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Beginning Latin I

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Latin 101

Daily Schedule

Day

Chapter

Grammar

Culture

Day 1

Chs 1-2

Pronunciation of Latin consonants and vowels;
SV, SVC, and SOV word order;
Nouns: 1st declension, nominative and accusative;
Verbs: 3rd singular.
Audio: Chapter 1 vocab, Ch 1 reading; Chapter 2 vocab, Ch 2 reading

The Roman Family: ARD #15-31, 41-50.

Day 2

Chs. 3-4

Dividing Latin words into Syllables;
Gender, Noun-Adjective Agreement, Plural;
Nouns: 2nd declension, nominative and accusative;
Adjectives: 1st and 2nd declension;
Verbs: 3rd plural.
Audio: Chapter 3 vocab, Chapter 3 reading; Chapter 4 vocab, Chapter 4 reading

Roman Society: Slaves and Freedmen: ARD #198-217, 227-232, 236-250.

Day 3

Ch 5

Accentuation of Latin words;
Verbs: Present Tense, all persons;
Prepositions: ad, in, per; ab, ex, in.

Drawing of a Roman farm
Audio: Ch 5 vocab,
Ch 5 reading

Working for a Living: ARD #161-174, 185-197.

Day 4

Ch 6

Forming Questions;
Verbs: present infinitive; 3rd -io verbs;
Nouns: vocative case.
Audio: Ch 6 vocab,
Ch 6 reading

Education: ARD #134-155.

Day 5

Ch 7

Nouns: 3rd declension, nominative, accusative, and ablative;
Adjectives: 3rd declension
Irregular verbs: possum and eo.

Drawing of Greeks at Troy
Audio
: Ch 7 vocab,
Ch 7 reading

Homer and the Iliad: OLC Chs 7-8

De disciplina puerili

Day 6

Ch 8

Verbs: imperatives;
Compound verbs: ad-, con-, e-, in-, re-
Enclitics: -que (and).

Audio: Ch 8 vocab,
Ch 8 reading

 

Day 7

Ch 9

Midterm (Chs 1-7) Study Guide

Nouns: Genitive Case;
Adverbs.

 

Day 8

Ch 10

Gender: Neuter nouns and adjectives

Travels and Adventures of Aeneas: OLC Chs 9-11.

Day 9

Ch 11

Story Due at 5 p.m. Nouns: Dative Case.

Drawing of Aeneas' travels

Quaenam est tempestas? (matching game)
Dido and Aeneas illustrated

 

Day 10

Chs 12-13

Review of nouns and adjectives;
Subordinate Clauses (ubi, quod, dum, si);
Relative Clauses (qui quae quod).

Roman Women: ARD #325-345.

Aeneis Vergili

Day 11

Ch 14

Demonstratives: is ea id; ille illa illud;
Pronouns: personal and reflexive.

Roman Religion: ARD #402-428.

Day 12

Ch 15-16

Demonstratives: hic haec hoc; ipse ipsa ipsum.

Early Roman history: OLC Chs 12, 15-16.
Natalis Urbis

Day 13

 

Midterm. (Chs 8-14) Study Guide

 

Day 14

Ch 17

Script for Skit due
Verbs: Imperfect and Perfect Tenses
Perfect Stems: s- perfect.

Roman Government and Elections: OLC Chs 17-18; ARD #251-266

Day 15

Ch 18

Meanings of the Perfect Tense;
Perfect Stems: same stem as present;
Numerals;
Expressions of Time.

Guest lecture: Stacie Raucci, Union College, "The Order of Orgies: Sex and the Cinematic Roman"

Day 16

Ch 19

Verbs: Pluperfect Tense;
Perfect Stems: lengthen stem vowel;
Expressions of Place; Locative Case.

The City of Rome: OLC Ch 19;
Housing and City Life: ARD #79-96

Incendium Romae

Day 17

Ch 20

Perfect Stems: reduplication.
Skits performed

 

Day 18

 

Final Exam (Chs 15-20) Study Guide

 

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