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 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 Thursday, 09.17.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Thursday, September 17, please do the following.


READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 5 on further uses of the genitive and ablative, as well as the linking verb sum:

  • More Uses of the Genitive: Explanatory, Objective, Subjective (#30, pp. 40–1)
  • Adjectival Modification (Summary) (#31, p. 41)
  • Sum: Present Indicative and Infinitive (#32, p. 41)
  • Sentence Pattern: Linking (#33, p. 41–2)
  • More Uses of the Ablative: Accompaniment, Manner (#34, p. 42–3)

Note any questions along the way.

DC

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