Latin I
Syllabus
Homework
Wednesday, May 29:
Complete Chapter 3 Final Sample Questions sheet
Tuesday, May 28:
Complete Chapter 2 Final Sample Questions sheet
Friday, May 24:
Complete Chapter 1 Final Sample Questions sheet, if did not finish in class
Thursday, May 23:
none, make sure you are keeping up with the review work in class!
Wednesday, May 22:
none, make sure you are caught up with the translations
Monday, May 20:
Finish translation to line 105 (end of Chapter 5)
Friday, May 17:
Finish translation to line 76
Thursday, May 16:
Finish translation to line 46
Tuesday, May 14:
translate in your packets for another 10 minutes. remember, the goal is to get to line 46 by Thursday afternoon
Monday, May 13:
finish translating lines 9-16 on a separate sheet of paper
Friday, May 10:
Finish the vocab box drawing worksheet from class
Thursday, May 9:
Write a translation for lines 1-8 on a separate sheet of paper
Tuesday, May 7:
none post test! : )
Monday, May 6:
STUDY for Test TOMORROW 5/7
Friday, May 3:
Complete review sheet from class for Scene 3
Thursday, May 2:
Complete review sheet from class for Scene 2
NB: CHAPTER 4 TEST NEXT TUESDAY, MAY 7
Tuesday, April 30:
Get 6,000 points on Memrise (start preparing for the test!)
Monday, April 29:
Finish Pensum C from packet
Friday, April 26:
No homework : )
Thursday, April 25:
Spend 10 more minutes working on your Chapter 4 Review worksheet from class. Try to finish at least one more section.
Tuesday, April 23:
Complete reading "Early Rome" packet and answer questions 1-9
Monday, April 22:
no homework
Thursday, April 18:
No homework
Tuesday, April 16:
Exercise 8 in Chapter 4 packet
Friday, April 12:
No homework after quiz : )
Thursday, April 11:
Study for Quiz!
Tuesday, April 9:
Exercise 7, #1-5, translate 2 of them
Monday, April 8:
Finish Ex. 6 #1-7, answering 1-7 and translating 3 of them from chapter 4 packet
Friday, April 5:
Choose a different 5 challenging lines from 44-63 and translate on a separate sheet of paper
Thursday, April 4:
Choose 5 of the hardest lines from lines 44-63 and translate them on a separate sheet of paper
Tuesday, April 2:
Complete translation of lines 36-43 and Complete Q3 review sheet from class
Monday, April 1:
Ms. Sisk out sick, no homework
Friday, March 22:
No homework! Enjoy your break!
Thursday, March 21:
Complete Ex. 4 #1-7 in packet
Tuesday, March 19:
Imperative and Vocative worksheet from class
Monday, March 18:
Finish translating lines 30-36 in Chapter 4 packet
Friday, March 15:
none after quiz!
Thursday, March 14:
Exercise 4.2 in packet
Tuesday, March 12:
Exercise 4.1 in packet
Monday, March 11:
Finish classwork (drawing vocab, translating lines 22-28, and number worksheet)
Friday, March 8:
Finish translating lines 1-22 and complete and send me your Building Projects via GoogleSlides! Don't forget to share it with me when it is complete!
Thursday, March 7:
Finish translating lines 7-14 from Chapter 4 packet
Tuesday, March 5:
Finish translating lines 1-6 from Chapter 4
Monday, March 4:
Finish making a Punic War Brochure. You must have 5 facts and 1 picture for each war (minimum). The goal is to use these packets to stump your classmates in a game next class.
Friday, March 1:
Finish the Punic War Ships and Elephants Handout from class
Tuesday, February 26:
Finish translating page 1 of Colloquia Tertius from class
Monday, February 25:
Pick topic for Roman Building Project and send me a draft
Friday, February 15:
Get 6,000 pts on Memrise.com
in class: begin your research project (see link below to the googledoc for more information)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KB7BS1dTHbMEivhUhhWOzufi9cyOY0CpTmQBu6Z3qUk/edit?usp=sharing
REMEMBER THAT YOUR CHAPTER 3 TEST IS COMING UP THURSDAY
Thursday, February 14:
Finish question and answer sheet from class, if you did not finish it
Tuesday, February 12:
Finish Pensum B, if you did not complete it in class
Monday, February 11:
Make sure you have completed all of the assignments and translations in your packet, as we will be collecting your packet tomorrow, 2/12
-Translate all lines
-Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9
Friday, February 8:
IF you did not finish Exercise 7, fill in the blanks and translate #1-6
Thursday, February 7:
IF you did not finish Exercise 8, matching the answers in Latin to the questions and translating both the questions and answers, do that on a separate sheet of paper
Tuesday, February 5:
IF you did not finish Exercise 6 #1-16, complete #1-16, including translating the sentences, on a separate sheet of paper
Friday, February 1:
Get daily goal of 6,000 points on memrise. Make sure you are caught up on all of your homework so far!
Thursday, January 31:
Translate lines 66-82 on a separate piece of paper
Tuesday, January 29:
Complete the Warm Up, if you did not finish it in class
Begin to study for the quiz on THURSDAY, which will cover exercise 1 and 4 and the story of jason and the argonauts
Monday, January 28:
Translate lines 50-65 on a separate sheet of paper
Friday, January 25:
No homework.
Thursday, January 24:
Finish Jason and the Argonauts story drawing packet from class
Tuesday, January 22:
Finish translating lines 22-48 on a separate sheet of paper.
Friday, January 18:
No homework. Get ready to start fresh in Q3!
Thursday, January 17:
Exercises 1 and 2 from the Chapter 3 packet on a separate sheet of paper
Tuesday, January 15:
Write 8 more sentences using the genitive, you can use the word bank from the class worksheet that was handed back to you today
NB:If you did not complete translating lines 1-21 in the new packet, you must complete that
Friday, January 11:
Complete the "Production" section of your root worksheet
remember: the quarter ends next week, check for 0's in the gradebook and complete missing assignments!
Tuesday, January 8:
Write 5 more sentences using the genitive on the back of the worksheet from class. Feel free to use the word bank from the sheet to help create your sentences.
Monday, January 7:
No Homework
Tuesday, December 18:
Finish Roman God poster for tomorrow!
Monday, December 17:
Research for Roman God Project
Friday, December 14:
Get poster board for Roman God project and continue research
Thursday, December 13:
No homework : )
Tuesday, December 11:
Complete Practice Quiz Packet from class
NB: QUIZ NEXT CLASS, THURSDAY 12.13
Monday, December 10:
Study for the quiz! Go over your vocabulary for chapters 1 and 2! See Lingua Latina textbook page 18 (chapter 2 vocab) for words, if you did not write them down already.
NB: QUIZ MOVED TO THURSDAY 12/13
Friday, December 6:
1. Prepare your packet to be collected Monday. Make sure you have completed all the assignments and that your translations and answers to the exercises are accurate, since these will be graded on correctness for a large homework grade.
2. Get to 6,000 points on Memrise, the Lingua Latina page to study for your upcoming quiz on Tuesday 12/11. Link here:
- https://www.memrise.com/course/2152703/ms-sisks-lingua-latina/
Thursday, December 5:
Read and translate lines 80-92 on a separate sheet of paper.
REMINDER: VOCABULARY QUIZ FOR LINGUA LATINA CHAPTER 2 ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11
Tuesday, December 4:
1. Read and translate lines 62-79 on a separate sheet of paper
2. Write down the sentences from the slide and draw each:
a)Gaia (earth) and Uranus (sky) give birth to the Titans
b)Saturn (Cronos) rules. He is god of time and agriculture.
c)Saturn fears children will overthrow him, so he eats them.
d)Saturn’s wife, Rhea, tricks him and hides Jupiter.
e)Jupiter grows up, gets Saturn to vomit up the children he ate, and then Jupiter overthrows him.
f)Jupiter rules the sky, Neptune the sea, and Pluto the underworld.
Monday, December 3:
Do Exercitium 6 in your packet
Friday, November 29:
If you did not finish your translation (lines 35-61), you must finish these on a separate sheet of paper
Thursday, November 28:
If you did not finish your translation (lines 15-34) (if you were reading) or question worksheet from class (if you were popcorn reading), then complete it for homework.
Tuesday, November 27:
If you did not finish your translation (lines 1-14) (if you were translating) or Exercises 1 and 2 (if you were popcorn reading), then complete it for homework
Monday, November 26:
Complete entire packet to hand into me tomorrow
Friday, November 15:
No homework but IF you have not finished translating all of the lines (lines 1-82) or completed the exercises (1-9), make sure you have those completed by Monday
Thursday, November 14:
No homework after the quiz : )
Tuesday, November 13:
Complete the map worksheet (front and back) from class. STUDY FOR THE QUIZ THURSDAY
Monday, November 12:
If you did not complete translating lines 21-62, finish translating
Complete Exercitium 4
Thursday, November 7:
If you did not finish translating lines 21-62, finish translating the lines
If you did, complete Exercitium 3
Tuesday, November 6:
If you did not finish translating lines 1-21, finish translating the lines and translate Exercitium 1
Monday, November 5:
Complete exercise 6.4 (p.119) on a separate sheet of paper
Thursday, November 1:
Create Root Monster Worksheet
Tuesday, October 30:
Complete worksheet from class
Monday, October 29:
Exercise 6.1 (p.117) and Exercise 6.2 (p.118)
Tuesday, October 23:
no homework!
Monday, October 22:
1) Complete practice quiz
QUIZ TOMORROW
Friday, October 19:
1) Complete the Pluto worksheet, if you did not finish it in class (including the questions on the back)
2) Get to daily goal of 6,000 pts on Memrise (top 3 on Memrise will receive a prize on Monday)
Thursday, October 18:
Daily goal of 6,000 pts on Memrise! (Note that I have taken a picture of the current standings of Memrise today, so you must add 6,000 pts to that total to get credit for homework)
Tuesday, October 16:
Complete worksheet from class
Monday, October 15:
Complete worksheet from class
Friday, October 12:
Complete exercises 5.3 and 5.4 (pg. 115-116) on a separate sheet of paper
Thursday, October 11:
Complete worksheet from class
Tuesday, October 9:
Complete worksheet from class
Friday, October 5:
Complete exercises 5.1 and 5.2 (pg. 114-115) on a separate sheet of paper
Thursday, October 4:
Complete worksheet from class
Tuesday, October 2:
Fill out verb ending chart 5 times OR identify the verb conjugations of the Chapter 5 verbs (you will need to look at the dictionary in the back of the book for this)
Monday, October 1:
Complete root building worksheet from class
Friday, September 28:
Complete daily goal of 6,000 points on Memrise (search Ms. Sisk's Latin I course, https://www.memrise.com/course/2062903/ms-sisks-latin-i/)
Thursday, September 27:
Complete Practice Quiz 2 and study!
Tuesday, September 25:
Complete daily goal of 6,000 points on Memrise (search Ms. Sisk's Latin I course, https://www.memrise.com/course/2062903/ms-sisks-latin-i/)
Monday, September 24:
Complete exercises 3.4 and 3.5 on page 112
Memrise vocab!
Friday, September 21:
Complete worksheet
Keep memorizing vocabulary!
Thursday, September 20:
Complete exercises 4.2 and 4.5 on a separate sheet of paper
Keep memorizing vocabulary!
Tuesday, September 18:
Complete worksheet from class
Keep memorizing Chapter 4 vocabulary
Monday, September 17:
Complete exercises 4.1 and 4.4 (on page 113 in your book) on a separate sheet of paper to hand into me
Friday, September 14:
Ms. Sisk's Birthday, no homework! Take the time to look at PowerSchool and complete any missing assignments you have.
Thursday, September 13:
1) Complete worksheet from class
2) Keep memorizing vocabulary
Tuesday, September 11:
1) Complete worksheet from class
2) Start memorizing Chapter 4 vocabulary
!!! REMINDER: TOMORROW (THURSDAY) IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO RETAKE YOUR QUIZ !!!
Monday, September 10:
1) Do Exercises 3.2 and 3.3 on page 111 on a separate sheet of paper to turn into me
2) Finish memorizing all Chapter 3 vocabulary
Friday, September 7:
1) Read "Quintus helps his father" on page 19 and answer the 3 questions below in English.
2) Keep memorizing Chapter 3 vocabulary
Thursday, September 6:
1) Complete the worksheet from class
2) Keep memorizing Chapter 3 vocabulary
Tuesday, September 4:
1) Complete the Apollo worksheet (note there is a back side to the paper)
2) Look over Chapter 3 vocabulary (page 19)
Friday, August 31:
STUDY for the quiz on Tuesday!
Do the practice quiz attached. Follow the link to the google doc.
Review your homework and vocabulary (Chapters 1 and 2).
Don't forget to bring a dictionary!
Thursday, August 30:
Translate and answer the questions for Flaccus Quintum laudat on page 20.
Do exercise 2.2 on page 110. Be sure you are following the directions for the prompt.
Keep memorizing vocabulary!
Tuesday, August 28:
Read about Women on pages 15-17, be ready to discuss the topic. Note that this passage is in English.
Keep memorizing vocabulary words for Chapter 2. Try to have them all memorized by Wednesday.
Complete the Iupiter, Europa worksheet.
Monday, August 27:
Read about Quintus on pages 11-12. Note that this passage is in English.
Memorize Vocabulary words for Chapter 2 on page 14. Come in on Tuesday with at least 8 words memorized.
Translate Argus steals the dinner (note that this is not the comic strip on the previous page) and complete the Responde Latine questions 1-4 on page 14 on a separate sheet of paper to turn in.
THERE WILL BE A QUIZ NEXT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH. THE QUIZ WILL COVER VOCABULARY FROM CHAPTER 1 AND CHAPTER 2, AS WELL AS GRAMMAR AND CULTURE QUESTIONS.
Friday, August 24:
REMINDER: If you have not handed back your syllabus agreement sheet signed by yourself and your parents, please bring it to me by Monday.
Create a small excerpt to add to our Roman timeline in class. Provide a picture (can be drawn or printed) that encapsulates the event, and 1-2 sentences about what the event was and why it mattered. Please make sure the date is CLEAR since we will use it to create our timeline in class. (See below for dates of interest but also feel free to select your own!)
Do ONE of the three the Grammar exercises (1.1-1.3) in the back of the book (pg.108). Please write these out on a separate piece of paper and write as neat as you can! If you are finding these particularly easy, try to do more!
Remember to be on the look out for Classics in your daily life during the weekend!
Interesting Dates for the history of Rome.
753 BCE: The Foundation of Rome
509 BCE: The Creation of the Roman Republic/Overthrow of the Monarchy
500-287: Conflict of the Orders
450 BCE: XII Tables, formation of the first Roman Law Code
390 BCE: Gallic Sack of Rome
338 BCE: The end of the Latin Wars
264-146 BCE: The Punic Wars
106-43 BCE: Life of Cicero
91-87 BCE: Social War
70-19 BCE: Life of Vergil
65-27 BCE: Life of Horace (our Quintus!)
60 BCE: Formation of the First Triumvirate (Caesar, Pompey, Crassus)
49-45 BCE: Civil Wars
43 BCE: Formation of the Second Triumvirate (Octavian, Antony, Lepidus)
44 BCE: Death/Murder of Julius Caesar
43-16/17 BCE: Life of Ovid
27 BCE: End of the Republic, Augustus becomes the Princeps
235-285 CE: Crisis of the Third Century
312 CE: Constantine converts to Christianity
410 CE: The Fall of Rome
Thursday, August 23:
Read Chapter 1 in the Oxford Latin Course: Part 1 and familiarize yourself with the books contents (particularly, where the grammar exercises and the Latin-English vocabulary is. Be prepared to go over the Scintilla and Horatia at home passage together.
Come to class with 5 vocabulary words written down from the chapter, at least one from each category (verbs, adjectives, ect.) that you have decided to memorize this (very short) week.