LATN 1001 SCHEDULE:  Spring, 2004 [rev. January 6, 2004]

 

                The following assignments are to be completed PRIOR to class on the day indicated.

 

Jan. 8/Th                       Introduction‑‑Why Study Latin?

 

12/M                        Latin and the Indo‑European language family; the Roman alphabet; pronunciation; syllabification, syllable quantity, and accen­tuation.  Read the prefatory material in Wheelock, pp. ix‑xliv, esp. xxvii-xxxii (including the important chart on p. xxx) and xxxix‑xliv:  understand the place of Latin and English in the I‑E family; know the origin of the Roman alphabet; the vowels, consonants, diphthongs, and their pronunciation; how to syllabify and accent (practice with the words on the handout).

 

13/T                        TODAY:  Wheelock Ch. 1.  Today we shall 1) discuss the parts of speech and, in particular, the five principal characteristics of a verb; 2) have a practice quiz on the Vocabulary; 3) trans­late Sententiae (ASentences@) 1‑7.  Besides studying Wheelock as suggested below, you should read Goldman, pp. 1‑3, 45‑59, 84, and 88‑91, paying special attention to the grammatical concepts and definitions introduced.

 

USUAL SCHEDULE:  We spend two or three days on each Wheelock chapter.  On the first day we usually discuss the new material (forms and syntax), go over the vocabulary, have a quiz on the vocabulary and the assigned sentences (which you should have translated and written out the night before), and then translate the assigned sentences; on the second (and/or third) day we usually review the new material, have a quiz on the new forms and syntax (questions may be drawn from the Workbook) and on the reading passage(s) which you should have translated and written out the night before, and translate the reading passage(s) following the Sententiae Ant§quae and the story from Groton and May designed to accompany the Wheelock chapter.

 

FOR ALL CHAPTERS you should, BEFORE THE DAY'S CLASS:  1) study and outline the text; 2) memorize all paradigms and new definitions; 3) memorize all Wheelock vocabulary; 4) write out the assigned translations from both Wheelock and Groton; and 5) practice the chapter's new material, using the Workbook for Wheelock's Latin and the Latin Flash Drill and Vocabulary Flash Cards or Latin Vocab Drill software.

 

YOUR NOTEBOOK should contain for each day:  1) an outline of the text; 2) practice declensions/conjuga­tions corresponding to paradigms presented in the text; 3) Groton's vocabularies added to a running vocabulary list in a computer file or in your notebook or on vocabulary cards (do this with Wheelock too, if you're not using the Vocabulary Flash Cards or Latin Vocab Drill); 4) assigned translations.

 

14/W Review Wheelock, Ch. 1; translate Sententiae 8-15; prepare for quiz on syllabification/syllable quantity/accent, conjugating, and Sententiae 8‑15.

15/Th Review Ch. 1; translate Sententiae 16‑22 and "The Poet Horace"; prepare for quiz on conjugating and "The Poet Horace."

19/M MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY

20/T Ch. 2:  Goldman, pp. 4-24, 27-34, 116-17, 170; translate Sententiae Ant§quae (SA) 1-7; quiz on vocabulary and SA 1‑7.

21/W                        Review Ch. 2; translate SA 8-15; quiz on declining, noun/adjective syntax, and SA 8-15.

22/Th Review Ch. 2; translate and prepare for quiz on SA 16-20 and "Catullus Bids His Girlfriend Farewell."

26/M                        TEST 1

27/T Ch. 3:  Goldman 118‑24, 166‑69; translate the EVEN-NUMBERED Practice and Review (PR) sentences and the ODD-NUMBERED SA; vocab. and P&R/SA quiz.

28/W Review Ch. 3; translate "The Grass Is Always Greener" and Groton, "Pandora's Box," pp. 2‑3; quiz on new forms/syntax, "The Grass Is Always Greener," and "Pandora."

29,Feb.2/ThM Ch. 4:  for this and all subsequent chapters, follow the same two- or three‑day study patterns as for Ch. 3: i.e., study forms and vocabulary and trans. the even-numbered P&R and odd-numbered SA for the first day; review forms and vocabulary and trans. Wheelock's reading passage(s) and Groton for the second (and third) day; and prepare for daily quizzes as indicated above, i.e., vocabulary and P&R/SA quiz first day, new forms/syntax and reading passage(s) quiz second (and/or third) day.  Goldman, pp. 25‑26.

3/T                        TEST 2

4-5/WTh                        Wheelock and Groton 5, Goldman 60-61, 65-66

9-10/MT                        W(heelock) & G(roton) 6, Goldman 94-96

11-12,16/WThM                        W & G 7, Goldman 97-104

17/T                        TEST 3

18-19,23/WThM                        W & G 8, Goldman 105-06

24-26/TWTh                        W & G 9, Goldman 35-36, 139-41, 157-58 

Mar. 1                        TEST 4

2-3/T-W                        W & G 10

             5/F:  MIDPOINT WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE

4,15-16/ThMW                        W & G 11, Goldman  37-44, 131-35, 152-53

17/W                        TEST 5

18,22-23/ThMT                        W & G 12, Goldman 48-49, 60-64, 67-72

24-25,29/WThM                        W & G 13, Goldman 154-56

30-31/TW                        W & G 14

Apr.1/Th                        TEST 6

5-7/MTW                        W & G 15

8,12/ThM                        W & G 16

13-15/TWTh                        W & G 17, Goldman 159-65

19/M                        TEST 7

PERFECT ATTENDANCE REQUIRED FOLLOWING TEST 7 FOR EXAM EXEMPTION; FOR OTHER EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS, SEE SYLLABUS.

20-21/TW                        W & G 18, Goldman 84-86

22,26/ThM                        W & G 19, Goldman 136-38, 145-51

27-28/TW                        W & G 20

29/Th                        WRAPUP/EXAM REVIEW/COURSE EVALUATIONS

30/F                        READING DAY

 

CLASS MEETING TIMES:                   FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE:

MW                                   TR*

Per. 1/71:                   8-8:50                           8-8:50                           M/May 3, 8-11

Per. 4/73:                   11:15-12:05                   11:00-11:50                   M/May 3, noon-3

Per. 5/74:                   12:20-1:10                   12:30-1:20                    W/May 5, noon-3

Per. 7/75:                   2:30-3:20                      2-2:50                           M/May 3, 3:30-6:30

 

*TR meeting times may be adjusted after add/drop to some other 50-minute period within the 75-minute TR time slot.

    LATN 1001: Elementary Latin I

    WEBSITE: www.classics.uga.edu/courses/latin

 

INSTRUCTOR:                                 OFFICE:        PARK HALL. OFFICE HOURS:              

This class meets 50 minutes daily, Monday-Thursday: for specific meeting times, see below

[rev. January 6, 2004]

             LATIN TUTORING (gratis!), 229 Park Hall, hours to be posted in classroom and on door to 229

 

PROSPECTUS:  LATN 1001 is an introduction to the Latin language, including vocabulary, grammar, style, and techniques in reading and translation.  While the most obvious and immediate objective of the course is to learn to pronounce, read, comprehend, and translate Latin, other major aims include:  enhanced understanding of English grammar and syntax; increased English vocabulary through the study of Latin root words, prefixes, and suffixes; and general improvement of analytical and communication skills.  Aspects of Roman culture are also presented through comments on the authors and contexts of the passages from the Wheelock text and the Groton and May reader.  At the rate of two or three days per chapter, we shall complete the first 20 chapters of the Wheelock textbook, together with a selection of supplementary translations from Groton and May and readings from Goldman and Szymanski.

 

REQUIRED TEXTS:  Wheelock and LaFleur, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed.  Groton and May, 38 Latin Stories, 5th ed.  Goldman and Szymanski, English Grammar for Students of Latin, 2nd ed.

 

RECOMMENDED TEXTS, VOCABULARY CARDS, AND SOFTWARE:  Comeau and LaFleur, Workbook for Wheelock's Latin, 3rd ed. revised. LaFleur and Tillery, Vocabulary Flash Cards and Grammatical Forms Summary for Wheelock's Latin. Latousek, Latin Flash Drill and Latin Vocab Drill (software packages for IBM and MAC). Grote, A Comprehensive Guide to Wheelock's Latin, revised edition.

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING:  Regular attendance is absolutely essential; five‑minute quizzes on current material may be expected daily, and tests are given about every two weeks.

 

DAILY QUIZZES (3-5 lowest grades dropped, depending on the total number

of quizzes given; no make‑ups):                                                                                                                                                                             25%

Quizzes the first or second day on a new chapter usually include the new Wheelock vocabulary and the assigned sentence translations; second/third-day quizzes test new grammar and the assigned Wheelock and/or Groton reading passages.

 

HOUR‑TESTS (no make‑ups except with letter from physician): 50%

Given frequently, to check your progress and help you keep up; cumulative, though emphasis is on material presented since the last test; generally include dictation, transla­tion, questions on grammar in the material translated, declensions, conjugations, short‑answer questions on grammar, style, vocabulary, and English derivatives.

 

FINAL EXAMINATION (no make‑up except with letter from physician):      25%

Cumulative and similar in format to the hour‑tests.

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY: Daily attendance is imperative.  A maximum of four unexcused absences are permitted, but zero quiz grades due to unexcused absences count toward the number of quiz grades that may be dropped; one point will be deducted from the final course grade for each additional unexcused absence (absences are excused only with a physician's letter or comparable documentation).

ACADEMIC HONESTY: Students are expected to comply with UGA's Culture of Honesty policy (http://www.uga.edu/ovpi) and are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic work; the Honor Code pledge is AI will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others.@ The penalties for academic dishonesty are severe, and ignorance is not an acceptable defense.

 

USE OF THE WHEELOCK TEXT AND WORKBOOK:  Familiarize yourself with the content of the Wheelock text immediately so that you can make the most efficient use of its various appendices, including especially the Self‑Tutorial Exercises and Answer Key (pp. 356-434), which are very helpful for drill and review, the Summary of Forms (pp. 446-60), and the Vocabularies (pp. 461-88).  The Workbook for Wheelock's Latin is especially useful for review and checking your mastery of each Wheelock chapter; material for quizzes and tests is often taken directly, or adapted, from the Workbook and the text's Self‑Tutorial Exercises; an Answer Key for the Workbook is available online (ask your instructor); for a variety of other Wheelock study aids visit www.wheelockslatin.com.

 

PARADIGMS:  Memorize all paradigms (model declensions and conjugations) presented in each Wheelock chapter; pronounce them aloud repeatedly, then test yourself by declining or conjugating in your notebook all (or at least some) of the representative nouns or verbs from the chapter's vocabulary list.  Practice, practice, practice; the Latin Flash Drill computer software will prove useful for this purpose, and 3" x 5" cards, which you can carry with you, will also help.  Remember: declensions and conjugations will usually be tested on the quiz given during the second or third day on the chapter.

 

VOCABULARY/PRONUNCIATION/MACRONS/DERIVATIVES:  Memorize all vocabulary for each Wheelock chapter; the Vocabulary Cards and Grammatical Forms Summary are very useful for review and self-testing, or you may prefer the Latin Vocab Drill computer software.  For Groton and May keep a running vocabulary list in a computer file or notebook with the Latin on the left‑hand side and the English meanings on the right, or make vocabulary cards.  Remember, the vocabulary in each Wheelock vocabulary list will generally be tested on the quiz given during the first or second day on the chapter.  Long marks (or Amacrons@) must be memorized as part of the word's spelling since the difference of pronunciation indicated by a long mark is often significant; e.g., liber with a short i (pronounced Alíh-bear@), a noun which gives us Alibrary,@ means Abook,@ while l§ber with a long § (pronounced Alée-bear@), an adjective which gives us Aliberal,@ means Afree.@  Learn to pronounce every Latin word correctly from the first time you encounter it and remembering long marks for a test or written assignment will present little difficulty (on each quiz or test the first long mark error counts off one point and all subsequent errors one‑fifth point).  You must also be able to recognize in a similar context words introduced in Groton and May and in the reading passages following the Sententiae Ant§quae in Wheelock.  Finally, to boost your English word-power, you should pay close attention to the derivatives listed in parentheses with most vocabulary entries and included on the Vocabulary Flash Cards (you will regularly be tested on these) and study the section on etymology at the end of each chapter.

 

WEBSITE AND COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION:  Visit our UGA Latin Website at www.classics.uga.edu/latin for LOTS of useful information, drills, pronunciation aids, etc.  You are encouraged to purchase the Vocabulary Flash Cards and Grammatical Forms Summary or the software packages Latin Vocab Drill and Latin Flash Drill, which you will find extremely useful for reviewing the vocabulary and new forms in each chapter of Wheelock.

 

FINAL EXAM EXEMPTION: Students may exempt the final exam by meeting ALL the following criteria: 1) AA@ test average; 2) AA@ on the last test; 3) AA@ quiz average; 4) perfect attendance following Test 7.