Instructor: Guy Rahat guyrahat@uw.edu
Office Hours: TBD
First year Latin courses give you direct access to the thoughts and writings of the ancient Romans and allow you to explore the dynamic and often dangerous cultural, social and political world in which they wrote. Learning to interpret and use an ancient language requires you to explore unknown areas and think in new ways. Our focus is on Latin as a literary language. Course activities are designed to foster a collegial and collaborative atmosphere and to encourage you to make strong connections between the ancient language and literature we are exploring together and your other interests, passions and pursuits.
This course counts for A&H if you are not using it to meet the foreign language proficiency requirement.
Course Goals:
Through your work in the course this term you will demonstrate that you can:
- Read and translate short selections from ancient Roman authors and compose simple sentences in Latin
- Understand and explain the literary, historical and cultural context of texts by ancient Roman authors
- Analyze and explain Latin grammar and syntax, including subordinate clauses and the uses of the subjunctive
- Analyze and describe the influence of the Latin language on subsequent languages and literatures
By completing the first year sequence (101-102-103) you equip yourself to read any Latin author. In our second year courses (304, 305, 306, 307) students read selections of Caesar, Horace, Catullus (305), Cicero and Ovid (306), and Virgil (307), and other authors (304).
Textbooks: Wheelock's Latin; Groton and May, 38 Stories
Schedule of Assignments
Wheelock Assignments and chapter readings are to be completed before class on the date listed; Passages from 38 Latin stories will be read together in class, but if you are finding them rather challenging, please look at them at home before class as well. Please note that the schedule may be subject to change.
Week 1: Introduction, Ch. 1
W Sept. 24: Syllabus, Introduction to Latin & Pronunciation
TH Sept. 25: Parts of Speech / Grammar Overview; How do Latin Verbs Work?
F Sept. 26: Wheelock Chapter 1: Verbs, reading and translating
Week 2: Ch. 2-3
M Sept. 29: Wheelock Chapter 1 Sententiae 6-15 Chapter 1 Homework Handout
T Sept 30: Wheelock Chapter 2: Cases, First declension nouns and adjectives
W Oct. 1: Wheelock Ch. 2 Sententiae Antiquae 8-15, 17
Th Oct. 2: Wheelock Chapter 3: Second declension nouns and adjectives
F Oct. 3: Wheelock Ch. 3 Exercitationes 1-3, 10; Sententiae 1-3
Week 3: Ch. 4
M Oct.6: 38 Latin Stories: Pandora’s Box (pg. 2-3)
T Oct. 7: Wheelock Chapter 4 – Second Declension Neuters; Adjectives; Present of Sum; Predicate Nominatives; Substantives
W Oct. 8: Wheelock Ch. 4 Exercitationes 1-3, 11; Sententiae 3, 4
TH Oct. 9: 38 Latin Stories: The Tragic Story of Phaethon (pg. 4-5)
F Oct. 10: Assessment 1
Week 4: Ch. 5 and 6
M Oct. 13: Wheelock Ch. 5: First and Second Conjugations: Future and Imperfect; Adjectives in -er
T Oct. 14: Wheelock Ch. 5: Exercitationes 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12
W Oct. 15: 38 Latin Stories: The Adventures of Io (p. 6-7)
TH Oct. 16: Wheelock Ch. 6: sum and possum, complementary infinitive
F Oct. 17: Wheelock Chapter 6: Exercitationes 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14
Week 5: Ch. 7
M Oct. 20: 38 Latin Stories: The Curse of Atreus (pg. 8-9)
T Oct. 21: Wheelock Ch. 7: Third Declension Nouns
W Oct. 22: Wheelock Chapter 7: Exercitationes 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13; Sententiae 2
TH Oct. 23: 38 Latin Stories: Cleobis and Biton (pg. 10-11)
F Oct. 24: Assessment 2
Week 6: Ch. 8
M Oct. 27: Wheelock Ch. 8: Third conjugation present
T Oct. 28: Wheelock Chapter 8: Exercitationes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12; Sententiae 7
W Oct 29: 38 Latin Stories: Laöcoon and the Trojan Horse (p. 12-13)
TH Oct 30: Introduction to Prose vs. Poetry
F Oct 31: Halloween activity
Week 7: Ch. 9
M Nov. 3: Wheelock Ch. 9: hic, ille, istic, UNUS NAUTA adjectives
T Nov. 4: Chapter 9: Exercitationes 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12
W Nov. 5: 38 Latin Stories: Nisus and Euryalus (pg 14-15)
TH Nov. 6: TBD
F Nov. 7: Assessment 3
Week 8: Ch. 10 and 11
M Nov. 10 Wheelock Chapter 10: Fourth conjugation and third -io
T Nov. 11: NO CLASS (Veteran’s Day Observed)
W Nov. 12: Wheelock Chapter 10: Exercitationes 5, 7, 10, 12, 13; Sententiae 9-10
TH Nov. 13: Wheelock Chapter 11: ego, tu, demonstratives is and idem
F Nov. 14: Wheelock Chapter 11: Exercitationes 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 15
Week 9: Ch. 12
M Nov. 17: 38 Latin Stories: Ulysses and the Cyclops (pg. 18-19)
T Nov. 18: Wheelock Chapter 12 Perfect active system
W Nov. 19: Wheelock Chapter 12: Exercitationes 5, 7, 10, 12; Sententiae 1, 2, 5.
TH Nov. 20: 38 Latin Stories: A Gift Bearing Greeks (pg. 20-21)
F Nov. 21: Assessment 4
Week 10: Ch. 13
M Nov. 24: Wheelock Chapter 13: reflexive pronouns and possessives
T Nov. 25: Chapter 13: Exercitationes 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 18; Sententiae 4, 6
W Nov. 26: 38 Latin Stories: Echo and Narcissus (pg. 22-23)
TH Nov. 27: NO CLASS
F Nov 28: NO CLASS
Week 11: Ch. 14 and 15
M Dec. 1: Wheelock Ch 14 Third declension i-stem nouns and adjectives
T Dec. 2: Chapter 14 Exercitationes 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12
W Dec. 3: Wheelock Chapter 15: numerals, expressions of space and time
TH Dec. 4: 38 Latin Stories: How the Aegean got its Name (pg. 26-27)
F Dec. 5 Wrap-up and Review
* 10 points EC on final – show me your well-organized vocabulary study system in class.
Final Exam: on Wednesday, December 10th, 8:30 – 10:20 AM