The course will be organized via Modules, with all handouts/powerpoints/etc uploaded there.
Instructor: Jonathan Clark (he/him)
Contact: jclark5@uw.edu
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
General Schedule:
Any readings or homework listed for a particular day are meant to be completed for that day by the start of class.
Week 1: Ch. 16
M Jan. 6: Syllabus, Review
T Jan. 7: Wheelock Ch. 16: Third Declension Adjectives
W Jan. 8: Wheelock Ch. 16 Exercitationes 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 15
TH Jan. 9: 38 Latin Stories: The Wrath of Achilles
F Jan. 10: Quiz 1: Ch. 16
Week 2: Ch. 17-18
M Jan. 13: Wheelock Ch. 17: Relative Pronouns
T Jan. 14: Wheelock Ch. 17 Exercitationes 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12
W Jan. 15: Wheelock Ch. 18: Passive Voice (1st & 2nd Conjugations, Present System); Ablative of Agent
Th Jan. 16: Wheelock Ch. 18 Exercitationes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 14
F Jan. 17: Quiz 2: Ch. 17-18
Week 3: Ch. 19
M Jan. 20: NO CLASS - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
T Jan. 21: Wheelock Ch. 19: Perfect Passive System; Interrogative Pronouns & Adjectives
W Jan. 22: Wheelock Ch. 19 Exercitationes 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 13
TH Jan. 23: In-class prose composition
F Jan. 24: Quiz 3: Ch. 19
Week 4: Ch. 20-21
M Jan. 27: Wheelock Ch. 20: 4th Declension; Ablatives of Place from Which and Separation
T Jan. 28: Wheelock Ch. 20 Exercitationes 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13
W Jan. 29: Wheelock Ch. 21: Passive Voice (3rd & 4th Conjugations Present System)
TH Jan. 30: Wheelock Ch. 21 Exercitationes 2, 6, 7, 8, 15; Sententiae Antiquae 2, 3
F Jan. 31: Quiz 4: Ch. 20-21
Week 5: Ch. 22
M Feb. 3: Wheelock Ch. 22: 5th Declension; Ablative of Place Where
T Feb. 4: Wheelock Ch. 22 Exercitationes 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 16
W Feb. 5: 38 Latin Stories: Cicero Reports His Victory Over Catiline (p. 40-41)
TH Feb. 6: In-class Prose Composition
F Feb. 7: Quiz 5: Ch. 22
Week 6: Ch. 23
M Feb. 10: Wheelock Ch. 23: Participles pt. 1 (Present Active Participles)
T Feb. 11: Wheelock Ch. 23: Ch 23: Exercitationes 2, 4, 5, 10, 13; Sententiae Antiquae 6
W Feb. 12: Ariadna et Minotaurus reading
TH Feb. 13: In-class Prose Composition
F Feb. 14 Quiz 6: Ch. 23 pt. 1
Week 7: Ch. 23
M Feb. 17: NO CLASS - Presidents' Day
T Feb. 18: Wheelock Ch. 23: Participles pt. 2 (Perfect Passive and Future Participles
W Feb. 19: Wheelock Ch. 23: Exercitationes 3, 7, 10, 12; Sententiae Antiquae 4, 9
TH Feb. 20: 38 Latin Stories: Watching the Orator at Work (p. 42-43)
F Feb. 21: Quiz 7: Ch. 23 pt. 2
Week 8: Ch. 24
M Feb. 24: Wheelock Ch. 24: Ablative Absolute; Passive Periphrastic; Dative of Agent
T Feb. 25: Wheelock Ch. 24: Exercitationes 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 13, 16
W Feb. 26: 38 Latin Stories: Caesar's Camp is Attacked by Belgians (p. 44-45)
TH Feb. 27: In-class Prose Composition
F Feb. 28: Quiz 8: Ch. 24
Week 9: Ch. 25
M Mar. 3: Wheelock Ch. 25: Infinitives, Indirect Statement pt. 1 (Present Infinitive)
T Mar. 4: Wheelock Ch. 25: Exercitationes 1, 4, 13; Sententiae Antiquae 2, 7, 9
W Mar. 5: Fabulae Faciles: Perseus and Medusa
TH Mar. 6: In-class prose composition
F Mar. 7: NO CLASS (CAPN Conference in Vancouver)
Week 10: Ch. 25
M Mar. 10: Wheelock Ch. 25: Infinitives, Indirect statement pt. 2 (Perfect and Future Infinitives)
T Mar. 11: Wheelock Ch. 25: Exercitationes 2, 7, 10, 11, 15
W Mar. 12: 38 Latin Stories: The Character of Catiline's Followers (p. 46-47)
TH Mar. 13: In-class Prose Composition
F Mar. 14: Review and Wrap-up