Quincy College
Course Syllabus
Fall 2009
Quincy College
Course Syllabus
Spring 2010
English Composition II (ENG 102)
Instructor: Greg Cunningham
Any messages may be left for me in the message center (617-984-1750) or in my mail box in White Hall, first floor. You may also e-mail me at gregcjr@hotmail.com. If you e-mail, be sure to put Quincy College in the subject line.
Course Description: Introduces the student to themes and techniques in the basic genres of literature: the short story, drama, and poetry. Expository papers will be written in response to ideas embodied in literature.
Required Text: The text is required and available from the College Bookstore:
An Introduction to Literature (Fifteenth Edition) by Sylvan Barnet, William Burto and William E. Cain. Pearson Longman publishing.
Recommended Text: Quick Access, by Lynn Quitman Troyka. Pearson/Prentice Hall Publishers, New Jersey (Text from ENG 101. Any writing handbook will be helpful.)
The College Bookstore
1357 Hancock Street, Quincy Square. Phone: (617) 984-4635.
Attendance
Except under extreme circumstances (death in family, hospitalization, etc.), there are no excused absences. Attendance will be taken each class. If you will not be able to attend class, please send word with a classmate or leave a message at the message center. Class work cannot be made up. Missed class work, tests and presentations will be given a grade of F or 0. It is your responsibility to find out what was covered in any class you missed.
Grading Policy
35% In- class writing assignments.
40% Papers (20 % each. Topics to be announced).
25% Final
Student Accountability Statement
Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. They are punishable offenses and will result in the assignment being given a grade of F/0. The second offense will result in a course grade of F/0. Quincy College defines cheating as “using sources other than those permitted.” Plagiarism is defined as “stealing and using the ideas or writings of another as one’s own.”
Syllabus:
This schedule shows what we plan to discuss each time we meet; please compete all readings and assignments before class meeting. Most weeks will feature either a take home or an in-class writing assignment and will sometimes consist of handouts given during class.
Week of Topics
1/25/10 Introduction to literature based writing. The Lady or the Tiger (Handout)
2/1/10 “Reading and Responding to Literature” (pg 3); “The Story of an Hour” by
Kate Chopin (pg 50)
2/8/10 “A & P” by John Updike (pg 126)
2/22/10 “Happy Endings” by Margaret Atwood (pg 116); “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte
Perkins Gilman (pg 391).
3/1/10 “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (pg 152); “The Lottery”
by Shirley Jackson (pg 193)
3/8/10 “To Build a Fire” by Jack London (pg 423); “The Tell-Tale Heart”
by Edgar Allan Poe (pg 511).
3/15/10 “Approaching Poetry: Responding in Writing” (pg 587); “Harlem” by
Langston Hughes (pg 587); “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily
Dickenson (pg 609);
3/22/10 “Spring” (pg 618) and “Winter” (pg 619) by William Shakespeare; “Anthem for a Doomed
Youth” by Wilfred Owen (pg 628); “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks (pg 641); “The
Terrorist, He Watches” by Wislawa Szmborska (pg 644);
3/29/10 “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick (pg 654); “Dulce et Decorum
Est” by Wilfred Owen (pg 656). (Original Poem Due)
4/5/10 “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns (pg 669); “The Red Wheelbarrow” by
William Carlos Williams (pg 677); “Baseball” by Linda Pastan (pg 680);
Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare; “The Sick Rose” by William Blake (pg 684);
4/12/10 Poetry Presentations
4/26/10 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare (pg 1223).
5/3/10 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare (Continued)
5/10/10 “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansbury (in class viewing)
5/17/10 Continuation of “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansbury (discussion)
English Composition I (ENG 101)
Instructor: Greg Cunningham
Course Description: Emphasizes developing the student’s ability to articulate his/her thoughts in writing a coherent, unified, and well structured composition. The required research paper is a major component of the course.
Required Texts: The texts are required and are available from the College Bookstore:
Quick Access, by Lynn Quitman Troyka. Pearson/Prentice Hall Publishers, New Jersey .
The Riverside Reader 9th Edition. Compiled by Joseph Trimmer and Maxine Hairston. Houghton Mifflon Company, Boston
The College Bookstore
1357 Hancock Street, Quincy Square. Phone: (617) 984-4635.
Attendance
Except under extreme circumstances (death in family, hospitalization, etc.), there are no excused absences. Attendance will be taken each class. If you will not be able to attend class, please send word with a classmate or leave a message at the message center. Class work cannot be made up. Missed class work, tests and presentations will be given a grade of F or 0. It is your responsibility to find out what was covered in any class you missed.
Grading Policy
45% In- class writing assignments.
10% Class participation/attendance
45% Final Research paper
Student Accountability Statement
Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. They are punishable offenses and will result in the assignment being given a grade of F/0. The second offense will result in a course grade of F/0. Quincy College defines cheating as “using sources other than those permitted.” Plagiarism is defined as “stealing and using the ideas or writings of another as one’s own.”
Syllabus:
This schedule shows what we plan to discuss each time we meet; please compete all readings and assignments before class meeting. Additional handouts will be utilized during most classes.
Week of Assigned reading
9/1 Class introductions. Introduction to the writing process.
9/8 The Riverside Reader, Memories of a Dead Man Walkingy, page 58 and Shooting an Elephant,
pg 66.
Quick Access Handbook Thinking Critically Pgs 1-11 and Writing Process
9/14 College Essay Writing
9/21 The Riverside Reader, Truth or Consequences Pg 75 and Third World Driving Hints and Tips
pg 109
Quick Access Handbook Writing Process, pgs 13-64
9/28 The Riverside Reader, Campus Racism 101, pg 115, Arranging a Marriage in India, pg 136
Quick Access Handbook, Sentences, pages 65-91.
10/5 The Riverside Reader, Cowboys vs Mounties, pg 172, and Imaginary Lines pg 180
Optional Reading: Quick Access Handbook Words, pgs 93-126
10/12 The Riverside Reader, A Tale of Two Divorces, pg 188 and Four Kinds of Chance pg 237,
Optional Reading: Quick Access Handbook Grammar Basics pages 311-358
10/19 The Riverside Reader, The Truth about Lying pg 244, The Dramaturgy of Death, pg 274.
Quick Access Handbook, Research, pages 127-177
10/26 The Riverside Reader, The Hoax pg 324, Pain pg 329, and Attention! Multitaskers pg 335
11/2 The Riverside Reader, The Tiger is God pg 353, Peak Performance: Why Records Fall pg
388. Tentative: Library Presentation
11/9 The Riverside Reader, Why McDonald’s Fries Taste So Good pg 422. and The Star pg 437
11/16 The Riverside Reader, I Have a Dream, pg 458, A Chinaman’s Chance: Reflections on the
American Dream, pg 465,
11/23 Prentice Hall Reader, How to Read an Essay, pages 1-12 and How to Write an Essay,
pgs 13-31.
11/30 Prentice Hall Reader, Night by Bret Lott, pg 73. ~and The Name is Mine
by Anna Quindlen, pgs 79-81
12/7 Prentice Hall Reader, Narration, pages 110-118, Salvation, by Langston Hughes
and Sister Monroe by Maya Angelou
Quick Access Handbook, Research, pages 127-177
12/14 Prentice Hall Reader, Division and Classification, pgs 211-222, and ~A Pen by the Phone by
Debra Anne Davis, pgs 177-179.~Quick Access Handbook, ~MLA Documentation pgs 180-233
12/21 Prentice Hall Reader, What’s in your toothpaste, by David Bodanis, pages 227-229~
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