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Announcements
- Friday, Apr. 16: reading in breakout rooms
- New section to course web site! Reading Hyginus
- Updated schedule of classes and due dates:
- composition 3 dropped
- translation 3 to be handed out next week
- Mon., Mar. 22: breakout rooms
- Wed., Mar. 17: sight reading day! Reading a seventh-century biography of St. Patrick
- Wed., Mar. 17: updates to course schedule
- March 8: 7:00 tonight: joint CBL meeting with Stephanie Lindeborg ‘13. Zoom link.
- March 5: initial draft of translation 2 available
- March 2: important updates to CBL lab plans and schedules, including updated plans for final project.
- Mar. 1: we’ll use this Google jamboard in class today.
- Mar. 1: last date to revise composition 1: Mar. 11. NB: notes to help you revise now added to assignment instructions.
- Feb. 26: Required vocabulary and practice drills for weeks 4 and 5 now posted. (See links below in summary of current unit.)
- Feb. 24: Please note changes to daily schedule, and to checklist of deadlines for written assignments!
- Feb. 17: corrected instructions for composition 1 now available. ⚠️ Be sure you follow the corrected instrutions when you submit your composition!
- Feb. 17: breakouts
- Feb. 17: reminder: you can always find the semester-long vocabulary lists here
- Feb. 17: Groups for CBL lab projects posted
- Feb. 15: breakout rooms for today
- Feb. 15: deadlines for full-credit revisions to quiz 1 and translation 1 extended. See checklist of assignments.
- NB! change to class plans!: on Friday, Feb. 12, class time will be used for optional workshop sessions. See updated assignment with required and optional work
- Feb 11: flow chart for understanding temporal clauses added to review materials
- Feb 10: new section in course web site: materials to help you review
- Feb 9: week 2 drills for future tense forms available
- Feb. 8: flow chart for determining tense and mood in temporal clauses
- Feb. 8: If you have preferences for a topic in CBL lab projects, please notify Ainsley and Jack by Friday, Feb. 12.
- Feb. 8: Repeating Zoom links for CBL labs:
- Monday 4:45 session: https://holycross.zoom.us/j/94858327623
- Monday 6:00 session: https://holycross.zoom.us/j/96285498309
- Tuesday 8:00 session: https://holycross.zoom.us/j/97191045757
- Feb. 5: CBL lab sections begin next week at the same times as last semester (two on Monday, one on Tuesday, not on Wednesday as listed in STAR!)
- Feb. 5: first translation assignment now available
- Feb. 1: Slides from class 1 added to course calendar. (I’ll do this regularly for classes with useful slide stacks.)
- Feb. 1-2: No CBL lab this week. CBL lab begins Feb. 8/9.
- Feb. 1-2: Refresh your memory of Latin by trying these review questions before coming to class!
Weekly overviews
Feb. 24-Mar. 5:
- Main language features: the perfect passive participle; the present active participle; the ablative absolute.
- Vocabulary: know all four principal parts of all verbs in the core vocabulary list
- Exercises: practice principal parts of all required verbs.
- Due dates this week:quiz 2 due Monday, Mar. 1.
Feb. 15-19:
- Main language features: the relative pronoun and relative clauses. Use the chart below to review forms.
- Vocabulary: know the pronouns in this week’s vocabulary list
- Exercises: drills analyzing relative clauses, and composing synopses.
- Graded assignments due this week: none
Forms of the relative pronoun
Color coding highlights:
- forms similar to first-second declension adjectives.
- forms similar to third declension nouns and adjectives.
- forms to pay special attention to.
Singular
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | qui | quae | quod |
| Genitive | cuius | cuius | cuius |
| Dative | cui | cui | cui |
| Accusative | quem | quam | quod |
| Ablative | quo | qua | quo |
Plural
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | qui | quae | quae |
| Genitive | quorum | quarum | quorum |
| Dative | quibus | quibus | quibus |
| Accusative | quos | quas | quae |
| Ablative | quibus | quibus | quibus |
Feb. 8-12:
- Main language features: class assignments review common pronouns and continue to review verb forms and constructions. New: fifth declension nouns; future indicative tense.
- Vocabulary: learn (very short!) week 2 vocabulary list
- Exercises: drill verb forms; drill nouns and pronouns.
- Due dates this week: translation 1 due Friday
Feb. 1-5:
- Main language features: class assignments in this week’s review of Latin 101 cover recognizining verb forms, noun-adjective agreement, and prepositional phrases.
- Vocabulary: review and memorize this vocabulary list
- Exercises: prepositions, principal parts of verbs
- Due dates this week: informational form, and quiz 1 both due on Friday, Feb. 5.