Day

Chapter

Grammar

Culture

Day 1

Chs 20-21

Nouns: Review of Declensions 1-3;
4th and 5th Declensions;
Review of Nominative and Accusative Case.
Verbs: Review of regular verbs: present tense.

Hwk: Ex. 20.5-7; 21.3-4 (i.e., Exercises 20.5, 20.6, and 20.7; Ex 21.3 and 21.4); Ch 21 Reading, Marcus Quintum domum suam invitat (answer Responde Latine); either complete Insula assignment in VRoma or describe in Latin your room at home or at Cornell

Always read the culture sections at the end of each chapter in the OLC.

Day 2

Chs. 22-23

Nouns: Ablative Case;
Verbs: Review of irregular verbs sum, eo, volo;
fero.
Adjectives: review of adjectives.

Hwk: Ex 22.1, 3; 23.2-4; Ch 23 Reading, Marcus Quintum ad balnea ducit: in Latin describe a typical visit to the baths (i.e., what rooms, in what order, and what happens in each room); Complete VRoma assignment (in English)

Roman baths, spectacles, leisure activities: OLC, Ch 22-23; ARD sections #348-54, 377-88.
Roman baths

Day 3

Ch 24

Verbs: Review of imperfect and perfect.
Adjectives: comparison of adjectives.

Hwk: Ex 21.1, 20.3, 24.1-3; practice with a partner questions using the ablative; Ch 24 Reading, Caesaris triumphi: in Latin summarize a Roman triumph. Who watches? Who marches? In what order?

Roman triumph: OLC, Ch 24; ARD #293

Day 4

Ch 25-26

Verbs: present participles.
Adjectives: irregular comparison.
Review of genitive case.

Hwk: Ex. 25.1-2; 26.1-4; Ch 26 Reading, Idus Martiae

The End of the Republic: OLC Ch 26; Julius Caesar

Day 5

Ch 27

Verbs: future and future perfect tenses.
Pronouns: Review of relative pronouns.
Review of dative case.
Taped Reading/postcard due

Hwk: Ex. 27.1-5; Ch 27 Reading, Quintus Athenas navigare parat

Chariot race from Ben Hur

Day 6

Ch 28

Pronouns: relative pronouns qui quae quod

Day 7

Midterm (Chs 20-27) Study Guide

Hwk: Ex. 28.1-3; 27.6; Ch 28 Reading, Quintus ad Graeciam navigat (answer Responde Latine, p. 80)

Day 8

Ch 29-30

Verbs: perfect passive participle.
Pronouns: alter, uter, uterque

Hwk: Ex. 29.2; 30.1-6; Ch 29 Reading, Academia: based on the reading, compare (in Latin) Quintus and Marcus as students (e.g., quis est intellegentior, diligentior? studia eis placent? quid alter Athenis facit, quid alter?)

Stoic and Epicurean: ARD #460-73

Philodemus Project

Day 9

Ch 31

Verbs: Passive voice;
perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect passive.

Hwk: Ex. 31.1-4; Ch 31 Reading, Brutus Athenas advenit (draw cartoon panels based on lines 23-end; for each panel write captions and bubbles in Latin); Prepare to play Clue (Indicium): complete Tabula Indiciorum for your group

Marriage: ARD #54-78

Caesar Caesus (Forum Romanum News Program)

Day 10

Chs 32-33

Verbs: present, imperfect, and future passive.
Taped Reading/postcard due

Hwk: Ex. 32.2-4, 32.5 (1-6); Ch 32 Reading, Bellum Civile (based on the reading, describe in English the order of events leading to the proscriptions of 43 BCE)

The Second Triumvirate: OLC Chs. 31-32; Antony, Octavian, and Cleopatra; scenes from Antony and Cleopatra

Day 11

Ch 34

Verbs: Subjunctive mood;
present and imperfect subjunctive;
Uses of the Subjunctive: jussive; purpose.

Hwk: Ex. 34.1, 3-4, 5 (1-5), 7, 8 (1-4); Ch 34 Reading, Quintus Delphos visit (based on the reading, describe in Latin the ceremony at Delphi). Prepare to play Clue (Indicium): read the Leges Ludi and complete the Tabula Indiciorum for your group

Day 12

Ch 35

Verbs: pluperfect subjunctive;
Uses of the Subjunctive: indirect commands; cum clauses.
Sequence of Tenses.

Day 13

Midterm. (Chs 28-34)
Study Guide

Hwk: Ex. 35.1-2, 4-5, 7 (1-3, 7); Ch 35 Reading, Quintus militat (answer Responde Latine)

Day 14

Ch 36

Verbs: deponent verbs;
Present infinitive passive;
Passive imperatives.

Hwk: Ex. 36.1, 2 (1-16), 3-5, 6 (1-5); Ch 36 Reading, Scintilla desperat (Explain in English whose side Scintilla, Flaccus, Quintus, and Decimus take in the civil war; cite lines from the reading to support your claim)

Roman Army: ARD #291-309;

Roman army

Day 15

Ch 37

Verbs: ablative absolute.
Taped Reading/postcard due

Hwk: Ex. 37.1-3, 5, 7; complete a synopsis of scio in the 3rd sg, active and passive (Synopsis worksheet); Ch 37 Reading, Philippi (draw cartoon panels based on the reading; for each panel write captions and bubbles in Latin)

Day 16

Ch 38-39

Verbs: future participle.
Perfect subjunctive.
Uses of the Subjunctive: Indirect questions

Hwk: Ex. 38.2, 39.3-5; Ch 39 Reading

Day 17

Ch 40

Further uses of the ablative.
Review of subjunctive form of irregular verbs

Day 18

Final Exam (Chs 35-39)
Study Guide

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