Syllabus 215

ENG 215

Essex County College

 

Prof. Sean O’Connell                                                  Mon/Wed 2:25-3:45

Email:soconnel@essex.edu     

Phone: 973-877-1926                                                   Office: 1141

Office Hours: Mon, Wed1:00-2:25                            Room: 2132               

                       

Texts: 

• The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Death of A Salesman Arthur Miller
• Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston
• A Lesson Before Dying Ernest Gaines

 

I will use the class blog weekly to post assignments, links and back up information. Visit it a few times a week!!!

eng215spring2016.blogspot.com

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

In the classroom we will use group work to discuss the stories you read on your own time. Do not use your phones while in the classroom (unless we are looking something up). As long as you read the stories and contribute to your group—everything should work out fine. Your group will tell on you if you sit there and do not help.

If you are excessively absent or late it will hurt your grade—do it enough and you will fail.

Papers are due when they are due—look at the due dates on the syllabus now and circle them. I will provide a handout with questions for each paper. If you hand a paper in when it is due—you can revise it. If you do not, it is late, cannot be revised and whatever you get on that paper is final.

 

Plagiarism:

Do not do it. Any papers that contain plagiarism will receive an F. The second offense will result in course failure. I will discuss in further detail as the class progresses.

 

January

Eng 215

20 Introduction, discuss syllabus, Handout “Babylon Revisited”

25 “Babylon Revisited” (Handout)

28 The Great Gatsby 1-3

February

1 The Great Gatsby 3-6

3 The Great Gatsby 6-9

8 FILM: The Aviator, ASSIGN PAPER#1

10 FILM: The Aviator

15  NO CLASS

17 Death of A Salesman, PAPER #1 DUE (NO LATE PAPERS)

22 Death of A Salesman

24 Death of A Salesman

29 NO CLASS

March

2 NO CLASS

7 FILM: The Pursuit of Happyness, ASSIGN SHORT PAPER #2

9 FILM: The Pursuit of Happyness

14 Their Eyes Were Watching God (1-7), SHORT PAPER DUE (NO LATE PAPERS)

16 HUMANITIES CONFERENCE—MEET IN SMITH HALL

21 Their Eyes Were Watching God (8-14)

23 Their Eyes Were Watching God (Finish novel)

28 A Lesson Before Dying (1-10)

30 A Lesson Before Dying (11-16)A

April

4 A Lesson Before Dying (16-22), ASSIGN FINAL PAPER

6 NO CLASS---PTK CONVENTION

11 Lesson Before Dying (Finish novel)

13 ASSIGN FINAL PAPER

18 BRING DRAFTS TO MY OFFICE 1141

20 FINAL PAPER DUE

 

Paper #1—must use 2 outside sources, works cited page and be 3-4 pages.

Paper #2—Short Paper. No outside sources. 2 pages.

Paper #3-- must use 2 outside sources, works cited page and be 3-4 pages.