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Fri 29 July
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film; meet at 1.45!
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LI 301
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Mon 25 July
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Composition exercise #5.
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LI 301
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Fri 22 July
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Translate the last 9 lines of Craigie ch. 24, and all of ch. 25 ("Ragnar Invades England").
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park
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Mon 18 July
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Composition exercise #4.
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LI 301
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Fri 15 July
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Translate Craigie ch. 23 ("Thora and her Snake").
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park
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Mon 11 July
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Sightreading (no preparation).
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LI 301
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Fri 8 July
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Finish Craigie ch. 21, and continue with ch. 22.
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park
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Mon 4 July
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Translate the remainder of Craigie ch. 21, starting at line 8. If you have time, continue with ch. 22.
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park
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Fri 1 July
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Canada Day—no class
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Mon 27 June
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Translate the last 7.5 lines of Craigie ch. 20 and start on ch. 21 ("The Story of Norna-Gest").
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park
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Fri 24 June
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Translate Craigie ch. 20 (continuation of "The End of the Battle", p. 38).
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LI 301
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Mon 20 June
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Translate the last twelve lines of Craigie ch. 18 as well as all of ch. 19 ("The End of the Battle", p. 37); learn the Valfells–Cathey vocab for lesson 5.
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park
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Fri 17 June
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Read Gordon §§91, 149–53; translate ch. 18 of Craigie ("The Everlasting Battle", pp. 35–6); translate the handout.
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LI 301
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Mon 13 June
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Have a look at the functions of the cases; translate ch. 17 of Craigie ("The Sword Tyrfing", p. 34); learn the Valfells–Cathey vocab for lesson 4.
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LI 301
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Fri 10 June
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Read up on consonant stems and r-stems here and/or in Gordon §§89–90; print, translate, and bring ch. 14 of Craigie's Easy Readings ("Rolf kraki", p. 30).
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LI 301
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Mon 6 June
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Bring an Old Norse dictionary if possible; read about breaking (Gordon §45) and i- and u-stem nouns (here and/or in Gordon §§86–8); study the vocab for Valfells and Cathey lesson 3; look the following words up in the dictionary, taking note of the process: œpa, þykkja, stál, óvinr, útlendr, hlæja, fǫr.
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park
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Fri 3 May
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no class!
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Mon 30 May
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Using as much information as you can find about the strong verbs (e.g. Gordon §§118–33, Valfells and Cathey lessons XV–XXI, and my preliminary write-up), draw up a list of rules or guidelines that help identify the strong verb class and infinitive of an inflected form. In class, we will discuss everyone's ideas and try to combine them into an overarching strategy.
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LI 301
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Fri 27 May
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Read the weak verbs write-up and/or Gordon §§134–43; also read Gordon §§104–6 and 148; translate the handout into Old Norse.
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LI 301
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Mon 23 May
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No class: Victoria Day
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Fri 20 May
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Read the weak nouns section of the nouns write-up and/or Gordon §§92–106; also read Gordon §112; practise flashcard phrases sets 6 and 7 both ways around and learn Valfells–Cathey vocab for lesson 2.
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LI 301
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Mon 16 May
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Read the page on noun classes down to the wō-stems ("2c") and/or Gordon §§78–85; also read Gordon §§41–4 and 76–7; practise flashcard phrases sets 3 to 5 and look over Valfells–Cathey vocab for lesson 1.
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LI 301
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Fri 13 May
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Barnes pp. 14–21 and 181–98; pronouns; practise flashcard phrases sets 1 and 2 and learn Valfells–Cathey vocab for lesson 1.
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LI 301
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Mon 9 May
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Gordon §§1–26, 108–11
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LI 301
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Mon 2 May
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general session: course setup
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LI 310
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