Latin 1

Autumn 2002
Latin 001: Introduction To Latin Language And Culture

Objectives | Course Materials | Grades & Assignments | Class Schedule | Links

Instructor: Daniel Griggs
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, California State University, Chico
Office: Trinity Hall 145
Telephone: 898 - 4608
e-mail: trsdkg@yahoo.com or dgriggs@csuchico.edu

Course Summary:
This introductory course in Latin Language and Culture contributes to the University’s strong commitment to General Education, Liberal Arts, and Humanities programs, as well as to the needs of the Department of Foreign Languages. The course benefits students from a broad spectrum of disciplines, and is particularly instrumental for those interested in History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, English, Modern Languages, Forensics, Biological Sciences, and the Minor in Classical Civilization. This class provides both a useful philological tool and a cultural and literary introduction to the Roman world. Students of languages in general profit from the study of Latin, as it improves linguistic ability and enhances grammatical and etymological awareness.
Latin 001 is a 4.0 hours credit course and there are no pre-requisites for the class. It follows the method of the Oxford Latin Course (OLC) by James Morewood and Maurice Balme. This textbook offers a method of learning Latin based on reading from the beginning. Students are encouraged to acquire vocabulary and grammatical concepts through the reading of texts, with the aim of enabling them to acquire reading ability in Latin in a short time. Through simple passages the students are introduced to cultural and literary topics, including Horace’s life, the wanderings of Aeneas, and the Trojan War. Latin 001 is supplemented with some literary texts in English translation. Exercises comprise both translation into English and basic composition in Latin. An audio cassette of readings from the textbook may be ordered from the book store. The pronunciation used is restituta, following the English school. This pronunciation tries to reproduce the sounds of Classical Latin as opposed to the later Church pronunciation.
Latin 001 is envisioned as the first part of a series of courses, where the first semester covers the OLC 1, while Latin 002 uses the remaining chapters from OLC 2.

Objectives:

The student will have been introduced to the basic principles and syntactical elements of
the Latin language: three declensions, adjectives, adverbs, numbers, specific uses of
cases, prepositions, personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, verbs in present
indicative active, infinitives, imperatives, some irregular verbs.
S/he will have acquired a basic Latin vocabulary.
The student will be able to look up words in a Latin dictionary. This will be particularly
meaningful for those students who do not plan to go beyond the first level, as they will be
able to continue learning and using Latin on their own.
S/he will have learned about some central myths and stories of Greece and Rome.
S/he will be acquainted with the everyday life of the ancient Romans.
The student will be familiar with internet resources for the study of Latin and Classics.
S/he will have improved his/her etymological and grammatical awareness and will be able
to think about his/her own language in a different way.

Course Materials:
Required Texts:

Oxford Latin Course (Part 1).
Any good English-Latin and Latin-English dictionary (I recommend Cassell’s paperback).
Virgil’s Aeneid in English. Any good translation as long as it is not abridged (the used
bookstore on Main St always has several copies). The student must read Books 1 to 4
and 6 for week nine as part of the cultural background for OLC Chapters 9 to 12.
Course Pack with a selection of readings in translation from Latin authors (at Mr Kopy).

Recommended Texts:

Quick Study Latin Grammar.
Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources: http://web.uvic.ca/grs.bowman/myth/
Links: http://www.cornell-iowa.edu/classical_studies
See last page of Syllabus for other web-sites.

Grades and Assignments:
There will be a full period mid-term exam, a final, and a research essay on culture of approximately 2,000 words (due 4 December). The student will also be evaluated for participation in class and homework.
Grades are calculated as follows:

Participation and attendance: ---- 50 points A = 450-500 points
Miniquiz Average: ---- 50 B = 400 - 449
Research essay: ---- 50 C = 350 - 399
Mid-term Examination: ---- 50 D = 300- 349
Chapter Quiz Average: ---- 100 F = below 300 points
Homework Exercises: ---- 100
Final Examination: ---- 100

Class participation is an integral part of this course. Each student is required to participate in lesson activities and homework reviews, in cultural discussions, in any special arrangement with the instructor, and in all other class activities. Attendance and punctuality are essential for class participation. Meeting with the instructor outside of class for extra help also counts as class participation. If you have a question, need, desire, or suggestion, then say so. Questions and suggestions help the instructor, your classmates, and yourself.
Un-excused absences and excessive tardiness will have a direct impact on the student’s final grade. Because learning a new language demands constant attention and requires a sustained commitment, it is imperative that students attend class regularly. The participation grade is largely a simple a percentage of the total class meetings that you attend. Points lost for time missed from class may be redeemed with a written documentation, such as a doctor’s excuse for illness.
Students with excused absences who miss a quiz or exam are responsible for making up the work within one week of the original testing date. Students may take a quiz or exam late without a written excuse (within one week of the test date), but their test score will be reduced by at least 10%. Late homework, if received within one week of the due date, will be accepted for 50% credit.
The Mid-Term and Final examinations will consist of translation exercises and a few questions on syntax. The final exam will be comprehensive.
There will be five Quizzes covering two chapters each. They will consist of multiple choice and translation exercises. The five Miniquizzes are very short tests on noun and verb forms that must be memorized.

Homework is a very important part of this course and will be collected once per week, usually on Mondays. Do not underestimate the value of homework exercises! These exercises are 20% of your grade and are the most effective way to learn the language.
A Latin study program designed for the Oxford Latin Course is available in the Foreign Language Lab (Taylor 207). At least 80 minutes of lab time will be required as part of the homework for the semester. This program will also be available on CD for you to load into your home computer.
Incidents of cheating or plagiarism will be made public and reported to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs. Students caught cheating will be allowed to finish the course, but will receive an F (0%) on the assignment in question.

Latin 001 Schedule

The Generic Assignment
The student is responsible for mastering all the Latin syntax and the Roman cultural component in each chapter. I recommend that every student follow these routine guidelines for studying each chapter in the textbook, preferably in the order listed.

1 Study cartoon captions to anticipate new concepts of grammar / syntax.
2 Memorize new vocabulary listed in the shaded box only. Recognize English derivatives as an
aid for memorization.
3 Study Grammar Notes for the new chapter, using your class notes and handouts.
4 Read the cultural unit carefully enough so that you will comprehend and derive meaning from
the Latin reading in the chapter.
5 Prepare to recite the new chapter’s reading section in class. Practice by reading out-loud.
Answer the comprehension questions as part of the written homework assignment.
6 Complete the written exercises for the chapter. Written work includes assigned exercises in the
grammar section, and comprehension questions after the reading passages (see 5 above).

WEEK ONE
Mon ---------- * Course orientation, syllabus. Introduction to Latin pronunciation.
Homework: Read Introduction to textbook p.5-7, cartoons p.9, grammar p.108.
Generic Assignment Chapter 1, Exc 1.1-1.3 (p.108-109, due Thursday).
Read books 1-4,6 of Aeneid before the end of week nine.

Tue --27 Aug-- * General grammar, English verbs, Latin verbs, person and number.

Wed ---------- * Latin nouns and adjectives (case). Intro. to Ch 2. Handout on 1st Declension.

Thr ----------- * Review and hand in Ch 1 homework. Use of Latin cases.
Homework: Ch 2: Exc 2.1-2.3; Comprehension Questions p. 14 (due Tuesday).

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WEEK TWO
Mon ---------- * Campus closed.

Tue --3 Sept--- * Review and hand in Ch 2 homework. Review for miniquiz on 1st declension.
Homework: Ch 3: Exc 3.1-3.5; CQ p. 19-20 (due Monday).

Wed ---------- * Introduction to Ch 3: 1st and 2nd declension; gender, number, and case.

Thr ----------- * Miniquiz on 1st declension. Video [?]

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WEEK THREE
Mon ---------- * Review and hand in Ch 3 homework.
Homework: Ch 4: Exc 4.1-4.5; CQ p. 26.

Tue --10 Sept-- * Roman women. Handout on 2nd declension.

Wed ----------- * Quiz on Chs 1-2. Handout on Adjectives.

Thr ------------ * Introduction to Ch 4. Genuine texts.

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WEEK FOUR
Mon ---------- * Review and hand in Ch 4 homework.
Homework: Ch 5: Exc 5.1-5.7 (due Tuesday next).

Tue --17 Sept-- * Roman slaves. Review for miniquiz.

Wed ----------- * Introduction to Ch 5; present tense in all four conjugations and sum.
Handout on present tense.

Thr ------------ * Miniquiz on 2nd declension. Review for Quiz Chs 3-4.

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WEEK FIVE
Mon ---------- * Quiz on Chs 3-4. Handout on sum.

Tue --24 Sept-- * Review and hand in Ch 5 homework.
Homework: Ch 6 Exc 6.1-6.7; CQ p. 40.

Wed ----------- * Introduction to Ch 6: infinitives, vocative case. 2nd declension nouns in ‘er’.

Thr ------------ * Uses of ablative case. Review of 1st conjugation.

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WEEK SIX
Mon ---------- * Review and hand in Ch 6 homework.
Homework: Ch 7 Exc 7.1-7.4; CQ p. 46. Read book 22 of the Iliad.

Tue ---1 Oct--- * Review of 2nd conjugation. Introduction to Ch 7: Possum and eo.

Wed ----------- * Review for quiz (Chs 5-6). Handout on third declension.

Thr ------------ * Review of 3rd conjugation. Quiz Chs 5-6.

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WEEK SEVEN
Mon ---------- * Review and hand in Ch 7 homework.
Homework: Exc 8.1-8.6; CQ p. 52.

Tue ---8 Oct--- * Review of 4th conjugation. Readings.

Wed ----------- * Introduction to Ch 8. The Iliad (the death of Hector).

Thr ------------ * Readings.

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WEEK EIGHT
Mon ---------- * Review and hand in Ch 8 HW.
Homework: Exc 9.1-9.4. CQ p. 58. Read books 1-4,6 of Aeneid.

Tue --15 Oct--- * Review for miniquiz. Introduction to Chapter 9.

Wed ----------- * Miniquiz on 3rd Declension. Readings.

Thr ----------- * Virgil and the Aeneid. Review for mid-term.

WEEK NINE
Mon ---------- * Mid-term Chs 1-8. 40 minute lab due.

Tue --22 Oct--- * Introduction to Ch 10.

Wed ----------- * Review and hand in Ch 9 HW.
Homework: Exc 10.1-10.4.

Thr ----------- * Handout on 2nd declension neuter. Readings.

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WEEK TEN
Mon ---------- * Review and hand in Ch 10 HW.
Homework: Exc 11.1-11.5. CQ p. 69-71.

Tue --29 Oct--- * Handout on 3rd declension neuter. Review for quiz.

Wed ----------- * Introduction to Ch 11. Handout on 3rd Declension I-stems.

Thr ----------- * Quiz on Chs 9-10. Genuine texts.

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WEEK ELEVEN
Mon ---------- * Review and hand in Ch 11 HW.
Homework: Exc 12.1-12.4; CQ p. 75.
Read Cupid and Psyche in the course pack at Mr Kopy.

Tue --5 Nov--- * Ch 12 cartoons and grammar.

Wed ---------- * Video.

Thr --------- * Genuine texts. Review for miniquiz.

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WEEK TWELVE
Mon ---------- * Miniquiz on 3rd declension neuter. Review and hand in Ch 12 HW.
Homework Exc 13.2-13.5; CQ p. 82-83.

Tue --12 Nov-- * Readings. Cupid and Psyche.

Wed ---------- * Review for quiz on Chs 11-12. Introduction to Ch 13.

Thr ----------- * Quiz on Chs 11-12. Readings. Genuine texts.

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WEEK THIRTEEN
Mon ---------- * Review and hand in Ch 13 HW.
Homework: Exc 14.1-14.5; CQ p. 91.

Tue --19 Nov-- * Introduction to Ch 14.

Wed ----------- * Readings.

Thr ------------ * Roman gods. Genuine texts.

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Thanksgiving Week: No Class
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WEEK FOURTEEN
Mon ---------- * Review and hand in Ch 14 HW.
Homework: Exc 15.1-15.5; CQ . 98.

Tue --3 Dec--- * Review of Ch 14 pronouns. Roman piety.

Wed ---------- * Essay Due. Introduction to Ch 15.

Thr ----------- * Miniquiz on is, ea, id. Readings.

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WEEK FIFTEEN
Mon ---------- * Review and hand in Ch 15 HW.
Homework: Write down questions for final review.

Tue --10 Dec--- * 40 minute lab due. Readings Chs 15-16.

Wed ---------- * Review for final.

Thr ----------- * Review for final.

The above time schedule represents a guideline only and may change during the course of the semester. Should the instructor see that a change in this schedule is warranted, it is the student’s responsibility to receive the new assignment due date and submit the assignment on time.

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FINAL EXAMINATION: Wednesday 18 December 10:00

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Web Links:

OLC resources for teachers and students - www.oxford-latin.net/

OLC Quizzes - www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/oltquizzes.html

OLC Java games - www.quia.com/dir/latin/ox1.html

OLC in Vroma - www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/olc.html

OLC games - www.geocities.com/luciuscornelius_1999/quialatin.html

OLC study guide - www.presenceofmind.net/Latin/study.html

OLC drills by Margaret B. Phillips (Univ. of Missouri) www.umsl.edu/divisions/artscience/forlanglit/oldrills/

OLC workbooks and other Latin links www.lucoszone.com/dir/Homework/Language_Arts/Languages/Latin/websites.html

The Texas Classical Association (TCA) page: http://www.txclassics.org/

http://www.cornellcollege.edu/classical_studies/ (this site has excellent links)

http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/cml/rcape/latin/index.html

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

Diotima. Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World: http://www.stoa.org/diotima/

Classical Myth. The Ancient Sources: http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/

Library of Congress's site on Classics: http://www.presenceofmind.net/Latin/

http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/classics/clastree.html

www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/images/mythological.html (good sourse of images)

http://julilla.tripod.com/toga.htm

www.connect.net/ron/howtomakeatoga.html

This document is maintained by: Director of the MLLC Last Updated: September 19, 2002

This document is maintained by: Director of the MLLC
Last Updated: September 19, 2002