LATIN ALIVE! BOOK 2 Yearlong 2015-­‐16 Grade Level: Grades 7-­‐12 Class Dates: Tuesday and Thursday, September 8—May 19 Class Time: 2:30 p.m. (EST), 60-­‐75 min. Instructor: Gaylan DuBose E-­‐mail: [email protected] REGISTRATION: To register for Latin Alive! Book 2 or other Scholé Academy courses, visit www.ClassicalAcademicPress.com. COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course is for students in seventh grade and above, as well as for adults who have completed the equivalent of one year of Latin. It is the equivalent of a second year of Latin. This course will continue the study of basic grammar and further the student’s ability to read, comprehend, translate, and interpret Latin literature. The earlier readings are either Latin written by the authors of the text or adapted Latin based on such authors as Julius Caesar, Paterculus, Horace, Vergil, and others. The later readings are either barely edited Latin or original Latin from such authors as Suetonius, Pliny the Younger, Marcus Aurelius, and – unusual in a Latin text at this level – the church fathers Lactantius, Iordanes, and Augustine. In the spring, students will have the opportunity to take the National Latin Exam, which Mr. DuBose's students have had much success with in the past. COURSE TEXT: The course text is Latin Alive! Book 2 and is available from Classical Academic Press. The cost is $26.95. Students may also want the Teacher’s Edition ($29.95) that contains extensive explanations, an answer key, and translations, as well as additional student exercises and unit tests. STUDENT EXPECTATIONS: Students will work through Latin Alive! Book 2. Occasionally, students will submit some written translations and write essays responding to various types of prompts and suggestions. Ideally, most of the translation will be oral. There will be reading tests requiring the students to answer multiple-­‐choice questions. GRADING: Teachers will communicate with students regarding assignment feedback and grading through a free online grading system. The teacher will provide students with more detailed information and access to the class grade page when the course begins. THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: Scholé Academy uses free online “virtual classroom” software provided by Zoom, one of the leading companies that provides such software. The virtual classroom will provide students with interactive audio, text chat, and an interactive whiteboard in which texts, diagrams, video, and other media can be displayed and analyzed. Students will be emailed a link that will enable them to join the virtual classroom. Speciiic information regarding the technology used by Scholé Academy (including required technology) can be found by visiting www.ClassicalAcademicPress.com. Students will submit documents by uploading them to an online project site. The location of this online site will be provided once the course begins. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Gaylan DuBose graduated with high honors from The University of North Texas in 1964, majoring in English and minoring in Latin and history. He received a Master of Arts in Classics from the University of Minnesota, to which he had received a fellowship in 1970. He retired from teaching in May 2010 after 47 years in the classroom. During his career, he was chosen as teacher of the year twice at Travis High School and once at Westwood High School. Since retiring he has continued to tutor individual students in Latin and Greek and works also with elementary school students, tutoring them in reading and mathematics. He also volunteers at the Austin Public Library and is the choir director, organist, and minister of music at St. Augustine Orthodox Church in Pilugerville, Texas. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his two wonderful dogs, Tacita and Chico. Gaylan teaches all iive courses in the Latin Alive! series: Latin Alive! Book 1, Latin Alive! Book 2, Latin Alive! Book 3, Latin Alive! Readings (Book 4), and Latin Alive! 5: Readings in Vergil, Ovid, and Cicero. SCHEDULE CLASS SESSIONS: Classes will take place from 2:30-­‐3:45 p.m. (EST) on the following dates*: September: 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29 October: 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29 November: 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19 (Break) December: 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17 (Break) January: (Break cont.) 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 February: 2, 4, 10, 12, 16, 18, 23, 25 March: 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 18, (Break), 29, 31 April: 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 May: 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19 *Please note the above dates and times are the anticipated class sessions for this course. However, all dates are subject to change as circumstances might dictate (e.g. illness, family emergency). Any classes canceled by the instructor will be made up at an alternate time designated by the instructor. OFFICE HOURS: In addition to scheduled class times, teachers will generally designate an optional weekly session as needed. During Ofiice Hours, students may raise questions, seek assistance, or review class material. COURSE MAP: The following is an estimated schedule for this course and is subject to change at the instructor’s discretion. QUARTER 1 Unit One Chapter One: Latin alphabet; pronunciation; syllabication, accent; sentence structure Chapter Two: Case review: iirst and second declension; nominative case: subject, predicate nominative; accusative case: direct object, predicate accusative, place to which; appositives and apposition Reading: Caesar’s Eulogy, from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, act III, scene ii, trans. by Gaylan DuBose Chapter Three: Declension review: third declension nouns, third declension adjectives; genitive case review: possession, origin, material, partitive; dative case review: indirect object, reference/interest, special intransitive, dative with adjectives, predicative dative, dative of possession Reading: The Battle of Actium, Paterculus Chapter Four: Declension review: fourth declension nouns; ablative case review, uses of the ablative: accompaniment, manner, means/instrument; vocative case Reading: Pax Romana, Paterculus Chapter Five: Declension review: iifth declension nouns; ablative case review, more uses of the ablative: separation, place from which, place where; locative case: place expressions Reading: Nunc Est Bibendum, Horace Unit Two Chapter Six: positive adjectives; comparative adjectives; comparisons: quam, ablative of comparison; superlative adjectives; substantive adjectives Reading: “Acis, Galatea, and Polyphemus,” Metamorphoses, Ovid Chapter Seven: Formation of adverbs, comparison of adverbs Reading: Claudius, Suetonius QUARTER 2 Unit Two (cont.) Chapter Eight: Special and irregular comparison of adjectives, ablative of respect (or speciiication) Reading: The Frog and the Ox, trans. by Phaedrus Chapter Nine: Partitive expressions; ablative of price; time expressions: time when, time within which, accusative of duration of time; accusative of space and degree Reading: Seneca Advises Nero, Seneca Chapter Ten: Irregular verbs: volō, nōlō, malō; mood and negative commands; more comparisons Reading: The Fire at Rome, the Emperor, and the Christians, Tacitus Unit Three Chapter Eleven: Voice: active, passive; present passive indicative; present passive iniinitive Reading: Vespasian, Suetonius Chapter Twelve: Imperfect passive indicative, future passive indicative Reading: Titus and the Fall of Jerusalem, Suetonius Chapter Thirteen: Perfect passive indicative, ablative of agent Reading: Pliny’s Letter to Tacitus About the Destruction of Pompeii, Pliny the Younger Chapter Fourteen: Pluperfect and future perfect passive indicative; perfect iniinitives: active and passive Reading: Josephus the Historian, Gaylan DuBose QUARTER 3 Unit Four Chapter Fifteen: Sentence patterns: intransitive, transitive, special intransitive, passive; independent clauses and compound sentences; dependent clauses—adverbial Reading: Pliny’s Letter to Trajan Concerning the Christians, Pliny the Younger Chapter Sixteen: Relative clause: antecedent expressed, antecedent omitted; expressions of cause: prepositional phrases, ablative of cause, causā or grātiā + genitive Reading: DifPicile Est Saturam Non Scribere, Juvenal Chapter Seventeen: interrogative sentences: questions with -­‐ne, num, and nōnne; interrogative pronouns; interrogative adverbs Reading: Meditationes, Marcus Aurelius Chapter Eighteen: special adjectives with -­‐ius; irregular noun: vīs Reading: Liber Apologeticus, Caput V; Tertullian Unit Five
Chapter Nineteen: Participles; present active participles: formation, translation; future active participles: formation, translation; future active periphrastic Reading: Epitoma Rei Militaris, Vegetius Chapter Twenty: Perfect passive participle: formation, translation; translating participial phrases as dependent clauses; ablative absolute Reading: De Spectaculis, Tertullian QUARTER 4 Unit Five (cont.) Chapter Twenty-­‐one: Future passive participle: formation, translation; gerundive; passive periphrastic; dative of agent Reading: Vitruvius Writes About the Baths, Vitruvius Chapter Twenty-­‐two: Iniinitive as noun: subjective iniinitive, objective iniinitive; gerunds: formation, translation Reading: scene from Mostellaria, Plautus Unit Six Chapter Twenty-­‐three: Iniinitive review, indirect statement, “time relative” Reading: Troubled Times During the Reign of Diocletian, Lactantius Chapter Twenty-­‐four: Intensive pronouns: ipse, īdem, and quīdam Reading: A Civil War: Maxentius and Constantine, Lactantius Chapter Twenty-­‐iive: Reilexive pronouns, possessive adjectives Reading: The Last Emperor in the West, Iordanes Chapter Twenty-­‐six: Deponent verbs, special intransitives with the ablative case, semi-­‐
deponent verbs Reading: St. Augustine and the Aeneid, Augustine Chapter Twenty-­‐Seven: Supine: accusative of purpose, ablative of respect or speciiication; dependent clauses with ut Reading: Attila the Hun, Iordanes