LATIN V/VI COURSE CALENDAR 2011
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NOTE: students are responsible for assignment changes made by 4 PM of the day before work is due. There will always be a C-day assignment though class does not meet on that day.
Long periods are “D” and "G" Days except when either falls on a Wednesday. Class does not meet “C” 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 8/30 (A) WELCOME BACK! Orientation: the RINGBINDER, info sheet, course calendar, layout of SONG OF WAR text (15), maps (21f.), and vocabulary (400). Computer aid: from next week see Classics Department Website for helpful Vergilian links.
Assign: re-memorize Noun Declensional endings I-V 294-295 of your old Unit IV text.
wed 8/31 (B) Introduction to Greek epic poetry: the Trojan War (tape); the myth of the Trojan wanderer Aeneas if time; hand out Modus Operandi sample sheet and
Assign: do proems (= "introduction"): 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. File the result in your ringbinder after we discuss the assignment in class.
th 9/1 (C) Assign: if we don't get to the myth of Aeneas, read the handout I gave you at the end of the previous class; memorize Adjective Declensional endings (there are two adjective declensions in Latin just for fun) 296.
fri 9/2 (D one hour)
Distribute handout of the proems in ancient Greek and literally translate them onto the handout.
In class: finish Trojan War audiotape; show your comparison and contrast columns for the "literary" proems of the Iliad and Odyssey and discuss.
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.)
mon 9/5 (E) In class: read the opening lines of the poem, The Wrath of Juno, 1.1-7. 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: MO 1.8-11 Goddess-muse of poetry and the Anger theme.
tu 9/6 (F) In class: now compare 1.1-7 with the Iliad and Odyssey prologues.
Initially, you will be working mainly on the surface meaning. In any case, make sure you apply MO steps 1-4 to every line of text on the syllabus.
Assign: MO carefully I.12-18. Expect a 5-10 minute double quiz on the Noun-declensional endings Thursday (see below).
wed 9/7 (G) 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 memorization of lines for the entire course.
th 9/8 (A) Doublequiz over 5 noun declensions.
Assign: MO Review all vocabulary covered this week (1.1-18). Format: format: translation = 60%; essay: themes of Aeneid 1.1-18 (use your handouts for this) = 20%; memorization of the "lesser introduction" (lines 1-7) = 10%; grammar (may include noun declensions), few figures of speech = 10%. Figures of speech include, but are not limited to, the three "A"s, allusion, apostrophe, anaphora; metonymy, interlocking word order, ellipsis.
fri 9/9 (B) REVIEW FOR TEST NEXT CLASS.
mon 9/12 Review for Test.
tu 9/13 (D one hour) AENEID TEST I.
wed 9/14 (E) Assign: MO 1.19-26 - angry goddess; also MO 1.27-33 - conclusion of the "great prologue."
th 9/15 (F) Assign: MO 1.34-41 - in medias res.
Be ready to turn in ringbinders for inspection and grading next week.
fri 9/16 (G) ACL schedule
Assign: MO I.42-52.
(Please prepare to turn in ringbinders Wednesday; I need only the lines due at each two-week interval, not the whole ringbinder. Store that in a safe place at home. Just this first time you may correct ringbinders after I make annotations and a pencilled mark, but before I mark them in non-erasable ink.)
mon 9/19 (A) In class: I.42-52.
Assign: MO - Study vocabulary from I.34 on.
tu 9/20 (B) Assign: MO I.50-59 - Aeolus's maximum security jail. Study vocabulary from I.34 on. I will take up ringbinders next class. This is the one and only time you can make corrections without penalty.
wed 9/21(C) Next class hand and in ringbinders.
Assign: study vocabulary from I.34 on and be ready for vocabulary quiz next class; MO I.60-70 - Jupiter's strict charge to Aeolus .
th 9/22 (D one hour)
Assign: I. 71-75 - an offer Aeolus can't refuse.
fri 9/23 (E) Assign: MO I.76-86 - release of the winds. Hand in ringbinders at end of class
mon 9/26 (F) Discuss the "grammar groaners," which are only given over the assigned passage. Return ringbinders.
Assign: MO I.87-91 - storm at sea; make sure your vocabulary and grammar work is up-to-date.
tu 9/27 (G one hour) Assign: MO 92-101 - prayer of Aeneas.
wed 9/28 (A) CATCH-UP DAY.
th 9/29 (B) Assign: MO I.113-130 - Neptune.
Assign: MO 102-112 - disaster for the Trojans. Don't forget Friday's assignment. Also, some of you may owe me corrected ringbinder work.
fri 9/30 (C) Assign: see above.
mon 10/3 (D one hour) Assign: MO I.131-141 - Neptune.
tu 10/4 (E) Assign: MO I.142-156 - aftercalm.
wed 10/5 (F) REVIEW for Test 2 - I.76-156. Format: a) brief translation, interpretation (20%); b) literary figure question, context question, very brief I.D. analysis question based on a passage in front of you (20%); c) pre-essay bullet point question (40%); multiple-choice literary figures and grammar (20%). This test does not involve a lot of writing.
Assign: work pre-essay handout sheet, and study the format of the exam.
th 10/6 (G one hour) REVIEW.
Assign: REVIEW FOR TEST.
fri 10/7 (A) In class: bullet-point pre-essay exercise.
Assign: Test 2 next class.
mon 10/10 (B) Test 2 - I.76-156.
tu 10/11 (C-class does not meet). Because of the PSAT tomorrow there will be no Latin homework.
wed 10/12 (D (one hour) PSAT
Assign: MO I.157-173 - landfall in Africa. This assignment is spread over several days.
th 10/13 (E) - landfall in Africa
If necessary, finish Test 2. Start working on tonight's HW.
fri/10/14 (F) Assign: MO through I.178.
mon 10/17 (G) In class: how to write a Latin Literature essay; Vergil's compositional techniques according to the anonymous VITA.
Assign: MO I.178-191or farther if you can. The Latin is not hard if you look at your textbook notes FIRST.
tu 10/18 (A) Assign: MO I.192-202. Instructor translates an interval (203-209).
wed 10/19 (B) Assign: MO I.210-222.
PARENTS DAY
FREE WEEKEND
wed 10/26 (E) Return tests.
Assign: MO I.223-237 - Venus goes to her father, Jupiter
th 10/27 (F) Assign: MO I.238-256 - a daughter's grievance. (This assignment is spread over two days.)
fri 10/28 (G one hour) Assign: MO I.257-271 - Jupiter discloses the secret decrees of the Fates to Venus.
mon 10/31 (A) Assign: MO I.275-288.
tu 11/1 (B) Assign: MO I.289-309.
th 11/3 (D) Assign: MO I.310-322.
fri 11/4 (E) Assign: MO I.323-346.
wed 11/9 Assign: review from I.157-377; the focus should be on being able to produce a "chunking" standard translation.
Part I: 70%
long essay: 50%
translation: 10%
I.D./context analysis:20%
short essay: 20%
Part II: 15%
sight passage (multiple choice, 11 questions)
FALL TERM EXAMS
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS
tu 11/29 (F) Assign: MO I.364-377.
wed 11/30 (G) Assign: MO I.378-392.
th 12/1 (A) Assign: MO I.393-408 ludis imaginibus?
fri 12/2 (B) Assign: MO I.408-429. (We continue reading in Book I until I.519, then move into Book II.)
mon 12/5 (C) Assign: MO I.430-429.
tu 12/6 (D) Assign: MO I.430-445.
wed 12/7 (E one hour) Assign: MO I.446-460 - scenes on a temple pediment.
mon 12/12 (A) WINTER TEST 1 AENEID.157-356.
tu 12/13 (B) Finish Test.
wed 12/14 (C) Assign: push ahead in Book I syllabus from 460f.
th 12/15 (D) In class: we read together in class I.446-504.
Assign: MO I.505-519.
fri 12/16 Return graded Test 1. Discuss 505-519.
Assignment over Christmas: read all of Book II in English translation.
th 1/5 (G) In class: synopsis of Book II. Look ahead into Books III, IV.
Assign: MO II.10-24.
fri 1/6 (A) Assign: MO II.25-39.
mon 1/9 (B) Assign: MO II.40-56; read in English translation II.57-198, and be ready for possible quiz over the lines 57-198 next class. (You will easily pass if you did the reading.) MO II.199-208 - left-handed Fates.
tu 1/10 (C) Assign: MO II.209-224 - evil omen with bull and axe.
wed 1/11 (D) Quiz over lines 57-198.
Assign: MO II. 225-240 - serpents from the sea.
th 1/12 (E) Assign: MO II.241-256 - Troy's last day of thanksgiving.
fri 1/13 (F) Assign: MO II.257-273 - Hector's ghost.
mon 1/16 MLK DAY
tu 1/17 (G one hour) Check your Wiki account for authorized translations of the foregoing material. We are going to catch up.
Assign: MO II.274-286.
wed 1/18 (A) Assign: MO II.287-297, and read in English II.298-468. The Latin part of the syllabus resumes at II.469f.
th 1/19 (B) Assign: MO II.469-483 - Pyrrhus the serpent
fri 1/20 (C) Assign: to round out a long-weekend assignment (II.484-489.).
mon 1/23 (D) In class: cover II.469-489.
Assign: II.490-500 - personification of a Palace.
tu 1/24 (E) In class: discuss test format (see below):
I.D./Brief Analysis-- 15%
Thematic Questions in English over parts of Book II read in English--10%
Translation, chunking style-- 15%
Short Essay-- 40%
Sight Passage (11 questions omit 1)-- 20%
Test is over Book II, 1-297 Latin (1-56, 199-297) and the rest is in English translation.
Assign: MO II.501-514 - the Flood.
wed 1/25 (F) Assign: MO II.515-529 - Hecuba takes Priam under her wing.
th 1/26 (G) In class: REVIEW.
Assign: use your lengthy review packet and WIKI notes to prepare.
fri 1/27 REVIEW. Assign: be ready for TEST 2 next class.
mon 1/30 (B) TEST 2 II.1-290.
tu 1/31 (C) Class does not meet.
wed 2/1 (D) Continue Test 2.
Assign: MO II.530-543 - Agonizing Death
th 2/2 (E) Assign: MO II.544-558 - Supplication made.
fri 2/3 (F) Assign: write II.559-566 - How fallen are the mighty. In English, read II.567-734; in Latin, read II.735-751.
tu 2/7 (G) Assign: since, I am ill, Latin V, go to class and trans;ate: that means posting AENEID II.752-767 to our Wiki account so I can see your collaborative work.
See you tomorrow.
wed 2/8 (A) Catch up.
Assign: write II.768-782.
th 2/9 (B) Assign: write II.783-805.
fri 2/10 (C) Assign: read all of Book III in English and be ready for a quiz over it next class.
tu 2/14 (E) Instructor presentation on the Roman concept of AMOR.
In class: if time, start IV.1-14.
Assign: write out IV.13-30.
wed 2/15 (F) Assign: MO IV 31-49 Anna to Dido .
th 2/16 (G) Assign: IV.50-73.
fri 2/17 (A) Assign: read in English IV.74--295; in LATIN, write out IV.296-314. - violent language; Assign: MO IV.252-278 - hurricane-force message: "a matter of free will." MO IV.279-314 - How to tell Dido?
mon 2/20 (B) Assign: MO IV.315-330 - Dido's scorching reply continues.
tu 2/21 (C) Assign: MO IV.331-347 - Aeneas's unhappy explanation.
wed 2/22 (D) Assign: MO IV.348-364 - Can our hero dig himself in any deeper?
th 2/23 (E) 2/24 Assign: MO IV.365-381 - "Go, chase after Italy, perfide."
fri 2/24 (F) Assign: MO IV.382-401 - The Great Curse: "I will be at your side though deserted."
(In class: translated through IV.342.)
Assign: MO IV.402-419 - improbus Amor
mon 2/27 (G) Note: the scansion how-to handout is now uploaded to our Wiki site.*
In class: discuss themes and translate from IV.342-397.
Assign: MO IV.420-432 - tempus inane peto. *SCAN metrically verses IV.419-422. You can print the lines off the Latin Library and save time.
tu 2/28 (A) Assign: MO IV.433-448 - simile of the Oak.
wed 2/29 (B) AND th 3/1 (C) Assign (class does not meet C day): MO IV.642-671 - last words regal--and Roman .
Assign: be sure to read in translation (West) the following lines from Book IV:
IV.449-465 - 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 second 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.
fri 3/2 (D) Announcement of assignment over Break. (Special schedule)
IGNOSCITE MIHI, DISCIPULI. FORSAN ET HAEC OLIM MEMINISSE IUVABIT!
Assign: MO IV.672--705; read all of AENEID, Book V, in English translation (West).
MO VI.1-176 = MO VI.1-22 - Daedalus's carved doors to the temple of Apollo at Cumae. MO VI. 23-39 - the tragic story of Daedalus and Icarus. MO VI.40-51. MO 52-70 - the Sibyl of Cumae; do ut des . MO VI.71-176- obscure, riddling prophecy, Misenus, pater Anchises.
Remember: the goal of this springtime labor is to have a month to review the whole syllabus in Latin before the exam.
SPRING TERM 2012.
tu 3/20 (E) In class; tragic end of Book IV, Book V summarized, /Book VI checking translation 1-26.
Assign: read in English VI.1-176; MO in Latin VI.176-193 - the doves of Venus
wed 3/21 (F) Book VI translation-check continued.
Assign: read all of Books VII-IX in English translation.
th 3/22 (G) Assign: MO VI.194-211- the golden bough; read in English translation Book VI.212-449.
fri 3/23 (A) Assign: MO VI.450-466 - Dido in umbris, VI.467-476; read in English translation VI.477-846. MO in Latin 847-853.
mon 3/26 (B) In class: we read through VI.144.
Assign: MO VI.854-886 - others shall hammer out; Marcellus; the gates of horn and ivory (If this is too much, I am flexible!) Exam date: May 10, 2012, with 200-300 lines left in the syllabus.
th 3/29 (E) Assign: MO VI.887-902. End of Book VI.
fri 3/30 (F): Assign: MO X.420-441.
mon 4/2 (G) Assign: MO X.442-463. Look for Book VI translations 450-476, 847-901 on the Wiki space.
tu 4/3 (A) Assign: MO X.467-486. Be ready for quiz over the assigned lines. Note: quiz may include reading comprehension, grammar, literary figure/rhetorical devices, and meter. It will take about 5 minutes to complete.
wed 4/4 (B) Since class does not meet again until next Tuesday (!), there will be an assignment for 4 days, that is, for about 90 lines.
Assign: MO X.487-509; XII.791-842; 887-905. Read all of Books VII-IX in English translation.
wed 4/11 (E) In class: 930-952 - Death of Turnus. SYLLABUS COMPLETED! Discuss scheduling Test 1 of the short spring term, a test which is composed of one essay and two translations from Books X and XII.
Assign: read all of Books X-XII in English translation. Read review 7-12 document/handout.
SPECIAL to Louis and Caleb: 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 10.
th 4/12 (F) In class: work on Book X questions.
Assign: work on completing the Book X questions handout, p. 2; get as far into the detailed Book XII questions as you can (they are the last few pages at the back of the big document/handout). If you want to post your answers on the Wiki class journal as we did today in class, go ahead!
fri 4/13 (G) In class:
Assign: answer the Book XII questions I dropped into the 4/13/12 Wiki class journal, and don't forget the different set of equally worthy questions that makes up the last few pages of the 30-page VII-XII review handout. Read all of Books X-XII in English translation.
wed 4/18 Assign: be able to answer the "spot questions" over Books I and II which I sent you in two separate emails. Please print them off and bring them to class.
th 4/19 (D one hour) SPOT-PASSAGES BOOKS I, II with context questions.
fri 4/20 (E) In class: finish spot passages I, II. Give thematic overview of Books I-VI.
Distribute SPEECHES, BOOKS I-VI, off-syllabus passages to read in Book III in English, structural outline of Book IV.
Assign: everybody, be ready for announced TEST over Books X, XII on syllabus (about 200 lines). You know the format. Emphasis should go to translation.
Louis and Caleb, if you have time , be able to translate and answer context-questions for SPEECHES.
mon 4/23 (F) TEST 1 over X, XII on-syllabus readings, about 200 lines.
tu 4/24 TEST, PART 2.
wed 4/25 (A) In class: review Speeches, Spot passages from Book IV.
Assign: randomly chosen spot passages from Book VI.
th 4/26 (B) In class: spot I.D.'s of Book VI with thematic discussion, giving priority to 450-476, 847-901.Hand out a sample complete COMMON SECTION. Assign: take the Common Section in whole or in part. There is no longer any penalty for guessing so answer every question. Reread the entire off-syllabus AENEID. Don't forget Books III, V, etc.
mon 4/30 (D) In class: go over Common Section; review the content of off-syllabus Book III.
Assign: review on-syllabus speeches VII-XII. That means, be able to translate them to chunking standards.
tu 5/1 (E) SPEECHES. Go over Spring Test. New Common Section Test?
th 5/3 (G) Instructor summarizes key themes and characters in Books VII and VIII.
Assign: read the "Shield" episode towards the end of Book VIII. Reread Books IX and X. Do not spend more than 45 minutes on this assignment. Caleb and Louis, if you have time, reread all of Book II in English. This need not all be done in one night.
fri 5/4 (A) In class: finish all SPEECHES/SIMILES X/XII.
Instructor applies SWIMTAG to Marcellus passage VI.870-881 as essay-writing practice. This passage has not been on the test in recent years so beware . . .
Assign: reread Books VII-XII in English, that is, if you have not already done so. Use my onomasticon of names to brush up on the more obscure figures that populate those books. ("WHO are Magus, Nisus, Euryalus?") Remember, all four of you: I am at your service for conferences next week.
Caleb and Louis, following are the passages from the last three years that you don't have to worry about. 2011: 1.353-359, 12.834-839, 4.196-218, 2.533-543; 2010: 1.124-130, 4.295-301, 2.735-757, 10.420-428; 2009: 1.23-28, 10.459-465, 4.337-350 compared with 6.110-122, 12.903-918. On Monday I will pass out Free Response sections from previous years for you to practice on at home.
mon 5/7 (B) In class: work on a sample essay based on off-syllabus VII-XII reading material.
Assign: email me to schedule conferences if you like. Everybody has cramming to do. If you can't think of anything, I can. Reread all of VII-XII. Louis and Caleb, reread all of II and VI, especially including off-syllabus. Do you know who Androgeos was? How about Coroebus? Or Sinon?
tu 5/8 (C) Class does not meet, but conferences may. Assign: see above.
wed 5/9 (D) REVIEW. Assign: reread in English Book XI.
th 5/10 (E) LATIN AP VERGIL EXAM.
Class meets as usual.
fri 5/11 (F) Book XII thematic review. De-brief AP Latin exam.
Assign: answer the following essay question:
"In the AENEID, the ancient concept of hospitality is encountered in many episodes and with many characters. Take the cases of Evander and Amata. In a short essay (200 words), discuss the ways in which each character's encounter with the Trojans illustrates hospitality. Be sure to support your essay with specific details." Drop your essays in the Wiki account.
Group A
Evander
Group B
Amata
mon 5/14 (G) In class: collect evidence to leave on the Wiki account on the essay topic. Final exam format posted on the Wiki account.
Assign: have a chunking-quality translation ready over X.420-421. You will not be allowed to use book or computer when asked to translate tomorrow since they won't be available on the exam.
tu 5/15 (A)
Assign:
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NOT C-DAY, LONG D, F.
Below the dotted line is forward planning. Therefore dates are not assigned.
In class: a precis of the material from Book VI to be read in English (handout).