Assignment for Friday, 11.13.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Friday, November 13, everyone should do the following.

READING & WRITING

Due noon (EST) via email.

  • Translate the first half of Reading 17 (Shelmerdine, p. 121 ONLY) into English. Break the passages into individual sentences, as usual.

IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.

  • OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT: Translate the second half of Reading 17 (Shelmerdine, p. 122 ONLY) into English.

DC

Extra-Credit Assignment for Monday, 11.02.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

On Monday, November 2, no Vocabulary assignment will be due. Instead, consider completing this OPTIONAL extra-credit assignment. Any points you earn will count toward your overall Homework grade.

Please note that I *WILL* be holding class, using the time to lay a foundation for the grammar to come.


READING & WRITING

Due noon (EST) via email.

  • Translate Readings 13 and 14 (Shelmerdine, pp. 104–5) into English. Break the passages into individual sentences, as usual.

IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.

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 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 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 Wednesday, 10.14.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Wednesday, October 14, ONLY students with birthdays between January through June 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 Friday, 10.09.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Friday, October 9, EVERYONE should do the following.

DOWNLOADING

Download the passage to translate and read out loud here. (I also sent it to you via email.)

WRITING

Due noon (EST) via email.

  • Translate the passage into clear English. You may work on the page provided, or turn in a new page. Regardless, please follow the formatting requirements for written work.

READING OUT LOUD

  • Call my campus voicemail and read the passage to me in the most authentic Latin you can muster. Please consult the instructions I have provided.

DC

Assignment for Friday, 10.02.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Friday, October 2, ONLY students from class years 2021 and 2022 should do the following.

READING & WRITING

Due noon (EST) via email.

  • Exercise 55 (p. 64), TRANSLATE ONLY #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
  • Translate the following sentences into Latin:

    1. The laws were weak, but justice will remain free.
    2. My names were not many, but the people were preparing an example of me.
    3. A crowd of us will walk to your temples, O gods!

IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 09.30.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Wednesday, September 30, ONLY students from class years 2023 and 2024 should do the following.

READING & WRITING

Due noon (EST) via email.

  • Exercise 55 (p. 64), TRANSLATE ONLY #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
  • Translate the following sentences into Latin:

    1. The laws were weak, but justice will remain free.
    2. My names were not many, but the people were preparing an example of me.
    3. A crowd of us will walk to your temples, O gods!

IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.

DC

Assignment for Monday, 09.28.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

On Monday, September 28, no Vocabulary assignment will be due, just some cleanup reading from last week.


READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 6 on the dative, the infinitive, and nuances of reading.

  • The Gap (#38, pp. 53–4)
  • Infinitive Use: As a Noun (#39, p. 54)
  • Dative of Possession (#40, pp. 54–5)

DC

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