Our second midterm exam on Thursday, November 14, will have the following format.
(A) Declining nouns and adjectives:
I'll give you English adjective-noun pairs in the singular or plural, you give me the Latin forms in the five major cases. The adjectives must modify the nouns in case, number, and gender. The focus will be on demonstrative pronouns, third declension adjectives, and third declension nouns, including i-stems.(B) Verb stacks:
A series of relatively short sequences in which you "stack" verbs from the present system (present, imperfect, future tenses) to the perfect system (perfect, pluperfect, future perfect) using the same person and number throughout.(C) Passage to translate:
A short passage of connected Latin prose, using vocabulary and grammar through chapter 11. Read it carefully and write out your translation.(D) Reading out loud (take-home portion, due Saturday, October 16, 11:00 p.m.):
Practice reading the midterm passage out loud: use Shelmerdine's textbook to help you determine vowel/consonant sounds and place accents. When you have perfected your reading, call my campus voice mail and read me the Latin over the phone.
NOTE: Please prepare for and complete this portion of the exam on your own. I'll supply a copy of the passage for you to practice on and mark up and read from.
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NOTES:
For this exam, you'll be responsible for all concepts and vocabulary through Shelmerdine chapter 11, though grammar will be more focused on chapters 7 onward (that is. the chapters since the last midterm).
Please let me know if you have any questions.
DC
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