Dear Elementary Latinists,
As is the custom for an exam week, there will be no assignment due on Wednesday, October 28.
Use the time to make progress on midterm exam 2.
DC
No Class on Tuesday, 10.27.20
Dear Elementary Latinists,
Just a reminder that, because we are officially in an exam week, there will be no class on Tuesday, October 27.
Use the time to work on midterm exam 2, which you received via email.
DC
Assignment for Monday, 10.26.20
Dear Elementary Latinists,
For Monday, October 26, please do the following.
READING
Shelmerdine, Chapter 11, on the following not-unrelated topics:
- Special Adjectives in -ius (#57, pp. 101–2)
- Numerals (#58, pp. 102–3)
- Expressions of Time (#59, pp. 103–4)
VOCABULARY
Due by 9:00 AM (EST) by email.
Write a one-paragraph short story (6–8 sentences) in which you feature English derivatives from 75% of the Chapter 10 and 11 vocabulary (pp. 91–2 and 106–7).
As before, use the English words naturally in your prose, but put the Latin words from which they are derived in parentheses immediately afterward.
When listing the Latin words, use the first form of a noun, adjective, or pronoun, and the infinitive form of a verb. ALSO: If your derivative contains a Latin preposition, include it in your parenthetical citation.
IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.
Please let me know if you have questions.
DC
Assignment for Friday, 10.23.20
Dear Elementary Latinists,
For Friday, October 23, ONLY students with birthdays between January through June should do the following.
READING & WRITING
Due noon (EST) via email.
- Translate Readings 11 and 12 (Shelmerdine, pp. 90–1) into English. Break the passages into individual sentences, as usual.
IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.
DC
Assignment for Thursday, 10.22.20
Dear Elementary Latinists,
For Thursday, October 22, please do the following.
READING
Shelmerdine, Chapter 11, on the three manifestations of the perfect tense:
- Perfect Active Indicative (#54, pp. 97–9)
- Pluperfect Active Indicative (#55, 99–100)
- Future Perfect Active Indicative (#56, pp. 100–1)
Note any questions along the way.
DC
Assignment for Wednesday, 10.21.20
Dear Elementary Latinists,
For Wednesday, October 21, ONLY students with birthdays between July through December should do the following.
READING & WRITING
Due noon (EST) via email.
- Translate Readings 11 and 12 (Shelmerdine, pp. 90–1) into English. Break the passages into individual sentences, as usual.
IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.
DC
Assignment for Tuesday, 10.20.20
Dear Elementary Latinists,
For Tuesday, October 20, please do the following.
READING
Shelmerdine, Chapter 10, on various methods of expressing why things happen:
- Expressions of Cause: Ablative, Prepositions, causa/gratia (#53, p. 89)
Note any questions along the way.
DC
Assignment for Monday, 10.19.20
Dear Elementary Latinists,
For Monday, October 19, please do the following.
READING
Shelmerdine, Chapter 10, on third-declension adjectives:
- Third Declension Adjectives (#52, pp. 86–8)
VOCABULARY
Due by 9:00 AM (EST) by email.
Write a one-paragraph short story (6–8 sentences) in which you feature English derivatives from 75% of the Chapter 9 vocabulary (p. 83).
As before, use the English words naturally in your prose, but put the Latin words from which they are derived in parentheses immediately afterward.
When listing the Latin words, use the first form of a noun, adjective, or pronoun, and the infinitive form of a verb. ALSO: If your derivative contains a Latin preposition, include it in your parenthetical citation.
IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.
Please let me know if you have questions.
DC
Assignment for Friday, 10.16.20
Dear Elementary Latinists,
For Friday, October 16, ONLY students with birthdays between June through December should do the following.
READING & WRITING
Due noon (EST) via email.
- Translate Reading 9 (Shelmerdine, p. 81) into English. Break the passage into individual sentences, as usual.
- Translate the following sentences into Latin:
1. Obey (you, pl.) her spouse and end those tears!
2. A clear plan will please these (women), but will not restrain those (men).
3. Those poets will begin to abandon fear of these truths.
IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.
DC
Assignment for Thursday, 10.15.20
Dear Elementary Latinists,
For Thursday, October 15, please do the following.
READING
Shelmerdine, Chapter 10, on variations on third-declension nouns.
- Third Declension Nouns: i-Stems. All Genders (#51, pp. 85–6)
Note any questions along the way.
DC
