Old English (Fall 2025) Schedule
This schedule is a work in progress and will be updated over the next few weeks. Most Assignments are due on Sunday at 23:59.
| Week | Date | Topic | Classwork | Background Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon. 8/9 | Welcome and Syllabus | Syllabus and assessment | |
| Wed. 10/9 | Linguistic and Historical Background | 1.A and B Practice Sentences | Historic and Linguistic Background | |
| Fri. 12/9 | Spelling and Sound | 1.B Practice Sentences | Spelling, Sound | |
| Sun. 14/9 | ||||
| 2 | Mon 15/9 | POS Modern English | 1.B and C Practice Sentences | Inflections |
| Wed. 17/9 | 1 C Practice Sentences | |||
| Fri. 19/9 | How to Translate and use the Glossary | 1 C Practice Sentences | Translation Techniques | |
| Sun 21/9 | Blogs begin this week | |||
| 3 | Mon. 22/9 | Morphology and Inflections | 3. Ælfric’s Colloquy. Line 1-11 | Parts of Speech, Grammar Functions |
| Wed. 24/9 | 3. Ælfric’s Colloquy. 12-21 | |||
| Fri. 26/9 | 3. Ælfric’s Colloquy. 22-45 | |||
| Sun. 28/9 | What I did not know about Early Medieval England | |||
| 4 | Mon. 29/9 | Old English Pronouns and determiners | 3. Ælfric’s Colloquy. Line 46-59 | Pronouns and Cases |
| Wed. 01/10 | 3. Ælfric’s Colloquy. 59-70 | |||
| Fri. 03/10 | The Peterborough Chronicle | |||
| Sun. 05/10 | Pronunciation | |||
| 5 | Mon. 06/10 | Nouns and the Noun Phrase | The Peterborough Chronicle | Nouns and the Noun Phrase |
| Wed. 08/10 | The Peterborough Chronicle | |||
| Fri. 10/10 | 5. Gregory’s Pastoral Care. 1-26 | |||
| Sun. 12/10 | Grammatical Terminology Test | |||
| 6 | Mon. 13/10 | Regular Verbs and the Verb Phrase | 5. Gregory’s Pastoral Care. 27-54 | Verbs and the Verb Phrase |
| Wed. 15/10 | 5. Gregory’s Pastoral Care. 55-80 | |||
| Fri. 17/10 | 4. Ælfric’s Life of Edward, 126 (beginning)-166 | |||
| Sun. 19/10 | ||||
| 7 | Mon. 20/10 | Irregular Verbs | 4. Ælfric’s Life of Edward, 167-210 | Irregular Verbs |
| Wed. 22/10 | 4. Ælfric’s Life of Edward, 211-250 | |||
| Fri. 24/10 | - | 4. Ælfric’s Life of Edward, 251-290 | ||
| Sun. 26/10 | Unessay due | |||
| 8 | Mon. 27/10 | Poetry Essentials | 4. Ælfric’s Life of Edward, 292-331 (end) | Poetry Essentials |
| Wed. 29/10 | Catchup day! | |||
| Fri. 31/10 | 9. Bede’s Account of the Poet Cædmon, 1-35 | |||
| Sun. 02/11 | Pronunciation | |||
| 9 | Mon. 03/11 | Metre | 9. Bede’s Account of the Poet Cædmon, 35-44 (Cædmon’s Hymn) | Meter |
| Wed. 05/11 | 9. Bede’s Account of the Poet Cædmon, 35-44 (Cædmon’s Hymn) | |||
| Fri. 07/11 | 9. Bede’s Account of the Poet Cædmon, 45-72 | |||
| Sun. 09/11 | Essential Cases & Verb Forms Test | |||
| Reading Week 13-17 Nov (no classes) | ||||
| 10 | Mon. 17/11 | Adjectives and Adverbs | 9. Bede’s Account of the Poet Cædmon, 73-99 | Adjectives and Adverbs |
| Wed. 19/11 | 9. Bede’s Account of the Poet Cædmon, 99-126 (end) | |||
| Fri. 21/11 | 14. The Dream of the Rood, 1-20 | |||
| Sun. 23/11 | ||||
| 11 | Mon. 24/11 | Word Order and Clauses | 14. The Dream of the Rood, 40-60 | Word Order and Clauses |
| Wed. 26/11 | 14. The Dream of the Rood, 60b-80a | |||
| Fri. 28/12 | 14. The Dream of the Rood, 101b-121 | |||
| Sun. 30/11 | ||||
| 12 | Mon. 01/12 | 14. The Dream of the Rood, 122-156 (end) | ||
| Wed. 03/12 | 11. Riddles, A, B, and C | |||
| Fri. 05/12 | Catchup and review | |||
| Sun. 07/12 | Nouns & Verbs Test AND Research Essay | |||
| 13 | Mon. 08/12 | Poster session | ||
| Final Exam Period |