Assignment for Saturday, 12.21.19

Dear Elementary Latinists:

By 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 21, please do the following:

(1) Complete Section E (Reading aloud) of our final exam. Call my campus voicemail with your perfected reading of the final exam passage. Before you left the exam, you were handed a sheet with full instructions and a copy of the passage to mark up.

(2) Peer Review Round III: Fill out a Peer Review Form for each of your teammates. Please observe the 11:00 deadline so you can maximize your points, and visit our Policies page if necessary to re-familiarize yourself with the Peer Review guidelines.

Thanks for a great semester!

DC

Final Exam on Tuesday, 12.17.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

Our final exam on Tuesday, December 17, 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. NOTE: Nouns and adjectives will all come from the third declension.

(B) Verbs: Jump drills:

A series of relatively short sequences in which you "jump" (change) one attribute of a verb form at a time, either person, number, tense, mood or voice. NOTE: The drills will heavily (but not exclusively) emphasize the passive voice.

(C) Verbs: Stacks:

I'll give you an English verb and a pronoun, you give me the six active Latin forms from the present indicative through the future perfect indicative.

(D) Passage to translate:

A short passage of connected Latin prose, using vocabulary and grammar through chapter 14. Read it carefully and write out your translation.

(E) Reading out loud (take-home portion, due Saturday, December 21, 11:00 p.m.):

Practice reading the final exam 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. (No, you do not have to memorize the passage. Yes, you can read from the copy.)

ALSO NOTE: Some generosity has been granted for late readings or peer reviews. But, in keeping with the notion of a final exam, late work will NOT be accepted.

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For this exam, you'll be responsible for all concepts and vocabulary through Shelmerdine Chapter 14.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC

Assignment for Saturday, 11.16.19

Dear Elementary Latinists:

By 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, please do the following:

(1) Complete Section D (Reading aloud) of our second midterm exam. Call my campus voicemail with your perfected reading of the midterm passage. Before you left the exam, you were handed a sheet with full instructions and a copy of the passage to mark up.

(2) Peer Review Round 2: Visit our Policies page and make sure you understand the Peer Review guidelines. Then, fill out a Peer Review Form for each of your teammates. Please observe the 11:00 deadline so you can maximize your points.

DC

Exam on Thursday, 11.14.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

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

No Assignment on Tuesday, 11.12.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

There will be no written assignment due Tuesday, November 12. Focus on preparing for midterm 2 on Thursday, and come to class ready to dive into the practice exam with your team.

DC

Assignment for Saturday, 10.12.19

Dear Elementary Latinists:

By 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 12, please do the following:

(1) Complete Section D (Reading aloud) of our first midterm exam. Call my campus voicemail with your perfected reading of the midterm passage. Before you left the exam, you were handed a sheet with full instructions and a copy of the passage to mark up.

(2) Peer Review Round I: Visit our Policies page and make sure you understand the Peer Review guidelines. Then, fill out a Peer Review Form for each of your teammates. Please observe the 11:00 deadline so you can maximize your points.

DC

Midterm Exam on Thursday, 10.10.19

Dear Elementary Latinists,

Our first midterm exam on Thursday, October 10, 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.

(B) Jump drill:

A series of relatively short sequences in which you "jump" (change) one attribute of a verb form at a time, either person, number, or mood.

(C) Passage to translate:

A short passage of connected Latin prose, using vocabulary and grammar through chapter 6. Read it carefully and write out your translation.

(D) Reading out loud (take-home portion, due Saturday, October 12, 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 6.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC