English 1102 – Composition II
Dr. Rhonda L. Kelley
212 Davis Hall; 912-260-4303; rhonda.kelley@sgc.edu
Home: 912-331-1386; hamletlovesophelia@gmail.com
Required Texts
Course Description
Expected Learning
Outcomes
Grades
Participation and
Attendance
Essays
Exams
Reading Quizzes
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (11th edition)
Online texts, movies, and music
Through various theoretical approaches to literature, we will explore common
themes such as sex and gender issues, social hierarchies, and religion.
Composition II’s focus is on learning to talk about and write about literature.
Hopefully, you will leave this class with an increased ability to read and to think
critically. I ask of you only that you come to class having read the day’s
assignment and with an open mind and the intention to respect everyone’s right
to be heard. Please check political correctness as well as your personal feelings
about politics, homosexuality, and religion at the door. Finally, literature is
supposed to be FUN; so smile and laugh at frequent intervals.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the processes underlying the
development of informed opinions and values, will demonstrate the ability to
communicate at a college level in both written and oral form, will demonstrate a
basic knowledge of literature, the arts, and other cultures, and will demonstrate
the ability to use appropriate technology to produce presentations and reports
and/or to conduct research and data analysis.
Exams
45% (2)
Essays
45% (3)
Quizzes, participation, etc.
10%
 You are permitted 4 absences for the entire semester. For each absence
beyond the 4 allowed your final grade will be decreased by 1%.
 Please note that if you are here, but engaged in something other than
class discussion, you obviously are not participating and will be counted
absent.
 You should also know that much of what appears on tests stems from
class discussion and lectures. Everything I say is fair game for a test.
Therefore, if you miss class, I advise you to get notes from someone who
was there.
 All essays and first drafts are to be typed or word processed and doublespaced. Absolutely no emailed essays or essays on computer disc will
be accepted. I expect each essay to be better than the one before and will
grade accordingly.
 I encourage rewrites. A rewrite may be handed in at any time before the
last day of the semester. The new grade will replace the old grade.
Previous drafts must accompany all rewrites. See the Plagiarism
Policy for exceptions to this rule.
 Exams are not cumulative.
 The format for exams will vary, but may include short answer, multiple
choice, explications, vocabulary, and quote identifications. You should
know the title, author, and dates of everything we read and the title and
director of every movie we watch.
Quizzes are always given at the beginning of class (DON’T BE LATE) and are
never announced ahead of time. Quizzes cannot be “made up.”
Course Web Page
Student E-mail
Caveats
Plagiarism
Special Needs
Our course web page can be found at http://faculty.sgc.edu/rkelley/ and can also
be accessed through SGC’s main web page (www.sgc.edu) by clicking on “Faculty
Web Pages.”
Every SGC student has a student e-mail account. You MUST check your student email account on a regular basis because I will post updates and schedule changes
via e-mail and on our course web page. You can get more information about your
student e-mail account and instructions for accessing the account via the SGC
main web page. Go to www.sgc.edu and click on “Student E-mail” or go directly
to http://www.sgc.edu/current_returning/tigers_live_mail.html for instructions
and FAQ’s regarding your Tiger Mail accounts.
 Assignments may be made up only at the discretion of the instructor.
 The reading and exam schedule is subject to change.
 Occasionally, the subject of sex and/or sexuality may come up during our
discussions, and we may discuss portions of the Bible as literature (not
absolute truth); if you cannot participate in (or at least listen to) such
discussions, this is not the class for you.
 I respect and listen to all points of view, but I will not tolerate
intolerance, disrespect, or close-mindedness in my classroom. BE NICE.
Please see the Plagiarism Policy posted on my website. Students guilty of
plagiarism will receive a 0 for the assignment and may receive an F for the
semester.
Students requiring classroom accommodations or modifications because of a
documented disability should discuss this need with the instructor at the
beginning of the semester. Students who have not presented validation for
learning disabilities from the Regents’ Center for Learning Disabilities
(University System of Georgia) should complete proper paperwork with the
Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs. The telephone number is (912)
389-4231. Students who have not presented validation for physical disabilities
should register with the Office of the Vice-President of Student Affairs. The
telephone number is (912) 389-4244.
Reading Schedule
This schedule is subject to change. You should have all of each day’s readings read before the start
of class. It is your responsibility to know what the day’s reading assignment is. Please, do not email
me asking me what to read – assume that you should read what the syllabus says you should read.
Week of …
Jan 4
Jan 11
Jan 18
Jan 25
Title
Wed. Jan. 6 - First Day of Classes
Intro. To Course
Blake: The Chimney Sweeper, London
Blake: The Tyger, The Sick Rose
Robert Graves: Down, Wanton, Down!
Hardy: The Ruined Maid
Mon. Jan 18– MLK Holiday, no classes
Browning: My Last Duchess
Behn: When maidens are young
Herrick: To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Week of …
Feb 1
Feb 8
Feb 15
Feb 22
March 1
March 8
March 15
March 22
March 29
April 5
April 12
April 19
April 26
May 3
Title
Carpe Diem Poems
Carpe Diem Music – in class
McCartney and Lennon: Eleanor Rigby
Shakespeare: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day, Not marble nor the gilded
monuments, My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun, Let me not to the marriage of true
minds
Eliot: Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Plath: Metaphors
Essay 1 due
Review & Midterm exam
Movie
Tue. March 2– Mid-semester: (Must drop by this date to avoid academic penalties)
Bloch: Tired Sex
Millay: What lips my lips have kissed
Tennyson: Tears, Idle Tears; Break, Break, Break; Ulysses
Thomas: Do not go gentle into that good night
Yeats: Leda and the Swan
Keats: Bright Star! would I were as steadfast as thou art
Shelley: Ozymandias
Coleridge: Kubla Khan
Essay 2 Due
Spring Break – Have Fun and Be Safe!!!
LeGuin: The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas
Gilman: Yellow Wallpaper
Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart
Chopin: The Storm, The Story of an Hour
Joyce: Araby
Shakespeare:TBA
Shakespeare:TBA
Essay 3 Due
Wed. April 28– Last day of Classes
Due: All rewrites and revisions
Thur. April 29– Final Exams Begin
Final Exams