We will be using Unit 3 of the Cambridge Latin Course, North American Fourth Edition, available at the Bay Tree Bookstore.
Be in class every time, on time, with all assignments prepared. We will have frequent quizzes on vocabulary, morphology, and syntax. Grades will be based on quizzes (25%), midterm (20%), final (25%), and class participation and preparedness (30%). Assignments will be posted regularly on our assignments page.
Office hours for J. Lynn will be Tuesday 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. in 240 Cowell, and by appointment. The best way to reach her outside of office hours is by email, at jklynn@ucsc.edu.
If you qualify for classroom accommodations because of a disability, please get an
Accommodation Authorization from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) and submit it
to me in person outside of class (e.g., office hours) within the first two weeks of the
quarter (sooner is better!). Contact the DRC at 459-2089 (voice), 459-4806 (TTY), or http://drc.ucsc.edu for more information on the requirements and/or process.
Try out the various activities and study aids at the Cambridge Latin Course Online Activities.
Everyone in the class should try quizlet.com and join our Slug Latin group.
Amazing timeline of the day that Vesuvius erupted, with maps, video reconstructions, photos of artefacts, and excerpts from ancient descriptions of the disaster: the British Museum's Eruption Timeline.
Great site with photos and floor plans of Pompeii: pompeiiinpictures.com. Caecilius' house is V.1.26.
Hear spoken Latin from Princeton's Classical Language Instruction Project; Virgil, Horace, Ovid (all read by Katerina Volk — German accent) and Propertius (read by Elaine Fantham — British accent) for poetry, Tacitus and Seneca for poetry.