COURSE CALENDAR

ADVANCED LATIN V                                  DR. MURPHY
                                                                                                719-3780 (before 10 PM)                                                                                                       
FALL 2009 COURSE CALENDAR

Long periods are “A” and "E" Days. Class does not meet “D” Day.

NOTE: you are responsible for assignment changes made to the online course calendar by 4 PM of the day before work is due.

tu 8/25 (A one hour) WELCOME BACK! Introduction to Greek epic: the Trojan War (tape), the myth of the Trojan wanderer Aeneas, the history of Rome from the founding of the Republic down to the Civil Wars .

Assign: re-memorize Noun Declensional endings I-V 382.

wed 8/26 (B) In class. Proems: the opening seven lines of Homer's Iliad and the opening ten lines of Homer's Odyssey. On the proems handout sheet, write out comparison and contrast of the proems of the Iliad and Odyssey, the one with the other. Discuss.

th 8/27 (C) Orientation: the RINGBINDER, info sheet, course calendar, layout of SONG OF WAR text (15), maps(21f.), and vocabulary (400). Computer aid: see Classics Department Website for helpful Vergilian links.

If time, discuss the role of the hero AINEIAS in the Iliad

Assign: carefully review your notes of today's class, memorize their content, and put them for safekeeping in your ringbinder. (This material will come in very handy when you review for TEST 1.)

fri 8/28 (D) Assign: be ready for a Double Noun Declensional Quiz, all five declensions, all three genders next class. It counts = to two homeworks.

mon 8/31 (E one hour) Double Noun Declensional Quiz

In class: hand out Modus Operandi sample sheet and read the opening lines of the poem, The Wrath of Juno, 1.1-4. IMPORTANT! As a matter of routine, apply MO steps 1-4 to the passage assigned each day. Focus like last year on lines 3 & 4 of the M.O. scheme, insisting on a clear connection between line 3 (grammar) and line 4 ("CHUNKY" translation).
Assign: finish "MO'ing" 1.1-7 (sometimes known as the "lesser prologue"). Initially, you will be working mainly on the surface meaning. Henceforth make sure you apply MO steps 1-4 to every line of text on the syllabus.

tu 9/1 (F) Assign: memorize in Latin the lines 1-7 of the Aeneid. You will be expected to write out from memory Aeneid I.1-7 in Latin on TEST 1 . It pays to start memorizing now. This will be the only required and tested memorization of lines for the entire course.

wed 9/2 (G)
In class: now compare 1.1-7 with the Iliad and Odyssey prologues.
Assign: MO 1.8-18 - Goddess-muse of poetry and the Anger theme. A goddess with geopolitical ambitions Review all vocabulary covered so far this week (1.1-11).

th 9/3 (A one hour) Check HW.
In class: preview 1.12-18 . Discuss SWIMTAG - introduce allusion.
Assign: MO 1.12-18.
Study the section on rhetorical figures in the appendix of your text (appendix-page 17f.) by identifying 3 figures of speech in the first 18 lines of the Aeneid.

fri 9/4 (B) Assign: REVIEW 1.1-18 in preparation for TEST I next class.
Provisional format: translation = 60%; themes of Aeneid 1.1-18 (use your handouts for this) = 10%; memorization of the "lesser introduction" (lines 1-7) = 20%; grammar (may include noun declensions), few figures of speech = 10%. Figures of speech include the three "A"s, allusion, apostrophe, anaphora; metonymy, interlocking word order, ellipsis.

mon 9/7 (C) MO carefully I.12-18. START REVIEWING FOR TEST 1.

wed 9/9 (E) TEST 1.

MO 1.19-26 - angry goddess; if time also read 1.27-33 - conclusion of the "great prologue."

th 9/10 (F) In class: as far as we can get . . . through I.33 would be nice.

Assign: MO 1.34-41 - in medias res.

fri 9/11 (G)

Assign: be ready for vocabulary quiz over letters A-B on the "General Word List." MO 1.42-49 - Juno: injury, precedent, compensation, hierarchy.

mon 9/14 (A one hour) Return Test 1. Take vocabulary quiz over letters A-B on the "General Word List."

Assign: MO I.50-59 - Aeolus's maximum security jail.

tu 9/15 (B) Assign: MO I.60-64 - Jupiter's strict charge to Aeolus .

wed 9/16 (C) Assign:: I. 65-75 - an offer Aeolus can't refuse.

th 9/17 (D) Assign: MO I.76-86 - release of the winds.

fri 9/18 (E one hour) In class: discuss I.76-86, perquisites of Juno as goddess of marriage and the family..

Assign: MO I.87-96 storm at sea. Read the 4-page handout on scansion of Latin meter.

mon 9/21 (F) Take up MO HW. Discuss the "grammar groaners," which are only given over the assigned passage. Groaners are given unannounced twice a week. Assign: MO 97-107 - prayer of Aeneas

tu 9/22 (G) After Aeneas's prayer, work on scansion.

Assign: be ready for vocabulary quiz 2 over C-D in the General List.

wed 9/23 (A) vocabulary quiz 2 over C-D. Start REVIEW. Test format: translation (ca. 10 lines) 50%: ; theme: 30%; grammar/rhetorical figures/lexical (vocabulary): 20%.

Assign: MO - REVIEW. Be ready for Test 2 over I.19-75 next class.

th 9/24 (C) TEST 2 I.19-75

Assign: metrically scan lines 1-7, the lesser prologue of the AENEID.

fri 9/25 (C) MO I.108-123 - disaster for the Trojans; catalogue of the drowned.

LONG WEEKEND

tu 9/29 Assign: MO I.124-134 - Neptune. Compare and contrast Vergil's great storm scene with the one Shakespeare used in "The Tempest" (handout).

wed 9/30 (E) In class: I.124-127 (resume at 128 tomorrow).

Assign: MO.135-145 - Neptune

th 10/1 (F) Assign: MO I.146-156 - aftercalm.

fri 10/2 Assign: MO I.157-173 - landfall in Africa. This assignment is spread over the two days of the weekend. "Grammar Groaners" begin next week!

mon 10/5 (A one hour) "Grammar Groaners" begin, unannounced two a week, over the previous night's assignment. Groaner?

Assign: MO I.174-179 - soaked grain. Groaner?

tu 10/6 (B) Assign: MO I.180-193 - exploration and hunt. Groaner?

wed 10/7 (C) Assign: MO I.194-209 - Aeneas's reaction. Groaner?

th 10/8 (D) Assign: MO I.210-222 - grief amid plenty. Groaner over I.180-193?

fri 10/9 (E one hour) In class: test format sheet.

Assign: MO 223-237 -Venus goes to her father, Jupiter.

mon 10/12 (F) Review for Test 3 - I.76-156.

tu 10/13 TEST 3 I.76-156 .

Assign: MO I.238-256 - a daughter's grievance. (This assignment is spread over two days.)

fri 10/16 (C) Assign: MO 257-274 - Jupiter discloses the decrees of the Fates to Venus.

mon 10/19 (one hour) Assign: be ready for vocabulary quiz 3 over E-F.

tu 10/20 (E one hour) Vocabulary quiz 3.

Assign: MO 1.275-285 - nurslings of a she-wolf.

wed 10/21 (F) Assign: MO I.286-300 - the beast confined.

th 10/22 (G) Assign: MO I.300-313 - landfall in Africa.

fri 10/23 (A) PARENTS DAY.

Assign: MO I.314-324 - meeting with a beautiful virgin-huntress (Venus).

wed 10/28 Assign: (from now on, routinely scan the first four lines of an assignment) MO 325-339 - who are you? where are we?; be ready for G-H vocabulary quiz.

th 10/29 G-H vocabulary quiz.

Assign: MO 340-356 - Dido and the foundation of Carthage.

fri 10/30 Assign: MO 357-377 - Aeneas identifies himself. Study for vocabulary quiz over letters I-M.

mon 11/2 In class: discuss and translate I.340-362, the tale of family treachery and horror.

Assign be ready for: Vocabulary quiz over letters I-M; MO 378-401 - good news of the ships.

tu 11/3 Vocabulary quiz over letters I-M.

CATCH-UP DAY. No assignment, so that you can catch up and consolidate. If you are caught up, practice metrical scansion.

wed 11/4 Assign: MO I.402-417 - a son's hurt feelings, joyful goddess

th 11/5 Assign: MO I.418-433 - simile of the Bees. Be ready for vocabulary quiz over N-P next class.

fri 11/6 (one hour)

Assign: MO. 434-452 - scenes of the ILIAD from a temple pediment.

mon 11/9 Assign: MO I.453-472, and be ready for Vocabulary quiz over N-P.

tu 11/10 Assign: see above.

wed 11/11 Vocabulary quiz over N-P.

Assign: MO I.472-489.

th 11/12 Assign: MO I.490-493.

fri 11/12 DEAD DAYS BEGIN.

tu 11/17 9-12 AM. I am available for conference time. Look for me in the faculty lounge, my carrel, or the computer lab faculty annex next to the US computer lab. I won't be around after lunch.

Line 519 is the last line on the syllabus in Book I. As soon as we get there, read the rest of Book I in English the very same day.

tu 12/1 In class: I.494-519.

Read the rest of Book I in English and answer the questions on the handout.

wed 12/2 Discuss Book I themes.

Assign: MO II.1-20 - victorious Troy.

th 12/3 Assign: MO II.21-34. PLEASE schedule a 5-minute conference to go over your fall term exam!

fri 12/4 In class: discuss II.1-17. Distribute previous theme/current them handout. Hold conferences to go over fall term exam.

Assign: MO II.35-56 - Trojan uncertainty about the Horse. Groaner possible!

mon 12/7 Assign: read in English translation Book II.57-198;: MO II.199-208 - left-handed Fates.

tu 12/8 Groaner? Assign: MO II.209-224 - evil omen with bull and axe.

NOTE: Winter Test I is scheduled for G-day Thursday 12/17 and Fri 12/18. Format of Part I: 20% I.D./10% Translation/30% Short Essay/40% Long Essay. Part I = 80% of the full test mark. Part II: Sight Passage with comprehension questions. These may include grammar and literary figures as well as comprehension and translation.

wed 12/9 Groaner? Assign: MO II. 225-240 - Serpents from the sea.

th 12/10 Groaner? Assign: MO II.241-256 - Troy's last day of thanksgiving.

fri 12/11 Assign: MO II.257-273 - Hector's ghost.

mon 12/14 Assign: MO II.274-286 - The ghost speaks "at" Aeneas, unclearly.

tu 12/15 Assign: MO II.287-297, and read in English II.298-468. The Latin part of the syllabus resumes at II.469

wed 12/16 REVIEW DAY.

th 12/17 WINTER TEST I, Part I.

fri 12/18 WINTER TEST I, Part II (sight section 25 minutes).

IMPORTANT CALENDAR CALCULATION. The arithmetic is sobering. As of 12/18/09, with 1173 lines left to read on the AP Vergil syllabus, and 50 class meeting days, left between then and April 30, incl., (after subtracting 7 days for tests and pre-test review, but not counting days you may miss because of sports activity, field trips, etc.), reading 24 lines per assignment, you would finish the Vergil syllabus by that date, but have (only) 8 class meetings for review before the AP Test date. If on the other hand, you translated in writing only 120 lines during Christmas break and another 120 during Spring Break, then you could finish well before April 30. You would have to read 19 lines per assignment, rather than 24. You would enjoy more review time to "refresh" stale preparations from last fall. You would also gain time at the end of the spring term for things like Common Section practice, sample-essay writing, broad-ranging thematic discussion over the bulk of the AENEID to be read in English, SWIMTAG review, etc. TEMPUS EST LUCRUM. LUCRUM EST GAUDIUM.

CHRISTMAS BREAK ASSIGNMENT. It is my assumption that you will read this material; we won't be translating it when you return. You only have to do 10 lines a day to make it happen. If you choose not make it happen, you can forget about taking the AP Vergil Exam in May with any prospect of success . . .

Assign: MO II.469-483 - Pyrrhus the serpent

Assign MO II.484-500 - personification of a Palace.

Assign: MO II.501-514 - the Flood.

Assign: MO II.515-529 - Hecuba takes Priam under her wing.

Assign: MO II.530-543 - Agonizing Death.

Assign: MO II.544-558 - Supplication made.

Assign: MO II.559-566 - How fallen are the mighty; read II.567-734 in English translation.

Assign: MO II.735-755 - Finis

CLASSES RESUME

tu 1/5/10 Assign: II.756-770 - everywhere horror.. (Concurrently we review the material read over Christmas Break.)

wed 1/6 Assign: II.771-784.

th 1/7 Assign: see above.

fri 1/8 (one hour) Vocabulary quiz.

Assign: II.785--805 - FINALE, Book II;

mon 1/11 (F) Assign: read selected parts of Book III in translation: 1-12;73-120 Delos and Apollo; 121-191 Crete and the Penates; 294-355 Andromache/Helenus; 356-471 Prophecy of Helenus; 472-505 Departure. Be ready for brief 10-question quiz over Book III.

tu 1/12 (G) Quiz over Book III.

In class: give overview of Book III; discuss the Roman attitude to heterosexual "romantic love."

Assign: MO IV.1-14 - Dido to Anna

Read five lines further if you can.

wed 1/13 (A) Assign: MO IV.15-30. Read five lines further if you can.

th 1/14 (B) Assign: MO IV 31-49 Anna to Dido .

fri 1/15 (C) Assign: MO IV.50-114 (NOTE: the assignment is a big chunk because we do not meet again for a while.)

mon 1/18 MLK DAY (special schedule)

tu 1/19 (D) Assign: be sure you are caught up.

wed 1/20 (E one hour) Assign: MO IV.115-135 - romantic encounter suggested .

th 1/21 (F) Assign: MO IV.136-159 - Apollo simile.

fri 1/22 (G) Assign: MO IV.160-197 - storm, hunt, and passion: humongous Gossip does the rounds.

mon 1/25 (A one hour) Assign: MO IV.198-214 - Hell hath no fury like a jealous male tyrant.

tu 1/26 (B) Assign: MO IV.215-231 - Jupiter to Mercury.

wed 1/27 (C) Assign: MO IV.232-251 - grim Atlas.

th 1/28 (D) Assign: MO IV.252-278 - hurricane-force message: "a matter of free will."

fri 1/29 (E) MO IV.279-311 - How to tell Dido? If time, point out statistical relationship between scores on the Common Section and scores on the AP as a whole. Look at the CS questions missed by most.

FREE WEEKEND

tu 2/2 (F) Assign: MO IV.312-332 - Dido's scorching reply continues.

wed 2/3 (G) Assign: MO IV.333-353 - Aeneas's unhappy explanation.

th 2/4 (A one hour) Assign: MO IV.354-374 - Can our hero dig himself in deeper?

fri 2/5 (B) Assign: MO IV.375-407 - "Go, chase after Italy, PERFIDE."

Assign: MO.IV.408-436 - "Dido's distress: tempus inane peto."

NOTE: The second test of the winter term will cover IV.198-449. You should be able to answer all of the questions with strong Latin support that appear on the test review sheet.

mon 2/8 (C) 437-449 - simile of the Oak. Pass out test review question sheets.

tu 2/9 (D) - th 2/11 (F) CATCH-UP DAYS.

fri 2/12 (G) In class: practice sight comprehension (Petronius elegy- advanced poetry) and discuss the "triage" technique for setting priorities.

Assign: first be sure that you can read and translate in "chunking" style IV.198-449, then come up with convincing answers to the questions of the review sheets passed out this week. If you have the time, tackle one of the sight passages I emailed you.

Test format: Essay 40% over about 20-25 lines of text; Translation 20% over about 6-7 lines; I.D. analysis 20% over about 8 lines. The remaining 20% will be the "sighter."

mon 2/15 (A one hour) REVIEW by practicing pre-essay outlining.

tu 2/16 (B) AENEID TEST 2 - IV.198-449. Part I - long essay.

wed 2/17 (C Special Schedule) Translation and I.D. analysis.

Assign: be sure to read in translation (West) the following lines from Book IV:

IV.450-465 - terrible and unearthly foreboding.
IV.465-477 - dream madness.
IV.478-493 - black arts.
IV.494-508 - sorceress.
IV.509-527 - stillness of evening.
IV.528-552 - Dido looks at her options.
IV.553-570 - Mercury's urgent warning.
IV.570-591 - as before, dawn's beauty masks an inner distress and evil--the introduction to the inner storm of the beautiful Dido. Dido's golden hair and great beauty are subtly compared to the golden splendor of the dawn. History is about to take a new turn of a sinister nature . . .
IV.592-606 - the Great Curse.
IV.607-621 - invocation of supernal and infernal gods.
IV.622-641 - conclusion of the Great Curse.

th 2/18 (D) Assign: MO IV.642-671 - last words regal--and Roman .

fri 2/19 (E one hour)) Sighter will have to wait until Monday.

Assign: MO IV.659-685. .

mon 2/22 (F) Sighter (conclusion of test).

Assign: MO IV.686-705 - Anna's despair. End of Book IV.

th 2/23 (G) NATIONAL LATIN EXAM.

Assign: read all of AENEID, Book V in English translation (West).

fri 2/26 (C) In class: finish translating Book IV (excerpt from Henry Purcell's DIDO AND AENEAS); read Book VI.1-4. Finish reading Book V if you haven't already.

Assign: MO VI.5-22 - Daedalus's carved doors to the temple of Apollo at Cumae. MO VI. 23-39 - the story of Daedalus and Icarus. (I know this is a lot, but we do not meet Monday.)

mon 3/1 (D) Assign: if you have the time, take 20 minutes to take the PROSE "sighter" I gave you in class on Friday.

tu 3/2 (E one hour) In class: CATCH-UP DAY (VI.1-39).

Assign: MO VI.40-51.

wed 3/3 (F) Assign: MO 52-70 - the Sibyl of Cumae; do ut des .

th 3/4 (G) Announcement of assignment over SPRING BREAK.

IGNOSCITE MIHI, DISCIPULI. FORSAN ET HAEC OLIM MEMINISSE IUVABIT:

Over Spring Break, MO VI.71-176- obscure, riddling prophecy, Misenus, pater Anchises

mon 3/22 (A) CLASS RETREATS.

Assign: MO VI.176-193 - the doves of Venus

tu 3/23 (B) Assign: MO VI.194-211- the golden bough; read in English translation Book VI.212-449.

wed 3/24 (C) CATCH-UP to verse 211.

Assign: MO VI.450-466 - Dido in umbris, VI.467-476; read in English translation VI.477-846. MO in Latin 847-853.

fri 3/26 (E) In class: a precis of the material from Book VI to be read in English (handout).

Assign: MO VI.854-901 - others shall hammer out; Marcellus; the gates of horn and ivory - SPECIAL SCHEDULE.

mon 3/29 (F) In class: a precis of the material from Book VI to be read in English (handout). CATCH UP DAY in Book VI.

Assign: read Books VII and VIII in English translation.

tu 3/30 (G) In class: catch up to the end of Book VI; in depth SWIMTAG inventory of  Marcellus passage VI.860f.

wed 3/31 (A)  In class:  conspectus of  Books VII, VIII, and IX.

Assign:  MO X.420-436

th 4/1 (B) Assign:  MO X.437-453.

fri 4/9 Assign: MO X.454-468 - tension mounts on the battlefield. Read in English translation the following important off-syllabus selections: IX.77-121, 788-818; X.1-121. Of course, it is much better if you take the time to read closely all of both books. What I'm assigning here is just better than nothing at all.   Since you have already read all of VII and VIII, read all of Book IX in English translation, paying special attention to the highlights mentioned in this assignment.

sat 4/10 Assign:  MO X.469-485. Read in English translation the following important off-syllabus selections: XI 139-181, 532-596; XII.791-842 - Juno and Jupiter strike a deal; 930-952 - Death of Turnus. SYLLABUS COMPLETED!

sun 4/11 Assign: in English read review 7-12 pdf. file attached to the email I sent you.

mon 4/12 In class: CATCH-UP on translation, starting from Book X . . .

tu 4/13- fri 4/16 CATCH-UP on translation in Book XII.

fri 4/16 (D) Assign: print off and read the review packet attached as a file to the group email, digesting the contents.

We do not have unlimited time for in-class review. You should be into your own out-of-class review by rereading on-syllabus Aeneid I-VI, X, and XII in Latin, by memorizing vocabulary, reviewing your MO's and grammar (with laminated Latin Grammar Sheets--the AP readers are convinced that students don't know their verb forms), and by studying tests, review sheets, notes. Continue to budget time so you cover about 500 lines of Latin per week. You are to read, understand, analyze, and interpret the following lines of the Aeneid in Latin: I.1-519; II.1-56; 199-297; 469-566; 735-805; IV 1-449, 641-705; VI.1-211, 450-476, 847-901; X.420-509, XII.791-842, 887-952. The total number of lines in Latin for which you are responsible is 1856. Familiarity with the content of Books I-XII will also be rigorously tested, and we want to make sure it will not be your Achilles heel on May 14.

mon 4/19 (E) CATCH-UP in Book XII (909-939).

Assign: continue to review on your own (see above 4/16).

tu 4/20 (F) CATCH-UP in XII (940-952). REVIEW.

Assign: continue to review on your own.

wed 4/21 (G) REVIEW DAY in preparation for Test 1 of the short spring term: be ready next class for a test which is composed of one essay and two translations from Books X and XII.

th 4/22 (A) TEST I BOOKS X, XII.

Assign: reread Aeneid I.1-519 in English (you should by now have reread it in Latin) in preparation for thematic review. Reread your thematic discussion-notes of Book I. Key words found in Vergil Free Response questions are: "discuss," which really means "analyze" (= "subdivide, break down into distinct parts"), interpret (= "give your thinking about," "make plain," "give the meaning of"). These are the hints we need to take when setting priorities for in-class review. Much depends on correctly decoding each of the FR questions: exactly what are the examiners after? It certainly isn't original thought! Everything depends on accurate translation. I will be assuming Latin-reading knowledge of all passages covered during the review.

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