UPDATED:
March 12, 2026
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All assignments and lessons are linked to this page!
This plan is tentative, but it will most likely not change much—except for updated links. You should examine this plan carefully so that you know when things are due. You are responsible for all work (lessons and assignments) linked to this Course Plan!
Optional Read:
Marston, D. (2021). Why we procrastinate. Psychology Today. (2021 June 9).
For every credit hour, students are expected to spend 2 – 3 hours per week working outside of class. For example, for a 3 credit hour class, students should expect to put in 6 – 9 hours per week outside of class, studying or doing assignments. (KSU Protect Your GPA) This class is 100% online. For a 3 credit hour class, 2.5 hours would be spent each week in class, so you should be spending roughly 8 to 11.5 hours outside of class, studying and/or doing assignments.
NOTE: Links that are not yet set (and are in grey font) will be available either very soon, or when the time is right to make them available.
Week 1: January 11 to January 17
- First Day of Classes: January 12, 2026
- Last Day to Add or to Elect Credit/Audit/Pass-Fail: January 13, 2026
- ANALYZE: the contents of this Course Plan
- READ: the Course Syllabus
- WATCH: the Course Handbook
- STUDY: Unit 1—The English Language and Its Literature in Some Context
- BEGIN to work on Journal Entries 1-5 (DUE February 16, 2026)
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion One (January 12-24)
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Week 2: January 18 to January 24
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: January 19, 2026
(NO CLASSES & University Offices Closed) - STUDY: Unit 2—Lesson 1—Old English Language, Poetics, and Culture
- Bede’s History (sample)
- “Cædmon’s Hymn”
- “The Dream of the Rood”
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion One (January 12-24)
- REVIEW: the Digital Project assignment
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Week 3: January 25 to January 31
- Last Day to Drop: January 25, 2026
- STUDY: Unit 2—Lesson 2—The Elegy
- “The Wanderer”
- “The Seafarer”
- “The Wife’s Lament”
- “The Husband’s Message”
- “Wulf and Eadwacer”
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Two (January 25 to February 7)
- DUE January 31, 2026 (11:59pm, EST): Digital Project Proposal
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Week 4: February 1 to February February 7
- MANDATORY CONFERENCE PERIOD (February 1-14)—You must meet with me either this week or next week!
ALL CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS - STUDY: Unit 2—Lesson 3—Riddles and Charms
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Two (January 25 to February 7)
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Week 5: February 8 to February 14
- MANDATORY CONFERENCE PERIOD (February 1-14)—If you did not meet with me last week, then you must meet with me this week!
ALL CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS - STUDY: Unit 2—Lesson 4—MORE Elegies! (Heroic Poetry)
- “Doer”
- “The Finnsburh Fragment”
- “Waldere”
- “The Battle of Maldon”
- “The Battle of Brunanburh”
- “Widsith”
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Three (February 8-21)
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Week 6: February 15 to February 21
- DUE February 16, 2026 (11:59pm, EST): Journal Entries 1-5 (Lessons & Readings)
- STUDY: Unit 2—Lesson 5—Beowulf—An Old English Folk Epic
- Beowulf (the first half)
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Three (February 8-21)
- BEGIN to work on Journal Entries 6-10 (DUE March 30, 2026)
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Week 7: February 22 to February 28
- STUDY: Unit 3—Lesson 1—Middle English Language, Poetics, and Culture
- “When the Nytegale Singes”
- “William the Werewolf”
- “Bisclavret” (Marie de France)
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Four (February 22 to March 21)—remember: post at least three times this week!
- DUE February 28, 2026 (11:59pm, EST): Digital Project Annotated Bibliography
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Week 8: March 1 to March 7
- March 1: Complete the Presentation Proposal to the UNICORN Castle!
- STUDY: Unit 3—Lesson 2—Transculturation, Warriors, Knights, and Courtly Love
- Havelok the Dane
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Four (February 22 to March 21)—remember: post at least three times this week!
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Week 9: March 8 to March 14
March 8-15: Spring Recess
NO CLASSES | University Offices Open
NO DISCUSSION REQUIRED THIS WEEK!
However, you may use this week either to make up for missed posts from last week or to post in advance for next week; I will count the posts made this week to whichever week they most benefit.
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Week 10: March 15 to March 21
- STUDY: Unit 3—Lesson 3—Religion and Courtly Love & A Celtic Revival
- Ancrene Wisse—Part Seven (“Of Love”)
- “The Death of Arthur” (Wace)
- “Lanval” (Marie de France)
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Four (February 22 to March 28)—remember: post at least three times this week!
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Week 11: March 22 to March 28
- STUDY: Unit 3—Lesson 4—Sin Literature
- Handlyng Synne (selections, Robert Manning of Brunnè)
- Piers Plowman (selections, William Langland)
- Catch-up Week for Discussion Four (February 22 to March 28)—because Spring Break might have been rather disruptive, posts made this week will count toward previous weeks’ missing posts. (Thank Dr. Jamison for this extension.)
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Five (March 22 to April 4)—remember: post at least three times this week!
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Week 12: March 29 to April 4
- LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW (GRADE “W” ASSIGNED): March 29, 2026
- DUE March 30, 2026 (11:59pm, EST): Journal Entries 6-10 (Lessons & Readings)
- STUDY: Unit 3—Lesson 5—The Fabliau and Irony
- “Dame Siriþ”
- “The Miller’s Tale” (The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer)
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Five (March 22 to April 4)—remember: post at least three times this week!
- BEGIN to work on Journal Entries 11-15 (DUE May 9, 2026)
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Week 13: April 5 to April 11
- STUDY: Unit 3—Lesson 6—The Loathly Lady Motif
- “The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell”
- “The Marriage of Sir Gawain”
- “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Six (April 5-18)—remember: post at least three times this week!
- DUE April 11, 2026 (11:59pm, EST): Digital Project Rough Draft
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Week 14: April 12 to April 18
- STUDY: Unit 3—Lesson 7—The Medieval Mystery Play
- The Second Shepherd’s Play
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Six (April 5-18)—remember: post at least three times this week!
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Week 15: April 19 to April 25
- STUDY: Unit 4—The Lenses We Look Through (Medievalism)
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Seven (April 19 to May 2)—remember: post at least three times this week!
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Week 16: April 26 to May 2
- CONTINUE TO STUDY: Unit 4—The Lenses We Look Through (Medievalism)
- PARTICIPATE in Discussion Seven (April 19 to May 2)—remember: post at least three times this week!
- DUE May 2, 2026 (11:59pm, EST): Digital Project Final Draft
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Week 17: May 3 to May 9
- Classes End: May 3, 2026
- Final Exam Week: May 4-10, 2026
- BEGIN to work on The UNICORN Castle Student Congress Journal Entries (DUE May 9, 2026)
- Remembrance Day: May 4, 2026
- DUE May 9, 2026 (11:59pm, EST):
NO WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER
May 9, 2026 (11:59pm, EST)
