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Assignment for Monday, 11.16.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Monday, November 16, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 13, on reflexive pronouns:

  • The Pronoun: Reflexive (#65, pp. 119–20)

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 13 vocabulary (pp. 123–4).

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

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Assignment for Monday, 11.09.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Monday, November 9, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 12, on further uses of the accusative and dative cases:

  • Accusative of Extent and Degree (#61, pp. 111–12)
  • Dative with Adjectives (#62, p. 112)

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 12 vocabulary (pp. 115–16).

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

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Assignment for Monday, 10-12-20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Monday, October 12, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapters 8 and 9, on sentence patterns and verbs of the third and fourth conjugations:

  • Sentence Pattern: Factitive (#47, pp. 71–2)
  • Third and Fourth Conjugations: Imperfect Active Indicative (#48, p. 77)
  • Third and Fourth Conjugations: Future Active Indicative (#49, pp. 77—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 8 vocabulary (p. 75).

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

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Assignment for Monday, 09.21.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Monday, September 21, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 6, on the imperfect and future tenses of the conjugations we’ve covered thus far:

  • Imperfect Active Indicative: 1st & 2nd Conjugations (#35, pp. 51–2)
  • Future Active Indicative: 1st & 2nd Conjugations (#36, p. 52)
  • Sum: Imperfect and Future Indicative (#37, pp. 52–3)

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 5 and 6 vocabulary (pp. 45–6 & 57–8).

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 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

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Assignment for Monday, 09.07.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Monday, September 7, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 2, on some fundamentals of reading Latin:

  • The Conjunction (#14, p. 18)
  • Reading Latin: Using Expectations (#15, pp. 18–19)

Shelmerdine, Chapter 3, on giving commands:

  • Imperative: Commands (#16, p. 23)
  • Vocative Case: Direct Address (#17, p. 24)

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 2 and Chapter 3 vocabulary (p. 20 and p. 28).

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 and the infinitive form of a verb.

IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC

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Assignment for Monday, 08.31.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Monday, August 31, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 1, on forming basic Latin verbs:

  • The Verb, Present Active Indicative, Present Active Infinitive (#5, pp. 7–9)
  • Principal Parts (#6, p. 9)
  • Indicative Uses: Statements and Questions (#7a, p. 9)
  • Infinitive Use: Complementary (#7b, pp. 9–10)

Please note any questions along the way. NOTE: Shelmerdine will cover some material my lecture did not (and vice versa).

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 1 vocabulary (p. 11).

Use the English words naturally in your prose, but put the Latin words from which they are derived in parentheses immediately afterward.

EXAMPLE: Janice aspired to a nautical (nauta) life, but fortune (fortuna) labored (laborare) against her.

When listing the Latin words, use the first form of a noun and the infinitive form of a verb.

Finally, use the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) advanced etymology search, as demonstrated in class, to help you uncover useful English words. Alternatively, you can consult the “Derivatives” section of our textbook (immediately following the Vocabulary list) for a full slate of English words to try out in your story; look them up in the OED if you don’t know what they mean.

IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC

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