Latin 1 Assignments

Assignments are due on the date listed.

Friday September 23 First Class
Monday September 26 Acquire a text; reread the Latin stories we read in class, and all the cultural sections in Stage 1: "Caecilius," "Metella," and "Houses in Pompeii." Do the Stage 1 Word Study, and learn all the vocab in the Vocab Checklist.
Wednesday September 28 Read Stage 3 About the Language and do Stage 3 Practicing the Language A-C; read cultural sections in Stages 2 and 3; learn all the vocab in the Vocab Checklists in Stages 2 and 3; reread the story "Pictor" and then translate the following into Latin: A big lion enters the dining room. No food is on the table. The lion is not happy. Caecilius also enters the dining room. Caecilius sees the lion. Caecilius is not happy. Look! The big lion eats the banker. The lion is very happy. Sample Vocab Quiz here.
Friday September 31 Stage 4 Practicing the Language A-D; read Stage 4 cultural sections and learn Stage 4 Vocab Checklist. Know sum, es, est and be able to recognize the -ō, -s, -t endings of verbs.
Monday October 3 Stage 5 Practicing the Language A-D; read Stage 5 cultural sections and learn Stage 5 Vocab Checklist.
Wednesday October 5 Stage 1-5 Test; sample test here. Short stories to practice for the translation portion of the test here.
Friday October 7 Read Stage 6 cultural sections; learn Stage 6 Vocab Checklist; read the story "Fēlīx," paying careful attention to which verbs are in the perfect tense and which in the imperfect.
Monday October 10 Read Stage 7 cultural sections; learn Stage 7 Vocab Checklist; review the About the Language and do Practicing the Language A-C.
Wednesday October 12 Study for a Stages 1-7 vocab quiz. Remember that on English-to-Greek, I expect you to give the full Form as they give it to you (for example, laudat: laudavit, or leo: leonem) with long marks.
Friday October 13 Reread the Stage 8 comic and master the info in the Stage 8 About the Language I (be ready for a quiz). Read the Stage 8 culture sections and learn the Stage 8 Vocab Checklist, remembering that you need to learn nominative:accusative for nouns where these are both listed, and present:perfect for verbs.
Monday October 17 Carefully reread the Stage 8 About the Language sections (I and II) and master the new forms in Stage 8. Sort the verbs in the handout by how they form their perfect stems...-āt becoming -āvit, -et becoming -uit, vowel lengthening, adding an -s- sound, reduplication, -it becoming -īvit, no change, and perhaps a group of leftovers. Get ready now for the quiz on Wednesday. Make a beautiful translation of "Pastor et leō," paying careful attention to verb tenses.
Wednesday October 19 Stages 1-9 Verb Quiz...sample here. Read the Stage 9 culture sections, learn the Stage 9 Vocab Checklist, and begin to get ready for a quiz on noun forms by studying the Stage 9 About the Language...learn the new dative forms.
Friday October 21 Quiz on noun forms (see Stage 9 About the Language); do Stage 9 Practicing the Language B and C. Learn Stage 10 vocab and read Stage 10 culture sections. Sample quiz here.
Monday October 24 Study the Stage 10 About the Language sections, and prepare for a quiz on the present tense of "sum" and labōrō; make a polished translation of Stage 10 "statuae."
Wednesday October 26 Quiz on verb forms (the present of sum and labōrō); sample here; know all vocab through Stage 11 and read the Stage 11 culture sections; read the entire play in Stage 11 and practice your play section in Latin and in English; we will be acting it out in class. Do Stage 11 Practicing the Language A and B; read all the cultural sections and learn the Vocab Checklis
Friday October 28 ReQuiz on noun forms; do Stage 12 Practicing the Language A and B. Learn Stage 12 vocab and read Stage 12 culture sections. Sample quiz here.

Monday October 31 Quiz to prepare for the midterm on all the forms of sum and labōrō that we know. Sample here; answer key here. Study for the midterm on Wednesday! Sample here.
Wednesday November 2 Midterm: includes vocab, noun forms, verb forms (present, imperfect, and perfect), culture questions, passage to translate from Latin-to-English; sample here. Also bring your copy of Unit 2, because we will begin after the midterm!
Friday November 4 Stage 13 Read Stage 13 culture sections, learn Vocab Checklist and new verb forms in the About the Language and do About the Language B and C
Monday November 7 Learn new verb forms for quiz (sample here) and do Practicing the Language B, C, and D
Wednesday November 9 Stage 14 About the Language I and II and all the sentences in them; learn Stage 14 vocab and read culture sections
Friday November 11 Veterans' Day!
Monday November 14 Read About the Language I and II and translate the sentences in each. Read Stage 15 culture sections and learn vocab.
Wednesday November 16 Read Stage 16 culture sections and learn Stage 16 vocab. Quiz on noun forms, now including the ablatives! Sample here.
Friday November 18 Stage 16 About the Language I (do sentences in C) and II (do sentences in D); Stage 16 Practicing the Language A-B; read Stage 16 culture sections and learn Vocab Checklist. Vocab quiz on Stages 1-16
Monday November 21 Stage 16 "Quīntus dē sē" and "Cogidubnus et Vespasiānus" (in the Practicing the Language section)..
Wednesday November 23 Read Stage 17 culture sections, and learn Stage 17 vocab. In class we read "tumultus" and talk about the culture sections
Friday November 25 Thanksgiving Holiday
Monday November 28 If you missed class on Wednesday, make sure to catch up on your reading. Quiz on noun declension (see page 97). In class we will read "ad templum" and "mercātor Arabs."
Wednesday November 30 Quiz on verb conjugation (present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect of portō, sum, possum, volō, and/or nōlō). Read Stage 18 About the Language and culture sections, and learn Vocab Checklist
Friday December 2 Stage 18 Practicing the Language A, B, and D...make sure you know the neuter and 4th and 5th declension forms presented in Stage 18. We will spend class time reading the last stories in Stage 18 in practice for the translation portion of the final.
Monday December 5 Final Exam 9-11 a.m. (note starting time...) Try your hand at the Practice Final (does not contain multiple choice on culture or the longer passage for translation). Answers here.