Classical Roots

• Some Exam Details
  • Greek alphabet
  • Latin numbers
  • Roman numerals
  • derivatives in English
  • Greek roots and prefixes
  • Latin roots and prefixes
  • abbreviations
  • phrases and quotes
  • culture questions
• Prepare for final and make up quizzes.
• Senior exam on Wed., May 14.
• Myth report (2-3 pages typed) on your choice of god(dess) or hero due on Wed., May 7.
• Latin phrases quiz from p. 64 in book on Fri., May 2.
• Start learning gods/goddesses, their functions, and derivatives from their names on pp. 79-82:
  • Pick out a god(dess) or hero to learn more about.  You will be quizzed on your specific choice besides a general myth quiz.
• Latin abbreviations quiz from p. 63 in book on Thurs., Apr. 24.
• Numbers quiz on Thur., Apr. 17:
  • Roman numerals
  • numbers in Latin
    • cardinal numbers (one, two, three, etc.)
    • ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.)
• Review Greek alphabet.
• Practice Roman numerals for Thur., Apr. 10:
  • 1776
  • 1865
  • 220
  • 32
  • 95
• Prefixes 2 from ch. 3, quiz on Fri., Apr. 11: multi-ultra (pp. 52 to the top of 55).
• Prefixes 1 from ch. 3, quiz on Wed., Apr. 9: ab-infra (pp. 49 to the top of 52).
• derivatives from chapter 1 of Cambridge Latin Unit 1 quiz: Fri., Apr. 4.  definitions and derivations due the same day as graded homework.
• Make up noun/verb bases quiz from ch. 3 on Thurs., Apr. 3.
• Be sure to take notes on and study:
  • Latin abbreviations on p. 63;
  • Latin phrases on p. 64;
  • Latin quotes on p. 65
• Roman house quiz: Tuesday, Apr. 1.
• Latin noun and verb bases quiz, Fri., Mar. 28.

Latin Three

• Some Exam Details
  • multiple choice of vocab, grammar, translation
    • participles, infinitives, subjunctive, indirect statement, ablative absolute
  • sight reading of two Hercules passage (1 unseen)
  • sight reading of two Caesar passages (both unseen)
  • figures of speech
  • life of Caesar/military
• Continue through chapter 6.
• Some figures of speech in Latin:
  • polysyndeton--more conjunctions than necessary for the meaning (Caesar has not used this figure at this point)
  • asyndeton--lack of necessary conjunctions:
    • oppida sua omnia, vicos ad quadrigentos, reliqua privata aedificia incendunt.
  • pleonasm--use of more words than are strictly necessary to communicate the meaning:
    • igni cremaretur ("he would be burned by fire," as opposed to, say, water?)
  • hendiadys--use of two nouns joined by "and" and thus made equal instead of an adjective-noun pair or a noun plus genitive:
    • fidem et ius iurandum dant ("they give loyalty and an oath" instead of "an oath of loyalty" or "a loyalty oath")
• Chime in with participation online if you have let it slide a bit.
• Plan for a quiz over Caesar 1.1-1.4 later in week.
• Finish Caesar 1.4 and let's get those exercise items in.
• Everyone pitch in for Caesar 1.3 and English/Latin items for 1.2:
  • Be sure to document your changes. 
  • Hyperlink pages mention in your changes on the recent additions page.
• Move on to English and Latin questions for Caesar 1.2 and translate Caesar 1.3.
• Homework for Wed., Apr. 23/Thurs., Apr. 24:
  • Answer English questions on Caesar 1.1 with reference to the Latin text (where is the answer found?)
  • Answer Latin questions in Latin on Caesar 1.1.
  • Translate Caesar 1.2.
• Read and take notes on background material for Julius Caesar:
  • biographical
  • historical
  • military
  • geographical
• Translate Caesar 1.1 for Tues., Apr. 22.
• Read about purpose and result clauses on pp. 90-92.
• Exercise A on page 19: noun-adjective agreement
• "Last Days of a Hero" and subjunctive
• Hercules quiz on Mon., Apr. 14:
  • translation
  • grammar/vocab
• Finish 12 Labors quam celerrime.
• Don't forget the grammar treasure hunts.

AP Vergil's Aeneid

• Review and prepare flashcards.
• Quiz over Aen. 130-45 (approx.) on Tues., May 6.
• Quiz over Aen. 4.115-30 (approx.) on Mon., May 5.
• Continue book 12 selections.
• Quiz over Aen. 4.15-30 (approx.) on Mon., Apr. 14.
• Quiz over Aen. 4.30-45 (approx.) on Tues., Apr. 15.
• Retest over Aen. 4.30-45 (approx.) on Wed., Apr. 16.

Latin Two

• Some Exam Details
  • sight reading passages (National Latin Exam and others)
  • Catullus reading comprehension
  • multiple choice
    • culture (from culture questions and class)
    • grammar
      • passive voice, relative pronouns, hic and ille, participles
    • vocabulary, poetry (scansion and figures of speech)
• Finish Catullus 84, then Catullus 85.
• Go on to Catullus 2 and 3, the sparrow poems.
• Review Catullus 12 for possible quiz:
  • scansion
  • figures of speech
  • translation/meaning
• Review Catullus 27 for possible quiz:
  • figures of speech (see growing list below)
  • scansion
  • translation/meaning
• Review Catullus 13 for possible additional quiz:
  • figures of speech in the poem
  • scansion of the poem
  • translation/meaning of the poem
• Scansion/meter quiz on Wed., Apr. 23.
• SOME LITERARY TERMS:
  • onomatopoeia--words sound like what they mean, both a an individual and phrasal level:
    • it per iter ("pitter patter)
    • bang!
  • systole--shortening of a naturally long vowel for metrical purposes:
    • nescio as dactyl (long-short-short), when we know the -o verb ending is normally long.
  • oxymoron--a contradiction in terms that stand in immediate proximity to each other:
    • odi et amo.
  • chiasmus--a form of hyperbaton where words, typically noun-adjective pairs, are associated in ABBA word order:
    • Odi et amo.  quare id faciam fortasse requiris?

                                  nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.

  • anaphora--repetion of initial word/s in successive clauses:
    • sic mater, sic liber avunculus eius, sic maternus avus . . .
    • a time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant . . .
  • personification--attributing human qualities to something not human:
    • vos . . . abite, lymphae, vini pernicies
  • polyptoton--use of two forms of the same root (often as different parts of speech) in close proximity to each other:
    • ebrioso acino ebriosioris
  • metonymy--use of one noun to replace another noun to which it is closely related:
    • ebrioso acino = wine
    • White House = President
  • hyperbaton--violent distortion of word order, even by Latin's free standards:
    • totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.
  • syncope--a sort of "internal contraction" of a word:
    • ne'er = never; donarunt = donaverunt
  • prodelision--"backward elision," particularly with "est":
    • instead of "elegantiusv' est" out of "elegantiusve est," Latin gives "elegantiusve 'st," which will often be written as one word.
  • litotes--use of double negative to mean the opposite:
    • "not without/non sine? = "together with"
  • metaphor--"A is B"; implied comparison of two essentially unlike things (but normally with one point in common):
    • "salt/sale" = wit: because both salt and wit add variety and spice
    • "Love is a rose, (but you'd better not pick it.  It only grows when it's on the vine.  Handful of thorns and you know you've missed it.  Lose your love when you say the word 'mine.')": because both love and a rose have in common that they are tricky situations that can hurt as well as reward.
  • simile--"A is like B"; direct comparison with "like or as" that tends to use a more familar to explain a less familar term:
    • "My love is like a red, red rose"; of course, love is not like a rose, but a rose is a physical, tangible item unlike the abstract emotion of love.
• Finish working on translation and scansion of poem.
• Translate first sentence of poem (lines 1-5) and do scansion for lines 4 and 5 for Wed., Apr. 15.
• Comparative and superlative quiz on Tues., Apr. 15.
• Chapter 34 vocabulary quiz on Fri., Apr. 11.
• Exercise 34e for Thurs., Apr. 10.
• Exercises in chapter 34 for Tues., Apr. 8:
  • 34c: items 2, 3, 4
  • 34d: items 2, 3, 5
  • Be sure to refer to the notes and the material on p. 65 for guidance.
• Chapter 34 flashcards with pictures (don't forget page 61) for Mon., Apr. 7.
• Chapter 34 translation, remainder for Thurs., Apr. 3.
• Chapter 34 translation, lines 1-12 for Tues., Apr. 1.
• Work on "The Fifteen," some key verbs for you to know:

sum, volō, faciō, ferō, do, stō, iaciō, audiō, habeō, iubeō, mittō, videō, adiuvō, dīcō, dūcō

Deutsch Drei

• Some Exam Details
  • Kulturfragen
  • Adjektive Endungen
  • Genitiv
  • Verben
    • Tempora (Präsens, Imperfekt, Perfekt, Futur=
    • Konjunktiv 2
  • Vokabeln
    • Gänsebraten Lesebuch
    • Märchen
    • Verkäufer und Elch
    • Geni@l B1
  • Lesetexte
    • Annoncen aus der Zeitung und dem Internet
    • Zeitungsartikeln
    • unbekannte Märchen
• Finish the 22 adjective items on the remaining page of the packet for Mon., May 19.
• Do the 6 items on the "Adjective Endings Rules Summary" page for Fri., May 16.
• Finish items (5 sentences) at the bottom of the "Deutsch Zwei Lektionen 4, 5" page of the packet for Thurs., May 15.
• Adjective endings homework: complete items 1-15 on the page titled "Deutsch Zwei Lektionen 4, 5."
• Practice retelling of  "Der Verkäufer und der Elch" on Tues., May 6.
• Plan for a written retelling quiz over "Der Verkäufer und der Elch" on Thurs., May, 8.
• Written evaluation of "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" as a fairy tale due on Mon., May 5.  Use the "Typische Märchenzüge" notes to guide you.  Need help with this fairy tale?  Find it here.
• Finish reading "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" in the new Märchenland reader.
• Study vocabulary for a quiz over "Der Verkäufer und der Elch."
• Think of three examples of a good salesman:
  • Der Verkäufer hat DATIV AKKUSATIV verkauft.
• Finish reading "Der Verkäufer und der Elch" handout.
• Weather quiz on Mon., Apr. 21.  Practice and preparation here:
  • http://www.tabney.com/deutsch1.html (See Kapitel 7.)
  • http://www.wetter.com/v2/ (See Deutsches Wetter Fernsehen.)
• Preparation for conversation:
  • positive/negative Entwicklungen in der Zukunft (based on main ideas in reading on p. 36)
• Homework for Thurs., Apr. 17: Read "Der Klimawandel" on p. 38 and write down the main ideas of the article.
• Write up your Kitsch/Schmalz song candidates, due Fri., Apr. 11.
• Don't forget the listening part 1 retest.
• Pick out one of the poems on pp. 32-33:
  • know what it means
  • know how to read it correctly
• Make sure you have a song picked out with concrete reasons for your choice.  You might find some help at http://www.worldofkitsch.com/
• Finish the poetry analysis (four lines) for Mon., Apr. 7.
• Quiz am Freitag: Selektives Lesen: Zeitungsannoncen.
• Hausarbeit für Donnerstag:
  • Zertifikatstraining--Teil 2: Detailverstehen (35 Minuten)--pp. 18-19 in packet
  • Denk an ein Lied, das man als "kitschig" oder "schmalzig" charakterisieren könnte, und begründe deine Meinung.
• Full-page verb exercise in packet for Wed., Apr. 2.

Latin One

• Some Exam Details
  • Culture questions
  • Multiple choice
    • grammar
      • verbs
        • tenses
        • formation
        • translation
      • nouns
        • cases and usage
        • number
        • noun-adjective pairs
    • vocabulary
    • translation of words and phrases
  • Reading comprehension of unfamiliar passages
  • Essay on Roman heroes
  • Written translation?
• Picture flashcards for chapters 19 and 20 for Mon., May 19.
• Finish the remainder of the chapter 20 translation for Fri., May 16.
• Chapter 20 translation lines 1-11 for Thurs., May 15.
• Exercise 19c reassigned for Wed., May 14.
• Start planning for a translation quiz.
• Rest of chapter 19 translation due on Thurs., May 8.  Get it done if you haven't before. 
• Read the "Legendary Heroes of Early Rome" reading after chapter 18:
  • take notes on each of the four heroes.
  • devise a definition of "myth" to determine if these stories qualify as myths.
• Chapter 18 flashcards with pictures on Wed., May 7. 
• Prepare for the ch. 16 vocab quiz (Wed., Apr. 30).
• Reading on the Horatii and Curiatii: answer questions and cite Latin sources with line numbers for Mon., Apr. 28.
• Be ready for a pop quiz involving the little words and words that look like them.
• Expect a chapter 16 vocab quiz next week.
• Start preparing for a quiz over the irregular verbs (pp. 108 and 128).
• Chapter 17 flashcards for Thurs., Apr. 24.
• Take notes on irregular verb forms on p. 128 and p. 108 for Wed., Apr. 23.  Include a representative translation for each form:
  • volo = I want
  • volebam = I was wanting
  • fer = bring
  • ire = to go
• Use your notes to complete exercise 17b on p. 128.
• Chapter 15 vocab quiz on Mon., Apr. 21.
• Exercise 16b on p. 122 for Thurs., Apr. 17.  Use the red sheet; don't just make up the endings.
  • cubiculi boni
  • filiarum bonarum
  • clamorem bonum
• Chapter 16 flashcards with pictures for Fri., Apr. 18.
• Latin numbers and Roman numerals quiz on Tues., Apr. 15.
• Chapter 16 translation: p. 120 for Mon., Apr. 14.
• Chapter 16 translation: p. 119 except for first paragraph for Fri., Apr. 11.
• Practice Roman numerals for Thur., Apr. 10:
  • 1776
  • 1865
  • 220
  • 32
  • 95
• Chapter 15 flashcards (including neuter nouns on p. 115) for Wed., Apr. 9.
• Exercise 15b on p. 115 for Fri., Apr. 4.
• Seven Kings quiz on Fri., Apr. 4.
• Chapter 15 translation for Wed., Apr. 2. 

• Some notes on imperfect (taken from whiteboard on Tuesday, Feb. 12):
  • parās--three standard translations
    • you prepare
    • you are preparing
    • you do prepare
  • parābās--up to seven translations
    • you were preparing (Use this one as your starting point, then see if one of the others fits better.)
    • you started to prepare
    • you kept preparing
    • you used to prepare
    • you would routinely prepare
    • you tried to prepare
    • you prepared

Latin Club

• Next meeting: TBA. 
• Annual Film Festival:
  • Tuesday, Feb. 26: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Wednesday, Feb. 27: Hercules
  • Thursday, Feb. 28: Clash of the Titans
     

Greek Club

• Next meeting: TBA.

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