports, 1 analysis essays and 1 research paper. All essays will be a minimum of 600 words and should contain no major errors. All essays and papers must be typed. Details of the research paper will be explained.

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Students must attend every class if behind on their work.

ASSIGNMENTS:

All papers are due one week from assignment date to maintain eligibility for an A or B grade.

Week 1/26/16 Course Introduction Online Access

Week 2/2/16 Analysis of Short Stories: Irony, Message, Meaning "Parable of the Good Samaritan", Luke (Internet) "Parable of the Prodigal Son", Luke, p.37 "Araby", James Joyce, p. 412 Research design, procedure and documentation

Week 2/9/16 Analysis of Short Stories: Symbolism, , Metaphor, and Foreshadowing "Story of an Hour," Kate Chopin, p. 67 "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson, p. 431 "Desiree's Baby," Kate Chopin p.115 Library Research report #1

Week 2/16/16 Analysis of Short Stories: Allegory, "The Stolen Party," Liliana Heker (Internet) "Guests of a Nation," Frank O'Connor, (Internet) "The Three Questions," Leo Tolstoy (Internet) Library Research report #2

Week 2/23/16 "Before the Law," Franz Kafka (Internet) "Young Goodman Brown," Nathaniel Hawthorne, p. 154 "Livvie," Eudora Welty (Internet) Library Research report #3

Week 3/1/16 Introduction to Poetry Poetry Techniques/Figurative Language/Terms "Poetry," Carol Moore (Internet) "Metaphors," Sylvia Plath p.620 "Digging," Seamus Heaney p.629 Library Research report #4

Week 3/8/16 "Snake," D.H Lawrence (Internet) "How Do I Love Thee Percy Bysshe Shelley" p.551 "The World Is Too Much with Us" William Wordsworth p.830 Library Research report #5

Week 3/15/16 Spring Break

Week 3/22/16 Midterm Exam

Week 3/29/16 "The Unknown Citizen," W.H.,Auden p.779 "The Spring and the Edna St.Vincent-Millay " p.583 "Love Is Not All: It Is Not Meat nor Drink" Edna St.Vincent-Millay p.657 Library Research report #6 Week 3/29/16 "To His Coy Mistress" Andrew Marvell p.652 "Barbie Doll," Marge Percy p.614 "Rite of Passage," Sharon Olds p. 816 Library Research report #7

Week 4/5/16 Essay #1 "Eleanor Rigby," John Lennon and Paul McCartney p. 566 "Ethics," Linda Pastan p. 89 "The Road Not Taken," Robert Frost p. 752 Library Research report #8

Week 4/12/16 "The Master," Frederick Morgan (Internet) "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," Walt Whitman p.687 "I Tell Them I'm a Liberal Arts Major," Carol Evans (Internet) Library Research report #9

Week 4/19/16 Research Paper Overview Introduction to Drama Elements of, terms, structure, development Library Research report #10

Week 4/26/16 “Oedipus Rex" Sophocles, p. 910 Research Paper

Week 5/3/16 Final Exam Handout

Week 5/10/16 Final Exam Antigone Play Antigone Movie GRADING:

A grade:

1. Complete All Journal entries on time (due date is one week after assignment) 2. Complete 1 essay 3. Pass Midterm and Final Exam (take home) with B or better grade 4. Complete 10 research reports 5. Complete 1 research paper 6. Journal entries show good quality and effort.

B grade:

1. Complete All Journal entries on time (due date is one week after assignment) 2. Complete 1 essay 3. Pass Midterm and Final Exam (take home) with C or better grade 4. Complete 10 research reports 5. Journal entries show good quality and effort.

B- grade:

1. Complete All Journal entries on time (due date is one week after assignment) 2. Complete 1 essay 3. Pass Midterm and Final Exam (take home) 4. Complete 5 research reports 5. Journal entries show good quality and effort.

C grade:

1. Complete All Journal entries on time (due date is one week after assignment) 2. Complete 1 essay 3. Pass Midterm and Final Exam (take home) 4. Complete 5 research reports

D grade:

1. Complete All Journal entries 2. Complete 1 essay 3. Complete Final Exam (take home)

Classroom Protocol:

To be eligible for an honor grade A or B, students must not fall behind on their work. If you miss the midterm exam, you can have a make-up, but you forfeit your chance for an honor grade. Any form of dishonest work will result in course failure. Poem List 2014

An Introduction to Literature, Barnet, Berman, Burto 16th ed. Poetry Selections English Composition II

1."Poetry," Carol Moore (Internet) 2."Metaphors," Sylvia Plath p.620 3."The Unknown Citizen," W.H.,Auden p.779

4."Snake," D.H Lawrence (Internet) 5."Digging," Seamus Heaney p.629 6."The World Is Too Much with Us" William Wordsworth p.830

7."How Do I Love Thee Percy Bysshe Shelley" p.551 8."The Spring and the Edna St.Vincent-Millay " p.583 9."Love Is Not All: It Is Not Meat nor Drink" Edna St.Vincent-Millay p.657

10."To His Coy Mistress" Andrew Marvell p.652 11."Barbie Doll," Marge Percy p.614 12."Rite of Passage," Sharon Olds p. 816

13."Eleanor Rigby," John Lennon and Paul McCartney p. 566 14."Ethics," Linda Pastan p. 89 15."The Road Not Taken," Robert Frost p. 752

16."The Master," Frederick Morgan (Internet) 17."When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," Walt Whitman p.687 18. "I Tell Them I'm a Liberal Arts Major," Carol Evans (Internet)