LATIN I - DR. MURPHY
FALL 2009 COURSE CALENDAR
719-3780 (before 10 PM) mmurphy@sstx.org
not meeting B-Day; long period C-, F-Days.
tu 8/25/09 (A) WELCOME TO LATIN I! Pronunciation of classical Latin with long and short vowels. Give directions to the online course calendar. A word about the two textbooks we will be using this year.
Assign: practice pronunciation of the alphabet by reading the key words out loud a few times; read short essays "Caecilius," "Metella," and "The Roman House" pp.10-16 in your text.
th 8/27 (C) (one hour) In class: finish pronunciation of the Roman alphabet. Explore the layout of your Unit I textbook. Read Stage 1 CAECILIUS, Model Sentences 2f., CERBERUS 7.
Assign: practice your pronunciation by rereading Model Sentences out loud to yourself. finish reading CERBERUS 7 on your own; memorize the meaning of the words in the Stage 1 Checklist 18. Use them to practice your pronunciation out loud, and mind the difference between long and short vowels.
fri 8/28 (D) In class: demonstrate technique of carding Latin vocabulary (including genders); read “About the Language” - word-order with and without EST 8. Distribute Latin I Course Information Sheets if time.
Assign: memorize carded Checklist Vocabulary 18, and bring to class.
mon 8/31 (E ) In class: introduction to Stage 2 - IN VILLA. Read and discuss the Model Sentences 20-23 plus MERCATOR 24.
Assign: read the next story in Stage 2 - IN TRICLINIO 25. Work out what is happening; it is not necessary to write out a translation. The important thing is to practice your pronunciation by reading the story out loud at least twice.
tu 9/1 (one hour) Stage 1 checklist vocabulary quiz.
In class: card Stage 2 checklist vocabulary 34 from the board
Introduction to CLC I, Stage 3 - NEGOTIUM (IN FORO) 36.
Assign: translate PICTOR; then read cultural essay "Town of Pompeii" 43. Use your cards to study vocabulary, also memorizing both noun forms of the Stage 2 checklist vocabulary list. (I did not ask you to do this in Stage 1, but from now on it is necessary.)
wed 9/2 (G) Read and begin discussing VENALICIUS.
th 9/3 Stage 1 and 2 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz
Card Stage 3 checklist vocabulary, drill sentence types at board.
Assign: be ready for Stage 3 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class.
mon 9/7 Stage 3 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz
In class REVIEW.
tu 9/8 REVIEW for Stage 3 Test
wed 9/9 STAGE 3 TEST.
th 9/9 FILM: "Houses of Pompeii"
Finish test if necessary. STAGE 4 IN FORO Model Sentences 52.
Assign: write out a translation of HERMOGENES 57.
fri 9/10 Return Stage 3 Test.
In class: after checking HW and taking up for a grade, start IN BASILICA 58.
Assign: write out a translation of IB 58.
mon 9/14 Check IB HW and take up for a grade.
In class: card Stage 4 checklist vocabulary and work grammar drills on the AL - first person, second person, third person of verbs.
Assign (double assignment): Assign: study checklist vocabulary of Stages 1-4 in preparation for cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class meeting.
wed 9/16 STAGE 4 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz. (postponed to following Monday after test by student request).
In class: more verb drills with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person.
Assign: read cultural essay, "The Forum" 62f.; write out "Finding your way around the Forum" and p. 3 of the review packet.
th 9/17 REVIEW DAY 1. Assign: TBA from packet.
fri 9/18 STAGE 4 TEST.
Read cultural essay on the Roman theater at the back of Stage 5 in your textbook. Be ready for postponed Stage 4 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class.
mon 9/21 Postponed Stage 4 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz. Finish Stage 4 Test if necessary.
In class: Start Stage 5 IN THEATRO 67.
Assign: reread the Model Sentences 68 and read ACTORES 72.
tu 9/22 (G) Go over Stage 4 Tests, return Stage 4 checklist vocabulary quizzes.
Practice Latin question-and-answer with ACTORES.
Assign: read the Stage 5 story POPPAEA 30, paying special attention to the new plural verb endings.
wed 9/23 (A) In class: card Stage 5 checklist vocabulary from the board and practice Latin question-and-answer over POPPAEA.
Assign: memorize the new Stage 5 checklist vocabulary.
th 9/24 (B) Assign: read the new AL note - plural of nouns. Memorize the new stage 5 vocabulary and be ready for Stage 5 vocabulary checklist next class.
fri 9/25 (C one hour) Oral Latin (POPPAEA).
Assign: LONG WEEKEND. Study for vocabulary quiz.
tu 9/29 (D) Stage 5 checklist vocabulary quiz. Distribute review packet.
Assign: write out pp. 5-6 (and if possible 7) on review packet.
wed 9/30 (E) Continue Stage 5 Test Review. Review packet 9, 10, 12.
Assign: TBA from Stage 5 Review Packet.
th 10/1 (F one hour)
fri 10/2 (G) STAGE TEST 5
Assign: study for the rest of the Stage 5 Test; read cultural essay "Slaves and Freedmen" 97f.
mon 10/5 (A) finish Test 5.
In class: read Model Sentences - STAGE 6 - FELIX 88-89.
Assign: read PUGNA, FELIX 90-91.
tu 10/6 (B) See above assignment.
wed 10/7 (C) In class: card Stage 6 checklist vocabulary 102; discuss PUGNA, FELIX 90-91 with special attention to the new tenses..
Assign: memorize new checklist vocabulary. (The vocabulary drills on the school computers (demonstrate) now show the perfect tense forms you have been writing down to your cards; from p. 102 on you need to know this perfect tense form as well as the present tense form!)
th 10/8 (D) read AL - imperfect and perfect tenses A-C 93, working grammar drills.
Assign: read FELIX ET FUR 92; be able to identify and to translate perfect and imperfect tense verb forms accurately.
fri 10/9 (E) Check FELIX ET FUR comprehension.
In class: continue practicing the grammar of the Language Note D-F 94
Assign: study for Stage 6 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class.You need to know the vocabulary of six stages so don't leave vocabulary study to the night before the next quiz.
mon 10/12 (F) Stage 6 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz.
In class: AL - imperfect and perfect tenses D-F 94.
Assign: write out pp. 7, 10-11.
Assign: write out DECENS 14-18; 25-27
Take up HW.
In class: read POST CENAM 110; read AL - more perfect tense forms 111. Of course, these need to be memorized carefully.
Assign: be ready next class for Stage 7 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz.
History of the movement of Latin words into the English language.
th 10/29 In class: ANIMAL FEROX, Latin sentence patterns. Distribute review packets with breakdown sheet for Stage 7 Test. Test will be given Monday/Tuesday.
Assign; be ready for Stage 7 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz.
REVIEW PERIOD.
fri 10/30 Stage 7 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz.
In class: REVIEW for test.
Assign: be ready for Stage 7 Test next class.
mon 11/2 STAGE 7 TEST.
Assign: ready cultural essay on the Gladiators at the back of Stage 8.
tu 11/3 (one hour) If necessary, finish test.
Start Stage 8 GLADIATORES by reading Model Sentences 121-124 and read story of the same name 125.
wed 11/4 In class: read IN ARENA 127 and fill out comprehension sheet handout for a grade.
Assign: finish IN ARENA handout. Read AL I - accusative plural nouns I-III 130.
th 11/5 In class: review AL I and discuss AL II - adjectives in the superlative degree 132.
Assign: card Stage 8 checklist vocabulary 140 for a grade.
fri 11/6 Assign: read essay "Gladiatorial Shows" 134f., "Animal Hunts" 137, "Riot at Pompeii" 138; and be ready for Stage 8 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class.
mon 11/9 (one hour) Stage 8 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz
Check carded Stage 8 checklist vocabulary.
tu 11/10 Check HW.
In class: more GRAMMAR REVIEW DRILLS on adverbs and adjectives.
Assign: read PASTOR ET LEO.
wed 11/11 Check HW. Return Stage 8 checklist quizzes.
In class: read P&L, distribute Stage 8 Review Packet.
Assign: review packet: readover page 1 carefully, write out page 2, write out the first of the two cultural essay pages (questions 1-12). Start REVIEW.
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 available after lunch because of tests.
wed 12/2 Go over Fall Term Exams.
th 12/3 Read Stage 9 Model Sentences.
Assign: finish reading Model Sentences, write out a translation of THERMAE 145.
fri 12/4 Take up HW.
In class: go over THERMAE homework, focusing on the concept of the dative case as identifying "gainer/loser."
Assign: write out ten (X) Latin prose composition sentences from handout. If you did not get the handout because you were absent, check your email: it is there as an attached file.
mon 12/7 (one hour) Check Stage 9 prose composition and take up for a grade.
In class: read IN PALAESTRA. Write out the answers to the comprehension questions based on the IP story in your text; hand in with homework tomorrow if you don't finish.
Assign: read cultural essay, "The Baths"; card Stage 9 checklist vocabulary and be ready to show for a grade..
tu 12/8 Check carded HW. Be ready for Stage 9 checklist vocabulary quiz Thursday 12/9.
In class: REVIEW DAY 1.
wed 12/9 REVIEW DAY 2
Study for tomorrow's Stage 9 Test.
th 12/10 Assign: study for Stage 9 TEST and Stage 9 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz
fri 12/11 (one hour) Stage 9 Test and cumulative Stage 9 checklist vocabulary quiz .
Assign: card Stage 10 checklist vocabulary.
mon 12/14 Check carded HW.
In class: read through theModel Sentences, Stage 10. Using the dictionary at the back of your text, try to figure them out.
Read AL 170-171 - 1st and 2nd persons plural.
Assign: pp. 1-2 of grammar review sheet.
tu 12/15 Check HW.
In class: read AL II 171 introduce comparatives forms of adjectives 172 by recalling the way they work in English 172--then grammar card for future study reference.
Assign: build four sentences featuring the new comparative degree of adjectives (handout page 4 assigned), using a separate sheet of paper;
Note: we will skip the Stage 10, 11 narratives altogether. Students are responsible for Stage 10/11 checklist vocabulary on the next test, which will be over Stage 12.
wed 12/16 Stage 10 checklist vocabulary quiz.
In class: card Stage 11 checklist vocabulary at board.
th 12/17 Stage 11 grammar.
fri 12/18 (Special Schedule) Stage 11 grammar.
CHRISTMAS BREAK
tu 1/5/10 START STAGE XII - VESUVIUS
In class: read Model Sentences202f.
Assign: read TREMORES 206.
wed 1/6 In class: continue TREMORES.
Assign: memorize Stage 12 checklist vocabulary.
th 1/7 In class: discuss the phases of the volcanic eruption in relation to TREMORES.
Assign: read AD URBEM 208.
fri 1/8 In class: consolidate AD URBEM.
Assign: read AD VILLAM 209.
mon 1/11 (one hour) In class: consolidate AD VILLAM.
Assign: read FINIS 210.
Assign: study checklist vocabulary, Stage 12.
tu 1/12 In class: read AL - full conjugation of the imperfect and perfect tenses. Film on the eruption of Vesuvius.
wed 1/13 Finish film.
Assign: write out pp. 1-2 of the Stage 10-11 review handout given you today.
th 1/14 Assign: write out pp. 1-6 of the Stage 12 Review Packet. Be ready to show both next class.
fri 1/15 (C) Check review HW.
Assign: in writing finish the review packet, pp. 7-13.
mon 1/18 MLK DAY (special schedule).
tu 1/19 (D) REVIEW DAY. I expect to meet the class. IF I AM NOT HERE, GO TO THE LIBRARY AND WORK ON THE CAMBRIDGE COMPUTERIZED VOCABULARY CHECKLIST DRILLS.
Assign: be ready for Stage 12 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class.
wed 1/20 (E) Stage 12 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class. REVIEW DAY. PM STUDY HALL
th 1/21 (F one hour) STAGE 12 TEST.
fri 1/22 (G) Finish Stage 12 Test.
Assign: reminder #2. Since you have miraculously survived a Vesuvian eruption, make sure to have a copy of the blue Unit II text with you next class. You might also bring a woollen cloak (CUCULLUS)--Roman British winters are cold!
mon 1/25 (A) Stage 12 Test.
tu 1/26 (B) Assign: read cultural essay, "Britannia" 17-20.
wed 1/27 (C) Check carded HW for a grade. In class: start Stage 13 IN BRITANNIA by reading the Model Sentences 2f. and begin learning Latin "pattern shorthand" if time.
Assign: card Stage 13 checklist vocabulary 26 and study. (Notice the more advanced format in which vocabulary appears. Verbs and nouns are affected. Copy exactly the new format in your textbook on p. 26, but continue to add the DECLENSION # of nouns.) BRING BLANK CARDS TO CLASS WITH YOU EVERY DAY.
In class: 5-minute reminder of "pattern shorthand" with some specific examples; then read TRES SERVI 5. If time, discuss slave conditions in Roman Britain.
th 1/28 (D) In class: again alphabet-analyze at board and card at your desks selected sentences;
Assign: write out TRES SERVI in full; read cultural essay, "Romanization" 20-23.
fri 1/29 (E) (one hour) read CONIURATIO 1-29 7 using "instant lookup."
In class: (FLL) read BREGANS 8, answering comprehension questions.
Assign: read cultural essay, "Salvius" 24; finish writing out comprehension questions if you did not manage to finish in class. Study Stage 13 cumulative checklist vocabulary cards.
Mid-winter FREE WEEKEND begins at end of classes.
tu 2/2 (F one hour) Take up BREGANS homework handout.
In class: read AL I infinitives 11 and write out a translation of exercise B, sentences 1-4 11; read AL D, E 12, and start to memorize the forms of volo, nolo, possum 12. Be ready for Stage 13 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz. The list is long, start studying now.
wed 2/3 (G) All-grammar catch-up day.
Assign: study for Stage 13 cumulative checklist quiz.
th 2/4 (A) (FLL) In class: after reviewing "pattern shorthand," start SALVIUS FUNDUM INSPICIT 13-14. Answer comprehension questions on SFI handout.
If you have not finished the SFI handout, do finish over the weekend as I will take it up tomorrow for a grade. Remember: being all intelligent students, you are expected to read between the lines to answer if necessary. A complete answer gets more credit than a minimal answer.
Assign: be ready for Stage 13 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz. It is a long list!
mon 2/8 (C one hour) Stage 13 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz
tu 2/9 In class: day devoted to new Latin sentence patterns.
In class: read AL II on -que 14. Distribute Stage 13 review packet.
wed 2/10 In class: consolidate sentence patterns and finish BREGANS.
th 2/11 In class: read AL I infinitives 11 and write out a translation of exercise B, sentences 1-4 11; read AL D, E 12, and start to memorize the forms of volo, nolo, possum 12.
fri 2/12 Assign: print off and write out the attached file homework I have sent you in an email.
mon 2/15 Take up SFI HW and Friday's homework.
Assign: write out SALVIUS FUNDUM INSPICIT comprehension questions based on the story 13-14.. Memorize the forms of volo, nolo, possum 12.
wed 2/17 (C) REVIEW PERIOD Assigned to a later date: announced from review packet, but be ready for a brief quiz over the present conjugation of the three important irregular verbs POSSUM, VOLO, NOLO 12.
Assign: Read p. 1 of the review packet carefully for its test format breakdown; write out pp. 2 and 4.
th 2/18 (D) Stage 13 REVIEW in preparation for test.
fri 2/19 (E) Continue grammar review from review packet. Re-quiz over important irregular verb forms.
Assign: study cultural essays at back of Stage 13 and reread the narratives of Stage 13, reacquainting yourselves with alll the characters and their behaviors. Be ready for Stage 13 Test 2/23, Tuesday. Remember to look at the email I sent you about the National Latin Exam, particularly the links suggested for preparing at your level.
mon 2/22 (F) REVIEW CULTURAL.
Be ready for Stage 13 Test 2/23, Tuesday.
tu 2/23 (G) STAGE 13 TEST.
mon 3/1 (D) In class: introduction to "target" grammar topic of Stage 14 - adjective agreement with nouns and pronouns.
Assign: study the endings of the two main adjective declensions on the first page of the handout carefully before starting the written part of the homework assignment. Then turn to page 2 of the special prose composition handout I gave you this morning and work exercises #1 and #2. Use a pencil so you will be able to erase conveniently.
tu 3/2 (E) Assign: write out exercise 3 "Translate into Latin below" off page 1 of handout. Note: English preposition "of" is translated into Latin without a preposition, using the genitive case.
wed 3/3 In class: continue grammar lesson on the Latin adjectives, going over the homework.
Assign: card Stage 14 checklist vocabulary 50.
th 3/4 Check carded HW.
In class: read QUINTUS ADVENIT (instructor translates); if time, look at movie "Archaeology of Roman Britain."
SPRING BREAK begins at 1:00. When we get back, there will be a checklist vocabulary quiz over Stage 14, but no Stage 14 Test.
wed 3/24 (C) Start STAGE 15 - REX COGIDUBNUS by reading the Model Sentences and reading AD AULAM 54-55, using cambridgescp.com.
th 3/25 (D) In class: review the Model Sentences 52f., then read together CAERIMONIA 56, drawing the scene at the whiteboard as it unfolds in the story.
Assign: write out an accurate translation of CAERIMONIA 24-35, and be ready to turn in for a grade next class.
fri 3/26 (E) Check HW and (after corrections in ink) take up for a grade..
In class: if time, read AL I - relative clauses 58, and discuss.
Assign: read cultural essay, "The Celts: friend or foe?" 64f. and "Cogidubnus, King of the Regnenses" 66-68. Card Stage 15 checklist vocabulary 70 and be ready to show for a grade. Remember! for full credit, you must give the declension number of the nouns. (If you are in doubt about how to assign them, go to page 186-187 at the back of your text.)
tu 3/30 In class: read AL II - gender 59.
wed 3/31 In class: review both AL notes (relative pronoun and gender) 58-59 and finish translating CAERIMONIA 56..
Assign: read LUDI FUNEBRES I and II 60-62.
tu 4/6 (C one hour) In class: LUDI FUNEBRES I, II 60-62 (instructor translates).
In class: after short burst of grammar review (“What is a relative pronoun? What is a relative clause? What is an antecedent? What is gender?”) work Relative Pronoun Latin sentence-building exercise
Assign: finish the Sentence Building exercise on which you will receive a grade. Card Stage 15 checklist vocabulary, and be ready to show for a grade. Remember to correctly show the declension number of nouns if you want full credit.
wed 4/7 (D) Check 2 HW’s (sentence building and cards). This will = a double homework assignment in the grade book.
In class: begin REVIEW by distributing review packet.
Assign: TBA.
th 4/8 (E) Distribute review packet and begin REVIEW for Stage 15 Test (focus: relative pronoun, gender, Latin prepositional phrases). FINE ARTS FESTIVAL
Assign: a) TBA review packet assignment?
b) memorize new Stage 15 checklist vocabulary, especially going in the direction English-to-Latin. Remember: the most powerful vocabulary drills are installed on all the computers in Becker Library. I am not talking about cambridgescp.com, but the ones accessed from the green START box at the lower left hand corner of the screen (Latin). Also there you will find interactive computerized Flash Drills to assist with memorization of the nominative and accusative relative pronoun forms, target grammar of Stage 15.
fri 4/9 (F one hour) Distribute review packet. Begin by taking sight comprehension /verb tense I.D test. Distribute review packet.
Assign: write out pp. 1-4 in REVIEW packet. Do not spend more than 60-70 minutes doing this.
mon 4/12 (G)
In class: REVIEW PACKET HW
Assign: be ready for Stage 15 CUMULATIVE checklist vocabulary quiz Tuesday.
tu 4/13 (A) Stage 15 Checklist Vocabulary Quiz.
Assign: be ready for Stage 15 Test next class.
th 4/15 (C one hour) STAGE 15 TEST.
fri 4/16 (D) In class: go over graded Stage 15 test, noting grammatical mistakes on a separate sheet of paper. Impersonal expressions (decorum est - Dat. + Infinitive) led the list.
Assign: card Stage 16 checklist vocabulary 90. Remember to write in the declension number of nouns! (Look at page 186, nominative and genitive singular, if in doubt how to do this.) Read cultural essay "The Palace at Fishbourne" 83f.
mon 4/19 (E) Check carded HW.
In class: start Stage 16 IN AULA by reading Model Sentences 72-73. (We will study the grammar of Stage 16 intensively, and of course learn the Stage 16 vocabulary. There will not be a Stage 16 Test. There will be a Stage 16 checklist vocabulary quiz.)
Assign: write out a translation of the rest of the Model Sentences 72-73, that is, the ones we did not translate in class today.
tu 4/20 (F) Using cambridgescp.com, read BU 74, RSD I and II 75-76, QDS 79 in Stage 16.
Assign: continue reading these stories with help of cambridgescp.com.
wed 4/21 (G) EARTH DAY - Latin I does not meet; all afternoon classes are cancelled.
Assign: finish reading the BU, RSD, QDS in Stage 16.
th 4/22 (A) In class: read AL relative clauses, gender 58-59.
Assign: write out relative pronoun page of written grammar HW.
fri 4/23 (B) Assign: study Stage 16 checklist vocabulary.
mon 4/26 (C) Check HW.
Assign: spend 45 minutes working on checklist vocabulary drills; I will collect those penalty vocabulary makeups.
tu 4/27 (D) Check HW plus penalty makeups.
In class: read read AL I 78 - pluperfect tense;
Assign: work page 1 of grammar handout on the pluperfect tense.
wed 4/28 (E) Distribute "How to do a Latin reading assignment" handout. (Cover steps 1, 2.)
Assign: write out sentences 1-8 in Latin and English translation from pluperfect tense prose composition handout; study for checklist vocabulary quiz over Stages 13-16.
th 4/29 (F) In class: read AL II - questions 80. Work about ten examples in class.
fri 4/30 (G) Study for checklist vocabulary quiz.
mon 5/3 (A) Checklist vocabulary quiz over Stages 13-16.
Assign: write out a translation of STAGE 17 - ALEXANDRIA, Model Sentences 92-93.
wed 5/5 (C one hour) In class: read TUMULTUS I.
Assign: read TUMULTUS II, using cambridgescp.com
th 5/6 (D) In class: explore TUMULTUS II.
Assign: read the AL note - genitive case
fri 5/7 (E) In class: continue learning to read Latin WITHOUT translating word for word, practicing on TUMULTUS II.
Assign: read cultural essay, "Alexandria" 105f.; card Stage 17 checklist vocabulary112, writing in declension numbers for nouns if you want credit.
mon 5/10 (F) Check carded HW.
In class: Start Stage 18 EUTYCHUS ET CLEMENS. (Instructor translates TABERNA.); read IN OFFICINA EUTYCHI I, II 116f., using instant lookup.
Assign: study for Stage 17 cumulative vocabulary quiz.
tu 5/11 (G) In class: finish reading IOE I, II, writing out in full answers to questions from IOE comprehension handout.
Assign: finish handout if not done by the end of class. Read essay on Alexandrian glass at the back of the stage 127.
wed 5/12 Neuter nouns.
th 5/13 Finish IOE II.
fri 5/14 Assign: be ready for Stage 17 non-cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class.