LATIN III COURSE CALENDAR 2011
Not meeting G-day; long periods A-, D-days.
719-3780 (before 10 PM), mmurphy@sstx.org
NOTE: students are responsible for assignment changes made by 4 PM of the day before work is due. There will always be an E-day assignment when class does not meet.
tu 8/30/11 (A one hour) CONGRATULATIONS ON HAVING MADE IT TO LATIN III! Distribute review packet. For specific questions about grammar see the valuable "Index of Grammatical Topics" 374f. in the Unit III textbook. Laminated Latin grammar cards are available in the bookstore at the counter! Pick up a set.
In class: begin fill-in of the many alpha 4 pages in the review packet. You may stop at the subjunctive verb forms. Assign: re-memorize the verb tense forms you recorded to the review packet today. Bring your green Unit III text to class.
wed 8/31 (B) In class: an exercise to illustrate the importance of knowing CASE endings of the five noun declensions--participles.
Assign: memorize your verb forms and your noun declensions pp. 296-297 of your Unit III textbook.
th 9/1 (C) In class: continue with participles; if time, list at board and discuss the main uses of the nominative, genitive, and dative cases encountered so far in Latin I-II.
Assign: review the noun-declensional paradigms found on pp. 296-297 of your Unit III textbook.
fri 9/2 (D one hour) In class: discuss the uses of the cases (except for the ablative which is postponed) encountered so far in Latin I-II; introduce the theory of the subjunctive mood if time.
Assign: There are two parts to your homework. 1) Be ready for a "double" quiz (= two homework grades) over the complete noun declensional endings 296-297 next class. Final warning: know the endings for declensions I, II, III, IV, and V, including the2nd and 3rd declension neuter nouns, and the 4th declension neuters. Just the endings; you don't need to write out entire words on the quiz sheet. Your review packet has a blank practice sheet on page 5. 2) write out p. 18 in your review packet, and read p. 19.
mon 9/5 (E) Noun-declensional double quiz.
In class: continue quick overview of the essential meaning of the subjunctive mood. Work page alpha 8-9 (purpose clauses and other subjunctive clauses).
Assign: write out alpha 10, XXIV, in review packet, then translate. (XXIII on the same page is optional. Work a few.)
tu 9/6 (F) In class: work page alpha 21 after first filling out p.11 ("Table of Subjunctive Verb Endings"), imperfect and pluperfect subjunctives, one instance of all 4 regular conjugations.
Assign: fill in/translate where possible review packet, passive voice, pp. 22, 23, and 24. (The redundant pages of same are for your own possible future review.)
wed 9/7 (G) Assign: write out review packet, pp. 29-30;
th 9/8 (A one hour ) Return Noun declensional quizzes. Continue review.
Assign: no homework. Review your review packet assignments from Tuesday and Wednesday to check they are in order.
fri 9/9 (B) Press review to conclusion.
Assign: Bring your Unit III books to class next time! Read "Roman Beliefs" 249f. Card (or list) and memorize Stage 32 checklist vocabulary 254. Be sure to indicate on your cards or list the conjugation number of verbs (1-4) and the declension number of nouns (I-V) for full credit.
mon 9/12 (C) Check carded HW for a grade.
Quick review of two key ablative constructions (it may be helpful to refer to p. 15 of review packet).
In class: start Stage 32 - EUPHROSYNE - Model Sentences 236f.. Divide into groups of two or three and read EUPHROSYNE REVOCATA 35 1-16 238, using cambridgescp.com.
Assign: finish reading ER 1-35 on your own.
tu 9/13 (D one hour) In class: finish ER 238-239 and read AL I deponent verbs 240.
Assign: reread AL I deponent verbs 240, and write out a translation of B 1-5 240; study Stage 32 checklist vocabulary in preparation for eventual checklist double quiz. The first checklist quiz is non-cumulative, but the list on 254 is a long one.
wed 9/14 (F) Take up HW for a grade..
In class: "What was Stoic philosophy?"
Assign: read "Quotes from Epictetus" (handout) and be prepared to discuss them. There will be a grade for class participation.
th 9/15 (F) Discussion of Epictetus quotes; get your opinion in and get your participation recognized.. CATCH-UP DAY.
Assign: there will be a short test over our grammar review packet and over the Stoic Epictetus readings next class. Grammar: 80%; Epictetus: 20%.
fri 9/16 (G) Assign: see above. There will be a short test over our grammar review packet and Epictetus next class.
mon 9/18 (A one hour) TEST 1 (grammar section).
tu 9/19 (B) Test 1, Part 2 (Epictetus). Suggested time: 15 minutes.
In class: read CENA HATERII 1-10. Distribute CH comprehension questions and explain what is expected. Make your answers as comprehensive as possible. Vacuum up all the evidence that meets the criteria laid down in the handout. Some questions have multiple correct answers.
Assign: finish reading CENA HATERII and write out comprehension questions in full. 9th graders, leave your CH comprehension question homeworks in my mailbox outside faculty carrel area "A."
wed 9/20-22 9th grade Retreat begins. Upper School students will work on review.
Assign: same as assignment immediately above. The CH assignment is due Tuesday in my box.
mon 9/26 (F)
In class: go over tests and refine CENA HATERII homework assigned over 9th grade retreat; AL 243 - future active participle
Assign: read AL 243 - future active participle; work practice exx. of sentences with this participle.
tu 9/27 (G) Ninth graders, please put CH homework in my mailbox (crossroads area, level 2, Becker outside faculty carrel area A).
Assign: memorize checklist vocabulary.
wed 9/28 (A) Check CH HW handout and take up, last chance!
In class: summarize the action of CENA HATERII AND start PHILOSOPHIA 244. Distribute PHILOSOPHIA comprehension questions handout.
Assign: write out answers to PHILOSOPHIA comprehension questions handout.
th 9/29 (B) Take up HW and discuss the surprising turn of events in PHILOSOPHIA.
In class: read AL - a little more on "MUST-NESS" gerundives 246; write out a translation of C.1-5. (You may translate using either active voice or passive voice.) If time, read word patterns: verbs and nouns 246.
fri 9/30 (C) Start REVIEW, distributing "breakdown" test format sheet as part of review packet.
Assign: write out pp. 4-5 on deponent verbs from review packet; write out a translation IN CONTEXT of the deponent verbs in the sentences on p. 6 of the packet. No need to write out the whole sentences on p. 6. study "Common Latin Abbreviations" sheet in review packet handout.
mon 10/3 (D one hour) In class: continue REVIEW through the packet. Be sure to know your checklist vocabulary, Stages 1-32.
tu 10/4 (E) STAGE 32 TEST.
wed 10/5 (F) Finish Test. Stage 32 checklist vocabulary quiz (only over the vocabulary of 32).
Assign: in Stage 33 PANTOMIMUS, read the Model Sentences 256, read TYCHICUS 257 1-17, using cambridgescp.com, and write out a translation of lines 11-17 to be handed in next class. Read the cultural essay on "Entertainment" 266f.
th 10/6 (G) Assign: see above assignment.
fri 10/7 (A one hour) Return tests.
In class: read together TYCHICUS 1-17 257.
Assign: card Stage 33 checklist vocabulary.
mon 10/10 (B) Check carded HW for a grade.
In class: finish reading TYCHICUS 257-258, then refer to St. Paul's letter To the Thessalonians 4 if there is time.
Assign: study checklist vocabulary, Stages 32-33; read AL I 259 - future active indicative 259, and memorize the new forms, B-D.
tu 10/11 (C) In class: short burst of grammar review on the new future tense; read together IN AULA DOMITIANI (tape) I 1-9.
Assign: no homework for anyone taking the PSAT; everyone else, finish reading IAD I, using cambridgescp.com.
wed 10/12 (D) In class: instructor presentation about the philosophy of Epicurus; continue reading narrative.
Assign: study checklist vocabulary, Stages 32-33.
th 10/13 (E) In class: read IAD II 262.
Assign: write out IAD II "grammar adder" homework handout. Translate accurately in context--or no credit. This is INDEPENDENT work. Study for cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next week.
fri 10/14 (F) In class: AL - future perfect active indicative 263; read AL 264 - Word patterns: diminutives 264. Distribute review packets.
Assign: study for Stage 33 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class; do assigned pages in review packet.
mon 10/17 (G) Assign: study for Stage 33 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class. Do all pages in review packet. (This is a weekend assignment, plus we do not meet on Monday.)
tu 10/18 (A one hour) Stage 33 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz.
In class: REVIEW. Be ready for Stage 33 Test next class.
wed 10/19 (B) STAGE 33 TEST.
th 10/20 (C) In class: finish Stage Test.
Assign: write out a translation of STAGE 34 ULTIO EPAPHRODITI 274.
fri 10/21 (D) PARENTS DAY. Take up UE homework translations, and advance if time into INSIDIAE 276.
Assign: get some sleep!
wed 10/26 (E) Take up UE homeworks and return Stage 33 Tests.
In class: tackle INSIDIAE 276-277 in class at the board.
Assign: finish reading INSIDIAE 276-277, using cambridgescp.com. WRITE OUT in a chunking-style translation ONLY the bits in bold-face type on the INSIDIAE I handout.
th 10/27 (F) Take up HW for a grade.
In class: grammar check on INSIDIAE. Read EXITIUM I 279, which we will read in class next week also.
fri 10/28 (G) Assign: read EXITIUM II; card all of Stage 34 checklist vocabulary 292, a long list, so start memorizing now. There will be a cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz.
mon 10/31 (A one hour) Check carded HW for a grade.
In class: from tape, check key grammatical constructions in EXITIUM I, II 279f. Distribute handout targeting key grammar paragraph by paragraph in EXITIUM I, II.
tu 11/1 (B) In class: ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE REVIEW with Latin prose composition sentences (worked individually in class). File this handout sheet in your ringbinder.
Assign: correct the mistranslations on the INSIDIAE in-context translation homework returned in class today; read AL II - future passive indicative 281-282.
wed 11/2 (C) Take up HW and spot-quiz on the ablative absolute.
In class: AL II on the future passive; start HONORES 282-283 (FLL), answering questions on handout and supporting with brief Latin quotation.
Assign: finish writing out HONORES handout, read AL III - word patterns - formation of nouns from verbs, and study for coming cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz, a long list.
th 11/3 (D one hour) Return HW and spot-quiz.
In class: go over Stage 33 Test, noting mistakes of grammar.
REVIEW WORK (deponent "stinker" handout).
Assign: study for Stage 34 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next week. It is a long, long list.
fri 11/4 (E) REVIEW.
In class: after working a few examples of the future passive tense at the board, read HONORES 1-17 282, specifying ONLY whether a verb is ACTIVE or PASSIVE in form, and translating the verb in context on a sheet of paper. Work alone. Double-space. If you omit a pertinent form, that counts as an error. Sign your name to the sheet!
Assign: be ready for Stage 34 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class. It is a long list! Unit IV, Stage 35 EPISTULAE - read EX URBE 1-35 2-3, using cambridgescp.com. (Skip lines 35-42 of EX URBE.)
Bring the purple Unit IV text to class with you also next class. You will need both the green and purple texts!
mon 11/7 (F) Stage 34 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz
In class: discuss EX URBE 1-37 with special attention to Indirect Statement target grammar.
Assign: read VITA RUSTICA 1-37 6-7, skipping lines on page 8; read cultural essay "Freedmen and Freedwomen" 286f.
tu 11/8 (G) Assign: read cultural essay "Roman Country Villas" 9-11 (purple Unit IV text).
wed 11/9 (A) In class: read AL II indirect statement 12. Practice drilling this construction.
Assign: card Stage 35 checklist vocabulary 20. There will be no quiz, but you are responsible for it on the fall term exam.
th 11/10 (B) In class: read AL I -supine 5 and be able to translate all the supines in exercise B 5.
Assign: TBA from review packet. How to prepare for the Latin III Fall Term Exam
The focus of your preparation should be on Stages 34 and 35.
The test falls into two parts, of which a translation section written to "chunking" standard is worth circa 10%, multiple-choice grammar sections are worth circa 25%; and the rest is multiple-choice cultural, derivative, and word study from Stage 35. You do not have permission to be ignorant of stray pre-Stage 35 cultural items, but the focus will be overwhelmingly on Stage 35 cultural material.
Know well all the stories of Stages 34 and 35. Questions about "old" grammar in those two stages are fair game. For example, you should know that ANCILLA TIMIDE SEQUENTE is an ablative absolute.
You will be asked to BRIEFLY translate from either EX URBE or VITA RUSTICA in Stage 35, and of course you can expect to be asked about grammar therein too.
As always on tests, you are responsible for all checklist vocabulary from Stage 1, Unit 1 on. You will be able to ask about the meaning of non-checklist words, but you should first check the Unit IV teacher's manual ("purple monster") to determine checklist status. It is a maximum two-hour exam. I will be around for questions in class Tuesday morning, after which I will be writing tests and unavailable.
If you have not started studying for a test that is only one week away and determines 30% of the term mark, you should ask yourself, WHY NOT?
fri 11/11 (C) REVIEW DAY.
mon 11/14 (D) DEAD DAY - remember to consult your email for test format information
tu 11/15 (E) DEAD DAY (attendance strongly encouraged at scheduledreview session in Room 14!)
FALL TERM EXAMS
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS
tu 11/29 (F) In class: start STAGE 36 RECITATIO 21f. - MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS I 22-23. Note: there will be a test over Stage 36 before Christmas Break.
In class: start Martial by discussing reading as performance. Read one or two of the epigrams 22-23.
Assign: chunking translate two epigrams on 22-23 (Thais, Pontilianus). This is an INDEPENDENT assignment. You will not be consigned to grade-hell for having trouble with it; in return, complete the whole assignment without getting help from anyone. Repeat: it is not a problem to have problems with this assignment. Do the best you can on your own.
Note: there will be a test over Stage 36 before Christmas Break.
wed 11/30 (G) Assign: card or list Stage 36 checklist vocabulary 38 and be ready to show for a grade. Start memorizing the list.
th 12/1 (A one hour) Check two HW's.
In class: discuss 22-23. Use a different color ink to make your corrections. Don't use red! Read 24 together.
Assign: chunking/translate Martial I, II, V 28-29. This is an INDEPENDENT assignment. You will not be consigned to grade-hell for having trouble with it; in return, complete the whole assignment without getting help from anyone.
fri 12/2 (B) In class: discuss epigrams. Take up HW.
Assign: write out a chunking translation of Martial III, IV, VI and read AL II - word order 30-31.
mon 12/5 (C) Check TWO HW's for a grade.
In class: chunking translations III, IV, VI at board.
Assign: TBA.
tu 12/6 (D) In class: read AL 26-7 on target grammar, present and imperfect subjunctive, active and passive voice, paragraphs A and B. (Active = Subject of verb as "doer" ; Passive = Subject of verb as "done-to.").
Study AL page 27 and work some examples.
Assign: write out p. 1 from present subjunctive handout. (This is the one with 16 questions total.)
wed 12/7 (E) Check p. 1 HW and take up for a grade.
In class: write out all the pages in the review packet, or as many as you can do in the allotted 45 minutes for this class. Start to memorize all the new subjunctive forms in C-E 26-27. Your ability to recognize these forms is crucial to success on the Stage 36 Test. So is your ability to do the ten questions with INDIRECT STATEMENT that will appear on the test.
Assign: study for Stage 36 checklist vocabulary quiz next class. (Principal parts are unusually important for this test.)
th 12/8 (F) Stage 36 checklist vocabulary quiz.
Assign: TBA.
mon 12/10 (A) (A one hour) STAGE 36 TEST.
tu 12/11 Finish Test. Discuss January 14 JCL COMPETITION, WESTLAKE H.S.
wed 12/14 (C) Take Pentathlon test? Go over Stage 36 Test results.
th 12/15 (D) In class: start Stage 37 - CONSILIUM, by reading Model Sentences 40-41. Work on EPISTULA 41 in pairs, focusing on indirect statement with introduction of the perfect active infinitive.
Assign: read the rest of EPISTULA 42.
fri 12/16 (E) In class: fill out answers to comprehension questions sheet Stage 37 EPISTULA. To receive credit, except for question 7, you generally have to translate and quote briefly according to instructions.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
Classes resume 1/4/12.
wed 1/4 (F) Check understanding of IN EPISTULA.
In class: read together AP 43-44 (AMICI PRINCIPIS is read but skipped for test purposes).
Assign: study for Stage 37 non-cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class.
th 1/5 (G) Assign: study for Stage 37 non-cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class.
fri 1/6 (A one hour) Stage 37 non-cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz
In class: review the infinitives used in Indirect Statement at board; read CONSILIUM DOMITIANI I 1-34 46-47, focusing on infinitives.
Assign: fill out CD comprehension questions handout distributed in class. Answer briefly in both Latin and English--I don't want complete sentences or even complete words, just an abbreviated infinitive and the abbreviated English translation of same. Answer directly on the sheet, not on a separate piece of paper.
Then copy synopsis of infinitives p. 311 A in full to cards or to lined paper in your Latin ringbinder and MEMORIZE--you can ignore this assignment if you copied faithfully the synopsis in red and black that I put on the board yesterday. Then read AL I - perfect active infinitive 45, paragraph C, which shows yet again why we ask you to memorize the perfect tense (3rd principal part) of all checklist verbs.
mon 1/9 (B) Meet in Room 14, then adjourn to UPPER SCHOOL COMPUTER LAB.
In class: go over CD I homework until the class agrees on an authorized, corrected copy. Put that in your ringbinder.
Read CD II 48, using the same approach as for CD I. From review packet write out p. 1 with title "Indirect Statement - a tale of four infinitives."
Assign: reread "Senatorial Career" essay and write out p. 3 in packet with title "Stage 37, CULTURE," questions 1-6. (Be advised that learning these senior offices takes memory work.)
tu 1/10 (C) Check HW.
In class: read AL III - word patterns: frequentatives 50 and discuss. REVIEW.
Assign: reread essay, "Senatorial Career" 53f.
wed 1/11 (D) In class: REVIEW. Assign: finish CD II comprehension questions handout sheet.
th 1/12 (E) REVIEW.
Assign: be ready for TEST next class.
fri 1/13 (F) Stage 37 TEST, Part 1, questions 1-47.
Assign: study for TEST, Part 2.
mon 1/16 MLK Day. No class sessions.
Assign: study for test.
tu 1/17 (G) Assign: study for second part of test.
wed 1/18 (A) Stage 37 TEST, Part 2.
Assign: read Stage 38 cultural essay " Roman Marriage" 75.
th 1/19 (B) In class: start STAGE 38 - NUPTIAE (instructor presentation on the Roman marriage ritual).
Assign: card Stage 38 checklist vocabulary and be ready to show.
fri 1/20 (C) CATCH UP DAY.
In class: read together STAGE 38 NUPTIAE, IMPERATORIS SENTENTIA 1-14 60.
Assign: read IS 15-34, using instant lookup.
mon 1/23 ((D) Check HW.
In class: we will read POLLA,
Assign: read PRIDIE NUPTIARUM 64-65.
tu 1/24 (E) In class: consolidate PN.
Assign: read AL II - perfect subjunctive 66.
wed 1/25 (F) Read AL II - perfect subjunctive 66 and practice exercises targetting the new grammar.
Assign: read AL III on the pluperfect passive subjunctive 72.
th 1/26 (G) Assign; be ready for Stage 38 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz next class; write out class handout with topic, Perfect Subjunctive. Don't spend more than 30-40 minutes on the handout.
fri 1/27 (A one hour) Stage 38 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz.
In class: discuss AL II, III word patterns 73 and distribute Stage 38 breakdown sheet/review packet.
Assign: write out NUPTIAE study sheets, pp. 1-3 in the review packet. (Consider the importance of the cultural component on this test!) Most of the class by arrangement will take the checklist vocabulary quiz Monday.
mon 1/29 (B) REVIEW DAY. Stage 38 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz.
Assign: write out a translation of p. 4 in the review packet, the page entitled Stage 38 Review. Pay special attention to correct translation of the various subjunctive tenses. The entire exercise consists of indirect question.
tu 1/30 (C) REVIEW DAY
Assign: be ready for Stage 38 Test next class.
wed 1/31 (D) STAGE 38 TEST, Part 1.
Assign: be ready to finish the rest of the test next class.
th 2/1 (E) Finish STAGE 38 TEST.
Assign: read Stage 39 cultural essay "Authors, Readers, and Listeners." Start Stage 39 STUDIA by reading HEREDES PRINCIPIS 82-83. Use cambridgescp.com. and write out a translation of lines 6-14 of HP. Please double-space. I prefer it if you type.
fri 2/3 (F) In class: consolidate HP.
FREE WEEKEND BEGINS.
wed 2/8 (A) Give out Stage 38 test grades.
In class: read HP 15-33; INQUISITIO 1-19.
Assign: card Stage 39 checklist vocabulary 100 and be ready to show.
th 2/9 (B) Check carded HW.
In class: read AL I - gerundives - a new use 84 and work examples of gerundives AL I C 1-4 84. If time, start INQUISITIO 20 85-86, working in pairs; if time, read further, paying particular attention to the Ovid bits (26-36, 41-51 86 at board). Each student needs to write out a translation of the Ovid bits!
Assign: finish translating the Ovid bits in bold for a grade.
fri 2/10 (C) Take up Ovid translation HW for a grade and consolidate.
Distribute poetic meter handout and work through page 1 together.
Assign: read pp. 1-3 of the poetic meter handout which you received in class. MARK THE PARTS WHICH YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, if any. Prepare a metrical scansion of VERSUS OVIDIANI 1-3 89. Type, triple-space; use pencil to indicate heavy and light syllables. If you were not in class, I have emailed you the poetic meter handout. Please print off a copy for your personal use.
mon 2/13 (D one hour) Put returned paraphrase in ringbinder where you can get to it as needed. (We will go over paraphrase homework word-by-word).
In class: work on scansion handout. Go over Stage 39 tests in final quarter of class.
Assign: read VERSUS OVIDIANI 89 and write out a "chunking" style translation of VO 1-5+ 89.
tu 2/14 (E) Check HW.
In class: work on scansion handout.
Assign: metrically scan the first ten lines of VO 89. Make xerox copies out of your book, or print off the Daedalus and Icarus story from the METAMORPHOSES of Ovid. Triple-spacing works best.
wed 2/15 (F) Check scansion HW for a grade.
In class: elision: what is it?; read and translate VO 1-7 89-90. (Consult your INQUISITIO translation line 26f.!) Each student should write out the translation.
Assign: TBA.
th 2/16 (G) Assign: see above.
fri 2/17 (A one hour) Check HW.
In class: write out VO 6-20 89-90. (Consult your INQUISITIO translation line 26f.!)
Discuss format of National Latin Exam. Distribute sample test.
Assign: study Stage 39 checklist vocabulary 100.
mon 2/20 (B) National Latin Exam is on Friday, periods 7-8.
In class; AL II verbs of fearing 88; write out paragraph C.1-4 88.
Assign: take sample National Latin Exam (handout).
tu 2/21 (C) In class: analyze NLE.
Assign: take the sample 2011 NLE; I emailed you the link where you can print it off. Careless errors are costing everyone dear. Check your work!!
wed 2/22 (D) Check NLE exams.
Assign: read AL III - word order 92; explore - word patterns: verbs and nouns 93, working fill-in examples in table B.
th 2/23 (E) Remember: you are excused in 7th and 8th periods tomorrow to take the National Latin Exam.
In class: finish the grammar summary for the NLE; discuss AL III - word order 92; explore - word patterns: verbs and nouns 93.
fri 2/24 NATIONAL LATIN EXAM, periods 7-8, multi-purpose commons room.
Assign: no HW.
tu 2/28 (A one hour) In class: read together Model Sentences 102; read ACCUSATIO I.
Assign: no HW.
wed 2/29 (B) In class: read ACCUSATIO II 104, starting COGNITIO 105-106 if time.
Assign: card Stage 40 checklist vocabulary 120, indicating noun-declension numbers for full credit. Finish translating the bold-face indirect statements on the ACCUSATIO II handout.
th 3/1 (C) Check carded HW.
In class: instructor presentation on Roman law courts; Caesar's difficult and expensive civil war with Pompey and the Senate in Greece.
Assign: finish reading COGNITIO 105-106 for the dramatic developments in Salvius's trial.
fri 3/2 (D special schedule) In class: explore target grammar of COGNITIO 9-21 106 (see Wiki posting if you were absent from class). Spring Break begins.
SPRING TERM 2012.
tu 3/20 (E) In class: finish reading COGNITIO 106 22-35 (easy). Discuss AL I - more on indirect statement 107.
Assign: read essay, "Roman Law Courts" 115; study for stage 40 cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz.
wed 3/21 (F) Discuss AL I - more on indirect statement 107 (theory).
In class: "Why did the Romans do indirect statement this way?"; using cambridgescp.com, start DESPERATIO I & II 108f.
Assign: finish reading DESPERATIO I & II 108f.
th 3/22 (G) Assign: see above and study Stage 40 non-cumulative checklist vocabulary.
fri 3/23 (A 40 minutes) Read DESPERATIO I thru line 16., II. GRANDPARENTS DAY.
Assign: study for checklist vocabulary quiz.
mon 3/26 (B) Stage 40 non-cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz.
In class: read DESPERATIO I.17f, II 109; read AL II - gerunds 110 and translate the three sentence examples of the gerund on the class handout; with 2-page handout, explore the difference between gerunds and gerundives (Latin prose composition supplementing). Finish writing out page 2, translating the 8 target-grammar sentences from Latin to English.
Assign: read GERUND AL 110.
tu 3/27 (C) In class: read DAMNATIO 111, the final episode of facsimile Latin in the CLC, REVIEW by reading AL II - gerunds 110, and working a few examples of same at the board. Learn how to distinguish GERUND from its look-alike participial cousin, the GERUNDIVE. (The latter always describes a noun or a pronoun.)
Read word patterns: inceptives 112 (misleading name). Distribute breakdown sheet and review packet for Stage 40 Test.
Assign: be sure you can translate accurately all the sentences/answer all the questions on pp. 1 and 3 of the review packet. Where translation is concerned, I am particularly interested in the UNDERLINED words.
wed 3/28 (D) REVIEW.
Assign: be ready for STAGE 40 TEST next class.
th 3/29 (E) STAGE 40 TEST, Part 1.
Assign: review for rest of test if you did not finish. I have an administrative meeting on Friday. Therefore, ON FRIDAY, 3/30, you will take the SECOND part of your Stage 40 test in Room 4 at the usual class meeting time with Mr. Crosby proctoring. Don't go to our usual classroom 14 in Temple. If you finish the test, which you may well, before the end of the period, have TEXTBOOK, paper, and pencil so you can prepare a chunking translation of the following stories in Stage 41 BITHYNIA. Read "Governing an Empire" 122-123 and translate ADVENTUS 124. That will keep you occupied for the rest of the period.
fri 3/30 (F) In class: STAGE 40 TEST, Part 2 with 20 minutes max. allowed.
I have an administrative meeting on Friday. Therefore, ON FRIDAY, 3/30, you will take the SECOND part of your Stage 40 test in Room 4 at the usual class meeting time with Mr. Crosby proctoring. Don't go to our usual classroom 14 in Temple. If you finish the test, which you may well, before the end of the period, have TEXTBOOK, paper, and pencil so you can prepare a chunking translation of the following stories in Stage 41 BITHYNIA. Read "Governing an Empire" 122-123 and translate ADVENTUS 124. That will keep you occupied for the rest of the period.
Assign: read "Governing an Empire" 122-123 and "Government of the Roman Provinces" 142-146, the cultural essays for Stage 41.
tu 4/3 (A) In class: read ADVENTUS 1-12 124.
Assign: reread "Governing an Empire" 122-123. Card Stage 41 checklist vocabulary 148. If you don't record the conjugation # of all verbs and the declension # of all nouns, you get a 50. Write out a translation of ADVENTUS 14-18 to be handed in.
wed 4/4 (B) Check vocabulary. Take up written HW.
In class: read ADVENTUS II 126. Announce Stage 40 test grades.
Assign: write out a translation of ADVENTUS 126. (A lot of it is on the Wiki, but use with caution.)
th 4/5 (C) Take up HW for a grade.
In class: AL I - conditional sentences 130.
Assign: no HW.
tu 4/10 (D) In class: finish ADVENTUS, look at AL notes I and (if time) II - more about CUM clauses 137. Go over Test 40 if time.
Assign: read AL II 137 A; then write out translations of B.1-6 137 (AL note II).
wed 4/11 (E) In class: go over Stage 40 Tests, correcting grammar errors; check HW practice sentences.
Assign: write out a translation of Martial's "Recipe For Happiness" (see class handout with full set of notes). For additional vocabulary help, go to nodictionaries.com. The place to look there is Martial, Book X, Poem 47.
th 4/12 (F) Assign: write out a chunking-style translation of the three Martial poems on the handout 2.26, 5.58, 11.77. Use nodictionaries.com.
mon 4/16 (A) In class: discuss Poems 2.26 and 11.77.
Assign: today's was a good class! Some of you have not finished Poem 5.58 to your satisfaction. Please do so. Most of you, taking a second look, would make some changes. Look up Martial 5.58 on www.perseus.tufts.edu. Click on each word and you get grammatical analysis as well as vocabulary information. Refine the rough translations of this poem that you did over the weekend, and start writing a translation of the new poem on the handout I gave out at the end of class today, Poem 8.44. It is on the same theme as 5.58. Spend no more than 45 minutes on the HW.
tu 4/17 (B) Assign: finish writing out a translation of Poem 8.44. Be bold: put your translation on the Wiki!
wed 4/18 (C) Earth day.
th 4/19/ (D) Analyze Poem 8.44.
Assign: bring your purple Unit IV texts to class with you. We will be reading at sight the last in our "Epicurean" series, this one by Horatius, b. 57 B.C.
Study Stage 41 checklist vocabulary in preparation for checklist quiz first class next week.
fri 4/20 (E) In class: start HORATIUS
Assign: finish writing out a translation of Horatius (begun on Wiki). Study Stage 41 checklist vocabulary in preparation for checklist quiz first class next week.
mon 4/23 (F) Check HW.
Stage 41 NON-cumulative checklist vocabulary quiz.
Assign: read Martial poems on handout distributed Monday, referred to in Monday's email.
wed 4/25 (A) In class: Horatius. Roman History. Martial.
Assign: polish, refine, translate, and print a HARD COPY of your translation of the full Martial page. I will take it up at the beginning of class.
th 4/26 (B) Assign: start fill out MODUS OPERANDI handout on Phaedrus poem - the wolf and the lamb. You should emphasize the line 3 in particular since so much of the vocabulary is given to you, but the grammar you have to come up with.
Assign: finish writing out MO sheet. You must have all the line 4's translated. I will be looking when I grade at the correspondence (or lack thereof) between your grammar entries in line 4 and sensible, coherent, literal translation in the line 4.
fri 4/27 (C) Take up HW, xerox, and return.
In class: Consolidate and discuss PHAEDRUS poem and the view of life it supposes. Martial if time.
Assign: begin CATULLUS II - At his brother's grave 154 by 1) writing above-the-line case values to every noun, pronoun, adjective, participle in CATULLUS II (use my typed triple-spaced handout for this). Work ON YOUR OWN. This is of course a written assignment, and I will take it up. You are not being asked to translate at this point; try not to get hung up on the translations offered in your textbook. This is a grammar assignment only.
NOTE: xerox your work on my printed handout so you can hold on to the autograph "master copy" during class discussion and annotate it. (At the beginning of class, I must see and take up your own work as opposed to class-corrected stuff. An image on a computer screen will not earn credit!)
mon 4/30 (D one hour) Inspect HW.
In class: using your handout sheet, 2) MO the line 2 (vocabulary) of CATULLUS II 154. Then and only then, try to work out the "surface" meaning of CATULLUS II (= be able to see how the grammar and vocabulary fit together in a translation). 3) Write it out on my handout sheet, using pencil. When you translate, participles should be literally translated, verbs should be given their correct tense, etc., etc. In other words, whenever possible you are "chunking."
Assign: if necessary, finish writing out your translation of the poem. Then try to work out its structure for yourself, using the structure handout I have given you. Analysis (= "structure"), as well as translation, is the focus of assignments this week.
tu 5/1 (E) Distribute structure handout.
In class: read CATULLUS II aloud; consolidate and agree on a working translation of CATULLUS II. Working individually, start answering comprehension questions (handout, but use a separate sheet for your answers). Remember: you will be graded on the accuracy and the completeness of your answers.
Assign: complete handout and be ready to turn in next class. This is a work-by-yourself assignment, not to be shared with others or assisted by the Web.
wed 5/2 (F) Take up Catullus II handout.
In class: start CATULLUS I - That smiling flake 152.
Assign: read for comprehension CATULLUS I. 1-8; write out translation of CATULLUS I.9-14.
fri 5/4 (A) Check HW, CATULLUS I, including 15f..
Assign: with OVIDIUS 159 as your material, list all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and participles from the handout and "place" them according to the "Coping with Unfamiliar Nouns" handout (through step 3). Just assign CASE with an abbreviation, and you are done. This will be a graded assignment. This is a work-by-yourself assignment, not to be shared with others or assisted by the Web.
mon 5/7 (B) In class: translate OVIDIUS excerpt from the Ars Amatoria 159: consolidate translation with questions 1 & 2 159.
Assign: (VERGILIUS is skipped.). Read AL II - more about word order 164.
tu 5/8 (C) In class: discuss word order 164.
Assign: reread AL I - fio, fieri, factus sum 157.
wed 5/9 (D) In class: AL I - fio, fieri, factus sum 157. Start Stage 43 UNIVIRA, reading MATRONA EPHESIA I 1-13 and answering questions on p. 1 of the 3-page handout.
Assign: really read all of ME I 172-174, noting areas of difficulty with grammar. (You have not of course read all of ME I just because you answered all the comprehension questions. This is an additional challenging assignment to answering those simple questions.)
th 5/10 (E) In class: ME I 1-8: carefully write out a literal written translation.
Assign: write out a chunking translation of ME I 9-19 172-173. Spend no more than 45 diligent minutes on the assignment.
fri 5/11 (F) In class: read through ME I.24 . . . erat.
Assign: write out a chunking/MO translation of ME I 24-32; II.1-2 . . . cibo. Spend no more than 45 diligent minutes on the assignment.
mon 5/14 (G) Assign: see above.
tu 5/15 (A one hour) Check HW.
In class: discuss through ME I 30 miles.
Assign: write out a chunking/MO translation of ME II 2 quibus -15 spectem 175-176.
wed 5/16 (B) Check HW.
In class: finish up ME II; if time, discuss comprehension questions 5-9 appended below ME II 176.
Assign: write out class grammar handout for ME II 175-176 entitled, "Final review grammar uses." "Write" means that you should be able to identify by a very abbreviated quote (scraps of words) each construction mentioned on the sheet and translate that brief quote accordingly. Do not spend more than 45 minutes on it.
th 5/17 (C) Take up "Final review grammar uses" handout.
In class: review what you already know about conditional sentences (IF . . . THEN statements), and read AL I - more about conditionals 177.
fri 5/18 (D one hour)
mon 5/21 (E)
tu 5/22 (F)
wed 5/23 (G) DEAD DAYS begin.
Assign: TBA.
th 5/24 (A one hour) REVIEW.
Assign: TBA.
fri 5/25 (B) REVIEW.
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NOT G, LONG A, D.
Material below the dotted line is undated forward planning.
Assign: write out a translation of TURIA I 7-15 178-179; read essay, "Divorce and Remarriage" 186f.
TURIA I, II with MO grammatical analysis of every word 178-180.
In class: read AL II - More about Indirect Speech 183 and work some exercises P&L 184.
Assign: write out a translation of TURIA III 181-182. Spend an honest 45 minutes on this difficult passage, and that will be sufficient