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Latin 205

Class Schedule

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In addition to the scheduled items below, there will be daily reading assignments from the Poenulus. A production schedule will also be distributed early the first week of class.

WEEK 1: Review.

Please review the appropriate sections of the Oxford Latin Course before class (numbers in parentheses refer to chapter numbers in the OLC; new material in bold):

Mon Nouns

1st-2nd declensions; nominative case

  Pronouns

personal pronouns (14)

  Verbs

present, imperfect, future indicative, active and passive (5, 6, 17, 27, 32);
imperatives (8, 12, 15, 36), future imperative: -to -tote;
Irregular verbs: sum, possum, eo (Reference Grammar)

  Syntax

 

  Homework

Decline filia, thesaurus, vinum
Conjugate relinquo in the present, imperfect, and future, active and passive
Review the grammar above
Read Plautus' Poenulus in English
Oral Exercises A, E
Review lines 1-22
Read lines 23-54 in Latin
Pick out the nominatives in lines 23-32 (both nouns and pronouns), say what verb they are the subject of, and list the dictionary form of each (nominative, genitive, gender)
After reading the play in English, write one or two sentences in Latin about each character

Tues Nouns

3rd declension;

  Pronouns

Reflexive pronouns: se (14); intensive pronouns: ipse (15)

  Verbs

Perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect indicative, active and passive (17, 18, 27, 31)
Irregular verbs: volo, nolo, malo, fero (15, 23)
Infinitives (6, 36, 41)

  Syntax

Indirect statement (41)

  Homework

Decline fur furis M. and facinus facinoris N.
Conjugate scio in the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect, active and passive
Ex. 41.1, 41.2
Oral Exercises A, B, E, F
Review what we read in class
Read lines 59-90
Find the accusatives in lines 30-42, and for those that are direct objects, write what verb they are the direct object of, and identify those that are the subject of an indirect statement?

Wed Nouns

4th-5th declensions (20-21);

  Pronouns

Demonstratives: is, hic, ille, iste (14-15)

  Verbs

Present and imperfect subjunctive, active and passive (34-35)

  Syntax

Participles (26, 30, 37, 38);
ut-clauses: purpose (34), result (43), indirect command (35);
uses of the subjunctive in the main clause (45)

  Homework

Decline manus and dies
Conjugate surripio in the present and imperfect subjunctive, active and passive
Write three or four purpose clauses answering the question: cur Adelphasium et Anterastilis domo egrediuntur?
Ex. 45.1 and 45.2
Oral Exercises C
Review what we read in class and continue reading the next 30-35 lines or so of the Latin text
Find the personal and demonstrative pronouns in the first 10 lines of tonight's reading

Thurs Nouns

genitive case (9)

  Pronouns

Relative pronoun: qui quae quod (28)

  Adjectives

Comparison of adjectives (24-25)

  Verbs

impersonal verbs (49)

  Syntax

Gerunds (50)

  Homework

Oral Exercises D, G
Write 4 sentences in Latin comparing various characters to each other

Review what we read in class
Read lines 120-50
Find the genitives in lines 14-18 and 59-64, the noun or pronoun they are connected to, and what use of the genitive each exemplifies

Friday Nouns

dative case (11) Ablative case (19, 22, 23, 40)

  Pronouns

Review of qu- words (in-class)

  Verbs

Perfect and pluperfect subjunctive, active and passive (35, 39)

  Syntax

cum-clauses (35, 47), indirect questions (39), verbs of fearing (48)

  Homework

synopsis of despondeo in the 1st pl active and utor in the 3rd pl passive
Ex. 40.1 (1-5) (skip for now)
Ex. 51.1 (1-6) and 52.1 (1-6) (skip for now)
Oral Exercise G, 2nd paragraph
If you have not written the Latin sentences describing each character (Day 1), please have them ready for Monday. Please try to use a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures as a review.
Review what we read in class
Read lines 170-215
Prepare reports and choose Latin lines

WEEK 2: Reports

Monday: Everyone read Latin Laughs, Teacher Edition, pp. 35-43;
and John Porter, Roman New Comedy
Costumes & Make-up
Tuesday: Music & Props
Wednesday: Technical Director & Publicity/House Managers
Thursday
: Sets
Friday: * MIDTERM *

WEEK 3: Reading

Monday: summary/reaction of article on the play due. See Bibliography for list of appropriate articles.

WEEK 4: Performances

Sunday & Monday: Performances
Tuesday: no class, but log books & summary/reports due
Wednesday: * FINAL EXAM *

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