This calendar is dynamic: it will be updated during the course of the term if necessary. If you have any question about what is due for a specific day, check here: even if I make a mistake and say differently in class, this calendar is always right.
Texts are noted by the author's name; "Crystal," therefore, refers to The Cambridge Encyclopedia. When you read Crystal, read the main text, and whatever colored boxes you think are interesting.
Jan. 15
Tools: Language Changes?
To Read: Millward, chs. 1-2; Crystal, chs. 9 & 17
To Write: Lord's Prayer questions (on an in-class handout); in class today and Thursday we will do 1.6, 1.9, 2.3, and 2.4
To Read: Millward, chs. 1-2; Crystal, chs. 9 & 17
To Write: Lord's Prayer questions (on an in-class handout); in class today and Thursday we will do 1.6, 1.9, 2.3, and 2.4
Jan. 17
Tools, cont'd.: Language change, cont'd; Intro. to the OED
To Read: Millward, 305-08; Crystal, 366-67. Note the link to the OED on-line at your Bailey Library.
To Write: Lord's Prayer questions due; Introduction to Project 1
To Read: Millward, 305-08; Crystal, 366-67. Note the link to the OED on-line at your Bailey Library.
To Write: Lord's Prayer questions due; Introduction to Project 1
Jan. 22
IE and Language Origins, day 1: Language Families
To Read: Ong, chs. 1 & 2; Millward, ch. 4; and check out this website.
To Write: hand in the 4 Workbook exercises done in class last week
To Read: Ong, chs. 1 & 2; Millward, ch. 4; and check out this website.
To Write: hand in the 4 Workbook exercises done in class last week
Jan. 24
IE and Language Origins, day 2: Grimm's Law, our first sound change
To Read: Millward, 63-65
To Write: in class we will do 4.5, 4.6
To Read: Millward, 63-65
To Write: in class we will do 4.5, 4.6
Jan. 29
OE, day 1: Orality and Epic
To Read: Millward, ch. 5; Crystal, ch. 3; OE poetry and riddles and selections from Beowulf (both on reserve)
To Write: hand in class work from last week; introduction to Project 3; Project 1 due.
To Read: Millward, ch. 5; Crystal, ch. 3; OE poetry and riddles and selections from Beowulf (both on reserve)
To Write: hand in class work from last week; introduction to Project 3; Project 1 due.
Jan. 31
OE, day 2: Orality
To Read: Ong, ch. 3; Lerer, ch. 2
To Write: Grading choices are due by today: Will you take a Final Exam, or write a Final Paper? Will you Present, or write Project 4? Fill out and sign
this form and bring it to class.
To Read: Ong, ch. 3; Lerer, ch. 2
To Write: Grading choices are due by today: Will you take a Final Exam, or write a Final Paper? Will you Present, or write Project 4? Fill out and sign
this form and bring it to class.Feb. 5
No class
Derrick was sick today
Derrick was sick today
Feb. 7
OE, day 3: i-Mutation, our second sound changeTo Read: Millward, 85-88; Crystal, p. 19 (blue box)
To Write: in class we will do 5.23; in class we will begin 5.8 and 5.15 (which are on OE Project 2--to be turned in ONLY if you are working on the OE project)
Feb. 12
OE, day 4: King Alfred and TextualityTo Read: Crystal, ch. 3; Millward, 81-82; Alfred's "Preface" to the Pastoral Care, both the prose and metrical versions (on reserve)
To Write: Turn in exercise 5.23 from last class.
Feb. 14
ME, day 1: Early Middle English
To Read: Ong, ch. 4; Millward, chs. 3 & 6; Lerer, ch. 3; Crystal, ch. 4
To Write:
To Read: Ong, ch. 4; Millward, chs. 3 & 6; Lerer, ch. 3; Crystal, ch. 4
To Write:
Feb. 19
No class
Professional Development Day
Professional Development Day
Feb. 21
ME, day 2: Middle English dialects
To Read: Lerer, ch. 6; Crystal, pp. 50-55; also look at 312-27, on modern dialect distinctions, and this website.
To Write: in class we will begin 6.9 and 6.11 (which are part of ME Project 2--to be turned in ONLY if you are working on the ME project)
To Read: Lerer, ch. 6; Crystal, pp. 50-55; also look at 312-27, on modern dialect distinctions, and this website.
To Write: in class we will begin 6.9 and 6.11 (which are part of ME Project 2--to be turned in ONLY if you are working on the ME project)
Feb. 26
ME, day 3: Chaucer
To Read: Crystal, 38-39; Lerer, ch. 5
To Write:
To Read: Crystal, 38-39; Lerer, ch. 5
To Write:
Feb. 28
ME, day 4: Textuality and Middle English
To Read: Ong, ch. 4
To Write:
Presentation:
To Read: Ong, ch. 4
To Write:
Presentation:
Mar. 4
Ren, day 1: The Effects of Print
To Read: Ong, ch. 5; Millward, pp. 34-36 and ch. 7; Crystal, ch. 5
To Write:Project 2 due; introduction to Project 3
To Read: Ong, ch. 5; Millward, pp. 34-36 and ch. 7; Crystal, ch. 5
To Write:
Project 2 due; introduction to Project 3 Mar.
6-16
6-16
No Class
Spring Break
Spring Break
Mar. 18
Ren, day 2: the GVS, our third sound change
To Read: Millward, pp. 254-59; Crystal, p. 55 (box); Lerer, ch. 7; and check out this website.
To Write: In class we will work on Exercises 7.4, 7.5, 7.23
To Read: Millward, pp. 254-59; Crystal, p. 55 (box); Lerer, ch. 7; and check out this website.
To Write: In class we will work on Exercises 7.4, 7.5, 7.23
Mar. 20
Ren, day 3: Shakespeare and the King James Version of the Bible
To Read: Crystal, 62-3, 153 (box); Lerer, ch. 9; Crystal, ch. 5
To Write:
To Read: Crystal, 62-3, 153 (box); Lerer, ch. 9; Crystal, ch. 5
To Write:
Mar. 25
Class cancelled To Read:
To Write:
Mar. 27
Ren, day 4: Vocabulary and English
To Read:
To Write:
Presentation: Yot and Fishburne on the French and Latin influence on English
Presentation: Trombetta and Canciello on the influence of other languages on English
To Read:
To Write:
Presentation: Yot and Fishburne on the French and Latin influence on English
Presentation: Trombetta and Canciello on the influence of other languages on English
Apr. 1
18th-19th, day 2: Johnson and Dictionaries
To Read: Crystal, chs. 5 & 9; Millward, 227-250; Lerer, ch. 12
To Write:Project 3 due
Presentation:
To Read: Crystal, chs. 5 & 9; Millward, 227-250; Lerer, ch. 12
To Write:
Project 3 duePresentation:
Apr. 3
18th-19th, day 3: Prose and the Novel (unless someone asks to present on another issue today)
To Read: Crystal, chs. 5, 6
To Write:
Presentation:
NB: April 2nd is the last day you can withdraw to receive a "W."
To Read: Crystal, chs. 5, 6
To Write:
Presentation:
NB: April 2nd is the last day you can withdraw to receive a "W."
Apr. 8
18th-19th, day 4: Empire: My Fair Lady and social class
To Read: Millward, chs. 8 & 9; Crystal, chs. 7 & 20
To Write:
To Read: Millward, chs. 8 & 9; Crystal, chs. 7 & 20
To Write:
Apr. 10
class cancelled due to illness To Read:
To Write:
Apr. 15
Modern Issues: Empire and Colonialism
To Read: articles on post-colonial language conflict by Ngugi, Kachru, and Rao (on reserve as "Selections from the Post Colonial Studies Reader") and Achebe (handout)
To Write: Respond to the questions about Ngugi, Kachru, or Rao, and bring them in to class today
Empire and ColonialismTo Read: articles on post-colonial language conflict by Ngugi, Kachru, and Rao (on reserve as "Selections from the Post Colonial Studies Reader") and Achebe (handout)
To Write: Respond to
the questions about Ngugi, Kachru, or Rao, and bring them in to class todayApr. 17
Modern Issues: Regional Variation
To Read: Lerer, ch. 15; Crystal, pages 50-55, and all of ch. 20; and this website. You will be assigned to a dialect group today; there will be handouts as well.
To Write: Paper Prospectus due (unless you are taking the Final Exam)
Regional VariationTo Read: Lerer, ch. 15; Crystal, pages 50-55, and all of ch. 20; and this website. You will be assigned to a dialect group today; there will be handouts as well.
To Write:
Paper Prospectus due (unless you are taking the Final Exam)Apr. 22
Modern Issues: Regional Variation, day 2
To Read: Lerer, ch. 16
To Write: Groups will perform their dialect monologues today.
Regional Variation, day 2To Read: Lerer, ch. 16
To Write: Groups will perform their dialect monologues today.
Apr. 24
Modern Issues: English as a national language
To Read: Lerer, ch. 16
To Write:
Presentatons:Brahaney and Hartley
English as a national languageTo Read: Lerer, ch. 16
To Write:
Presentatons:
Brahaney and HartleyApr. 29
Modern Issues: War and Gender
To Read:Lerer, ch. 18; Crystal,
To Write:
Presentation:Kelly and Nupp
To Read:
Lerer, ch. 18; Crystal, To Write:
Presentation:
Kelly and Nupp May 1
Review
To Read: Lerer, ch. 19
To Write:Project 4 must be handed in by today; hand in your final folders.
Presentation: Fishburn
To Read: Lerer, ch. 19
To Write:
Project 4 must be handed in by today; hand in your final folders.Presentation: Fishburn
Exam Week
Final Paper due (unless you are taking the Final Exam) on Monday, May 5th. Final Exam: This is scheduled for Thursday, May 8th from 3-5:50 pm in our classroom (unless you have chosen to write a Final Paper)