Assignment for Tuesday, 11.05.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

By Tuesday morning, November 5, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Shelmerdine, Chapter 10, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Expressions of Cause (#53, p. 89).

(2) Homework (due by email, 8:00 a.m.):

• Exercise 74, odd numbers ONLY (p. 89 — NOTE: Just translate, no need to show arrows); and
• Exercise 75, ONLY 1, 5, and 9.

DC

Vocabulary Quiz on Monday, 11.04.19

Dear Elementarians,

Our seventh vocabulary quiz, on Monday, November 4, will draw from Chapter 9 of Shelmerdine's textbook (p. 83). I'll give you the English definitions, you supply the full Latin vocabulary entry.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC

Assignment for Saturday, 11.02.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

By Saturday evening, November 2, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Shelmerdine, Chapter 10, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Third Declension Adjectives (#52, pp. 86–8).

(2) Homework (due by email, 11:00 p.m.):

• Exercise 71 (p. 88 — NOTE: No need to say "why not" etc.); and

• Consulting Shelmerdine's pronunciation guide (Introduction, pp. 1–3), practice reading out loud the "Aurora and Tithonus" passage from Tuesday's class. Pay particular attention to the placement of the stress accent on each word. When you feel you are ready, call my campus voicemail (x. 5463) and read me the passage over the phone. Identify yourself by name, so I know who's calling.

DC

Assignment for Thursday, 10.31.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

By Thursday morning, October 31, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Shelmerdine, Chapter 10, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Third Declension Nouns: i-Stem (#51, pp. 85–6).

(2) Homework (due by email, 8:00 a.m.):

• Translate the following sentences into Latin:

1. We will offer many favors to that god of the sea.
2. The poet tried to abandon (use imperfect) angry poems in this fire.
3. The high seas (use mare) will make us good sailors
4. In my mind I was able to trust those strange arts.

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 10.29.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

By Tuesday morning, October 29, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Shelmerdine, Chapter 9, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• The Pronoun: Demonstrative (hic, haec, hoc and ille, illa, illud, #50, pp. 78–79).

(2) Homework (due by email, 8:00 a.m.):

• Exercise 68, ONLY 2, 3, 8, and 9 (p. 70 — only translate, as before); and
• Exercise 69, ONLY 4, 6, and 10; and

DC

Vocabulary Quiz on Monday, 10.28.19

Dear Elementarians,

Our sixth vocabulary quiz, on Monday, October 28, will draw from Chapter 8 of Shelmerdine's textbook (p. 75). I'll give you the English definitions, you supply the full Latin vocabulary entry.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC

Assignment for Saturday, 10.26.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

By Saturday evening, October 26, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Shelmerdine, Chapters 8 and 9, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

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

(2) Homework (due by email, 11:00 p.m.):

• Exercise 64 (p. 78); and
• Exercise 68, ONLY 1, 5, and 11 (p. 80). NOTE: Only translate the sentences; no need to "identify obvious chunks."
• OPTIONAL bonus exercises: Exercise 69, ONLY 1, 2, and 9 (any or all).

DC

Assignment for Thursday, 10.24.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

By Thursday morning, October 24, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Shelmerdine, Chapter 8, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Personal Pronouns: is, ea, id (#46, p. 71).

(2) Homework (due by email, 8:00 a.m.):

• Exercises 59 and 60 (p. 71).

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 10.22.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

By Tuesday morning, October 22, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Shelmerdine, Chapter 8, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Third and Fourth Conjugation: Present Infinitive, Indicative, and Imperative (#45, pp. 69–70).

(2) Homework (due by email, 11:00 p.m.):

• Exercise 57 (p. 70).

DC

Vocabulary Quiz on Monday, 10.21.19

Dear Elementarians,

Our fifth vocabulary quiz, on Monday, October 21, will draw from Chapter 7 of Shelmerdine's textbook (p. 67). I'll give you the English definitions, you supply the full Latin vocabulary entry.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC

Assignment for Saturday, 10.19.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

By Saturday evening, October 19, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Shelmerdine, Chapter 7, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Possum: Present, Imperfect, and Future Indicative (#43, p. 63); and
• Sentence Pattern: Special Intransitive  (#44, pp. 63–4).

(2) Homework (due by email, 11:00 p.m.):

• Exercise 55, ONLY 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, and 9 (p. 64); and
• Reading 5, second half (from dea oraculum dabat to the end, p. 64). FORMAT: As with previous long passages, number each English sentence, and treat each as an individual exercise, starting it on a new line. Remember to double-space, please.

DC

Assignment for Thursday, 10.17.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

By Thursday morning, October 17, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Shelmerdine, Chapter 7, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Personal Pronouns: ego and tu (#42, p. 62).

(2) Homework (due by email, 8:00 a.m.):

• Exercise 52 (p. 62); and

• Translate the following into Latin:

1.  To lack liberty is always bad.
2.  Good laws did not exist without justice.
3.  Our mothers will have the rights of citizenship (use dative of possession).

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 10.15.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

By Tuesday morning, October 15, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Shelmerdine, Chapter 7, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Third Declension Nouns: Consonant Stems; Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter Nouns (#41–41b, pp. 59–61).

(2) Homework (due by email, 8:00 p.m.):

• Exercise 50 (p. 61; NOTE: No need to say "why not..." etc.  BUT do consider making a table in your word processor); and
• Exercise 51 (p. 61).

DC