ANY questions whatsoever - PLEASE do not hesitate to ask... or

to email me - hmoore@latinpcs.org

GREEK I ['Ζ' // ZETA]

• Th. 8/22 = Pls go to 'PowerSchool ~ Unified Classroom'

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GREEK II ['Η' // ETA]

• Th. 8/22 = Pls go to 'PowerSchool ~ Unified Classroom'

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GREEK III ['Γ' // GAMMA]

• Th. 8/22 = Pls go to 'PowerSchool ~ Unified Classroom'

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+ + + BELOW = ASSIGNMENTS etc. 2018/2019 + + +

• Th. 8/23 = Introductions - the Greek Alphabet
• Fri. 8/24 = Continue practising the Greek Alphabet - Dipthongs - Breathings. HWK = Look over and practice writing (and memorising) the Greek Alphabet
• Mon. 8/27 = Breathings - Iota Subscript - Punctuation - Ex. on p. xxxiii
• Wed. 8/29 = Ex. on page xxxiii - derivations & etymology - start Chapter 1α
• Th. 8/30 = Complete story in Chp 1α - practice reading - vocabulary learning - Definite Article - Exercise 1α. HWK = record a reading of the story in Chapter 1α [due = Tuesday]
• Fri. 8/31 = Chapter 1β - read & translate the story - Word Building - Accents - Ex. 1β
• Wed. 9/5 = Complete Exercise 1β - Practice Vocabulary (pages 1, 2 & 9) - Ο ΚΛΗΡΟΣ. HWK = Learn Vocabulary (pages 1, 2 & 9) for a test on Friday 9/7
• Th. 9/6 = Look over Ο ΚΛΗΡΟΣ: look at translation ... answer the questions in Greek - review vocabulary to date - sentence building using vocabulary - Ex. 1γ
• Fri. 9/7 = Vocabulary Test etc (see above) - expanding our knowledge of Verbs in Greek - 'Conjugations' [pages 16/17]
• Mon. 9/10 = Review 'conjugations' in Greek - read & translate Ex. 2α - Ex. 2γ [on paper]. HWK = Exs. 1θ & ι; translate Ο ΟΙΚΟΣ [Athenaze Workbook I]
• Wed. 9/12 = the Imperative - Ex. 2γ - translate Ο ΞΑΝΘΙΑΣ
• Th. 9/13 = Review Verbs - Athenaze Workbook = Exs. 2α, 2β & 2γ - Vocabulary pages 15, 16 & 22
• Fri. 9/14 = 'Xanthias' - re-read & translate - grammar questions - 'Active Greek'
• Mon. 9/17 = Read and translate XANTHIAS (Chp. 2β) - Word Building (page 23) - overview of all Cases in Greek
• Wed. 9/19 = Review the Cases - overview of Declensions in Greek - Article + Adjective + Noun - Ex. 2δ - Εx. 2ε- Exercise 2δ [ATHENAZE WORKBOOK]
• Th. 9/20 = Translate Chapter 2β - Complete conjugation of λυω - Compound Verbs
• Fri. 9/21 = Exercise 2ζ and "The Slave" - translate Chapter 3α
• Mon. 9/24 = NO LESSON
• Wed. 9/26 = Ex 3α - translate story in Chapter 3β - Exercises 3γ,δ and ε
• Th. 9/27 = The class asked to watch the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing and testimony from Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and Dr Christine Blasey Ford - absolutely important and right that we did AND I applaud their civic engagedness. FIRE DRILL. HWK = Learn the Vocabulary in the 'Vocab Boxes' on pages 15, 16 & 22 [same format as test on 9/7].
• Fri. 9/28 = Practicing Article, Adjectives and Nouns Ex 2η from WORKBOOK - begin Ex 2θ
• Mon. 10/1 = **Lesson shortened by 'Pep Rally'** - Practice reading/derivations of Vocabulary Words - Vocab. Test
• Wed. 10/3 = Read and translate 2θ - and translate Exs. 2ι, 2κ & 2λ - oral and written translation of ΜΕΤΑ ΜΕΣΗΒΡΙΑΝ - complete for HWK
• Th. 10/4 = Review λυω + φιλε-ω + εἰμι - Ex.s 3α, β, γ and δ - Vocabulary cards for pages 29, 30, 37 and 38
• Fri. 10/5 = Start reading & translating Chapter 4α
• Wed. 10/10 = NO LESSON ~ SAT & PSAT taking place
• Th. 10/11 = Re-read & translate story in Chp. 4α - overview of three classes of 1st Declension Nouns - Review The Article - Ex. 4β - Ex. 4γ - Ex. 4δ
• Fri. 10/12 = Review ARTICLE & First Declension Nouns - Complete Exercise 4δ - Exercise 4ε. HWK = Vocabulary Test pages 29/30/37/38 [same format as Test on 9/7]
• Mon. 10/15 = Review ALL Verbs - Ex. 4α [WORKBOOK] - Re-read & translate Exercises 4δ and 4ε - review Vocabulary [Derivations!] in Chp 3α
• Wed. 10/17 = Exercise 4β & 4γ [WORKBOOK] - review of Vocabulary in Chapter 3β - start the story " Philip Falls From The Tree"
• Th. 10/18 = Complete the story 'Philip Falls From The Tree" - practice reading the story - Ex.s 4γ & δ - Vocabulary Test 3
• Fri. 10/19 = Masculine 1st Declension Nouns - Adjectives καλος + ῥᾳδιος - practice simple Article + Adjective + Noun - start the story 'By The Spring' Chp. 4β. HWK = complete translation of the story
• Mon. 10/22 = NO LESSON
• Wed. 10/24 = Review Masculine 1st Declension Nouns - Adjectives ending η versus α - μεγας - πολυς - Exercise 4κ. HWK = Complete Exercise 4η [WORKBOOK]
• Th. 10/25 = Vocabulary Quiz - re-read 'The Wives Persuade Their Husbands' - Adjectives καλος + ῥᾳδιος and 1st Declension enminine Nouns - Prepositions - create sentences including Prepositional Phrases
• Fri. 10/26 = Continue creating and translating sentences with Prepositional Phrases
• Mon. 10/29 = Translate the opening of the story "The Mistress And Her Slave-girl." HWK = Written translation of closing paragraph of this story.
• Wed. 10/31 = Take Exercise 3ε - turn Singulars into Plurals (and vice versa) AND add ADJECTIVE/S - re-read "The Oxen" [page 42] - re-read & translated Exercise 3α
• Th. 11/1 = Read and translate and answer grammatical questions etc on opening story in Chapter 5α - Exercises 5β+ 5γ
• Fri. 11/2 = NO SCHOOL
• Μon. 11/5 = Review of VERBS & introduction to "α-ω" Verbs: Exercise 5α [WORKBOOK] - practicing elision [Exercise 5δ] - Exercise 5ε – re-reading and translating opening story in Chapter 5α
• Wed. 11/7 = Re-read "The Wives Persuade Their Husbands" ... page 61 - read and translate paragraph 1 of Chapter 5β - parse each Verb in this paragraph. HWK = Read the essay at the end of Chapter 5α - "Gods And Men" - for a class discussion
• Th. 11/8 = Practice re-reading the story in Chapter 5α - Exs. 10.10/11/12/13/14/ [TAYLOR] - written translation of opening two paragraphs of "The Wolf" Chp. 5β
• Fri. 11/9 = NO SCHOOL
• Mon. 11/12 = Re-read opening to the story in Chapter 5β - Review work = Verbs - The Article - 1st & 2nd Declension Nouns - Ex.s 2.1/2.2/2.3 [TAYLOR] - 'Speed Vocab. Quiz' [ x 3 ]
• Wed. 11/14 = Practice reading Chapter 5β - review "α-ω" Verbs - written translation of paragraph 3
• Th. 11/15 = Re-read closing paragraphs of "The Wolf [β]" - REVIEW // REVISION = TAYLOR Exs. 2.3/4/5/6/7/8/9 - Research Challenge = find three unusual/interesting words derived from Greek and explain their etymology and meaning ... ** GREAT WORK, TEAM!** We uncovered: melancholy - sycophant - sarcasm - triskaidekaphobia - kalopsia - sorites [Look up 'The Sorites Paradox' - fascinating stuff... Thanks, DJ!] - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ['Bear Grape' - a small tree]. HWK = Review Vocabulary Test for Chapters 1 to 3 [usual format] - TEST on 29th November
• Fri. 11/16 = REVIEW // REVISION continues... 'Sandwiched Genitive' ... TAYLOR Exs. 3.1/2/3/4/5/6/7
• Mon. 11/19 = TAYLOR Exs. 3.8/9/10 – Re-read & translate ATHENAZE pp. 2/26
• Tu. 11/20 = Design and make 'Thanksgiving Cards' in Greek

*** HAPPY THANKSGIVING***

• Mon. 11/26 = Start Chapter 5β - Personal Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives + examples. [NB: We will postpone the VOCABULARY TEST originally scheduled on 29th NOVEMBER]
• Wed. 11/28 = Complete overview of Personal Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives - particular focus on αὐτου etc. + examples - start Exercise 5ζ - COMPLETE FOR HWK.
• Th. 11/29 = Complete introduction to uses of αὐτος - test & review with examples - Exercise 5η - start the story "Argos Saves The Sheep."
• Fri. 11/30 = Complete translation of 'Argos Saves The Sheep' – start to note down Vocabulary Chp. 4α+ β – discuss derivations/parse etc
• Mon. 12/3 = Re-read and speed translate first half of 'Argos Saves The Sheep' - Exercise 5η
• Wed. 12/5 = Re-read and speed translate second half of 'Argos Saves The Sheep' - REVIEW: ALL uses of αὐτος - Ex.5θ - REVIEW: Attributive and Predicative Uses of Adjectives
• Th. 12/6 = Exercises 5 λ + μ + ν – read and translate the story 'The Slave Does Not Like The Dog'
• Fri. 12/7 = Start the translation of the opening story in Chapter 6α
• Mon. 12/10 = Re-read opening to the story in Chp. 6α - Grammatical/syntactical questions - Complete the translation of the story in Chp 6α
• Wed. 12/12 = Εxercises 6α and 6β
• Th. 12/13 = Review of Conjugation of ALL Verbs + Middle
• Fri. 12/14 = Review of Middle Verbs - Exercises 6α+ 6β
• Mon. 12/17 = Lesson taken by a Substitute Teacher: written answers to Exercise 6γ and following ... work SLOWLY and review use and formation of the Middle Voice
• Wed. 12/19 = Review of the Middle Voice - Exercise 6γ - Exercise 6δ
• Th. 12/20 = Review - VERBS and NOUNS and ADJECTIVES
• Fri. 12/21 = Review etc.

Καλὰ Χριστούγεννα!

*** 2019 ***

FELICEM ANNUM NOVUM! ΕΥΤΥΧΕΣ ΕΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΝΟΝ!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! ¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!

• Mon. 1/7/2019 = Warm-up for the term: Read + translate + questions on Paragraph 1 of 'The Myth' [page 87]; Exercise 5ζ; Exercise 6γ
• Th. 1/10/19 = Review of Middle Verbs - Exercises 6 δ + ε + η
• Fri. 1/11/19 = Quick refresher on Middle Verbs - Ex. 6η [Workbook] - Overview of uses of the Dative Case - Ex. 6θ
• Mon. 1/14/19 = NO SCHOOL
• Wed. 1/16/19 = Complete Exercise 6θ and do Exercise 6ι – review of uses of the DATIVE CASE
• Th. 1/17/19 = Discussion (initiated by DJ - 'Thank you!') on Ms Smith presentation to US Humanities on Tuesday: 'The Beautiful' & 'The Artist, The Object and The Viewer' & 'Interaction of Religion/Aesthetics/ Philosophy' - Review uses of Dative Case - Exercise 6λ - Prepositions - Vocabulary Learning & Quizzes
• Fri. 1/18/19 = Review of the Middle Voice - Worksheet of sentences practicing Middle Verbs - listing Middle Verbs encountered so far in 'Athenaze I'
• Mon. 1/21/19 = MLK DAY
• Wed. 1/23/19 = '8th Grade Shadowing Lessons Day' - review of the Alphabet and re-reading passages in Chapter 1.
• Th. 1/24/19 = Socratic Seminar: Origin, Purpose and Relevance of Myth: discussion branched out to types of myth:

https://press.rebus.community/mythologyunbound/chapter/three-types-of-myth/

And to the distortion/twisting of history to create '(pseudo-)legends/myths/ history~propaganda'

eg.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/arts/martin-bernal-black-athena-scholar-dies-at-76.html

http://www.blackathena.com/outline.php

- Exercise 6ξ - Worksheet on the Dative Case

• Fri. 1/25/19 = Translate etc story: "Theseus Abandons Ariadne." HWK = VOCABULARY TEST on Th. 31 Jan. - Chapters 1 to 4 (inclusive): vocabulary to be tested via simple sentences - short section in same manner also testing oral Greek + dictation + translation
• Mon. 1/28/19 = '8th Grade Shadowing Lessons Day' - review of the Alphabet and re-reading passages in Chapter 1.
• Wed. 1/30/19 = Vocabulary learning - quizzes using sentences and phrases - Relative Pronoun. NB: VOCABULARY TEST **TOMORROW** = ALL Vocabulary Boxes on pages 1 to 46 [INCLUSIVE]
• Th. 1/31/19 = **TEST moved to NEXT week** - too few students in class – review vocabulary – reading practice – Classical Quiz
• Fri. 2/1/19 = Start Chapter 7α: translate etc. the first 3 paragraphs
• Mon. 2/4/19 = ACL National Greek Examination [BEGINNING ATTIC] 2012 – review Verbs
• Wed. 2/6/19 = Complete translation of opening story in Chapter 7α - introduction to Third Declension Nouns
• Th.2/7/19 = Review Third Declension Nouns – review Verbs and Tenses – Vocabulary Test
• Fri. 2/8/19 = Start translation of opening story in Chapter 7β
• Wed. 2/13/19 = Review Third Declension Nouns - complete translation of 'The Cyclops' [β]
• Τh. 2/14/19 = Selecting Third Declension Nouns from the story "The Cyclops" [β] – looking at Third Declension Nouns like χειμων and Adjectives like σωφρων, σωφρον – Exercise 7ε – Interrogative Pronoun & Adjective and Indefinite Pronoun & Adjective – Exercise 7ζ – Exercise 7η
• Fr. 2/15/19 = "Theseus' Father Dies" - Chp. 7β
• Th. 2/21/19 = Review of 'tricky' questions in ACL NGE Examination – ACL NGE 2014
• Fri. 2/22/19 = Overview of Participles – Middle Participles – Exercise 8β
• Mon. 2/25/19 = Review of 'crasis' and 'elision' – ACL NGE Examination 2018
• Wed. 2/27/19 = Review of ENCLITICS – Verb Quiz – Vocabulary Quiz – ACL NGE Examination 2015
• Th. 2/28/19 = ***ACL NGE BEGINNING – 2019***
• Fr. 3/1/19 = Translation – "Dicaeopolis Is Displeased"
• Mon. 3/4/19 = Continue with translation etc. of "Dicaeopolis Is Displeased"
• Wed. 3/6/19 = NO LESSON
• Th. 3/7/19 = Review ALL Participles – re-focus on Middle Participles – Circumstantial v. Attributive v. Supplementary use of the Participle - Ex. 8γ – start translation of opening story in Chapter 8α
• Fri. 3/8/19 = Continue translation of opening story in Chapter 8α
• Μon. 3/11/19 = Vocabulary Quiz – Ex. 7θ + 7ι – Exercise 7κ
• Wed. 3/13/19 = Complete Exercise 7k
• Th. 3/14/19 = Grammatical and syntactical analysis of Exercise 7κ – Review
• Fri. 3/15/9 = Discussion about RECITATIONS for next term: start the search for an extract from ANY text written ANCIENT GREEK which is 'self-contained' - c. 6/7 to 12 lines/c. 60 to 100 words – we shall discuss initial ideas from each of you NEXT WEEK – speed reading and translation of the story in Chapter 5β – read/translate/grammar questions on Exercise 5ζ
• Mon. 3/18/19 = Review Participles and their Uses – worksheet – speed-reading, translation and grammatical questions on the story in Chapter 8α
• Wed. 3/20/19 = Complete the translation etc. of the story in Chapter 8α – review Participles & worksheet [English to Greek]
• Τh. 3/21/19 = Word Study (p. 132) – Review of Participles – research/selection etc. of recitations – translation of English sentences ⇒ Greek
• Fri. 3/22/19 = Overview of board games in the ancient world – focus on TABULA and PETTEIA ( / Ludus Latrunculorum)

https://www.historygames.it/en/roman-board-game/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_(game)

https://www.bead.game/games/traditional/petteia

**** QUARTER 4 BEGINS ****

• Mon. 4/1/19 = Review of VERBS and NOUNS: Ex. 4 and Ex. 4κ – recitations – date moved to 16/17/18th APRIL
• Wed. 4/3/19 = review work using John Taylor Book - Ex.s 2.16/2.18/3.3/3.4
• Th. 4/4/19 = Review Verbs and Nouns and Prepositions – recitations
• Fri. 4/5/19 = Start translation of story in Chapter 8β
• Mon. 4/8/19 = Third Declension Nouns (pages 145 + 146) and Worksheets
• Wed. 4/10/19 = Complete story in Chp. 8β
• Th. 4/11/19 = Uses of πας – recitations and translations – numbers and time expressions – Ex. 8ζ
• Fri. 4/12/19 = Check over recitations and instructions – complete Ex. 8ζ
• Mon. 4/15/19 = NO SCHOOL
• Tu. 4/16/19 = Recitation practices – review of numbers + time expressions PLUS QUIZ
• Wed. 4/17/19 = Translate 'How The Locrians Make Laws' [1.] ~ TAYLOR textbook
• Th. 4/18/19 = All students NOT present – students finished off various 'loose ends' – allowed practice time for recitations
• Fri. 4/19/19 = NO SCHOOL
• Mon. 4/22/19 = Translate 'How The Locrians Make Laws' [2. + 3.] ~ TAYLOR textbook
• Wed. 4/24/19 = Translate "Melissa's Dream" - ATHENAZE I [HANDBOOK]
• Th. 4/25/19 = Recitations [1.] – review of Middle Verbs – continue translation of "Melissa's Dream"
• Fri. 4/26/19 = Recitations [2.] – complete translation of "Melissa's Dream"
• Mon. 4/29/19 = Start translation of story in Chapter 9α
• Wed. 5/1/19 = Continue translation of story in Chapter 9α - start to look at ACTIVE PARTICIPLES
• Fri. 5/3/19 = Continue with PARTICIPLES - Exercises 9 β + δ + γ
• Mon. 5/6/19 = Outlined structure etc. of End of Year Examination – reviewed Numbers in Greek [both in writing and in the 'gematria' system]
• Wed. 5/8/19 = Review of Prepositions – Recitation – practice sentences
• Th. 5/9/19 = **SHORTENED LESSON ~ THE ORESTEIA**
• Fri. 5/10/19 = Review: NUMBERS - PARTICIPLES - Practice Sentences – Contracted Verbs
• Mon. 5/13/19 = Review sentences - Quiz on Verbs - Vocabulary [Chps. 1- 5] - Quiz - Vocabulary Consolidation
• Wed. 5/15/19 = Review exercises – speed translation of "The Gods Love The Workers"
• Th. 5/16/19 = Review Sentences – Preposition Review – Uses of αὐτος – Verbs etc. Quiz – speed translation of the story in Chapter 5β
• Fri. 5/17/19 = REVIEW PARTICIPLES - Ex. 9β ( x 2) - Ex. 9γ - Ex. 9δ

** HM not in School from 5/21 to 5/24 ~ Attend Class since a Substitute Teacher will be in Room 011 **

• Mon. 5/27/19 = MEMORIAL DAY
• Tu. 5/28/19 = Monday Schedule ~ Review and Q. & A. – Review sentences – Word-Building/Cognates

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GREEK II [' Β ' // BETA ]

*** ALL Entries for 8/23/18 to 5/10/19 Accidentally DELETED - SORRY!***

• Mon. 5/13/19 = Verb Quiz – Aorist Quiz – Relative Pronoun Review SENTENCES – "Philip Is Blind..."
• Tu. 5/14/19 = Review 'Impersonal Verbs' – Practice Sentences – Verb Quiz – AESOP: The Sun and The Frogs
• Wed. 5/15/19 = 'Speed Vocab. Test' – Review Sentences – Verbs and Tenses Quiz – Vocabulary Learning and Testing
• Th. 5/16/19 = Review of Comparative and Superlative ADJs and ADVERBs – Review Sentences – THAN – CONFUSING Verbs Quiz – VERB Quiz – Translation & analysis of Exercise 14β

** HM not in School from 5/21 to 5/24 ~ Attend Class since a Substitute Teacher will be in Room 011 **

• Mon. 5/27/19 = MEMORIAL DAY
• Tu. 5/28/19 = Monday Schedule ~ Review and Q. & A: Practice sentences [focussing on the Relative Pronoun] - Review of Adjs and Adverbs - Ex. 14β [ x 2 ]

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GREEK III [' Γ ' // GAMMA ]

HWK = Read through this article to discuss tomorrow.

In class we read (by questions and answers in Greek) pages 232 to 234 (line 40) of the Italian Edition of ATHENAZE I

• Tu. 9/11 = Discussion and analysis of Trinacty's Article [above] - in class we continued to read (by questions and answers in Greek AND translation) pages 234 to 237 (end) of the Italian Edition of ATHENAZE I. HWK = Read introduction on the outline of Xenophon's dialogue HIERO (CUP - Vivienne J. Gray, Xenophon On Government: Cambridge University Press, 2007) - and prepare a translation of the opening page of the dialogue
• Th. 9/13 = Read opening to HIERO - Athenaze II ~ 'The Farmers Evacuate' [pages 101/102]
• Fri. 9/14 = Continue reading/analyzing HIERO. HWK = prepare a recording of HIERO [page 1]
• Mon. 9/17 = ATHENAZE II: Chp 22α - read & translate the opening story - Fearing Clauses - Ex 22α. HWK = Exercise 22β
• Tu. 9/18 = Review of ἱστημι and ἱημι - Exs. 19γ & 20ζ - Indefinite Clauses - start Ex. 22γ. HWK = for Thursday: read over our notes on ἱστημι & ἱημι in readiness for a QUIZ [open books] on these Verbs comprising 15 Greek sentences to be translated; for Friday - complete recording of Sections 1 to 8 of HIERO
• Th. 9/20 = NOTE: ἱστημι & ἱημι QUIZ [open books] moved to MONDAY 24th SEPTEMBER. Review of Indefinite Clauses - Exercise 22γ
• Fri. 9/21 = NO LESSON
• Mon. 9/24 = NO LESSON
• Tu. 9/25 = Translation of Chp 22β - Indirect Questions - Indirect Statements - Ex. 22δ - Ex. 22ε
• Th. 9/27 = Completed overview of INDIRECT STATEMENT in Greek - Exercise 23α - Exercise 23β
• Fri. 9/28 = Explored Eleanor Dickey's new book 'Composition and Analysis of Greek Prose' - INDIRECT STATEMENT p.106ff.
• Mon. 10/1 = Perusal of 'Greek Prose Composition' by North & Hillard [a textbook from yesteryear!] - Ind. Statement with Participles [English ⇒ Greek] - Ex.5 from Eleanor Dickey's book - Ind. Statement with Verbs of Emotion {εἰ + Indicative} [English ⇒ Greek] - Ex.6 from Eleanor Dickey's book - Analysis of a selection of sentences featuring Indirect Statement - p. 112 in ED's book. HWK = prepare a 'good chunk' of HIERO
• Tu. 10/2 = Translate/analyze/discuss HIERO δ9⇒17
• Th. 10/4 = φημι - Review of Indirect Statement - Ex.23γ - The Articular Infinitive - Ex.23δ - Review: Comparative & Superlative Adjectives & Adverbs - Ex. 24α
• Fri. 10/5 = Translate/analyze/discuss HIERO δ18ff.
• Tu. 10/9 = Review (cont'd): Comparative & Superlative Adjectives & Adverbs - complete Ex. 24α - discussion of vocabulary learning - 'OCR - CLASSICAL GREEK DEFINED VOCABULARY LIST' - ὁπως + Future Indicative - Ex. 24β - Ex.24δ - translate "Herodotus Unveils His History" [p.158/9] - Introduction to The Optative - Optative expressing WISH - Ex.25α. {HWK etc. = Vocabulary Test, page 1 on Th. 18th October - Exercise 24ε + Monday 15th October = Xenophon's HIERO – ALL these arrangements postponed to next week}
• Th. 10/11 = NO LESSON
• Fri. 10/12 = NO LESSON
• Mon. 10/15 = Ηesiod "Works and Days" - introduction - translate extracts on pages 160/161/204/205 - scansion ~ HEXAMETER - [we have already covered Elegiac Couplets when looking at Fragments of Solon - page 103]
• Tu. 10/16 = Using ELEANOR DICKEY ~p.144ff. = Direct & Indirect Command [Preliminary Exercise 1 - English ⇒ Greek] - Verbs of Preventing/Forbidding/Denying [Preliminary Exercise 2 - English ⇒ Greek]. HWK = Vocabulary Test, page 1 on Th. 25th October - Exercise 24ε + Monday 22nd October = Xenophon's HIERO - also FINISH Preliminary Exercise 2
• Th. 10/18 = NO LESSON
• Fri. 10/19 = NO LESSON
• Mon. 10/22 = NO LESSON
• Tu. 10/23 = Exercise 24ε - review the Relative Pronoun. Looking ahead ... Vocabulary Test (OCR Defined Vocabulary List) on Thursday 25th October [PAGE 1] - and complete section in Eleanor Dickey's book on the Optative
• Th. 10/25 = Review of the Optative - Exercise 25β
• Fri. 10/26 = Discussion about Linear B - particular focus on Alice Kober
• Mon. 10/29 = Prose composition - " Kleomenes said this and ..." NB: Vocabulary Test [Page 1 of GDV] TOMORROW.
• Tu. 10/30 = Completed the prose composition - use of the Optative in Subordinate Clauses [Chapter 25α] - Exercise 25ε. HWK = Take the Verbs:: λυω φιλε-ω βουλομαι λεγω γιγνομαι Write out the Optative [Active/Middle/Passive] in the Present Tense [SINGULAR] and Aorist Tense [PLURAL] AND complete Exercise 25ε
• Th. 11/1 = Unseen passage – Thucydides Book I, δ101ff. [The Thasians appeal to the Spartans...]. HWK = Produce a draft prose composition of the passage, " At that time Dareios ..." for Monday. We will go over it on TUESDAY. MONDAY = Xenophon's HIERO. Also, Vocabulary Test [GDV] on Page 2 on TUESDAY.
• Fri. 11/2 = NO SCHOOL
• Mon. 11/5 = Quick review of The Optative - Exercise 25ι
• Tu. 11/6 = Reading/translating/analyzing HIERO [δ17 ⇒ δ26] - look over Prose Composition "At that time Dareios..." - distributed copies of four articles - "Guess who's championing Homer?" [WP]; "Eidolon's Mission Statement" [EIDOLON]; "Truthful Hyperbole, Honest Bullshit" [EIDOLON] - "Rome and America - Comparing to the Ancient Roman Empire" [PROBE.ORG]. HWK = Essay [ARGUMENTATIVE] 'Should We Study The Similarities Or The Dissimilarities Between The Modern World And The Ancient World'
• Th. 11/8 = Vocabulary Test - broad discussion on the four articles distributed yesterday - particular focus on: "Guess who's championing Homer?" [Donna Zuckerberg - 2nd November, 2018 - Washington Post]
• Fri. 11/9 = NO SCHOOL
• Mon. 11/12 = NO LESSON
• Tu. 11/13 = Distributed four articles: Interview With Donna Zuckerberg by Nosheen Iqbal [Guardian - 11/12/2018] - How To Be A Stoic by Massimo Pigluccio [NYT 2/2/2015] - Why Is Stoicism Having A Cultural Moment? by Chiara Sulprizio [Eidolon - 8/17/2015] - How Dangerous is Jordan B Peterson ... by Dorian Lynskey [Guardian - 2/7/2018]. Discussion. Also, looked at this web site ...

https://learn.modernstoicism.com/courses/enrolled/361577

Translate etc. 'Solon Angers Croesus' [pages 183/4]

• Th. 11/15 = Translate etc. HIERO [δ26 ⇒ δ29] - HWK = Page three of GDV for a test tomorrow
• Fr. 11/16 = Using the book published by POLIS "Speaking Ancient Greek As A Living Language" :- pages 37 ⇒ 39 & 55 ⇒ 58
• Mon. 11/19 = Vocabulary Test [GDV page 3] - 'Living Greek' :- Read ATHENAZE I [Italian Edition] – 'Living Greek' Questions & Answers pp. 112 ⇒ 114
• Tu. 11/20 = Complete 'Living Greek' Exercise on ΜΥΘΟΣ [α] - Songs in Ancient Greek : An Original & A Parody ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d31jgilfzgQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX_MSrE9WtE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSFlvxnbgk

https://www.google.com/search?ei=PTL0W_n3FsKKggfx-qKgDg&q=frozen+let+it+go+lyrics&oq=let+it+go&gs_l=psy- ab.1.0.0i71l8.0.0..3662...0.0..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz.QM7uY_jg3Tk

***HAPPY THANKSGIVING***

• Mon. 11/26 = The Story of Psammetichus – Herodotus Book II, Chapter 2ff.
• Tu. 11/27 = Start to translate 'Peisistratus' - Herodotus Book I, Chapter 59ff.
• Fri. 11/30 = SHORTENED LESSON ... Discussion on Keats' "ODE ON A GRECIAN URN"

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/145240/john-keats-ode-on-a-grecian-urn

ALSO:-

Form and Substance in "Grecian Urn"

Author: Bruce E. Miller

Source: Keats-Shelley Journal, Vol. 20 (1971), pp. 62-70

Published by: Keats-Shelley Association of America, Inc.

AND:-

Concerning the "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

Author: Raymond D. Havens

Source: Modern Philology, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Nov., 1926), pp. 209-214

Published by: The University of Chicago Press

• Tu. 12/4 = Complete translation of 'Peisistratos' from Herodotus – recitation of extract from Herodotus – review/revision of Time Clauses – Exercises 3.6/7/8
• Th. 12/6 = NO LESSON
• Fri. 12/7 = Review of PARTICLES – Exercise 3.23 [TAYLOR]
• Mon. 12/10 = Review and complete prose composition, "At that time Darius..." - emphasis on subordination/ idiom/variation
• Tu. 12/11 = Book VI Iliad "Hector Says Goodbye To Andromache" - translation/analysis/scansion
• Thu. 12/13 = Continue ... Book VI Iliad "Hector Says Goodbye To Andromache" - translation/analysis/scansion
• Fri. 12/14 = ATHENAZE II - Chapter 26β – translate the opening story
• Mon. 12/17 = ATHENAZE II - Translate 'Adrastus Kills Himself'
• Tu. 12/18 = Kimberley led a discussion on the political doctrine of 'anacyclosis' as expounded by Polybius in 'The Histories: Book VI' – ⇒ exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of a written constitution – review of dactylic hexameter ~ Homer and Virgil - clarification of caesuras - 'ictus' and 'accent'
• Th. 12/20 = Review of scansion
• Fri. 12/21 = Review etc. - Discussion about next term's program of work

Καλὰ Χριστούγεννα!

*** 2019 ***

FELICEM ANNUM NOVUM! ΕΥΤΥΧΕΣ ΕΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΝΟΝ!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! ¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!

• Mon. 1/7/2019 = Start ACL National Greek Examination [PROSE] 2016
• Tu. 1/8/2019 = Complete ACL National Greek Examination [PROSE] 2016 - introduction to Conditional Clauses [ATHENAZE II - pages 190 to 192] - Exercise 26α [1 to 6]. HWK = Read over and review our notes on scansion of Hexameters + caesuras + 'Ictus' + 'Accent' - watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmMhIUQY6q4

Scan the passage from The Iliad: Book XXII which you discussed in your prize-winning essay - mark the quantities + metrical feet + caesuras + ictus + accent - practice reading this aloud (and the passage featured in the video clip): complete scansion by end of this week - recitations by end of next week

• Th. 1/10/19 = Review of 'Conditional Clauses' [comparing & contrasting the construction in Latin] - Exercise 26α
• Fri. 1/11/19 = Review of Conditional Clauses - complete Exercise 26α - Exercise 26β. HWK = consider the question "Why should I tolerate?"

NYT Article = https://ethicist.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/limited-tolerance/

• Mon. 1/14/19 = NO SCHOOL
• Tu. 1/15/19 = Review of Conditional Clauses - and Optative - translation of 'Life of Cyrus [1.]' [TAYLOR book]
• Th. 1/17/19 = Complete Exercise 26β [English ⇒ Greek]. HWK = Vocabulary Test tomorrow
• Fri. 1/18/19 = NO LESSON
• Mon. 1/21/19 = MLK DAY
• Tu. 1/22/19 = Vocabulary Test [Page 4 of GDV] - Review of Uses of the Accusative Case - Accusative Absolute: HWK = Exercise 26γ
• Th. 1/24/19 = Start ACL National Greek Examination [PROSE] 2017
• Fri. 1/25/19 = NO LESSON. HWK = Complete ACL National Greek Examination [PROSE] 2017
• Mon. 1/28/19 = Impersonal Verbs & Accusative Absolute [TAYLOR] - also shared the discovery of fabulous vocabulary learning app:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jact-vocab/id348277612?mt=8

Exercise 4.1. HWK = for tomorrow Exercise 4.2; for Thursday GDV page 5

• Tu. 1/29 = Look over ex 4.2 - review Conditional Clauses - English to Greek practice - Exercise 5.21. We also looked at materials recommended by
• Th. 1/31 = Review Indirect Statement - English to Greek practice (cont'd) - Exercise 5.22 - Vocabulary Test pushed to next week
• Fri. 2/1/19 = Xenophon: Cyropedia 6.2.1 ff. - translation etc
• Mon. 2/4/19 = Chapter 27α – Perfect + Pluperfect Middle & Passive etc - Exercise 27δ
• Tu. 2/5/19 = Perfect and Pluperfect Tense of Verbs with Stems + Consonantal Ending – Ex. 27θ + ι + κ – Exercise 27λ and 27μ
• Th. 2/7/19 = Verbs Commonly Found in Perfect/Pluperfect Tenses - οἰδα - Exercise 28η and 28θ
• Fri. 2/8/19 = Prose Composition - "Once there was a man on Samos..."
• Th. 2/14/19 = Prose Composition - "Once there was a man on Samos..." - complete
• Fr. 2/15/19 = Started ACL National Greek Examination [PROSE] 2014 - quick practice of 'active' Latin and Greek. HWK = try to finish ACL National Greek Examination [PROSE] 2014 [but I realise time is tight due to "LL[&G]iNYC"]
• Tu. 2/19/19 = Extract from 'Against Agoratus' by Lysias - at Kim's request, we looked over/translated/discussed "Porphyry: On the Life of Plotinus and the Arrangement of his Work" from LL[&G]iNYC:

See following article:

Translation of complete text = http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/plotenn/enn001.htm

** SECTION BELOW CORRUPTED // DELETED - SCHEMATIC RE-INPUT on 3/19/19 **

Th. 2/21/19 = Prose Composition: "When Darius Was King..." - NGE 2018

Fri. 2/22/19 = NGE 2014

Mon. 2/25/19 = Result Clauses & Worksheet/Exercises

Tu. 2/26/19 = Participles/Infinitives/Imperatives - NGE 2015

Th. 2/28/19 = NGE 2015

Fri. 3/1/19 = Review of Optative and Subjunctive

Mon. 3/4/19 = Review of Indirect Statement ( x 3) AND Conditional Clauses

Tu. 3/5/19 = Introduction etc of 'Antigone' - translation/analysis/ discussion of opening lines of 'Antigone'

Th. 3/7/19 = Translation of "The Philosopher's Stone"

Fri. 3/8/19 = Translation/analysis/ discussion of 'Antigone'

Mon. 3/11/19 = Translation/analysis/ discussion of 'Antigone'

Tu. 3/12/19 = Translation/analysis/ discussion of 'Antigone'

Th. 3/14/19 = Translation/analysis/ discussion of 'Antigone'

** SECTION ABOVE CORRUPTED // DELETED - SCHEMATIC RE-INPUT on 3/19/19**

• Fri. 3/15/19 = Review and discussion of board games of the ancient world – particular focus on TABULA and PETTEIA

https://www.historygames.it/en/roman-board-game/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_(game)

https://www.ancientgames.org/ludus-latrunculorum-latrunculi/

https://www.bead.game/games/traditional/petteia

This week we played TABULA ... next week, PETTEIA.

• Mon. 3/18/19 = Translation etc. of Xenophon Anabasis: Book I, 6, δ1 ff – Orontas plots against Cyrus
• Tu. 3/19/19 = Translation, analysis etc of closing lines of The Iliad – scansion - practice recitation - comparison and discussion of merits of translations [Barry Powell v. Tony Kline v. Robert Fagles]
• Th. 3/21/19 = Translation etc . of Thucydides: Book 3, Chp. 72ff. (Civil Strife in Corcyra)
• Fri. 3/22/19 = Research in to rules and history of the board game PETTEIA (LUDUS LATRUNCULORUM) – play the game

https://www.bead.game/games/traditional/petteia

**** QUARTER 4 BEGINS ****

• Mon. 4/1/19 = Recitation – date moved to 16/17/18th April – Plato: Charmides 153a ff.
• Tu. 4/2/19 = Finished translation of Plato: Charmides 153a ff. - practice recitation
• Th. 4/4/19 = Translation – Xenophon: Memorabilia II.1.13 ff.
• Fri. 4/5/19 = 'Active Greek' lesson using the story "Melissa's Dream" from Chapter IX from ATHENAZE I [Italian Edition]
• Mon. 4/8/19 = Greek Prose Composition - "Among the Trojans..."
• Tu. 4/9/19 = Complete prose composition "Among the Trojans..." – recitation practice – peruse translation of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Emperor's New Cloths"
• Th. 4/11/19 = Translation/ discussion etc 'Antigone' [line 5o ff]
• Fri. 4/12/19 = 'English to Greek' Vocabulary Booklet

http://www.theclassicslibrary.com/library/resources/a%20level%20greek%20lang/Prose%20Composition%20Vocabulary.pdf

Overview of Greek Syntax [plus Latin] - All Souls College Fellowship Examination

https://verbivoco.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/all-souls-general-exam-questions-2009-to-2014.pdf

GENERAL PAPER QUESTION – Is there any point in distinguishing ‘literature’ from other kinds of writing?

• Mon. 4/15/19 = NO SCHOOL
• Tu. 4/16/19 = **Recitation moved to Monday 22nd April** – translate Xenophon: Anabasis Book 7, chp. 7 ff.
• Wed. 4/17/19 = Continue translation Xenophon: Anabasis: Book 7, chp.7/8 ff. – one final challenging question from the All Souls College Fellowship Examination...

• Th. 4/18/19 = Continue translation of Antigone
• Fri. 4/19/19 = NO SCHOOL
• Mon. 4/22/19 = Recitation – translate Lysias: Against Simon δ11 ff.
• Tu. 4/23/19 = Continue translation of Lysias: Against Simon δ11 ff. – Greek Prose Composition:: 'Arion was a famous lyre-player...'
• Th. 4/25/19 = Continue Greek Prose Composition:: 'Arion was a famous lyre-player...' – focus on OPTATIVE in SECONDARY SEQUENCE
• Fri. 4/26/19 = Complete Greek Prose Composition:: 'Arion was a famous lyre-player...' – various practice sentences featuring different constructions
• Mon. 4/29/19 = Continue translating Antigone
• Tu. 4/30/19 = Continue translating Antigone – more English to Greek (practice sentences)
• Fri. 5/3/19 = Thucydides unseen
• Mon. 5/6/19 = Prose Composition: "Croesus, the wealthy King ..."
• Tu. 5/7/19 = Prose Composition [cont'd]: "Croesus, the wealthy King..." – Vocabulary Quiz
• Th. 5/9/19 = **NO LESSON ~ THE ORESTEIA**
• Fri. 5/10/19 = Discussion and analysis of 'Shame v. Guilt Culture' ::

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/opinion/the-shame-culture.html

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/understanding-david-brooks-shame-culture

http://rabbisacks.org/difference-shame-guilt-cultures-thought-day/

AND the essay "Shame And Guilt" in Chapter 26α

• Mon. 5/13/19 = NO LESSON - AP EXAMINATION
• Tu. 5/14/19 = Review Sentences (Greek ⇒ English:: Ex 9.4 & 9.5) – Review Sentences (English ⇒ Greek) **Lesson Shortened - ATTENDED PRESENTATIONS IN Mr CLAUSEN'S HUMANITIES CLASS**
• Th. 5/16/19 = Unseen: Thucydides ~ Book 5, Chp. 56ff.
• Fri. 5/17/19 = NO LESSON – AP EXAMINATION

** HM not in School from 5/21 to 5/24 ~ Attend Class since a Substitute Teacher will be in Room 011 **

• Mon. 5/27/19 = MEMORIAL DAY
• Tu. 5/28/19 = Monday Schedule ~ Translation: Xenophon - Hellenica 4.2.10-12 – Review and Q. & A.

** CLASSES END **

******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

LATIN I/II ['Δ' // DELTA ]

• Th. 8/23 = Introductions and outline for the year
• Fr. 8/24 = Opening chapter in 'Lingua Latina' - general discussion about questions, the Verb 'to be' - extent of the Roman Empire - 'Romance' Languages
• Mon. 8/27 = Chp. 1 - 'Grammatica Latina.' HWK = PENSUM 'A'
• Tu. 8/28 = Look over PENSUM 'A' - Nominative and Accusative - Adjective Agreement
• Th. 8/30 = NO LESSON
• Fri. 8/31 = Review Masculine and Feminine Nouns - Adjectives - PENSA 'A' & 'B' (pages 17/18) - Questions in Latin
• Tu. 9/4 = PUER IMPROBUS (pages 19 to 23)
• Th. 9/5 = LESSON SHORTENED DUE TO 'CONVOCATION' - Grammatica Latina (p.23/4) - PENSUM A & B - Conjugating Verbs [1st & 2nd Conjugations]
• Fri. 9/6 = Review of Subject/Nominative and Direct Object/Accusative - Start reading 'Dominus et Servi' - to line 84
• Mon. 9/10 = NO LESSON
• Tu. 9/11 = NO LESSON
• Th. 9/13 = Review of Cases - Ex.s 1 to 5 from 'Exercitia Latina' - complete 'Dominus et Servi' - Vocative Case
• Fri. 9/14 = [LATE ARRIVAL + EXCUSE] Review of Cases and Vocative - Adjectives - Review of Verbs (Present Tense) - VILLA ET HORTUS (p/32/33). HWK = Present Tense (+ Infinitives) of amo, moneo, lego and audio for Test on Monday 17 September.
• Mon. 9/17 = Verb Test (as above) - continue reading etc VILLA ET HORTUS (lines 17 to the end)
• Tu. 9/18 = Practice the Nominative + Accusative + Vocative - VILLA ET HORTUS (lines 43 to the end)
• Th. 9/20 = Vocative Case - Ex's 5, 6 and 7 (from EXERCITIA)
• Fri. 9/21 = 'Via Latina' - PASSIVE - Dative Case - Review of VOCATIVE
• Mon. 9/24 = NO LESSON
• Tu. 9/25 = 'Taberna Romana' - Relative Pronoun - lines 1 to 65
• Th. 9/27 = Derivatives Challenge - "15 from capio, capere, captus" - discussion about online resources and apps - we liked –

**https://blogs.transparent.com/latin/100-most-common-words-in-latin/**

HWK = Learn the first twelve words for a test on MONDAY OCTOBER 1st

Quizzes on vocabulary and reading aloud Latin

• Fri. 9/28 = Review Quiz - Derivatives & Cases & Word Order & Adjectives
• Μon. 10/1 = Revision of 'Romance Languages' around the word for LIFE - Derivation Challenge [ordo, ordinis - order] - Vocab. Test - AURAL and WRITTEN. HWK = 15 (or more!) derivations from FORMA, FORMA (f.) - form, shape etc.
• Tu. 10/2 = Looked over Derivation Homework - quick 'Ten Word Vocab Test [AURAL]' - Review of Cases - focus on the Genitive Case - Ex 13 (Chp. II) - Present Tense Conjugations - Exercise 3 (Chp. III)
• Th. 10/4 = Derivation Challenge ~ 'terminus - end, boundary' - Ex.s 4 & 6 from Chp. III
• Fri. 10/5 = Derivation Challenge ~ 'lego [lect-], I read/choose/gather...' - Roman numerals - Exercise 1 - Exercise 2
• Tu. 10/9 = Derivation Challenge ~ "fortis - brave, strong" - review of Pronouns 'se, eam, eum' - Ex. 3
• Th. 10/11 = Derivation Challenge ~ "notus/-a/-um = well known" - Ex. 7 practicing the Relative Pronoun. HWK = Learn the first TWENTY words from ...

**https://blogs.transparent.com/latin/100-most-common-words-in-latin/**

VOCABULARY TEST = TOMORROW.

• Fri. 10/11 = Vocabulary Test [20 words - set yesterday] - Kahoot! Quiz - Created Kahoot! Latin I/II
• Mon. 10/15 = Review 'is/ea/id' - Derivation Challenge ~ "bonus/a/um [ben-//bel-]
• Tu. 10/16 = NO LESSON
• Th. 10/18 = NO LESSON
• Fri. 10/19 = NO LESSON
• Mon. 10/22 = NO LESSON
• Tu. 10/23 = Derivation Challenge ~ "rego/ regere [rect-]" - the Active and Passive (page 46)
• Th. 10/25 = Start translation of 'Judgement of Paris'
• Fri. 10/26 = NO LESSON
• Μon. 10/29 = Derivation Challenge ~"ordo, ordinis - order/class/rank etc" - Kahoot Quizzes (2)
• Tu. 10/30 = Complete translation of Section 1 of 'Judgement Of Paris ' - Questions in Latin on the passage and answered in Latin
• Th. 11/1 = Derivation Challenge ~ "sequor/-secut- = I follow" - Review of Conjugations and Cases
• Fri. 11/2 = NO SCHOOL
• Mon. 11/5 = *MATHEMATICS TUTORIAL* until 10:10 a.m. – discussion of the way forward after Parent/Teacher Conference - discussed background/cultural topics for study/research through the rest of the year: The Army + Trojan War & Foundation of Rome [The Iliad (+ The Odyssey) + The Aeneid] + Project [My Favorite Roman Building AND My Favorite Neo-Classical Building/Greek Revival Building = 12½ % of EOY Examination]
• Tu. 11/6 = Derivation Challenge "unus/a/um" ⇒ English/French/Spanish - Vocabulary Quiz
• Th. 11/8 = Translation of Section 2, "The Siege Of Troy" – Speed Vocab./Derivations Quizzes [x 3]
• Fri. 11/9 = NO SCHOOL
• Mon. 11/12 = NO LESSON
• Tu. 11/13 = Continue translation of "The Siege Of Troy" - Speed Quiz: Terminology Used In Biology Derived From Greek/Latin
• Th. 11/15 = SUPER Derivation Challenge ~ 'scribo [script-] = I write'
• Fri. 11/16 = Completed translation of "The Siege Of Troy" - Derivation Quiz - Vocabulary Quiz. HWK = Learn words 21 to 30 [inclusive!] from ...

**https://blogs.transparent.com/latin/100-most-common-words-in-latin/**

Test on MONDAY! [19th November]

• Mon. 11/19 = Vocabulary Quiz -Practice re-reading 'The Siege Of Troy' – Speed Quiz: Vocab. & Derivations
• Tu. 11/20 = Discussion about the popularity of chariot races in ancient Rome -video clips from'Ben Hur' and 'Gladiator'

*** HAPPY THANKSGIVING***

• Mon. 11/26 = Comprehension questions (in Latin and answered in Latin) on 'The Siege Of Troy'
• Tu. 11/27 = Exercises Chapter 6:: Ex. 10 - Ex. 11 - Ex. 12
• Th. 11/29 = Further translation of extracts and questions etc from 'The Siege of Troy'
• Fri. 11/30 = Derivation Challenge ~ 'pars, partis = part etc.' – Revision/summary sentences (+ Derivations) on 'Siege of Troy' – oral translation of opening two paragraphs of 'Dido And Aeneas' HWK = Vocabulary Review - Words 1 to 30 from

**https://blogs.transparent.com/latin/100-most-common-words-in-latin/**

• Mon. 12/3 = Derivation Challenge ~ 'utor, uti, usus sum - I use' – Two Speed Vocab. Quizzes on Kahoot!
• Tu. 12/4 = Review Declensions and Conjugations
• Th. 12/6 = NO LESSON
• Fri. 12/7 = 6 Speed Quizzes:- Verbs – Nouns - Vocabulary [1.] – General Knowledge Questions on Classics – Vocabulary [2.] – Dictation
• Mon. 12/10 = Start translation of 'pastor et oves' [CAP. IX]
• Tu. 12/11 = Continue translation of 'pastor et oves'– Derivation Challenge 'frigidus - hiberna - calor - nix' [Eng./Fr/Sp/It.]
• Th. 12/13 = Three Speed Quizzes - Derivations + Verbs/Nouns/Grammar + Translation
• Fri. 12/14 = Derivation Challenge ~ 'ago, act- = I do, perform etc'
• Mon. 12/17 = Continue translation of 'pastor et oves' [p. 64ff] - PENSUM 'C' [p. 68]
• Tu. 12/18 = *Shortened Lesson* – 'pastor et oves'
• Th. 12/20 = *NO LESSON - US ASSEMBLY*
• Fri. 12/21 = Review etc.

Felix Dies Nativitatis!

*** 2019 ***

FELICEM ANNUM NOVUM! ΕΥΤΥΧΕΣ ΕΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΝΟΝ!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! ¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!

• Mon. 1/7/2019 = Quick Review of Verbs and Nouns - start CAP. X [LLPSI]
• Tu. 1/8/19 = Derivation Challenge ~'manus -hand' – 2 x Kahoot! Quizzes
• Th. 1/10/19 = Derivation Challenge ~ 'littera + linum' – Latin Test Paper: Section 'A'
• Fri. 1/11/19 = Latin Test Paper 2019 Section 'A' & 'B' [Comprehension & Grammar etc. questions]
• Mon. 1/14/19 = NO SCHOOL
• Tu. 1/15/19 = LLPSI - Review: CAP. IX 'pastor et oves' - Kahoot! Quiz [Vocabulary]
• Th. 1/17/19 = Derivation Challenge ~"memoria" - 'Brando Brown Canem Vult' - speed reading (Chapters 1 to 3) & grammar/derivation questions...
• Fri. 1/18/19 = LLPSI - Review: CAP. IX 'pastor et oves'
• Mon. 1/21/19 = MLK DAY
• Tu. 1/22/19 = 'Brando Brown Canem vult' - read Chapter 4: Vocabulary Quiz - Derivation Quiz (i.) - Transitive v. Intransitive Verbs - Derivation Quiz (ii.)
• Th. 1/24/19 = 'Pastor et Oves' - p.65/66 - translation and Derivations Quizzes
• Fri. 1/25/19 = NO LESSON
• Mon. 1/28/19 = Review of 1st + 2nd + 3rd Declension Nouns - Chp. X:

Exercise 1.

HWK = Learn words 1 to 30 (INCLUSIVE!) on:-**https://blogs.transparent.com/latin/100-most-common-words-in-latin/**

Test on THURSDAY

• Tu. 1/29/19 = Exercises from Chapters IX/X
• Th. 1/31/19 = *Test postponed* ACL NJCL Latin Exam - practice
• Fri. 2/1/19 = ACL/NJCL Exam practice. HWK = Choose your favorite Roman building; select THREE web sites (one on Roman architecture in general and two which feature the building) - select ten pictures - bundle this up in a word document or folder
• Mon. 2/4/19 = LLPSI - review of Vocabulary and Grammar and Derivations in Chp. IX
• Tu. 2/5/19 = 2001 ACL NJCL Exam - practice etc
• Th. 2/7/19 = 2013 ACL NJCL Exam - practice etc
• Fri. 2/8/19 = NO LESSON
• Th. 2/14/19 = Practice 2016 ACL/NJCL National Latin Examination
• Fri. 2/15/19 = Review use of Cases – review Verbs and Tenses – completed 2016 ACL/NJCL National Latin Examination – quick 'Conjunctions' Vocabulary Quiz
• Tu. 2/19/19 = Practice 2005 ACL/NJCL National Latin Examination
• Th. 2/21/19 = Practice (cont'd) 2005 ACL/NJCL National Latin Examination
• Fri. 2/22/19 = Practice 2016 ACL/NJCL National Latin Examination
• Mon. 2/25/19 = Overview of Roman architecture - focus on the Colosseum; the Appian Aqueduct; Hadrian's Wall
• Tu. 2/26/19 = Complete initial research on Roman architecture – re-take of 'Conjunction Quiz' – ACL Latin Examination [2000]
• Th. 2/28/19 = Re-take of 2016 ACL Latin Examination
• Fr. 3/1/19 = 2003 ACL/NJCL Latin Exam – revision of Verbs
• Mon. 3/4/19 = 2006 ACL/NJCL Latin Examination – review of PRONOUNS
• Tu. 3/5/19 = 2001 ACL/NJCL Latin Examination – Review CASE ENDINGS
• Th. 3/7/19 = 2001 ACL/NJCL Latin Examination – Review CASE ENDINGS
• Fri. 3/8/19 = 1999 ACL/NJCL Latin Examination – VERB ENDINGS – Conjunction Vocabulary Quiz – Interrogatives Quiz
• Mon. 3/11/19 = 2008 ACL/NJCL Latin Examination
• Tu. 3/12/19 = **NATIONAL LATIN EXAMINATION 2019** – BONA FORTUNA!
• Th. 3/14/19 = NO LESSON
• Fri. 3/15/19 = NO LESSON
• Mon. 3/18/19 = Review vocabulary from CAP. IX [page 68] – review layout of a Roman house – speed translation of pages 32 + 33
• Tu. 3/19/19 = Chapter VII: Exercises 1 and 9
• Th. 3/21/19 = Vocabulary Drills & Derivations based on CAP. II
• Fri. 3/22/19 = Research/outline/discussion on the Roman Army

**** QUARTER 4 BEGINS ****

• Mon. 4/1/19 = Overview of Roman Army - Hadrian's Wall - Fort Vindolanda – Auxiliaries in the Roman Army: ARCHERS and CAMEL RIDING AUXILIARIES
• Tu. 4/2/19 = Overview of The Iliad + The Odyssey + The Aeneid & Foundation of Rome ( x 2)
• Fri. 4/5/19 = Review of CAP. V – read/translate – Vocabulary Quiz – Derivation Quiz – review of Uses of Cases // Final 30 mins. = AP Human Geography TEST
• Mon. 4/8/19 = Review of QUIS? + QUI/QUAE/QUOD + IS/EA/ID – Exercitium 12
• Tu. 4/9/19 = Study the 'Twelve Labors of Hercules'
• Th. 4/11/19 = NO LESSON
• Fri. 4/12/19 = Review on 1st + 2nd + 3rd Declension Nouns
• Mon. 4/15/19 = NO SCHOOL
• Tu. 4/16/19 = Review ACTIVE and PASSIVE Infinitives – Exercitia 4 + 5 – Derivations
• Wed. 4/17/19 = Translate "The Tragic Story Of Phaëthon" – Derivation Quiz
• Th. 4/18/19 = Translate "Laocoön And The Trojan Horse"
• Fri. 4/19/19 = NO SCHOOL
• Mon. 4/22/19 = Translate 'Nisus and Euryalus' – Derivations
• Tu. 4/23/19 = Translate 'Echo and Handsome Narcissus' – Derivations – HWK = Vocabulary List from this passage for test on Thursday 25th April
• Th. 4/25/19 = Vocabulary Test [see yesterday] – translate 'The Myrmidons (Ant People)' complete project on Hadrian's Wall
• Fri. 4/26/19 = Continue translating 'The Myrmidons (Ant People)' – Discussion about EOY 2019 & NEW DATE = FRIDAY 17th MAY – start 'My Favorite Neo-Classical Building'
• Mon. 4/29/19 = NO LESSON
• Tu. 4/30/19 = Continue working on the project, 'My Favorite Neo-Classical Building'
• Fri. 5/3/19 = Complete the project, 'My Favorite Neo-Classical Building'
• Mon. 5/6/19 = Translation and questions (GALORE!) on 'Polyphemus...' – Derivation Quiz
• Tu. 5/7/19 = 'Choose the Correct Adjective and Translate' Quiz – Finish translation and questions (GALORE!) on 'Polyphemus...' HWK = Test on 'Aeneid/Aeneas' Packet = FRIDAY
• Th. 5/9/19 = NO LESSON - remember **HWK = Test on 'Aeneid/Aeneas' Packet = FRIDAY**
• Fri. 5/10/19 = Derivation Challenge ['scribo'] – Translation/Questions/Derivations from 'The Wrath Of Achilles' - Aeneas/Aeneid Tests (x 4)
• Mon. 5/13/19 = Derivation Challenge ['defendo'] - Review Uses of Cases - Review of Tenses - Translation and questions on "Europa And The Bull"
• Tu. 5/14/19 = NO LESSON - AP EXAMINATION
• Thu. 5/16/19 = Derivation Challenge 'lex/legis' – Review of the Cases – Review of Verbs & Conjugations – speed translate & questions on "Pandora's Box" –Vocab. Quizzes (x 3)

*** FRIDAY 5/17/19 = End of Year Examination ***

**CLASSES END FOR DELTA**

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