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Help Sessions:
- After school except on club meeting days (normally Mondays): 215.
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Thursday, Feb. 11 |
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Latin One
- Upcoming testing from chapter 12:
- Chapter 12 vocab
- Ablative understanding/identification
- Chapter 12 flashcards for Wed., Feb. 10
- Exercise 12b for Tues., Feb. 9
- Translate the sentences.
- Write out all the ablative elements in Latin.
- Label them according to our notes. (ex horto = ablative of place from which)
- Study for chapter 11 vocab quiz.
- Translate the chapter 12 story for Wed., Feb. 3.
- Read the culture section on "Roman Names" on p. 83 and answer three questions for Tues., Feb. 2:
- Compare and contrast the practice of Roman naming with your own tradition.
- How do Roman naming traditions stress Roman interest in family and tradition?
- Romans would have been aware of the meanings of their names. Try to find out what your name/s mean/s.
- Read the culture section "Treatment of Slaves" on pp. 75-77 and answer two questions for Mon., Feb. 1:
- Characterize each writer's attitude toward slaves and slavery.
- Imagine that you were a Roman slaveowner. Decide whether you would treat your slaves strictly or kindly and why.
- Upcoming quizzes:
- verb conjugation on Fri., Jan. 29
- ch. 10 vocabulary on Mon., Feb. 2
- Chapter 11 flashcards for Thurs., Jan. 28.
- Chapter 11 translation for Fri., Jan. 22.
- Also create the imperatives for discedo and repello (found in exercise 10b) for Wed., Jan. 20.
- Chapter 10 flashcards for Wed., Jan. 20.
- Practice imperative for Tues., Jan. 19:
- See the explanation on p. 74 if you were absent.
- Choose 4 verbs from the set in exercise 10b.
- Create the positive and negative imperatives for each verb (4 forms).
- Translate the imperatives.
- Assignments for Thurs., Jan. 7:
- Exercise 10b: identify the verbs by conjugation and translate
- Exercise 10c: pick three verbs not already done for you in the notes or book and conjugate fully with 6 Latin forms and 6 English translations
- Self-analysis for 2nd semester due Tues., Jan. 5:
- Stuff I'm Good At
- Stuff I Need to Work On
Latin Two
- Upcoming testing
- Chapter 26 vocab
- Something bigger to mark the end of book 1 (topics tentative)
- Translation
- hic/ille
- verb tenses
- Assignments for Mon., Feb. 8
- Translate chapter 27 story p. 251
- Chapter 26 flashcards
- Translate chapter 27 story pp. 249-50 for Thurs., Feb. 4.
- Translate 26e for Wed., Feb. 3.
- Go back to the chapter 7 story. Add the correct forms of hic/ille to each noun.
- Upcoming quizzing:
- hic/ille usage on Tues., Feb. 3
- chapter 25 vocab on Fri., Jan. 29
- Exercise 26c for Wed., Jan. 27: Add both hic/ille forms to each sentence.
- Go back to the chapter 4 translation. Add the correct form of that/those (ille) in Latin to match every noun (nominative, accusative, and ablative only). Don't add a form when Marcus and Sextus call each other by name. Due Tues., Jan. 26.
- Go back to the chapter 4 translation. Add the correct form of this/these (hic) in Latin to match every noun (nominative, accusative, and ablative only). Don't add a form when Marcus and Sextus call each other by name. Due Mon., Jan. 25.
- Chapter 25 flashcards for Thurs., Jan. 21.
- Study for 4th and 5th declension quiz, which could come at any time.
- Chapter 26 translation for Tues., Jan. 19.
- Complete the final two paragraphs of the chapter 25 translation on paper for Thurs., Jan. 7.
- Self-analysis for 2nd semester due Tues., Jan. 5:
- Stuff I'm Good At
- Stuff I need to Work On
Latin Four
- See notes for AP Latin for next Aeneid assignments.
AP Vergil
Mythology
- Mr. A's Recs
- Forbidden Planet (1956)--a classic science fiction film that doubles as a reimagining of Shakespeare's Tempest and triples as a primer of Freudian psychology.
- Translations of the Iliad and Odyssey by Stanley Lombardo. Or get The Essential Homer by Lombardo, featuring the greatest hits of both epics.
- Some terms from the week of Feb. 1
- Greek myths tell us that people are called people (in Gk. λάος or laos) because they're made out of pebbles (in Gk. λάας or laas, really "stone").
- synchretism--lining up the gods of different pantheons to match each other:
- Greek Zeus = Roman Jupiter = Egyptian Ra
- pantheon--all the gods of a particular culture/tradition:
- Greek pantheon, Norse pantheon
- Presentations
- From the book
- Four Ages--Terry
- Lycaon--Bailey
- Flood--Rebekah
- Tiamat/Marduk and Typon/Zeus--Jeshon
- Creation myths from other sources
- Pawnee--Nick
- Osage--Danielle
- Arapaho--Thomas
- Egyptian--Autumn
- Norse--Mike
- Cherokee--Bailey
- Japanese--Louis
- Aztec--Alison
- Chinese--Chelsea
- Iroquois--Austin
- Native American--Dani
- African--Jimmy
- Readings for the week of Feb. 1:
- Chapter 7: Poseidon, Sea Deities, Group Divinities, and Monsters, pp. 154-63
- Chapter 8: Athena, pp. 165-77
- Chapter 9: Aphrodite and Eros, pp. 179-208
- Checklist
- Read ch. 3 if you haven't already done so. Go on to the rest of the readings.
- Take notes on what you read:
- a story you don't know
- important characters, incidents, interpretations
- Review interpreters notes for quick quiz 3 (see below)
- For hand in on Tues., Jan. 26 (This must be submitted by Mon., Feb. 1):
- something interesting I learned in ch. 3 (what and why interesting)
- how I'd interpret the myths/a myth in ch. 3
- Make sure you have finished reading chapter 3 for Mon., Jan. 25.
- Prepare for quick quiz 3 with a focus on the ritual school.
- Readings for the week of Jan. 18:
- Chapter 3: Myths of Creation, pp. 55-75.
- Chapter 4: Zeus's Rise to Power; The Creation of Mortals, pp. 78-109.
- Chapter 5: The Twelve Olympians, pp. 113-32.
- Expect a quick quiz on Fri., Jan. 15.
- Write an etiological story on the topic: Why does it snow? Due Thurs., Jan. 7.
- Study the notes on the first three ways of interpreting myth for a quick quiz on Wed., Jan. 6.
- Two-fold assignment due on Tues., Jan. 5:
- What is a myth? Write your idea/definition of a myth.
- Why did you sign up for this class?/What do you hope to learn?
Latin Three
- Testing on Pyramus and Thisbe
- Translation on Thurs., Feb. 11
- Figures of speech/scansion on Fri., Feb. 12
- New figures of speech
- juxtaposition = antithesis
- interlocking word order = synchesis
- Una duos nox amantes
- A B A' B'
- Interlocking word order tends to suggest connections between its components: in this case, the one night is the cause of the two deaths
- polyptoton--use of two forms of the same root word in close proximity to each other
- Workbook excerpts on Pyramus and Thisbe for Thurs., Feb. 4.
- Ablative absolute exercise in workbook iia: 44c for Mon., Feb. 1.
- Ablative absolute quiz scheduled for Tues., Feb. 3.
- Quiz over subjunctive (imperfect and pluperfect, active and passive) on Fri., Jan. 29.
- Chapter 44 translation for Tues., Jan. 19.
- Do corrections to pirate translations for Thurs., Jan. 7.
- Chapter 43 translation for Wed., Jan. 6.
- Reflect on ways to improve in 3Q and 2SEM.
Latin Club
- Roman games day on Wed., Jan. 27.
- Important club meeting on Tues., Jan. 19:
- We must reschedule and plan Roman games day.
- We will work on/plan for enrollment activities/enrollment fair on Thurs., Jan. 21
- We will plan for the World Language Expo at Rockwood Summit on Sat., Jan. 30.
- Roman banquet on Wed., Dec. 9.
- Walking billboards (T-shirts to promote Latin and Greek)
- Planning meeting on Mon., Dec. 7.
- Planning meeting on Mon., Dec 14.
- Certamen practice on Thurs., Nov. 19.
- Planning and work meetings on Tues., Nov. 10, Thurs., Nov. 12, and Fri., Nov. 13.
- Annual Film Festival:
- Mon., Nov. 9--Jason and the Argonauts
- Wed., Nov. 11--A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Here is our planning right now for our own scaled down Fall Festival:
Finalized Schedule
9:30-10:00 Registration and Breakfast-type snacks
10:00-11:30 Certamen in new wing
11:30-12:30 Lunch
12:30-1:00 Activity Choice 1 in new wing
impromptu architecture
Roman games
1:00-2:30 Wacky Olympics/Sports small gym
2:30-3:00 Activity Choice 2 in new wing
Latin bingo
modern myth retelling
3:00-3:30 Awards/closing ceremony
- Meetings on Tues., Nov. 3, and Wed., Nov. 4
- Certamen practice on Mon., Oct. 19
- Joint meeting with Greek Club: Mon., Oct. 5
- Brief Schedule of Events
- Oct.: costume contest/party on Mon., Oct. 26
- Nov.: See above for our planning for our own film and fall festivals.
- Dec.: Roman banquet
- Jan.: Roman games day
- Feb.: open
- Mar.: open
- Apr.: lock in and spring convention in Columbia
- May: farewell Roman banquet
Greek Club
- Next meeting on Thurs., Jan. 14.
- Greek Club meets on Mon., Nov. 16
- See Latin club section for details about upcoming events in November that are for both clubs.
- First meeting (alphabet and pronunciation) on Mon., Oct. 12
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