05/09-05/12
Translation IV: Finish your final project for Wednesday.
Translation II: Finish your final project due Wednesday.
Wheelock's B: Happy Summer!
Wheelock's C: Study for your final on Tuesday!
Rhetoric: Happy Summer!
Classical Studies 7: No homework!
05/09-05/12
Translation IV:
Start writing your English paraphrase of your section of Latin for the final.
Lucas- p. 1-10
Mat- p. 11-20
Jack- p. 21-30
Kate- p. 31-40
Translation II:
Begin paraphrasing the text we have read for your final.
Wheelock's B:
Review Ch. 20-21 vocabulary.
Review the passage we read in class for your test.
Wheelock's C:
Review Ch. 30-31 vocabulary.
Review the passage we read in class for your test.
Rhetoric:
Finish your finals. Please email me if you need any help.
Classical Studies 7:
Study for a quiz over Lessons 24-26 of your workbook.
04/23-04/30
Translation IV:
Finish memorizing your recitations, especially Jack.
Translation II:
Finish studying for your test.
Wheelock's B:
Finish memorizing your ch. 21 words for a quiz.
Review Ch. 20 Vocabulary.
Wheelock's C:
Finish memorizing ch. 31 words for a quiz.
Review Ch. 30 vocabulary.
Rhetoric:
Finish memorizing your recitations!
Record a video of your eulogy. You will not submit it till I return, but I would like it to be done over this weekend.
Classical Studies 7:
Read Ch. 22 Parts 1-2.
04/17-04/23
Translation IV:
Study your Fama recitation.
Translation II:
Begin to study for your test.
Wheelock's B:
Work on memorizing your ch. 21 words.
Finish translating the sentence we began in class.
Wheelock's C:
Work on memorizing your ch. 31 words.
Translate the sentences we circled in class on Tuesday.
Rhetoric:
Handwrite a rough draft for the eulogy we have been planning. It should take about two minutes to read.
Classical Studies 7:
Study for a Lesson 22-23 test on Wednesday 04/23.
04/04, 04/14
Translation IV:
Study for your P. 32-40. The test will be on April 16th.
Translation II:
Prepare for your recitation quiz on 04/16.
Wheelock's B:
Read Ch. 21.
Translate Ch. 21 exercitationes #1-3 (p. 172).
Wheelock's C:
Read Ch. 31.
Translate Exercitationes #1-5 on p. 258.
Rhetoric:
Memorize your recitation passage for a quiz on 04/16.
Classical Studies 7:
Study for a Lesson 22-23 test on Thursday 04/16.
Week 27 (03/20-03/26)
Translation IV:
Prepare for a recitation quiz on Wednesday over lines 1-7 of Rumor.
Start to study for your P. 32-40. The test will be on April 16th.
Translation II:
Prepare for your recitation quiz on 04/01.
Prepare for your quiz over p. 21 final line-p. 23 line 6 (...vocat).
Wheelock's B:
Prepare for a ch. 20 Vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.
Translate and Parse Exercitationes #4-7 p. 165
Wheelock's C:
Prepare for your Ch. 30 Vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.
Translate Exercitationes #3-6 on p. 250. Be on the lookout for purpose and result clauses as well as the indirect questions we practiced in class.
Rhetoric:
Copy this speech by hand in neat cursive and read it out loud twice before class on Tuesday.
Memorize the next portion of your recitation as discussed in class.
Classical Studies 7:
Study for a Lesson 21 Quiz.
Answer Lesson 22 Comprehension Questions.
Bring skittles to class on Tuesday!
Week 26 (03/20-03/26)
Translation IV:
Work on memorizing your book IV recitation.
Prepare for your L. 37-38 Quiz.
Translation II:
Study for your recitation quiz on 04/01.
Prepare for your p. 20-21 Quiz.
Wheelock's B:
Finish studying for your Tuesday test.
Wheelock's C:
Finish studying for your Tuesday test.
Rhetoric:
Work on memorizing St. Crispin's Day Speech.
Each person should select one poem from this list to prepare to present to the class. Communicate with one another to make sure each person has a different poem.
Classical Studies 7:
Read ch. 20.
Answer Lesson 21 comprehension questions.
Week 25 (03/13-03/19)
Translation IV:
Work on memorizing your book IV recitation.
Prepare for your L. 35-36 Quiz.
Translation II:
Study for your recitation quiz on Tuesday.
Prepare p. 18 Lines 1-7 for class.
Wheelock's B:
Prepare for your Ch. 18-19 Test using the study guide made in class. Particularly, review your vocabulary for at least 30 minutes per day.
Wheelock's C:
Prepare for your Ch. 28-29 Test using the study guide made in class. Particularly, review your vocabulary for at least 30 minutes per day.
Rhetoric:
Study for a quiz over the following tropes: metaphor, simile, synechdoche, metonymy, puns, anthimeria, hyperbole, and litotes. I will ask you to identify which trope is being used in a sentence.
Classical Studies 7:
Study for your Thursday test over Lessons 17-20.
Week 24 (03/-6-03/12)
Translation IV:
Take this NLE.
Translation II:
Take this NLE.
Wheelock's B:
Take this NLE.
Wheelock's C:
Take this NLE.
Rhetoric:
By hand, write and label a sentence exemplifying each scheme we have learned (pp. 409-410 and coinage). These may be connected or unconnected sentences.
Classical Studies 7:
Study for a Wednesday Quiz over Lesson 19.
Answer comprehension questions Lesson 20 #1-4.
Week 23 (02/27-03/05)
Translation IV:
Study for a Tuesday Quiz over Lessons 33-34
Take this NLE.
Translation II:
Study for a Wednesday Quiz over P. 17 Line 9-P. 18 Line 5.
Study for your recitation quiz.
Wheelock's B:
Prepare for a Tuesday Quiz over Exercitationes 1-11 of Ch. 18.
Copy the Ch. 19 vocabulary by hand in cursive.
Memorize Ch. 19 vocabulary for a quiz on Thursday.
Wheelock's C:
Prepare for a Tuesday Quiz over Exercitationes 1-10 of Ch. 28.
Copy the Ch. 29 vocabulary by hand in cursive.
Memorize Ch. 29 vocabulary for a quiz on Thursday.
Rhetoric:
For the two poems read in class, do the following:
Read them out loud 2-3 times.
Label any instance of parallelism, antithesis, anastrophe, parenthesis, apposition, ellipsis, asyndeton, polysyndeton, alliteration, or assonance.
Work on memorizing St Crispin's Day Speech for 20 minutes.
Classical Studies 7:
Study for a Wednesday Quiz over Lesson 18.
Draw the statue of Athena Parthenos.
Read pp. 287-300 of your textbook and answer the Lesson 19 comprehension questions.
Week 22 (02/20-02/27)
Translation IV:
Memorize your Fama recitation.
Read the back sections of the NLE guide, which may help you to answer cultural/historical questions.
Translation II:
Keep working on your recitation for your quiz on Tuesday.
Finish reading the back sections of the NLE guide, which may help you to answer cultural/historical questions.
Wheelock's B:
Parse and Translate Ch. 18 Exercitationes #1-4.
Prepare to take quiz on Wednesday over the following:
Present Passive of laudo and moneo
Ch. 18 vocabulary. If you do well on this part, it will replace your original ch. 18 vocabulary quiz grade.
Wheelock's C:
Prepare to conjugate a ch. 28 verb in active and passive present subjunctive for a quiz on Tuesday.
Review Ch. 28 vocabulary for another quiz on Wednesday.
Rhetoric:
Read pp. 345-354 concerning Purity, Propriety, and Precision of diction.
Read 377-381. For the 'schemes of words' section, come up with another example of each scheme.
Classical Studies 7:
Read Ch. 18.
Prepare for a lesson 17 quiz on Wednesday.
02/19 Snow Day
Translation IV:
Print and take this 2024 NLE.
Translation II:
Keep working on your recitation.
Read for 20 minutes from the back sections of the NLE guide, which may help you to answer cultural/historical questions.
Wheelock's B:
Study the conjugations of laudo and moneo in the present, imperfect, and future passive.
Wheelock's C:
Prepare to conjugate a ch. 28 verb in active and passive present subjunctive.
Rhetoric:
Read or watch the speech linked here.
Classical Studies 7:
Keep studying for your quiz, which will be moved to tomorrow.
Week 21: 02/13-02/19
Translation IV:
Practice saying the Fama recitation until you can say it smoothly.
Print and take the 2023 NLE.
Translation II:
Prepare for your next recitation quiz on 02/20 (up to perventum est).
Print and take this 2023 NLE.
Wheelock's B:
Print this 2023 NLE test.
Read pp. 60-68 and answer the sample questions on 69.
Read Ch. 18 and prepare to conjugate laudo or moneo in the present, imperfect, and future passive.
Wheelock's C:
Print and take this 2023 NLE test.
Read pp. 80-88 of the NLE guide and answer the sample questions on p. 89.
Read Ch. 28 and prepare to conjugate the present subjunctive (both active and passive) of any verb in the ch. 28 vocabulary.
Rhetoric:
Read pp. 271-283, taking notes as you go.
Classical Studies 7:
Prepare to take a quiz on Wednesday over Lessons 14-16 of your workbook.
Snow Day Tuesday 02/11
Translation IV:
Spend 20 minutes memorizing your new recitation.
Translation II:
Spend 20 minutes memorizing your recitation.
Wheelock's B:
Spend 20 minutes studying for your vocabulary quiz.
Wheelock's C:
Spend 20 minutes studying for your vocabulary quiz.
Rhetoric:
Spend 20 minutes memorizing St. Crispin's Day Speech.
Classical Studies 7:
Spend 20 minutes memorizing your Pericles speech.
Week 19 (02/06-02/12)
Translation IV:
Print, practice, and bring this recitation to class. You will receive a grade for this.
Do the 2022 NLE that I handed out in class, and prepare to explain your choices.
Translation II:
Finish the 2021 NLE and take the 2022 NLE that I distributed in class.
Prepare for your group recitation quiz on Thursday. Also, practice saying the second big chunk out loud.
Wheelock's B:
Learn your chapter 18 vocabulary for a quiz on Thursday.
Finish the 2022 NLE that we started in class.
Wheelock's C: (the underlined are linked for those who missed classes).
Learn your chapter 28 vocabulary for a quiz on Wednesday.
Finish the 2021 NLE that we started in class and do the 2022 NLE. Bring them to class.
Rhetoric:
Read "Letter from Birmingham Jail" on pp. 302-314
Write your answers down to the following questions:
What is the thesis?
What kind of introduction is used?
What kind of speech is this? (forensic, political, or ceremonial)
What does the line from Augustine, "An unjust law is no law at all," mean?
How does he explain that even if he is an extremist, that is okay?
Classical Studies 7:
Read chapter 16 and answer the comprehension questions for Lesson 16.
Week 18 (01/30-02/05)
Translation IV:
Prepare for your Wednesday test over 24-31.
Translation II:
Prepare for your Wednesday test over 13-17.
Prepare for your group recitation quiz on Thursday.
Wheelock's B:
Prepare for your Tuesday test over ch. 16-17.
Have your parent look at and sign your current grade report. Bring to class on Tuesday.
Wheelock's C:
Prepare for your Wednesday test over ch. 26-27 (unless you have to take it on Tuesday because of Allstate).
Have your parent look at and sign your current grade report. Bring to class on Tuesday.
Rhetoric:
For this essay, do the following: Think of at least one inconvenience that you need to reimagine as an adventure as Chesterton suggests. Prepare a one or two minute reflection explaining and reimagining that inconvenience as Chesterton does in the essay. You should aim to imitate his style but use your own example. You will present your reflection to the class starting on Wednesday. Do not use the internet in any way other than to access the original essay.
Classical Studies 7:
Read chapter 14 and take notes. Bring your notes to class.
Week 17 (01/23-01/29)
Translation IV:
Prepare for a quiz over L. 28-29 Quiz on Tuesday.
Prepare to recite the proem of the Aeneid on Thursday.
Translation II:
Review p. 15 Line 11- p. 17 Line 1 for a Wednesday quiz.
Memorize up to "consuluisse" for a Thursday recitation quiz.
Wheelock's B:
Study for your Ch. 17 Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday.
Study for your grammar/translation quiz on Wednesday.
Parse and Translate Sententiae #11-12 p. 143.
Wheelock's C:
Study for your Ch. 27 Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday.
Study for your grammar/translation quiz on Wednesday.
Parse and Translate Sententiae #1-4 p. 221.
Rhetoric:
Prepare this essay by doing the following:
Print it.
Read it out loud at least twice to prepare to present it in class.
Handwrite a 1-paragraph summary of the essay. Do not use the internet in any way beyond to print the original essay.
Classical Studies 7:
Review for your test on Thursday over Lessons 10-13 of your workbook. Also review your class notes for the "Et Alia" section.
Week 16 (01/016-01/22)
Translation IV:
Prepare for a quiz over L. 28-29 on Tuesday.
Prepare to recite the proem of the Aeneid on Thursday.
Translation II:
Review p. 14 Line 2- p. 15 Line __ for a Wednesday quiz.
Translate p. 15 Line 11- the first word of p. 16.
Wheelock's B:
Using the vocabulary sheet distributed in class, memorize the ch. 17 vocabulary using the following steps:
Make flashcards and bring them to class.
Hand copy all the words in cursive, due Tuesday.
Study your flashcards/quiz yourself over the words for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 on Monday.
Study for your grammar/translation quiz on Wednesday.
Work on memorizing your recitation. I want you to have it completely memorized by February.
Wheelock's C:
Study for your Ch. 27 Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday.
Study for your grammar/translation quiz on Wednesday.
Parse and Translate Sententiae 1-4 p. 221.
Rhetoric:
Print and read this collection of essays . Bring this to class on Tuesday.
Classical Studies 7:
Read Ch. 13.
Answer comprehension questions for Lesson 13 of your workbook.
Week 15 (01/09-01/15)
Translation IV: Scan and translate Lesson 25 (p. 25 of this document).
Translation II:
Review p. 13 Lines 5-11 for a quiz on Tuesday.
Translate p. 14 Lines 1-4.
Wheelock's B:
Memorize ch. 16 vocabulary for a quiz on Thursday.
Parse and translate Exercitationes 1-4 (pp. 134-135). I will check them on Tuesday.
Wheelock's C:
Memorize ch. 26 vocabulary for a quiz on Thursday.
Parse and translate Exercitationes 1-4 (pp. 213-214). I will check them on Tuesday.
Rhetoric: Read pp. 113-121 of your textbook carefully. I will give you a short, simple reading quiz as evidence that you read the text.
Classical Studies 7:
Finish answering Lesson 11 and 12 comprehension questions.
Say your new recitation each day.
Week 14 (01/06)
Translation IV: Scan Lesson 24
Translation II: Review the first part of p. 13 and read all the notes and try to translate the next long sentence.
Wheelock's B: Copy Lesson 16 vocabulary in neat cursive.
Wheelock's C: Copy Lesson 26 vocabulary, linked here, in neat cursive.
Rhetoric: Read pp. 100-113 of your textbook carefully.
Classical Studies 7: Reread pp. 160-177 for review.
Week 13 (12/12-12/16)
Translation IV: Review pp. 17-23 for your final on Tuesday.
Translation II: Review pp. 7-12 for your final on Tuesday.
Wheelock's B: Spend 15 minutes Friday and 15 Monday reviewing chapters 12-15 Vocabulary.
Wheelock's C: Review chapters 24-25 (Remember the study guide that we made in class) for your final on Wednesday.
Rhetoric: Prepare your final (remember that 4 of you volunteered to present early on Tuesday) by doing the following:
Beautifully hand copy your selected text.
Practice reading/presenting the text out loud at least 3-4 times. I recommend to look up examples of others presenting the text.
Prepare to recite, give a reflection on, or give an imitation of your chosen text.
*Click this link to see my expectations for each element of your project.
Classical Studies 7: Study for a quiz over Lesson 10 on Tuesday.
Week 12 (11/22, 12/02)
Translation IV
Study for a Lesson 21 Quiz on Tuesday.
Review 17-23 for your upcoming final.
Translation II
Review Translate the last line of Lesson 12-Lesson 13 line 4.
Wheelock's B
Review for your test over Chapters 14-15. Especially attend to your vocabulary!
Wheelock's C
Review for your test over Chapters 24-25, paying special attention to your vocabulary.
Rhetoric
Finish preparing a 2-3 minute speech about the virtue of thankfulness. Consider the Topics we have talked about this week to help give you ideas of what you would like to say. Linked here is a rubric to help you understand how I will grade this speech.
Classical Studies 7
Finish reading Chapter 11 and answering comprehension questions Lesson 10.
Week 12 (11/22, 12/02)
Translation IV
Study L. 19-20 for a quiz on 12/04.
Translation II
Study for your L. 7-12 Test on 12/05. N.B. Your final for this class will cover the same material as this test plus maybe 1 page, so you are already preparing for your final by studying for this!
Wheelock's B
Study for your vocabulary quiz over ch. 15 on 12/04.
Memorize the cardinal (1-25) and ordinal (1st-12th) numbers from p. 500.
Parse and translate the rest of the sentences from the passage we started today.
Wheelock's C
Study for your vocabulary quiz over ch. 25 on 12/04.
Parse and translate ch. 25 Sententiae 2-3. For Bonus points (which some of you could really use) parse and translate 5-6 as well.
Rhetoric
Prepare a 2-3 minute speech about the virtue of thankfulness. Consider the Topics we have talked about this week to help give you ideas of what you would like to say. Linked here is a rubric to help you understand how I will grade this speech.
Classical Studies 7
Study for your Lesson 6-9 Test on 12/04.
Week 11 (11/14-11/20)
Translation IV
Finish L. 18.
Study for a quiz over L. 17-18 line 493 on Tuesday.
Translation II
Study just Core vocabulary labeled 6 for a quiz on Tuesday.
Finish translating the sentence ending in 'accusantes.'
Study for a short quiz over Lines 1-7 of p. 11.
N.B. I have scheduled your next test for 12/04 Wednesday.
Wheelock's B
Using the vocabulary sheet distributed in class, memorize the ch. 15 vocabulary using the following steps:
Make flashcards and bring them to class.
Hand copy all the words in one color on Friday and another color on Monday. Bring this to class.
Study your flashcards/quiz yourself over the words for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 on Monday.
Review the Ablatives of Means, Manner, and Accompaniment for a quiz on Wednesday. Use your notes from class on Thursday.
Parse and translate on p. 120 the sentence beginning 'sed non debes' and ending 'amiserunt.'
Wheelock's C
Using the vocabulary sheet distributed in class, memorize the ch. 25 vocabulary using the following steps:
Make flashcards and bring them to class.
Hand copy all the words in one color on Friday and another color on Monday. Bring this to class.
Study your flashcards/quiz yourself over the words for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 on Monday.
Study for a quiz on Wednesday over the following:
listing and translating each participle form for any ch. 24 verb
Translating Sententiae #1-9 p. 197
For those same sentences, being able to identify which kind of participial phrase is employed (ablative absolute or passive periphrastic).
Rhetoric
Carefully read the section from the book called "The Emotional Appeal" (pp. 77-84).
Answer the following questions about the reading (handwritten) and cite the page number where you found your answer:
According to the reading, can we directly control our emotions?
In the excerpt from Macauly, how does he make his emotional appeal?
In the "Julius Caesar" excerpt, how does Marc Antony rouse the audience's emotions?
In what three ways does Aristotle suggest we analyze emotions?
Classical Studies 7
Study for a quiz over Lessons 8 of your workbook.
Using Ch. 10, answer the Lesson 9 Comprehension Questions.
N. B. I have scheduled your Lesson 6-9 Test for 12/04, a Wednesday.
Week 10 (11/07-11/13)
Translation IV
Scan and read Lesson 17. Note that we are skipping a couple hundred lines from Book 1 here. We will read the english of that part in class.
Translation II
Review Lessons 9-10 for a quiz on Wednesday.
Wheelock's B
Study for a Chapter 14 Vocabulary Quiz.
Parse and translate Sententiae #1-5 from Ch. 14.
Wheelock's C
Study for a Chapter 24 Vocabulary Quiz.
Parse and translate Sententiae #1-6 from Ch. 24.
Rhetoric
Review for your enthymemes quiz.
For "The Weight of Glory," hand write one long paragraph explaining one idea from the sermon that struck you and your response or a question about it. I'm looking to see that you carefully read and made an effort to understand the sermon. You will share your paragraph with the class.
Classical Studies 7
Finish the comprehension questions for Lesson 8.
If you want to run for senator, prepare your 1 minute campaign speech.
11/05 Homework
Translation IV
Review for your test on Thursday over Lessons 9-16.
Translation II
Keep reviewing for your vocabulary quiz. You will take it tomorrow.
Wheelock's B
Keep studying for your quiz over the declensions of civis, urbs, and mare (p. 114)
Wheelock's C
Keep reviewing for your synopsis quiz. I will choose a ch. 22 or 23 verb. The quiz will look like the homework synopsis sheet.
Rhetoric
Keep reviewing for your quiz.
Classical Studies 7
Keep studying for a quiz over Lessons 6-7 on Wednesday.
Week 9 (10/31-11/07)
Translation IV
Review for your test on Thursday over Lessons 9-16.
Translation II
Study for a quiz on Tuesday over core vocabulary labeled '1'-'5.'
Review p. 9-p. 10 line 6 for a translation quiz.
Wheelock's B
Using the vocabulary sheet distributed in class, memorize the ch. 14 vocabulary using the following steps:
Make flashcards and bring them to class.
Hand copy all the words in one color on Friday and another color on Monday. Bring this to class.
Study your flashcards/quiz yourself over the words for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 on Monday.
Carefully reach Caput XIV.
Memorize the declensions of civis, urbs, and mare (p. 114) for a quiz on Wednesday.
Wheelock's C
Using the vocabulary sheet distributed in class, memorize the ch. 24 vocabulary using the following steps:
Make flashcards and bring them to class.
Hand copy all the words in one color on Friday and another color on Monday. Bring this to class.
Study your flashcards/quiz yourself over the words for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 on Monday.
Carefully reach Caput XXIV.
Complete the synopsis sheet distributed in class.
Prepare for a synopsis quiz. I will choose a ch. 22 or 23 verb. The quiz will look like the homework synopsis sheet.
Rhetoric
Finish reading Pericles' "The Weight of Glory."
Review for your Wednesday quiz so that you are able to do the following:
List the rules of validity.
Translate simple enthymemes into syllogisms.
Assess the validity of syllogisms.
Classical Studies 7
Study for a quiz over Lessons 6-7 on Wednesday.
Week 8 (10/31-11/06)
Translation IV
Review for your Thursday test over Lessons 9-16.
Translation II
Study all vocabulary labeled '1'-'5' for a quiz on Tuesday.
Review Lesson 9-Lesson 10 line 6 for a quiz on Wednesday.
Wheelock's B
Wheelock's C
Rhetoric
Finish reading Pericles' "Funeral Oration"
Make a paragraph outline of the whole speech. In other words, write about 1 sentence that sums up each paragraph in a bullet point outline.
*I am moving the enthymemes quiz I mentioned to the following week.
Classical Studies 7
Answer Lesson 7 Comprehension Questions in your workbook.
Read Ch. 8 of your textbook.
Week 7 (10/17-10/23)
Translation IV
Review for a quiz over Lessons 9-10.
Read and translate Lesson 12.
Translation II
Review for a quiz over Lessons 7-8.
Wheelock's B
Study for your Ch. 13 Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday. Be sure to practice quizzing yourself by writing, not just using flashcards.
Study for your Ch. 13 Grammar Quiz on Wednesday. Be sure to be able to do the following:
Define intensive and reflexive pronouns.
Decline the reflexives- mei, tui, sui
Decline the intensives- ipse, ipsa, ipsum
Review Ch. 12 Vocabulary for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 minutes on Monday.
Wheelock's C
Study for your Ch. 23 Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday. Be sure to practice quizzing yourself by writing, not just using flashcards.
Study for your Participles Quiz on Wednesday. Be able to do the following:
Give all the participle forms of any verb in Ch. 23 vocabulary.
Translate all the participle forms for any verb in Ch. 23 vocabulary.
If you would like to retake last week's Ablatives Quiz, please review and be ready to do so on Tuesday. I will again base the quiz on this handout.
Rhetoric
Read about Enthymemes on pp. 52-59, then try the first 3 exercise problems on p. 59.
Classical Studies 7
Study for your test over Lessons 3-5 of your workbook. You will take your test on Wednesday.
Week 6 (10/10-10/16)
Translation IV
Finish translating Lesson 10.
Translation II
Study for a recitation quiz over the first whole sentence.
Review Lesson 7 reading.
Study for a vocabulary quiz over core vocabulary labeled '1'-'4.'
Wheelock's B
Using the vocabulary sheet distributed in class and linked here, memorize the ch. 13 vocabulary using the following steps:
Make flashcards and bring them to class.
Hand copy all the words in one color on Friday and another color on Monday. Bring this to class.
Study your flashcards/quiz yourself over the words for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 on Monday.
Carefully read Ch. 13.
Finish parsing/translating the reading on p. 102.
Study for a recitation quiz on Wednesday over the first 5 lines of the Apostle's Creed.
Wheelock's C
Using the vocabulary sheet distributed in class and linked here, memorize the ch. 23 vocabulary using the following steps:
Make flashcards and bring them to class.
Hand copy all the words in one color on Friday and another color on Monday. Bring this to class.
Study your flashcards/quiz yourself over the words for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 on Monday.
Carefully read Ch. 23.
Study for a recitation quiz on Wednesday over verses 1-3 of Psalm 1.
Rhetoric
Complete p. 52 exercise #10-20 by telling whether each is valid or invalid (and which rule is violated if invalid).
Classical Studies 7
Say your recitation out loud each day.
Study for a quiz over Lesson 4 of your workbook (ch. 5 of textbook).
Week 5 (10/03-10/07)
Translation IV
Study for your Lesson 1-8 Test on Tuesday.
Translation II
Study for your Lesson 1-6 Test on Tuesday. In case you would like to see some quiz type questions for Lessons 5-6, you may find it at this link.
Wheelock's B
Study for your Ch. 12 Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday. Be sure to practice quizzing yourself by writing, not just using flashcards.
Study for you Grammar Quiz on Wednesday. Be sure to be able to do the following:
Tell how to find the Perfect Stem of a verb.
Conjugate Perfect, Pluperfect, and Future Perfect tenses.
Translate any ch. 12 verb in Perfect, pluperfect, or future perfect.
For the bonus section, review the declension of hic haec hoc.
Wheelock's C
Study for your Ch. 22 Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday. Be sure to practice quizzing yourself by writing, not just using flashcards.
Study for your Ablative Uses Quiz on Wednesday by doing the following:
Review pp. 177-178, memorizing the uses.
Print and answer these practice questions. Bring this to school on Tuesday.
Rhetoric
Memorize your recitation up to "...which everyone here possesses of it?" for a quiz on Tuesday.
Print and read Sonnet 116.
Prepare your own version of the sonnet (in prose form) that you will present in class. Two things to consider as you prepare:
Do not stick too closely to the original text. Make it your own.
You may use one notecard with bullet points during your presentation. Practice it several times out loud before Wednesday!
Classical Studies 7
Read your recitation out loud each day.
Finish reading chapter 5.
Study for a quiz over Lesson 3 of your workbook (this corresponds to chapter 4 of your textbook).
Week 4 (09/26-10/01)
Translation IV
Read the recitation passage out loud each day, being careful to observe the scansion.
Memorize the first two lines of the recitation with the scansion for a quiz on Tuesday.
Translate Lesson 7 to the best of your ability. I will ask you to present your translations in class.
Translation II
Read the first paragraph of the recitation passage out loud each day.
Study for a Core Vocabulary labeled 1-3 for a quiz on Tuesday. There will be 10 questions, mixed E-L and L-E. When giving the Latin, you must write the dictionary form.
Read the notes and translate the last word of p. 5-p. 6 line 3 (up to adfirmet). I will ask you to present your translations and answer grammar questions in class on Tuesday.
Wheelock's B
Using the vocabulary sheet distributed in class, memorize the ch. 12 vocabulary using the following steps:
Make flashcards and bring them to class.
Hand copy all the words in one color on Friday and another color on Monday. Bring this to class.
Study your flashcards/quiz yourself over the words for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 on Monday.
Carefully reach Caput XII pp. 96-100.
Copy the Perfect, Pluperfect, and Future Perfect conjugations of laudo, ago, and sum on pp. 97-98.
Wheelock's C
Using the vocabulary sheet distributed in class, memorize the ch. 22 vocabulary using the following steps:
Make flashcards and bring them to class.
Hand copy all the words in one color on Friday and another color on Monday. Bring this to class.
Study your flashcards/quiz yourself over the words for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 on Monday.
Carefully read Ch. 22 pp. 176-178.
Memorize the 5th declension case endings and be able to decline any fifth declension word in the vocabulary list (p.176). We will have a quiz on Wednesday over this declension.
Rhetoric
Memorize your recitation up to "...have any effect on you?" for a quiz on Tuesday.
Prepare your own version of the speech that you will present in class. Two things to consider as you prepare:
Do not stick too closely to the original text. Make it your own.
Prepare/practice so that you are not simply reading. Consider using note cards for an outline.
Classical Studies 7
Read your recitation out loud each day.
Study for a test over Lessons 1-2 of the workbook on Wednesday.
Week 3 (09/19-09/25)
Translation IV
Read the recitation passage out loud each day, being careful to observe the scansion.
Scan, read the notes, and translate Lesson 5 to the best of your ability. I will ask you to present your translations in class.
Translation II
Read the first paragraph of the recitation passage out loud each day.
Study for a Core Vocabulary labeled 1 and 2 for a quiz on Tuesday. There will be 10 questions, mixed E-L and L-E. When giving the Latin, you must write the dictionary form.
Read the notes and translate lines 6-10 of p. 4. I will ask you to present your translations and answer grammar questions in class on Tuesday.
Wheelock's B
Study for your review test (ch. 1-11) on Thursday using the study guide from class, the three handouts, and the vocabulary from the textbook.
Review the ch. 5-8 grammar quiz for a retake on Tuesday.
Wheelock's C
Study for your review test (ch. 1-21) on Thursday. Focus on the vocabulary and the information from the handouts.
Finish the practice test and bring it to class on Tuesday.
Rhetoric
Memorize your recitation up to "...have any effect on you?"
Prepare a paraphrase of the speech in your own words that you will present in class on Wednesday.
Classical Studies 7
Read your recitation out loud each day.
Review Lesson 2 for a quiz.
Week 2 (09/12-09/18)
Translation IV
Read the recitation passage out loud each day, being careful to observe the scansion.
Read the notes and translate Lesson 3 to the best of your ability. I will ask you to present your translations in class.
Translation II
Read the first paragraph of the recitation passage out loud each day.
Study for a Core Vocabulary labeled 1 and 2 for a quiz on Tuesday. There will be 10 questions, mixed E-L and L-E. When giving the Latin, you must write the dictionary form.
Review p. 2 for a Lesson 2 Quiz on Wednesday.
Translate the first sentence (lines 1-4) of p. 3 to the best of your ability. I will ask you to present your translations and answer grammar questions in class on Tuesday.
Wheelock's B
Read your recitation passage out loud each day.
Review Ch. 5-8 vocabulary for a 20-question quiz on Tuesday. Remember that for E-L questions, you must write the whole dictionary form.
Review Ch. 5-8 grammar using your handout (particularly the present, imperfect, and future of 1st and 2nd conjugation and the 1st and 2nd declension nouns). You will take a short quiz on Wednesday over this material.
Wheelock's C
Read your recitation passage out loud each day.
Review Ch. 9-15 vocabulary for a 20-question quiz on Tuesday. Remember that for E-L questions, you must write the whole dictionary form. I recommend that you spend at least 40 minutes of your Latin hour on Friday and Monday studying these words.
Review Ch. 9-15 grammar using your handout and class notes. You will take a short quiz on Wednesday over this material.
Rhetoric
Memorize the first 3 lines of your recitation for an oral quiz.
Using your notes, prepare for a short quiz over the following: two definitions of rhetoric, five canons of Rhetoric, five parts of a speech, 3 types of persuasive speech.
Classical Studies 7
Read your recitation out loud each day.
Review for a Lesson 1 Quiz. Questions will be taken from Lesson 1 in your workbook, including the map distributed in class.
Week 1 (09/05-09/11)
Translation IV
Read the recitation passage out loud each day.
Finish translating Lesson 1, writing down your translation to be checked in class.
Scan Lesson 2, marking the long and short syllables according to the rules you learned in class.
Read all the notes pertaining to lesson 2, doing your best to understand each.
Translation II
Read the first paragraph of the recitation passage out loud each day.
Study for a Core Vocabulary labeled 1 and 2 for a quiz on Tuesday. There will be 10 questions, mixed E-L and L-E. When giving the Latin, you must write the dictionary form.
Review Lesson 1 for a translation quiz on Wednesday. Questions will include translation, reading comprehension, and grammar questions that we discussed on Thursday.
To prepare for class reading on Tuesday, read Lesson 2 out loud in Latin and carefully read and understand the notes.
Wheelock's B
Read your recitation passage out loud each day.
Review Ch. 1-4 vocabulary for a 20-question quiz on Tuesday. Remember that for E-L questions, you must write the whole dictionary form.
Review Ch. 1-4 grammar using your handout (particularly the present, imperfect, and future of 1st and 2nd conjugation and the 1st and 2nd declension nouns). You will take a short quiz on Wednesday over this material.
Wheelock's C
Read your recitation passage out loud each day.
Review Ch. 1-8 vocabulary for a 20-question quiz on Tuesday. Remember that for E-L questions, you must write the whole dictionary form.
Review Ch. 1-8 grammar using your handout (particularly the present, imperfect, and future of 1st-3rd conjugation and sum/possum, and the 1st-3rd declension nouns). You will take a short quiz on Wednesday over this material.
If you completed the optional Summer Latin translation passages, please bring them to class on Tuesday for Extra Credit. If you did not complete them but would like to earn extra credit, feel free to translate them over the weekend and bring your work to class.
Rhetoric
Read your recitation out loud each day.
Memorize the definitions of rhetoric as stated in class.
Read pp. 15-23 (up to "the brilliance of their style...) and memorize the Latin and English names of the 5 canons of Rhetoric.
Classical Studies 7
Read your recitation out loud each day.
Finish reading chapter 2.
Answer the comprehension questions on page 5 of your textbook. Please write in pencil and use complete sentences.
Week 9 (10/31-11/07)
Translation IV
Review for your test on Thursday over Lessons 9-16.
Translation II
Study for a quiz on Tuesday over core vocabulary labeled '1'-'5.'
Review p. 9-p. 10 line 6 for a translation quiz.
Wheelock's B
Using the vocabulary sheet distributed in class, memorize the ch. 14 vocabulary using the following steps:
Make flashcards and bring them to class.
Hand copy all the words in one color on Friday and another color on Monday. Bring this to class.
Study your flashcards/quiz yourself over the words for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 on Monday.
Carefully reach Caput XIV.
Memorize the declensions of civis, urbs, and mare (p. 114) for a quiz on Wednesday.
Wheelock's C
Using the vocabulary sheet distributed in class, memorize the ch. 24 vocabulary using the following steps:
Make flashcards and bring them to class.
Hand copy all the words in one color on Friday and another color on Monday. Bring this to class.
Study your flashcards/quiz yourself over the words for 15 minutes on Friday and 15 on Monday.
Carefully reach Caput XXIV.
Complete the synopsis sheet distributed in class.
Prepare for a synopsis quiz. I will choose a ch. 22 or 23 verb. The quiz will look like the homework synopsis sheet.
Rhetoric
Finish reading Pericles' "The Weight of Glory."
Review for your Wednesday quiz so that you are able to do the following:
List the rules of validity.
Translate simple enthymemes into syllogisms.
Assess the validity of syllogisms.
Classical Studies 7
Study for a quiz over Lessons 6-7 on Wednesday.