• Friday September 27 Bring your Unit 1 textbook to class.
• Monday September 30 Reread the stories from Stage 1 and read About the Language and culture sections from Stage 1, "Caecilius," "Metella," and "Houses in Pompeii," and Stage 2, "Daily Life." Learn all Stage 1 vocabulary and begin learning Stage 2 vocabulary.
• Wednesday October 2 Reread the stories from Stage 2; read About the Language and do Practicing the Language A-C; learn Stage 2 vocabulary; read the culture section from Stage 3, "The Town of Pompeii," and begin learning the Stage 3 vocabulary.
• Friday October 4 Reread the stories from Stage 3; read About the Language; learn Stage 3 vocabulary; read the culture section from Stage 4, "The Forum," and begin learning the Stage 4 vocabulary. Stages 1-3 vocab quiz; sample here.
• Monday October 7 Reread the stories from Stage 4 that we read in class; read About the Language; learn Stage 4 vocabulary; translate and practice reading aloud Stage 4 "in basilica." Read the culture section from Stage 5, "The Theater at Pompeii," and begin learning Stage 5 vocabulary. Quiz on verb conjugation learned in Stage 4 About the Language; sample here.
• Wednesday October 9 Read Stage 5 "āctōrēs" and "Poppaea." Read Stage 5 About the Language I and II and learn Stage 5 vocabulary. Read Stage 6 culture section, "Slaves and Freedmen," and begin learning Stage 6 vocabulary. NO QUIZ!!!
• Friday October 11 Reread stories Stage 6 "pugna" and "Fēlīx" and Stage 6 About the Language; learn new forms of the verb and Stage 6 vocabulary.. Read Stage 6 "Fēlīx et fur" and Stage 7 culture section, "Roman Beilefs about Life after Death." Begin learning Stage 7 vocabulary. Quiz on verb and noun forms through Stage 5; sample here.
• Monday October 14 Reread Stage 7 "fābula mīrābilis" and read "Decēns" and "post cēnam." Learn Stage 7 vocabulary. Read Stage 8 culture sections "Gladiatorial Shows," "Animal Hunts," and "The Riot at Pompeii." Begin learning Stage 8 vocabulary. Quiz on vocabulary Stages 1-7: sample here. Note that you must now supply the nominative and accusative forms for nouns and the present and perfect forms for verbs!
• Wednesday October 16 Reread Stage 7 "animal ferōx," study About the Language I and II and translate "Metella and Melissa." Read Stage 8 culture sections, "Gladiatorial Shows," "Animal Hunts," and "The Riot at Pompeii." Begin to learn Stage 8 vocabulary.
• Friday October 18 Reread Stage 8 "gladiātōrēs," "in arēnā," and finish "vēnātiō." Learn the new information in Stage 8 About the Language I and II. Read the Stage 9 culture sections, "The Baths," and begin to learn Stage 9 vocabulary.
• Monday October 21 Reread Stage 9 "thermae" and "in palaestrā" and review Stage 9 About the Language. Read Stage 9 "in tabernā" and "in apodyteriō": write out your transalation. Read Stage 10 culture section, "Education" and begin learning Stage 10 vocabulary. Make sure that you are all caught up with vocabulary! The midterm will contain a vocabulary section!
• Wednesday October 23 Reread Stage 10 "contrōversia" and read Stage 10 "statuae." Quiz on the forms of portō and sum (see page 170) the forms of the personal pronoun on page 149; sample here.
• Friday October 25 Reread Stage 10 "ānulus Aegyptius" and Stage 11 opening comic and "Marcus et Quārtus" and "Sulla." Read About the Language I and II. Read "Lūcius Spurius Pompōniānus." Read Stage 11 culture section, "Local Government and Elections." Learn all Stage 10 and 11 vocabulary. Vocabulary quiz through Stage 11!
• Monday October 28 Culture quiz: multiple choice, on Stages 1-12. Reread the comic that beings Stage 12 and read and write out a translation of Stge 12 "tremōrēs." Read Stage 12 culture section, "The Destruction and Excavation of Pompeii," and learn all Stage 12 vocabulary.
• Wednesday October 30 Bring your Unit 2 to class! Read Stage 12 "ad vīllam" and write out a translation. Do Stage 12 Practicing the Language A and B, and study the Stage 12 About the Language section. Quiz on verb forms: present, imperfect, and perfect of portō (see page 230) and present and imperfect of sum (see page 232); sample here.
• Friday November 1 Do sample midterm.
• Monday November 4 Midterm on Stages 1-12
• Wednesday November 6 Reread the "trēs servī" and the beginning of "coniūrātiō" from Stage 13; we will finish the story in class. Read About the Language I and learn the forms of volō, nōlō and possum. Do Practicing the Language A.
• Friday November 8 Quiz on the forms of volō, nōlō, and possum; sample here. Read the culture sections from Stage 13, "Britannia," and Stage 14, "Life in Roman Britain." Read the comic that begins stage 14 and write out a translation of Stage 14 "Rūfilla." Read About the Language I and II (we will do III in class).
• Monday November 11 Holiday!
• Wednesday November 13 Read About the Language III; Quiz on noun forms, including new ablative forms (see page 40); sample here. Read Stage 14 "Quīntus advenit" and "tripodes argenteī." Do Practicing the Language A, B and C.
• Friday November 15 Read Stage 15 culture section "The Celts: Friend or Foe?" and the opening comic and "ad aulam" (write out your translation on a separate sheet of paper). Study the About the Language I and II. Learn the vocab on the vocab checklist. Quiz on present indicative active of portō, doceō, trahō, capiō, and audiō; sample here. See page 202 for forms.
• Monday November 18 Quiz on the present, imperfect and perfect of trahō; sample here. See page 202 for forms. Write out a translation of Stage 15 "lūdī fūnebrēs" I and II. Read Stage 16 culture section, "The Palace at Fishbourne" and learn Stage 16 vocabulary.
• Wednesday November 20 Write out a translation of Stage 16 "rēx spectāculum dat II" and "Quīntus dē sē." If you can't make it to class because of the strike, please submit this tranlsation to me via email. Read Stage 17 culture section, "Alexandria," and learn Stage 17 vocabulary. Read Stage 17 About the Language on the genitive case. Learn new genitive forms.
• Friday November 22 Read and write out a translation of the comic that begins Stage 17 and of "tumultus I." Quiz on the forms of the noun including the genitive (see page 97). See sample here.
• Monday November 25 Read Stage 18 culture sections "Glassmaking" and "Egypt." Learn Stage 18 vocabulary. Write out a translation of Stage 18 "taberna." Do Practicing the Language B.
• Wednesday November 27 (day before Thanksgiving) Finish Stage 18 "prō tabernā Clēmentis." Write out your translatio; if you are not in class, you must email it to me by Wednesday afternoon. In class, we will watch Season 1, Episode 4 of Empires, "Years of Eruption." If you are not in class on Wednesday, you must watch it on your own; it streams on hulu: http://www.hulu.com/watch/44152. Thos who are in class on Wednesday will fill out this study worksheet in class and hand it in there; those who are not in class must hand in the worksheet at the start of class on Monday, December 2. No late worksheets will be accepted. These worksheets will be graded as a quiz.
• Friday November 29 Holiday
• Monday December 2 Read Stage 19 culture section, "The Worship of Isis." Read Stage 19 About the Language I, II, and III. Learn Stage 19 vocabulary. Write out a translation of "Aristō" and "Diēs festus I-II." Quiz on forms of puella, servus, templum, leō, nōmen, portus and rēs (see pages 186-187); practice sheet here.
• Wednesday December 4 Study Stage 19 About the Language I, II and III. Do Stage 19 Practicing the Language A and C. Read Stage 20 culture section, "Medicine and Science," and learn Stage 20 vocabulary.
• Friday December 6 Finish Stage 20 "Petrō" and "fortūna crūdēlis"; write out your translations! Do Practicing the Language A and B.
• Monday December 9 Final Exam 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.