May 14, 2012
Prepare translation as far as line 537
May 7, 2012
Make sure of the vocabulary to line 509. It has been assigned previously.
May 4, 2012
Prepare as far as line 509.
Two students prepared additional lines.
May 2, 2012
Prepare lines as far as 502
April 26, 2012
Prepare as far as line 471
April 25, 2012
Prepare vocabulary as far as line 462.
April 24, 2012
Prepare lines 444-454
April 23, 2012
Postponed test will be tomorrow, April 24
April 19, 2012
Know all vocabulary from lines 417-443
Test on Monday--translation and vocabulary
April 18, 2012
Vocabulary--study vocabulary as far as line 439
April 17, 2012
Know vocabulary as far as line 430, Book III
April 13, 2012
Read in English or Italian the rest of Book 3 or De Rerum Naturam.
Be able to answer questions.
April 5, 2012
HAPPY EASTER!
There is no assigned homework. However, you must
know the translation of De Rerum Natura as far as we
have gone in class.
April 4, 2012
Continue to line 306
April 3, 2012
Review the translation thus far and know the vocabulary for the page
March 30, 2012
Finish the page by preparing vocabulary for translation.
March 29, 2012
Prepare the vocabulary as far as line 295.
March 27, 2012
Translate as far as line 275.
March 26, 2012
Review today's translation and prepare the rest of the page.
Continue with the following lines:
quod genus in quovis animantum viscere volgo
est odor et quidam color et sapor, et tamen ex his
omnibus est unum perfectum corporis augmen.
March 7, 2012
Know the vocabulary. Surprises occur in Latin class.
March 6, 2012
Continue with translation. A quiz can take place at any time.
March 5, 2012
Paper is due tomorrow, March 6
March 2, 2012
Page 152, Exercise 3--Please write answers. The papers will be collected in class.
Feb. 29, 2012
Prepare as far as line 240.
If necessary, prepare as far as line 245 for Friday.
Feb. 28, 2012
Get a good night's rest. Come with two #2 sharpened
pencils and erasers. Report to Room 43 at fourth period.
Feb. 27, 2012
Prepare as far as line 227, rerum.
Review today's translation
feb. 23, 2012
De Rerum Natura--lines 196--207
Feb. 22, 2012
Translation--De Rerum Natura--know vocabulary and
syntax
Review 2008 NLE
Feb. 17, 2012
NLE 2008 practice
Text--De Rerum Natura as far as line 195.
Write translation as you did for today's class.
You were well prepared, and the same is expected for
Wednesday.
Feb. 16, 2012
Write out the translation from lines 177-188.
Give them to me at Morning Meeting on Fri. Feb. l7.
Feb. 14, 2012
Bring your practice NLE to class. Be prepared to defend your answers.
Feb. 8, 2012
Continue vocabulary and review today's translation.
Feb. 7, 2012
Consider the following questions:
'People often declare that sickness and shame are more to be feared'--do you
think that nowadays there is anything else that people would prefer to die rather
than experience?
Do you agree with the tripartite division of a person into body, mind and spirit?
If so, what do you mean by spirit? Do you agree with Epicurus that the mind
is part of the spirit?
The questions will be considered briefly in class and the writing assigned.
Feb. 6, 2012
Prepare vocabulary as far as line 176
Feb. 3, 2012
Finish the vocabulary on the present page.
Feb. 2, 2012
Prepare vocabulary as far as line l98
January 31, 2012
Paper is due tomorrow, Wed., Feb.1st
Prepare vocabulary for De Rerum Natura
27, 2012
Choose either topic for Wednesday's class. Be sure to credit sources.
1. Death is the change from life on earth to eternity. How has this concept
evolved over time?
2. What has been the primary concept of life after death?
January 23, 2012
Prepare vocabulary for the translation on the sheet you were given today..
January, 20, 2012
Please finish preparing the vocabulary from the present page
as well as the following:
atque oculi partes animantis totius exstant.
sensum animi certa non esse in parte locatum,
verum habitum quendam vitalem corporis esse,
harmoniam Grai quam dicunt, quod faciat nos
vivere cum sensu, nulla cum in parte siet mens,
ut bona saepe valetudo cum dicitur esse
corporis, et non est tamen haec pars ulla valentis.]
sic animi sensum non certa parte reponunt,
magno opere in quo mi diversi errare videntur.
Please have your paper prepared for next class. Be ready to share your
insights with the class.
January 18, 2012
Vocabulary--lines 83-93
Answer the following question for Friday's class. You can write
your response or do it on the computer. You can consult lines 41-
[45] of the text.
'Some of them die for statues and fame'--how do people today try
to ensure that their name lives on after they die?
January 17, 2012
Continue to learn vocabulary to line 82.
January 10, 2012
Know all the vocabulary from line 1 to line 54. Be able to write the translation as far as we have gone. The translation should be able to be understood by anyone eager to read De Rerum Natura in English.
January 9, 20l2eview translation completed in today's class and go ahead with the vocabulary
December 9, 2011
"The Poet's Immortality", Ode 30
December 8, 2011
Ode l0, finish vocabulary and prepare an acceptable translation
December 7, 2011
Ode #l0, assigned vocabulary
December 6, 2011
Study Ode 28, "A Musical Holiday"--know the vocabulary and translation done thus far
December 5, 2011
Finish assigned poems
December 2, 2011
Next poem will be #28, "A Musical Holiday"
December 1, 2011
Continue with your assigned poems. The students who prepared today's translation did well. Please keep up your carefully prepared translations.
November 30, 2011
Each student has an assigned poem, BE PREPARED to make your contribution.
Tempus fugit.
November 29, 2011
Continue with translation of Ode 8, Book III
-November 28, 2011
Do all the vocabulary of Ode 8, Book III.
Carefully and responsibly prepare the lines assigned specifically to you.
November 22, 2011
Prepare vocabulary as far as line 36
November 21, 2011
Please review translation which has been done in class. Know vocabulary.
November 18, 2011
Book III, Ode 6--vocabulary, know lines 1-12
November l7, 2011
Quiz on VIRTUS.
Prepare vocabulary for Ode 6, lines 1-8.
November 16, 2011
Know all the vocabulary of Ode 2, Book III
Polish the translation as far as we have gone, that is, line 24
November l5, 2011
Horace--Book III, Ode 2, Virtus
Review translation as far as line l6 and prepare vocabulary until line 24.
November 10, 2011
Review notes given in class
Know the vocabulary for lines l-l2, Virtus.
November 9, 2011
Please bring texts of Horace. Haec est nox quietis.
November 8, 2011
Review translation of Confessions
November 7, 2011
Paper concerning Catullus is due on Tuesday, November 8, 2011
November 4, 2011
Papers on the poems of Catullus are due on Tuesday/
November 3, 2011
Finish the translation
November l, 2011
Due--November 8, 2011
Write a one page paper on the reason you enjoyed reading a Catullus poem
or why you found it a chore to do so. Note specific words and/or lines in Latin with
English translations. Remember to give title and number of poem.
or
Note each of the poems of Catullus which you read and give a brief summary.
Limit each description to two or three sentences. Identify each poem.
Due--November 2, 2011
Know all the vocabulary of #64
October 28, 2011
Continue with vocabulary, syntax and translation. Continue to line l9l.
October 27, 2011
For each and every Latin word write the English meaning in dictionary format.
Begin with line l64 "Sed quid ego...sedibus hospes" line 176
October 26, 2011
Know the vocabulary as far as and including line l70. Be sure to know the vocabulary/
October 25, 2011
Know the vocabulary as far as line 164..."conquerar auris"
October 24, 2011
Review today's translation.
Know the vocabulary as far as and including line 157. The last words are praemia
vita.
October 20, 2011
Continue with the vocabulary of the epic. Lines ll6-135
Review the translation which we did in class.
October 19, 20ll
Know all the vocabulary from lines ll6-130
October 14, 2011
"Odi et Amo" and "A Final Offering at a Distant Grave" - Work on the translation and be able to explain the syntax. Be sure to know all the vocabulary
October 13, 2011
Prepare a flowing translation of Catullus #76, "A Prayer for Health"
October 11
Continue the vocabulary for poem 76 - "A Prayer for Health"
October 5th
Vocabulary of Catullus #5l as well as a carefully prepared translation.
Vocabulary of Catullus #72, "Love and Resentment"
October 4th
Catullus #51, vocabulary and syntax.
Know the translation of the first two stanzas.
October 3rd
Catullus #49, vocabulary and syntax
September 27th
Catullus #45, vocabulary and syntax
September 22nd
Vocabulary for Catullus 31, "Back Home Again in Sermio"
September 21st
Catullus 13: Know the vocabulary and prepare as smooth a translation as possible for lines 1-10.
September 20th
Review translation of Catullus 11.
September 19th
Catullus 11 - Know all the vocabulary
Sept. 15th
study for test on Catullus 8 on monday
know all the vocabulary especially the principal parts
know the ideas which Catullus was expressing
know the grammar
September 9th, due September 12th
Review all of the poem: "Lament for the Sparrow"
September 8, 2011 due September 9, 2011
Study notes on Catullus
"Lament for a Sparrow"--
- Study the vocabulary of today's translation.
- Be able to give the principal parts of the verbs.
- Be able to give the Nominative, Genitive, and gender of the nouns.
- Review the translation as far as we did in class.
If you wish, continue with the translation.