LATIN IV COURSE CALENDAR 2011
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 F-day assignment though class does not meet. Long periods: C-, G-days.
tu 8/30 (A) In class: revisit the importance of knowing the principal parts of checklist verbs. There will be no checklist vocabulary quizzes this year, but you are responsible for all checklist material on tests. Begin review of "The Basics" from the review sheet, CASE and CASE USES (nominative, genitive, dative, some of the accusative uses from the grammar sequence of the CLC). You recall we got through Stage 42 last May.
Assign: fill in the alpha 4 verb synopsis down to the subjunctive mood forms, and be ready to show in class tomorrow. Don't spend more than a half hour on this.
wed 8/31 (B) In class: check REVIEW PACKET and continue with CASE and CASE USES (more genitive, more accusative).
Assign: fill out the subjunctive forms for all four tenses (imperfect, pluperfect, present, and perfect) and memorize. Spend thirty minutes re-memorizing the verb forms you have been copying with such labor.
th 9/1 (C one hour) Note that there is a Friday assignment though class does not meet that day. There is usually an assignment on such days.
In class: continue with CASE and CASE USES (the ablative). Focus on review of the ablative absolute.
Assign: be ready to take a double quiz over all the Noun Declensional endings next week.
fri 9/2 (D) Review uses of the subjunctive mood.
Assign: re-memorize the two adjective declensions on p 296 of your Unit IV text. Be ready for the noun-declensional double quiz next class!
mon 9/5 (E) Noun Declensional double quiz.
In class: start STAGE 43 UNIVIRA - MATRONA EPHESIA I 172. Explore the passage, noting areas of difficulty with grammar.
Assign: with redoubled attention to grammar (handout page I.D.'s in ME I) and vocabulary, answer Stage 43 ME I comprehension questions; card Stage 43 checklist vocabulary 190 and be ready to show both next class
tu 9/6 (F) Assign: check your performance on the ME I comprehension handout. There are going to be a couple of bits that you may not be able to figure out--that's normal.
wed 9/7 (G) Check Stage 43 cards?
In class: continue ME I, translation of the "gnarly" bits.
Assign: work on class grammar handout for ME I - "Work on" means that you should be able to identify by a very brief quote each construction mentioned on the sheet and translate that brief quote accordingly.
th 9/8 (A) Check HW.
Assign: finish translating ME I. That completed, do Friday's assignment (see below).
fri 9/9 (B) Check ME I HW.
Assign:175-176 with ME II. Write out ME II.1-12 and write in the I.D.'s of subjunctive constructions on the ME II sheet created for that purpose in the Stage 43 packet.
mon 9/12 (C one hour) Check HW for a grade. ME II (17 lines of text) - "The escapade continues . . . "
Assign: TBA. Finish writing out ME II, answer comprehension questions 5-9 appended below ME II?
tu 9/13 (D) In class: finish up ME II and discuss its general outrageousness. Start reviewing Conditions with a view to reading the AL note on same.
In class: read AL I - more about conditionals 177 and write out paragraph B 1-8 in English. Read TURIA I 1-6 178.
Assign: write out a translation of TURIA I 7-15 178-179; read essay, "Divorce and Remarriage" 186f.
wed 9/14 (E) Check HW.
Assign: Remember: you have the same assignment for F-day when class does not meet. There is enough time for the assignment if you don't leave it to the last minute.
th 9/15 (F) In class: TURIA I.
fri 9/16 (G special schedule) In class: finish TURIA I; read TURIA II.1-6.
Assign: finish writing out TURIA II.
mon 9/19 (A) TURIA II discussion.
tu 9/20 (B) In class: TURIA III at the board. Take careful notes.
Assign: write out a translation of TURIA III 181-182. Spend an honest 45 minutes on this difficult passage, and that will be sufficient.
wed 9/21 (C) In class: work out TURIA III translation, applying "Attitudes for Reading Latin" guidelines.
Assign: read AL II - More about Indirect Speech 183 and work some exercises P&L 184.
th 9/22 (D) In class: finish TURIA III translation check and grade. Discuss AL 183 note--the priorities. Distribute Stage 43 review packet.
Assign: from review packet distributed at the beginning of the stage, write out ME II pages 6-7.List the uses in Latin briefly but completely, then translate. Don't give complete sentences.
fri 9/23 (E) REVIEW DAY 1. The most challenging parts of the Stage 43 Test will be the indirect statement and the conditionals (IF/THEN) about the language note material, and that is what we will focus on, pp. 332D and 335-6D. Distribute Stage 43 test breakdown sheet.
Assign: write out 332D.1-10 but especially #'s 5-9, and 335-6D.2-5, 7-9. This is a grammar-heavy test.
mon 9/26 (F) Assign: see above; be sure also to read the cultural essay material, and know the checklist vocabulary of Stage 43.
tu 9/27 (G one hour) REVIEW DAY 2. Be ready for Stage 43 Test next class.
You will have 100 minutes to finish it.
wed 9/28 (A) STAGE 43 TEST.
th 9/29 (B) Finish Test. If time, start Stage 44 - DAEDALUS AND ICARUS by reading cultural essay "Icarus in Art " 206f.
Assign: read and write out a chunking-style translation of Stage 44 DAEDALUS AND ICARUS I 192 - man goes to the birds. (Spend 45 minutes on this METAMORPHOSES VIII.220 material in the Latin Library or Perseus.)
fri 9/30 (C one hour) Check D&I I.
In class: read D&I II 194.
Assign: finish up II if necessary; read AL I - historical present 196. Study checklist vocabulary 210.
mon 10/3 (D) In class: read D&I III 197, and write out a "chunking" translation in class.
Assign: write out D&I IV 198.
tu 10/4 (E) Check IV.
Assign: TBA.
wed 10/5 (F special schedule) Assign: write out a chunking translation of Daedalus V 201.
th 10/6 (G one hour) Check HW.
In class: discuss Daedalus V.
Assign: know Stage 44 checklist vocabulary 210.
fri 10/7 (A) In class: read AL II - ellipsis 200 with practice examples B; read AL III alternative syncopated 3rd person plural perfect 203 with practice examples. Read "Practicing the Language A" - solvere 204 and discuss. This section will play a part on the Stage 44 Test. Distribute breakdown sheet for Stage 44 Test.
Assign: reread essay, "Icarus In Art" 206-207 with special reference to the very different pictorial treatments of the myth illustrated in your textbook.
mon 10/10 (B) Distribute breakdown sheet and start REVIEW for TEST 44, which will be given on Wednesday 10/12 (D).
Assign: review for test.
tu 10/11 (C one hour)
wed 10/12 (D) STAGE 44 TEST.
th 10/13 (E) If necessary, finish Stage 44 Test. Otherwise, start STAGE 45.
Assign: read Stage 45 cultural essay, CATULLUS AND LESBIA 229.
fri 10/14 (F)) Assign: memorize Stage 45 checklist vocabulary 232 and write out a translation of CATULLUS I - "That man seems equal to a god . . ." 212, having first read the Sappho poem on the handout. It will really help!
mon 10/17 (G one hour) Check Catullus I HW.
In class: discuss the poem, using comprehension questions handout on CATULLUS I.
Assign: work out a "chunking" translation of Catullus II 214, and use the class handout as a guide to comprehension. (Write the translation; you will not be graded on the comprehension question handout, which is intended to stimulate discussion.)
tu 10/18 (A) Check HW.
In class: discuss Catullus II 214.
Assign: no homework.
wed 10/19 (B) Assign: work out a chunking translation of Catullus III.
th 10/20 (C shortened class) Discuss Catullus III.
Assign: MO Catullus VII.1-11, more if you can manage it, 224.
fri 10/21 PARENTS DAY. Start Poem VII.
wed 10/26 (E) Assign: write out a translation of the rest of poem VII, to be handed in. Be ready to hand in your translation of Poem III.
fri 10/28 (G one hour) Take up written HW (III, VII).
In class: essay writing and Poem VII of Catullus.
Assign: essay-writing assignment?
mon 10/31 In class: how to write an essay.
Assign: collecting evidence for key words you have underlined, bullet point, using SWIMTAG, the sample AP long-essay question on our poem VII of Catullus.
tu 11/1 (B) In class: data collection from Poem VII using SWIMTAG.
Assign: no HW.
wed 11/2 (C) In class: discuss the real advantages of knowing a poem's structure, using Poem VII as an illustration; start to read Poem IV 220.
Assign: write out a translation of Poem IV 220 and of Poem V 221.
th 11/3 (D) Assign: read Poems VI, VIII.
fri 11/4 (E) In class: bullet-point exercise applied to Poem 4.
Assign: MO and write out a chunking-style translation of Poems VI, VIII. Read AL II - more about relative pronouns 222-223 and write out a translation of B.1-2 and C.1-5.
mon 11/7 (F) Assign:
tu 11/8 (G one hour) Poem VI: discuss and analyze.
wed 11/9 Poem VIII: discuss the patriotic part.
Assign: how does the patriotic part of the poem relate to the obscene part? Bullet-point.
Fall term exam format: Interpretative essay: 20%; Translation: 10%; multiple-choice section: 70%. The material is from Stage 45 LESBIA. You are responsible for all vocabulary and all grammar from Stage I, Unit 1.
FALL TERM EXAMS
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
wed 11/30 (G one hour) Start STAGE 46 - ORATOR 233.
In class: after disucssion of the issues between Clodia and Caelius Rufus, start reading Cicero I 234.
Assign: write out a chunking translation of Cicero I 234. Triple-space. Of course, you are encouraged to type, but you may use long-hand. This homework, and all subsequent, will be taken up for a grade. The textbook gives you Cicero's PRO CAELIO, section 13. That is the reference you will need to find it in nodictionaries.com. Using cambridgescp.com, you don't have that problem; but you also don't have some advantages the alternative site offers. Try them both.
th 12/1 (A) Check HW. Take up Cicero I 234 for a grade. Every Cicero passage will be read and translated, then taken up and graded. I need to be able to tell your class corrections from your own work. Please draw a horizontal line under which you write class corrections, or put them on a separate sheet altogether.
Assign: TBA from Cicero II: lines ___ to ___.
fri 12/2 (B) Check HW.
Assign: write out a chunking translation of Cicero II. Please triple-space if you don't type double-space. Read cultural essay, "Oratory" 249-250; memorize Stage 46 checklist vocabulary 252; the "Word Study" section of the stage test targets that vocabulary.
mon 12/5 (C one hour) In class: discuss what the orator is up to in Cicero II (IRONY) and take up homework for same. Or make sure you have emailed it to me.
Assign: chunking translate Cicero III.1-7 down to REPELLAMUS.
tu 12/6 (D) In class: discuss trial speech format among the ancient Romans.
Assign: write out a "chunking" translation for Cicero III.7-to the end.
wed 12/7 (E) Cicero discussion.
Assign: chunk out a translation of Cicero IV.1-14 240; read AL - more about ellipsis 239.
In class: discuss above.
th 12/8 (F) See above.
fri 12/9 (G one hour) REVIEW DAY.
Assign: write out a chunking translation of Cicero V.1-16 (entire passage) 242.
mon 12/12 (A) In class: consolidate Cicero IV.7-14; Cicero V.1-16 (entire passage) 242.
Assign: translate Cicero VI 244.
tu 12/13 (B) REVIEW. Be ready for Stage 46 Test next Wednesday 12/14 (C). You can work on it over Thursday too if you need extra time
wed 12/14 (C) STAGE 46 TEST.
Assign: TBA.
th 12/15 (D) Finish Test. Introduction to Vergil and the AENEID.
Assign: TBA.
fri 12/16 (E)
CHRISTMAS BREAK BEGINS.
wed 1/4 Start STAGE 47 - DIDO AND AENEAS.
Instructor presentation: myth of the Trojan hero Aeneas and the genesis of the AENEID.
Assign: MO "Aeneas sees Carthage" 1-5 254; read cultural essay, "Epic Poetry" 269f.
fri 1/6 (A) Assign: finishing MO'ing DIDO I; MO DIDO II, that is, write out a "chunking" translation of II - "Dido's Passion" 1-6 257
mon 1/9 (B) Distribute poetic meter handout. Discuss DIDO I, II.
Assign:and read the poetic meter handout which you received in class. MARK THE PARTS WHICH YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, if any.
tu 1/10 (C) In class: go over Stage 46 tests; finish pp. 3-4 of metrical scansion handout and scan some lines of verse.
Assign: write out a "chunking" translation of III - "The Storm" 258 1-7, down to deveniunt. Metrically scan the first FIVE lines of DIDO I 254.
wed 1/11 (D) Check HW and catch up on translation.
In class: finish III, discussion and scansion.
If time, introduction to the ancient concept of AMOR (Homer's ILIAD, Book III); the story line of Books I-III of the AENEID of Vergil. Check HW.
Assign: MO IV - "Mercury dresses down Aeneas" 261. (Six or seven lines is a reasonable amount.) Be able to scan these lines metrically.
th 1/12 (E) In class: practice scansion of IV.1-4, special topic: elision.
Assign: MO V.1-5 262. (The nodictionaries.com reference is AENEID IV.351f.)
fri 1/13 (F) Assign: MO V.6-11. MO VI.1-6.
mon 1/16 MLK DAY: classes do not meet.
tu 1/17 (G one hour) Assign: MO VI.7-9; VII.1-5.
Consolidate.
wed 1/18 (A) Assign: finish VII.
th 1/18 (B) In class: discuss literary interpretation III 258, contrasting with Roman marriage rite.
Assign: read AL I - MORE ABOUT THE ABLATIVE 260.
fri 1/19 (C) In class: literary discussion of IV and V.
Assign: write out twenty comprehension questions in document attached to email sent out this afternoon. Do not spend more than an hour on this homework.
mon 1/23 (D) Assign: study Stage 47 checklist vocabulary. Read AL II- poetic plurals 265, and work exercise B. Be ready to translate VII 266 tomorrow.
tu 1/24 (E) In class: translation work.
Assign: review breakdown sheet.
wed 1/25 (F) Assign: review breakdown sheet.
th 1/26 (G) REVIEW.
STAGE 47 TEST next class.
fri 1/27 (A) STAGE 47 TEST.
Assign: study for rest of test next class; read Stage 48 cultural essay "Historiography" 287f.
mon 1/30 (B) Finish Stage 47 Test.
Assign: read Livy, STAGE 48 - ROMULUS AND REMUS 10, I (spending no more than 45 minutes on the HW).
tu 1/31 (C) write out II 276. Use chunking standards.
wed 2/1 (D) Assign: write out III 277 to chunking standards and read AL I - historical infinitives 280.
th 2/2 (E) Assign: write out IV.1-11 281 and write out answers to questions 1-6 282.
tu 2/7
wed 2/8 (A) Assign: write out Livy V; if you have already done that, start reading VI.
THERE WILL BE NO STAGE 48 TEST. INSTEAD WE WILL HAVE A GRAMMAR REVIEW.
tu 2/14 (E) Assign: read in the Cambridge Latin Anthology - Ovid picks a favorite at the races 50. (Amores III.2.1-14)
wed 2/15 (F) Assign: in the CLA read A good place to find a girl 66. (Ars Amatoria I.89-100)
th 2/16 (G one hour) Introduction to the biography of the poet Ovid.
In class: read in CLA - A recipe for happiness 88. This is a side of Martial you have not seen.
fri 2/17 (A) In class: read in CLA - A recipe for happiness 88; read the Introduction in English to the PYRAMUS and THISBE story (handout).
mon 2/20 (B) NATIONAL LATIN EXAM is scheduled Friday in 7th and 8th periods. Attendance is required.
Assign: take the sample NLE provided. If you finish in under 45 minutes, read ahead in P&T.
tu 2/21 (C) Assign: take the sample 2011 NLE (I have emailed you the link). If you finish in under 45 minutes, read ahead in P&T.
wed 2/22 (D) In class: work on the 2011 NLE.
Assign: optionally, take another practice test. It will definitely raise your score the more of the tests you take. I don't require it.
th 2/23 (E) Practice NLE.
fri 2/24 (F) NLE.
Assign: reread introduction to the Pyramus and Thisbe story in Love and Transformation. Make sure you have a chunking-style translation of 55-62.
mon 2/27 (G one hour) In class: discuss the context in which the myth appears with the METAMORPHOSES (denial of the divinity of Bacchus), the sources of the myth, and its influence on Western art, literature, etc.; discussion of 55-62.
Assign: write out a "chunking" translation of P&T 63-77 Backdraft.
tu 2/28 (A) In class: discuss SWIMTAG and apply it in relation to today's Ovid passage. There is a SWIMTAG page on the Wiki.
Assign: make sure you have 63-77 prepared to chunking-translation standard, and I will be satisfied!
wed 2/29 (B) - th 3/1 (C) Work on P & T translations thru line 85.
fri 3/2 In class: work on sample AP short essay, "How does Ovid use the following rhetorical/literary figures to convey a tense, highly charged emotional atmosphere in lines 57-81 of Pyramus and Thisbe?: 57 hyperbaton (ALTAM . . . URBEM); 61 antithesis; 64 chiasmus; 68 apostrophe; 70 onomatopoeia; 73 apostrophe; 78 word position; 80 enjambment; 81 imagery." See class journal posting on our Wiki if you were absent from class. Break begins
SPRING TERM 2012
tu 3/20 (E) Assign: write out a "chunking" translation of 78-90 - Thisbe steps out. WRITE A 60-WORD ESSAY (100 words is better but not required) on our topic from today: "How do lines 78-92 represent an ideal setting for romantic emotion? Use SWIMTAG and literary figures as you like."
Put the essays on the wiki ANONYMOUSLY (that IS required). Of course, use complete sentences.
wed 3/27 (F) Class does not meet.
th 3/22 (G one hour) In class: go over ANONYMOUS wikified essays with translation of 78-92.
Assign: write out a "chunking" translation of 91-104 - Risk-takers and thirst-quenchers.
fri 3/23 (A) Assign: write out a "chunking" translation of 105-118 - Pyramus's fear.
mon 3/26 (B) Assign: write out a "chunking" translation of 119-127 - Closure.
tu 3/27 (C) Assign: write out a chunking translation of 128-146, or as much as you can do, working conscientiously, in 45 minutes. (No latte/texting breaks.)
fri 3/30 (F) Assign: write out a chunking translation of Pyramus and Thisbe 147-166.
mon 4/2 (G) Assign: CATCH-UP DAY.
tu 4/3 (A) Assign: in a short essay (100 words) answer the following discussion question: "In Roman magic, personal names were felt to have a special power and so they were often repeated in curses and other incantations; control of the name suggested potential control of ;the person. With this in mind, consider carefully the scene in verses 142-146 and discuss how it may be construed, at least on one level, as a kind of magical rite." Please type, and it would be nice if we could access your essay for projection on the classroom screen.
wed 4/4 (B) Assign: on using the key-words and the marginal annotations you made in class, using SWIMTAG and literary/devices and figures, over verses 142-146, EXPAND your existing WIKI essays. Don't be self-critical!
th 4/5 (C) In class: continue our exploration of the art of writing in-class essays.
Assign: no HW except to make sure you can translate all of PYRAMUS and THISBE. Buy a textbook if you haven't already.
th 4/12 (F) Assign: make sure you have translated all of P&T.
fri 4/13 (G one hour) Work on essay writing (fixing on a hypothetical essay question, collecting evidence from Pyramus and Thisbe 71f). See Wiki "Essays" for the precise wording of the question.
Assign: review Pyramus and Thisbe translations from the beginning. Prepare your assignment TWICE, that is, translate it the first time to look up vocabulary and to analyze the grammar and then RE-TRANSLATE/REREAD it again to see if you get the meaning. This practice is imperative if you are to develop your translation/reading skills and to understand Ovid's style, syntax, and content.
mon 4/16 (A) In class: write up the evidence gathered from our essay question on Pyramus's death into something with normal sentence format. Support every single statement made with a citation (line number). Save to the Wiki. Also, see the Wiki for the spring Test I format.
Assign: take 45 minutes to answer the grammar questions over "Pyramus and Thisbe" 55-166.
tu 4/17 (B) Test 4/24 TUESDAY (G one hour).
Assign: finish that grammar review packet I gave you. Have all the answers.
wed 4/18 (C) Earth Day.
th 4/19 Assign: finish reading the Pre-essay Techniques handout, "Theme, Allusion," etc. Be sure you can answer the remaining grammar questions. Be able to translate anything from lines 55-166.
fri 4/20 In class: a) grammar prep 130-166; b) questions about Theme, Allusion, etc.?; c) collect evidence for an essay topic to be announced in class.
Assign: prepare for test next class.
tu 4/24 PYRAMUS AND THISBE TEST. See Wiki for format.
wed 4/25 (A) TEST, Part II.
Assign: no HW.
th 4/26 (B) Finish SIGHT PASSAGE part of test if necessary.
Discuss the next reading passage.
fri 4/27 (C one hour) Assign: write out a chunking translation of Pygmalion and Galatea 245-258 - Pygmalion falls for a girl.
mon 4/30 (D) Return tests and discuss areas for improvement.
Assign: MO Pygmalion 259-269.
tu 5/1 (E) - th 5/4 (G) Translation catch-up and essay-writing practice (SWIMTAG) through line 269. Absentees should check the Wiki account for class discussion missed.
fri 5/4 (A) Assign: write out a chunking translation of Pygmalion and Galatea 270-286 - Pygmalion prays to Venus.
mon 5/7 (B) Assign: write out a chunking translation of Pygmalion and Galatea 287-297 - miraculous transformation.
tu 5/8 (C) Assign: MO Pygmalion and Galatea verses 290-294 to prove to me you can do it; I am interested in the correspondence between the line 2 (vocabulary), line 3 (grammar) and the strict literal accuracy of your "chunking" translation. Think about the following essay topic for tomorrow's class: "How does Ovid's manipulation of verb tenses enliven the narrative in 280-289?" This is a strictly grammar question out of SWIMTAG, and represents the kind of possible approach in which students are often not very well trained--through no fault of their own.
wed 5/9 (D) "How does Ovid's manipulation of verb tenses enliven the narrative in 280-289?"
Assign: no HW. Bring your Cambridge Latin Anthology to class with you tomorrow!
NOTE: The next story we read will be BAUCIS AND PHILEMON in Love and Transformation - an Ovid Reader 102f.
fri 5/11 (F) Assign: read Introduction to B&P 102-103; MO and translate METAMORPHOSES 8.616-636.
mon 5/14 (G) Assign: MO and translate B&P 8.637-656. Do not spend more than 45 businesslike minutes on this assignment. Use the commentary in your book.
tu 5/15 (A) Assign: MO and translate B&P 8.657-677. Do not spend more than 45 businesslike minutes on this assignment. Use the commentary in your book.
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NOT F-DAY; long G, C
Lines below dotted line represent undated forward planning in the course calendar. They are not yet (and may not become) actual assignments.
Assign: in the Cambridge Latin Anthology start Ovid's "Echo and Narcissus"; read the brief introduction and write out a chunking translation of lines 1-11 26.
fri 4/27 (C one hour) Assign: write out a chunking translation of Echo and Narcissus" 12-22.
mon 4/30 (D) Assign: write out a chunking translation of Echo and Narcissus 23-35.
tu 5/1 (E) Assign: write out a chunking translation of Echo and Narcissus 36-50 - Narcissus finds his beloved.