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NOTA BENE: The MOST CURRENT ACTIVITIES are listed first.
OLLI 2025 IN-PERSON SPRING SESSION--Mar 27 through May 15. 2025
May 1, 2025
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED important Roman calendar date of the Kalends of May.
4. REVIEWED Elision in poetry p. 344 & Caesura p. 345 of text.
5. EXAMINED the dactylic hexameter meter of a few lines of versūs Ovidiānī p. 89.
6. LISTENED to an oral reading of versūs Ovidiānī and practiced identifying metric elements of the oral reading.
Labor Domī:
1.SELECT a line from each stanza of versūs Ovidiānī pp. 89-90 and try your hand at marking the syllables of the lines.
2. PRACTICE the Activities for Stages 35 to 39 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage. ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR BELOW THESE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
April 24, 2025
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED important Roman calendar dates of religious/historical happenings of April 23 through 28.
4. REVIEWED pp. 342-344 in text—Section A, Section B, Section C, and Item 1 of Section D as well as completing the various mini-exercises.
5. EXAMINED the dactylic hexameter meter of a few lines of versūs Ovidiānī p. 89.
Labor Domī:
1.SELECT a line from each stanza of versūs Ovidiānī pp. 89-90 and try your hand at marking the syllables of the lines. We will put on the white board.
2. PRACTICE the Activities for Stages 35 to 39 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage. ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR BELOW THESE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
April 17, 2025
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED important Roman calendar dates of religious/historical happenings of April 15 through 21.
4. READ versūs Ovidiānī p. 90 lines 15 through 25.
5. OBSERVED the poetic effects (i.e., word pictures) of word usage in Ovid's flood story, using the questions on p. 91 of text as a starting point.
6. COVERED the specific material found on p. 342 of text regarding "Meter or Rhythm in Poetry" and Section A "Finding Syllables."
Labor Domī:
1. Read pp.342-345 in text—all of section A, all of Section B, all of Section C, and Items 1, 2, 3 of Section D.
2. PRACTICE the Activities for Stages 35 to 39 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage. ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR BELOW THESE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
April 10, 2025
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED important Roman calendar dates of religious/historical happenings of April 4 through 11.
4. REVIEWED the life of Hannibal after the 3rd Punic War and his death as described by Greek & Roman writers & poets who wrote of Hannibal's death.
5. OBSERVED the poetic effects (i.e., word pictures) of word usage in the poetic examples of pp. 92-93 “About the Language III: Word Order” of the text.
6. READ versūs Ovidiānī pp. 89-90 lines 1 through 14.
Labor Domī:
1.REVIEW versūs Ovidiānī (lines 1-14) and PREVIEW (lines 15-25) on pp. 89-90 by using Questions on p. 91.
2. PRACTICE the Activities for Stages 35 to 39 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage. ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR BELOW THESE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
April 3, 2025
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED important Roman calendar dates of religious/historical happenings of April 1 & April 4.
4. VIEWED Signorelli’s frescoes in Orvieto Duomo of selected Roman & Greek poets.
5. REVIEWED inquīsītiō on p. 85 of text.
6. READ inquīsītiō starting at line 20 on pp. 86-87 of text.
Labor Domī:
1.READ over pp. 92-92 “About the Language III: Word Order” We will go over the exercises in class on April 10. So it is optional to do the exercises during the week.
2. PRACTICE the Activities for Stages 35 to 39 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage. ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR BELOW THESE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
March 27, 2025
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED important Roman calendar dates of religious/historical happenings during the month of March.
4. VIEWED PowerPoint of the 3rd PUNIC WAR.
5. REVIEWED "About the Language I: Gerundives" found on p. 84 of text.
6. READ inquīsītiō starting at line 10 p. 85 of text.
Labor Domī:
1. READ “Authors, Readers, and Listeners” pp.96-98 of text.
2. PRACTICE the Activities for Stages 35 to 39 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage. ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR BELOW THESE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
OLLI WINTER 2025 SESSION-- Jan 23 through Feb 13, 2025
February 13, 2025
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?.
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. WATCHED A video titled "Lupercalia" presented by Ancient Rome Live on YouTube which DISCUSSED the Roman calendar dates of historical happenings during the month of February.
4. REVIEWED Exs. A, B and C in “About the Language II: Fearing Clauses” on p.88 of text.
5. EXAMINED Exs. A & B in "About the Language I: Gerundives" found on p. 84f of text.
6. READ lines 1-9 of inquīsītiō found on pp. 85 of text.
Labor Domī:
1. REGISTER for the Spring 2025 Latin 4 session.
2. PRACTICE the Activities for Stages 35 to 39 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage. ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR BELOW THESE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
January 30, 2025 AND February 6, 2025
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?.
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman dates of January 27 through February 6.
4. EXAMINED "Word Patterns: Verbs and Nouns" found on p. 93 of text.
5. COMPLETED "Word Study" found on p. 99 of text.
6. READ lines 6-31 of hērēdēs prīncipis found on pp. 82-83 of text.
Labor Domī:
1.READ “About the Language II: Fearing Clauses” p.88 and try translating Ex. C. Remember lines 10 to 11 (timebat…cremarentur.) in today’s story contains a fearing clause.
2. PRACTICE the Activities for Stage 39 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage. Note the possible quirky incorrect answers that may appear in the 2 DECLENSION REVIEW activities. Some answers that are marked "incorrect" may actually be correct--check your work to see if more than one answer may be correct. ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR BELOW THESE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
January 23, 2025
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?.
2. DESCRIBED today's weather and learned to say frigidissima
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of a.d. X Kal. Feb. MMXXV as well as historical days happening earlier in the Roman month of January.
4. EXAMINED what happened to Hannibal after the 2nd Punic War.
5. COMPLETED a quick review of substituting nouns of one declension for nouns of another declension as presented in "Practicing the Language" Ex. A found on p.94 of text.
6. LOOKED briefly at the Stage 39 Pattern activities titled "Declension Review #1 & #2" in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" section located AFTER the yellow page of this webpage.
7. READ lines 1-5 of hērēdēs prīncipis found on p. 82 of text.
8. LISTENED to a Latin rendition of hērēdēs prīncipis found on p. 82 of text.
Labor Domī:
1. PRACTICE the Activities for Stage 39 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage. ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR BELOW THESE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
November 14, 2024
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of a.d. XVIII Kal. Dec. Equorum probatio: an equestrian review connected with the Ludi Plebeii [Nov 4-17] (sponsored by the plebian aediles) and may be connected with the epulum Iovis [Nov 13].
4. EXAMINED the end of the 2nd Punic War: Hannibal defeated by the Roman army at the Battle of Zama in Cartheginian territory.
5. CORRECTED "Practicing the Language" Ex. A found on p.73 of text.
6. READ cōnfarreātiō II found on p. 70 of text.
7. READ cōnfarreātiō III found on p. 71 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. REGISTER for the Winter 2025 Latin 4 session.
2. PRACTICE the Activities for Stage 38 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage.
Activity #1 is NEW!!!! Activitas PRIMA nova est. ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR AFTER THE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
3. Felicem Diem ad gratias agendas! Io Saturnalia! Laetas Ferias! Felicem Novum Annum!
November 7, 2024
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of a.d. VII Id. Nov. has no special day in the Roman calendar. a.d. VIII Id. Nov. was the birthday of Agrippina the Younger, the mother of Nero.
4. EXAMINED the 2nd Punic War: Hannibal defeats the Roman army at Lake Trasimene.
5. CORRECTED "About the Language III: Pluperfect Passive Subjunctive" Ex.B found on p.72 of text.
6. READ cōnfarreātiō I found on pp. 68-69 of text.
7. LISTENED to a reading of cōnfarreātiō I found on pp. 68-69 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. COMPLETE "PRACTICING THE LANGUAGE" Ex. A found on p.73 of text
2. PRACTICE the Activities for Stage 38 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage.
ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR AFTER THE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
October 31, 2024
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of prīdiē Kal. Nov has no special day in the Roman calendar.
4. READ part of Pliny's Letter VII.27 about a haunted house in Athens.
5. READ a version of Petronius' Satyricon pertaining to a Werewolf.
6. PLAYED a game of VERBA (Bingo) using a pre-provided List of Latin versions of English Halloween Words.
Labor Domi:
1. LOOK OVER p. 72 of text “About the Language III: Pluperfect Passive Subjunctive” and COMPLETE the included exercise.
2. PRACTICE the Activities for Stage 38 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage.
ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR AFTER THE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
3. We will resume Stage 38 of our text about Roman weddings next week.
October 24, 2024
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of ante diem IX Kal. Nov has no special day in the Roman calendar, so we discussed Oct 19th, the ARMILUSTRIUM, the end of the war campaign season.
4. REVIEWED what will be the REQUIRED LABOR DOMI that you need to download and fill in the VERBA card using the provided List of Halloween Words so that we may play a game of BINGO (VERBA). We will also take a break from our readings about Polla, Sparsus and Helvidius. Instead we will read 3 Latin stories about a werewolf, a haunted house and a ghost story. These also will be sent you to download if you want your own copy. Otherwise they will be included in the class powerpoint on Thursday, Oct 31-- Halloween.
5. CORRECTED "About the Language II: Perfect Subjunctive" found on pages 66-67 in text.
6. TRANSLATED prīdiē nūptiārum found on pages 64-65 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. DOWNLOAD the BLANK VERBA card, the List of Halloween Words, a sample VERBA card to show you what to do with the word list. [DO NOT USE THE SAMPLE FOR YOUR CARD. PLEASE MAKE YOUR OWN.]
2.DOWNLOAD the 3 stories for your own copies. Otherwise you will be reading off the class Power Point. NOTA BENE: the story also has a vocabulary & notes page.
October 17, 2024
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of ante diem XVI Kal. Nov has no special day in the Roman calendar, so we discussed the Ides of October (the 15th) and celebrations of " the October Horse" and "Vergil's Birthday."
4. EXAMINED the 2nd Punic War: Hannibal reaches Italy.
5. CORRECTED "Practicing the Language" p. 74 Ex. C.
6. TRANSLATED Polla found on pages 62 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. EXAMINE "About the Language II: Perfect Subjunctive" and COMPLETE Ex.C p. 67 of text (or at least the vocabulary).
2. PRACTICE all 9 of the Activities for Stage 38 in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage.
ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR AFTER THE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
October 10, 2024
1. ANSWERED the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of ante diem VI Id. Oct. and the rites to the Rededication of the Temple of Juno Moneta.
4. EXAMINED the start of the 2nd Punic War.
5. TRANSLATED the rest of Imperātōris sententia found on pages 60-61 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. READ in English: “Marriage” on pp. 75-78 of text and ANSWER questions on handout sent as attachment in class email update of this webpage for Oct 3 class if you haven't already done so.
2. COMPLETE Ex.C p. 74 of text (or at least the vocabulary) if you haven't already done so.
3. TRY OUT the 3 NEW Activities for Stage 38.
4. EXAMINE Vocabulary Checklist on p. 80 of text and ESPECIALLY the other 1st 9 "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage.
ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR AFTER THE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
October 3 2024
1. REVIEWED Introductory words to answer the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of ante diem V Non. Oct. and the Ludi Augustales.
4. EXAMINED the continuation and end of the 1st Punic War.
5. REVIEWED "Word Patterns: Compounds of facere on p. 73 of text.
6. STUDIED "About the Language I: Future Active Infinitive" found on p. 63 of text.
7. TRANSLATED lines 10 through 17 of Imperātōris sententia found on pages 60-61 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. READ in English: “Marriage” on pp. 75-78 of text, if you haven't already done so.
2. ANSWER questions on handout sent as attachment in class email update of this webpage for Oct
3 class.
3. EXAMINE Vocabulary Checklist on p. 80 of text and ESPECIALLY the 1st 6 "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage.
ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR AFTER THE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
September 26, 2024
1. REVIEWED Introductory words to answer the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of ante diem VI Kal. Oct. and the dedication of the Temple to Venus Genetrix by Julius Caesar in 46 BC.
4. EXAMINED the start of the 1st Punic War.
5. REVIEWED the Stage 38 Vocabulary Checklist found on p. 80 of text. This included a REVIEW of declensions, genders, principal parts of regular and deponent verbs as well as English derivatives from said vocabulary through the "Word Study" exercises found on page 79 of text.
6. SUMMARIZED the reign of the Emperor Domitian as described in Stages 35-37 of text.
7. TRANSLATED lines 1through 10 of Imperātōris sententia found on pages 60-61 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. ANSWER questions on p.61 of Imperātōris sententia found on pp. 60-61 of text.
2. READ in English: “Marriage” on pp. 75-78 of text.
3. TRY completing Ex. C p. 74 of text.
4. EXAMINE Vocabulary Checklist on p. 80 of text and ESPECIALLY the 1st 6 "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage.
ALL ACTIVITIES APPEAR AFTER THE YELLOW BACKGROUND PAGES.
OLLI SPRING 2024 SESSION:
May 16, 2024
1. REVIEWED Introductory words to answer the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of ante diem XVII Kal. Iun.
4. EXAMINED the role of geese during the attack on the city of Rome by Gauls in 390 B.C.
5. STUDIED the Stage 38 Vocabulary Checklist found on p. 80 of text. This included a REVIEW of declensions, genders, principal parts of regular and deponent verbs as well as English derivatives from said vocabulary.
6. PREVIEWED "Word Patterns: Compounds of facere" found on p. 73 of text for self-study during the summer months.
Labor Domi:
1. EXAMINE Vocabulary Checklist on p. 80 of text and ESPECIALLY the 1st 6 "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage.
2. REVIEW ANY and ALL Stages 35-37 of Unit 4 both in text and in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" items found below the yellow background of this webpage.
3. ANSWER Exs. A & B on p. 73 of text concerning "Word Patterns: Compounds of facere.
4. READ the culture pages on Marriage" found on pages 75-78 of text in preparation for the Fall 2024 Latin 4 OLLI session.
5. REGISTER FOR THE OLLI FALL SESSION OF LATIN 4 IN AUGUST 2024.
May 9, 2024
1. REVIEWED Introductory words to answer the question Quid agis hodie?
2. DESCRIBED today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of ante diem VII Id.on. Mai.
4. EXAMINED the role of Cincinnatus as dictator.
5. REVIEWED Perfect Active & Passive Infinitives by examining Ex.D on p. 52 of text.
6. TRANSLATE lines 5-end of cōnsilium Domitiānī II on p. 48 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. EXAMINE Vocabulary Checklist on p. 80 of text and/or in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys"
section found below the yellow background of this webpage AND other stages of Unit 4.
May 2, 2024
1. REVIEWED Introductory words to answer the question Quid agis hodie?
2. Described today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of ante diem VI Non. Mai.
4. EXAMINED the Roman Republic's structure.
5. TRANSLATED p. 332-333 Ex. E of text with "Indirect Statements" in various tenses.
6. READ lines 47-end of cōnsilium Domitiānī I on p. 47 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. TRANSLATE p. 52 Ex. D of text AND determine which form of the infinitive to select to complete
the given sentence.
2. REVIEW Vocabulary Checklist on p. 58 of text and/or in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys"
section found below the yellow background of this webpage AND other stages of Unit 4.
April 25, 2024
Class was canceled. Class will recommence next week on May 2, 2024.
April 18, 2024
1. REVIEWED Introductory words to answer the question Quid agis hodie?
2. Described today's weather.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of ante diem XIV Kal. Mai.
4. EXAMINED the Founding of the Roman Republic in 509 B.C.
5. PRACTICED translating p. 332 Ex. D of text with "Indirect Statements" in various tenses.
6. READ lines 24-46 of cōnsilium Domitiānī I on pp. 46-47 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. TRANSLATE pp. 332-333 Ex. E of text for uses of indirect statement using infinitives.
2. LOOK OVER p. 52 Ex. D of text to determine which form of the infinitive to select to complete the
given sentence.
April 11, 2024
1. REVIEWED Introductory words to answer the question Quid agis hodie?
2. EXPANDED our weather vocabulary.
3. What did Arachilochus, Anaxagoras, Thales, the Lydians & Medes in the battle of Hylas in 585 &
Julius Firmicus Maternus have to do with eclipses?
4. DISCUSSED the Roman date of ante diem III Id. Apr.
5. CONTINUED the 3rd & last attempt of Lars Porsena to reinstate Tarquin the Proud as
the 7th king of Rome.
6. REVIEWED formation of infinitives using Youtube chart from "Latin Infinitives"
7. p. 331 Ex. A "Indirect Statement" of text.
8. HEARD an oral description of Aulus Fabricius Veiento as described in Juvenal’s Satire IV
& a letter of Pliny the Younger.
9. READ lines 17-26 of cōnsilium Domitiānī on p. 46 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. REVIEW pp. 311, 45, 49 of text for infinitive forms
2. TRANSLATE pp. 332-333 Exs. D & E of text for uses of indirect statement using infinitives.
3. READ English culture pages for a review of an Emperor’s Council and the steps of a Senatorial
Career found on pp. 53-56 of text. [This was introduced in the Fall session.]
April 4, 2024
1. REVIEWED Introductory words to answer the question Quid agis hodie?
2. EXPANDED our weather vocabulary.
3. DISCUSSED the Roman date of pridie Non. Apr.
4. CONTINUED the next attempt of Lars Porsena to reinstate Tarquin the Proud as the 7th king of Rome.
5. REVIEWED infinitives on p. 311, p. 45, p. 49 of text.
6. HEARD an oral description of Quintus Vibius Crispus as described in Juvenal’s Satire IV.
7. READ lines 1-16 of cōnsilium Domitiānī on p. 46 of text.
Labor Dom:
1. REVIEW pp. 311, 45, 49 of text for infinitive forms
2. READ pp. 331-333 of text for uses of indirect statement using infinitives. Ex. E is good practice
for translation. [We will go over this in class next week.
3. READ English culture pages for a review of an Emperor’s Council and the steps of a Senatorial
Career found on pp. 53-56 of text. [This was introduced in the Fall session.]
March 28, 2024
Class was canceled. Class will recommence next week on April 4, 2024.
NOTA BENE: WINTER 2024 SESSION has been CANCELED!
FALL SESSION ENDED WITH Nov 9, 2023 CLASS.
November 9, 2023
1. INTRODUCED Lars Porsena who attacks Rome but is stopped at the Pons Sublicius "single-handedly" by Horatius Cocles while the Roman soldiers destroy the bridge behind him.
2. TRANSLATED lines 21-30 of amīcī prīncipis found on p. 44 of text.
3. ANSWERED the questions about the amīcī prīncipis story found on pp. 43-44.
4. LISTENED to an English excerpt from Juvenal's Satire IV, lines 81-93 of a description of Quintus Vibius Crispus.
5. EXAMINED "About the Language II: Perfect Passive Infinitives" found on p. 49 of text.
6. LISTENED to an audio version of the story cōnsilium Domitiānī I et II found on pp. 46-48 of text.
Labor Domi:
1, COMPLETE "Practicing the Language" Ex. D on p. 52 of the text.
2. REVIEW Vocabulary Checklist on p. 58 of text and/or in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" section found below the yellow background of this webpage.
November 2, 2023
1. INTRODUCED Brutus as removing Tarquinius Superbus as the last king of Rome and establishing the Republic.
2. EXAMINED "About the Language I: Perfect Active Infinitives" found on p. 45 of text.
3.TRANSLATED lines 1-20 of amici principis found on p. 43 of text.
Labor Domi:
1, STUDY "About the Language II: Perfect Passive Infinitve" on p. 49 of text
2. REVIEW Vocabulary Checklist on p. 58 of text and/or in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" section found below the yellow background of this webpage.
October 26, 2023
1. DISCUSSED the fragmentary ROMAN CLAENDAR of Antium discovered in 1915 and published in 1921 by G. Mancini. At the time, Archaeology (Jan 1968) records this as the oldest extant Roman calendar so far unearthed. Info found on p. 16 of The Roman Origins of Our Calendar.
2. INTRODUCEDTarquinius Superbus the 7 (and last) king of Rome.
3. TRANSLATED lines 23 through 29 of epistula found on p. 42 of text.
4. VIEWED Chapters 24 of a translation of Agricola by Tacitus (Agricola's son-in-law).
Labor Domi:
1, STUDY "About the Language II: Perfect Passive Infinitve" on p. 49 of text
2. REVIEW Vocabulary Checklist on p. 58 of text and/or in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" section found below the yellow background of this webpage.
October 19, 2023
1. DISCUSSED "Practicing the Language" p. 52 Ex. C #4 & 5 along with a quick review of #1, 2, & 3 found in text.
2. COMPLETED "Word Study" p. 57 of text.
3. TRANSLATED lines 16 through 22 of epistula found on p. 42 of text.
4. Looked at parts of Chapters 36, 37, and 21 of a translation of Agricola by Tacitus (Agricola's son-in-law).
Labor Domi:
1, READ amīcī prīncipis on pp. 43-44 of text AND ANSWER questions found on p. 44 of text.
2. REVIEW Vocabulary Checklist on p. 58 of text and/or in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" section found below the yellow background of this webpage.
October 12, 2023
1. DISCUSSED "Word Patterns: Frequentative Verbs" found on p. 50
2. CORRECTED "Practicing the Language" p. 52 Ex. C #1, 2,3
Labor Domi:
REVIEW Vocabulary Checklist on p. 58 of text and/or in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" section found below the yellow background of this webpage.
October 5, 2023
Mea culpa! Thank you for your patience. Today's class was canceled. Magistra has solved today's computer issue. Today's class content is rescheduled for NEXT Thursday, October 12. We will hold a MAKE-UP CLASS on Thursday, November 16.
Sept 28, 2023
1. CONTINUED our tale of the 7 kings of Rome: Servius Tullius.
2. REVIEWED perfect tense active infinitive used in indirect statements as shown in "About the Language I: Perfect Active Infinitive" found on p. 45 of text.
3. Using the verb form rettulerunt, BACKTRACKED to the 1st principal part refero, then, having removed the prefix re, to the main Latin verb fero with the 2nd principal part base of fer- and the 4th principal part lat-, FORMED English words using these two bases.
4. CONTINUED our in-depth rendering of the story epistula (lines 2-15) found on pp. 41-42 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. READ and COMPLETE exercises of "Word Patterns: Frequentatives" found on p. 50 of text.
2. COMPLETE "Practicing the Language Ex. C on p. 52 of text
3. REVIEW Vocabulary Checklist on p. 58 of text and/or in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" section found below the yellow background of this webpage.
Sept 21, 2023
1. REVIEWED present tense personal active endings o/m, s, t, mus, tis, nt using a mnemonic device.
2. LISTENED to oral presentation of the Model Sentences of Stage 37 on pp. 40-41 of text
3. REVIEWED perfect tense active personal endings i , isti , it, imus, istis, erunt using a mnemonic device.
4. EXAMINED the differences between the sentences above (Direct Statements) & below (Indirect Statements) each picture of the Model Sentences on pp. 40-41 of text.
5. LOOKED at the 2nd half of the Vocabulary Checklist on p. 58 of text as well as identifying English derivatives of said words.
6. BEGAN in-depth rendering up through line 3 of the story epistula found on pp. 41-42 of text.
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Labor Domi:
1. READ “The Emperor’s Council” and “The Senatorial Career” on pages 53-56 of text.
2. REVIEW Vocabulary Checklist on p. 58 of text and/or in the "My quizzes, activities, and surveys" section found below the yellow background of this webpage.
SPRING 2023 Session ended with May 18, 2023 class.
May 18, 2023
1. SCANNED the 3 lines of #5 (hendecasyllables) found on p. 346 of text.
2. CONTINUED looking at Stage 37's Vocabulary Checklist found on page 58 of text. We covered the vocabulary up to and including the word exercitus.
3. LISTENED TO and TRANSLATED the Stage 37 Model Sentences found on pages 40-41 of text. The new grammar are the perfect active infinitives and their use in Indirect Statements.
Labor Domi:
1. REGISTER in August for OLLI Latin 4 during the Fall 2023 session.
2. PRACTICE the ENTIRE Stage 37 Vocabulary Checklist on page 58 of text as well on the quia.com site.
3. GO back through Stages 35 and 36 in text and activities on the quia.com site
4. REVIEW any & all OLLI quia.com activities.
May 11, 2023
1. COMPLETED "About the Language II: Ex. C (“Further examples”) found on p. 31 of text.
2. TRANSLATED epigrammata Martialis on pp. 29-30 (IV, V, VI) of text.
3. SCANNED Latin epigrams on pp. 29-30 (IV, VI) of text.
4. DISCUSSED the first few words of the Stage 37 Checklist Vocabulary found on page 58 of text.
Labor Domi:
1. READ “#5. Scansion of hendecasyllables” on pp. 345 & 346 of text.
2. TRY your hand at scanning the 3 lines of #5 found on p. 346 of text.
May 4, 2023
CLASSWORK:
1. COMPLETED Ex. D of "Practicing the Language" found on page 33 of text.
2. READ "About the Language II: Word Order" found on pp. 30-31 of text.
3. TRANSLATED epigrammata Martiālis III on page 29 of text.
LABOR DOMI:
1. COMPLETE "About the Language II: Word Order" Ex. C page 31 of text.
2. DRILL the 4 Stage 36 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
April 27, 2023
CLASSWORK:
1. REVIEWED "Uses of the Subjunctive" in-depth of Exs. A-G found on pages 328-329
2. RE-TRANSLATED Marcus Valerius Martiālis I on pages 22-23 with emphasis on the uses of the subjunctive in Latin.
LABOR DOMI:
1. IDENTIFY subjunctives & their uses in Marcus Valerius Martiālis II on page 24 with emphasis on the uses of the subjunctive in Latin.
2. DRILL the 4 Stage 36 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
April 20, 2023
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. XIII Kal. Mai.
4. POWERPOINT: Life After Romulus
5. DISCUSSED "About the Language I: Present Subjunctive p. 26 Exs. A & C
6.COMPLETED About the Language pp. 26-27 Exs. D, E, F and a chart of the shift in conjugation
vowels in present subjunctive & the 2nd principal part with regular endings for the imperfect subjunctive.
7. TRANSLATED I dē Tuccā and II dē Sextō of epigrammata Martialis found on pp. 28-30 in text.
LABOR DOMI:
1. COMPLETE "Practicing the Language" P. 33 Ex. D.
2. READ "AQbout the Language II: Word Order pp.30-31 in text.
3. READ "Uses of the Subjunctive found on pp. 328-330.
4. DRILL the 4 Stage 36 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
April 13, 2023
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est Id. Apr.
4. POWERPOINT: Life After Romulus
5. COMPLETED p. 33 Ex. B as our REVIEW of Noun & Adjectives according to declension, gender, number and case.
6. DISCUSSED "About the Language I: Present Subjunctive p. 26 Ex. A
7. LISTENED to recording of epigrammata Martialis found on pp. 28-30 in text.
LABOR DOMI:
1. COMPLETE "Practicing the Language" P. 33 Ex. D.
2. READ "Uses of the Subjunctive found on pp. 328-330. We will discuss in class next week.
3. DRILL the 4 Stage 36 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
April 6, 2023
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. VIII Id. Apr.
4. POWERPOINT: The Sabine Women
5. VIEWED Magistra's pictures of Domitian's palace on Palatine Hill"
6. DISCUSSED Scansion of 2 epigrams found on p. 24 of text, lines 6-7 and lines 30-31.
7. TRANSLATED lines 21-34 of Marcus Valerius Martialis Secunda Pars found on pp. 24-25 in text.
LABOR DOMI:
1. COMPLETE "Practicing the Language" P. 33 Ex. B.
2. READ "Uses of the Subjunctive found on pp. 328-330. We will discuss in class next week.
3. DRILL the 4 Stage 36 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
THE March 30, 2023 class was cancelled.
WINTER 2023 SESSION
February 23, 2023
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. VII Kal. Mar.
4. POWERPOINT: Romulus: The Epic Continues
5. REVIEWED "About the Language II: Word Order" pp 30-31 of text.
6. DISCUSSED Scansion of some of sentences found in exercises of "About the Language II: Word Order" pp 30-31 of text.
7. TRANSLATED lines 1-21 of Marcus Valerius Martialis Secunda Pars found on pp. 24-25 in text.
LABOR DOMI:
1. REGISTER for the OLLI Spring Session of Latin 4
2. REVIEW all that we covered of Stage 36 during the OLLI Winter Session of Latin 4
3. DRILL the 4 Stage 36 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
February 16, 2023
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. XIV Kal. Mar.
4. POWERPOINT: Romulus & Remus: The Story Continues
5. EXAMINED "elegiac couplets" found on p. 345 #4 of text.
6. LEARNED about Roman scansion.
7. SCANNED the epigrams of Marcus Valerius Martialis Prima Pars found on pp. 22-23 in text.
8. TRANSLATED lines 13-41 of Marcus Valerius Martialis Prima Pars found on pp. 22-23 in text.
LABOR DOMI:
1. READ p. 345 #4 "Elegiac Couplets."
2. PRACTICE reciting the 3 epigrams contained in Marcus Valerius Martialis Prima Pars found on pp. 22-23 in text.
3. READ about and COMPLETE exercises found in "About the Language II: Word Order" found on pp. 30-31 of text.
3. DRILL the 4 Stage 36 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
February 9, 2023
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. V Id. Feb.
4. POWERPOINT: Romulus & Remus: The True Story
5. REVIEWED "Word Study" p. 37 of text.
6. EXAMINED "Word Patterns: Combinations" p. 32 of text.
7. COMPLETED "Practicing the Language" p. 32 Ex. A
8. TRANSLATED lines 13-41 of Marcus Valerius Martialis Prima Pars found on pp. 22-23 in text.
9. PRACTICED reciting the 3 epigrams contained in Marcus Valerius Martialis Prima Pars found on pp. 22-23 in text.
LABOR DOMI:
1. READ p. 345 #4 "Elegiac Couplets".COMPLETE Word Study found on page 37 of text.
2. COPY and SCAN the last 2 lines of P. 345 #4 in the text. Follow the patterning mentioned in #4.
3. DRILL the 4 Stage 36 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
February 2, 2023
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. IV Non. Feb.
4. POWERPOINT: Rome-- The beginning
5. Stage 36 Vocabulary p. 38 of text
6. Practicing the Language p. 33 Ex. C
7. LISTENED TO Marcus Valerius Martialis Prima Pars found on pp. 22-23 in text.
8. TRANSLATED lines 1-12 of Marcus Valerius Martialis Prima Pars found on pp. 22-23 in text.
LABOR DOMI:
1. COMPLETE Word Study found on page 37 of text.
2. READ in English recitātiōnēs found on pp. 34-36 of text.
3. DRILL the 4 Stage 36 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
FALL 2022 SESSION (Sept -Nov 10, 2022)
November 10, 2022
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. IV Id. Nov.
4. ROMAN CALENDAR dates for second half of December.
5. REVIEWED relative pronouns in Ex. B of "Practicing the Language" found on page 15 of text.
6. LISTENED to lines 26 through 45 of the letter vīta rūstica found on pages 7-8 of text.
7. TRANSLATED lines 26 through 45 of the letter vīta rūstica found on pages 7-8 of text.
8. REVIEWED passive voice and deponent verbs identified in the reading that was sent to you:
Titus Flāvius Stephanus, praepositus camēlōrum.
9. READ story that was sent to you: Titus Flāvius Stephanus, praepositus camēlōrum.
LABOR DOMI:
1. REGISTER for the Latin 4 class of the OLLI Winter 2023 session
2. STUDY the Stage 35 "Checklist Vocabulary" found on page 20 of the Unit 4 text.
3. DRILL Stage 35 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
November 3, 2022
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. III Non. Nov.
4. ROMAN CALENDAR dates for first half of December.
5. REVIEWED formation of present active & passive infinitives of regular verbs.
6. TRANSLATED lines 10 through 25 of the letter vīta rūstica found on pages 6-7 of text.
LABOR DOMI:
1. READ and IDENTIFY verbs in the reading that was sent to you:
Titus Flāvius Stephanus, praepositus camēlōrum.
2. STUDY the Stage 35 "Checklist Vocabulary" found on page 20 of the Unit 4 text.
3. DRILL Stage 35 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
October 27, 2022
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. XIII Kal. Nov.
4. ROMAN CALENDAR dates for October & November.
5. WATCHED a youtube production of a Latin video named "October Equus Festival" (with English subtitles).
6. REVIEWED formation of present active & passive infinitives of regular verbs.
7. CORRECTED homework "Practicing the Language" Ex. A found on page 15.
8. STUDIED parts of Roman names: praenomen, nomen, cognomen, agnomen.
9. TRANSLATED lines 1 through 9 of the letter vīta rūstica found on page 6 of text.
LABOR DOMI:
1. COMPLETE "Practicing the Language" Ex. C found on page 15.
2. STUDY the Stage 35 "Checklist Vocabulary" found on page 20 of the Unit 4 text.
3. DRILL Stage 35 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
October 20, 2022
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. XIII Kal. Nov.
4. ROMAN CALENDAR dates for September.
5. REVIEWED present, imperfect & future tenses of the irregular verbs sum and possum.
6. CHECKED "Word Patterns" found on page 14 in text.
7. LOOKED OVER the "Word Study" English derivatives found on p. 19 of text.
8. STUDIED "About the Language II: Indirect Statement" Exs. A-D on pages 12-13 of text.
9. TRANSLATED the handout "Pliny Goes Hunting." sent to you several weeks ago.
LABOR DOMI:
1. COMPLETE "Practicing the Language" Ex. A found on page 15.
2. STUDY the Stage 35 "Checklist Vocabulary" found on page 20 of the Unit 4 text.
3. DRILL Stage 35 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
October 13, 2022
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. III Id. Oct.
4. ROMAN CALENDAR dates for some more Roman rites and festivals in the month of August.
5. SUMMARIZED upcoming interactions of Glabrio in Stages 35-40.
6. REVIEWED future tense endings of regular 3rd & 4th conjugation verbs in the active & passive voices.
7. TRANSLATED ex urbe p. 4 lines 35-41
8. COMPLETED "About the Language I: Supine" p. 5 of text.
9. DISCUSSED illustration of Pliny's Villa at Laurentum on page 10.
LABOR DOMI:
1. READ and COMPLETE exercises of "About the Language II: Indirect Statement" found on pages 12 & 13.
2. STUDY the Stage 35 "Checklist Vocabulary" found on page 20 of the Unit 4 text.
3. DRILL Stage 35 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
October 6, 2022
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est prīdiē Nōn. Oct.
4. ROMAN CALENDAR dates for some of Roman rites and festivals in the month of August.
5. REVIEWED present, imperfect, & future tense endings of regular verbs in the active & passive voices.
6. LOOKED AT picture on page 1 in text of the tabula made of several tabellae hooked together with leather ties. This was probably the type of tabula used for the letter we are reading on pages 2-4.
7. TRANSLATED Lines 13-34 of ex urbe found on pages 2-3 of the text.
8. LISTENED to English excerpts from Suetonius, Tacitus, Pliny, & Plutarch which were relevant to the topics mentioned in the letter we have been translating.
9. HAD A CLASS VISIT by Jennifer Disano, the Executive Director of OLLI at Mason.
LABOR DOMI:
1. READ "Word Patterns: Nouns and Adjectives" found on page 14 of text.
2. COMPLETE the "Word Study" found on p. 19 of text.
3. STUDY the Stage 35 "Checklist Vocabulary" found on page 20 of the Unit 4 text.
4. DRILL Stage 35 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
Sept 29, 2022
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. III Kal. Oct.
4. ROMAN CALENDAR dates for some of Roman rites and festivals in the month of July.
5. REVIEWED Vocabulary Checklist found on p. 20 of Unit 4.
6. EXAMINED replicas of denarius of Vespasian with his sons Titus & Domitian on the reverse, aureus of Domitian with cornucopia on the reverse showing prosperity during reign of Domitian, and a tabula et stylum.
7. TRANSLATED lines 1-12 of letter ex urbe found on page 2 of Stage 35 of Unit 4.
8. LISTENED to lines 1-12 of letter ex urbe found on page 2 of Stage 35 of Unit 4.
LABOR DOMI:
1. READ "Country Villas" and "Pliny's Villa at Laurentum" found on pp. 9-11 of the Unit 4 text. Refer to floor plan of villa on p. 10 when reading Pliny's description of his villa.
2. READ in Latin and ANSWER in English the Questions on Ex. 35.1 "Pliny goes Hunting" which was mailed this week to class participants.
3. STUDY the Stage 35 "Checklist Vocabulary" found on page 20 of the Unit 4 text.
4. DRILL Stage 35 games found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
Sept 22, 2022
CLASSWORK:
1. Quid agis hodie?
2. Quae tempestas est?
3. hodiē est a.d. III Kal. Oct.
4. ROMAN CALENDAR dates for some of Roman rites and festivals in the month of July.
5. LISTENED TO and TRANSLATED the Stage 34 story honōrēs found on pages 282-283 of UNIT 3.
6. COMPARED Martial's Epigram about Paris' tomb with several English poets' translations found on the Cambridge worksheet emailed to students before the Fall session started.
7. REVIEWED some Latin grammar by translating English sentences into Latin by selecting correctly from the given list of Latin words as found in Ex. C of pages 284-285 of Cambridge's Latin 3 text.
LABOR DOMI:
1. READ "Roman Letters" found on pp. 16-18 of the Unit 4 text.
2. ANSWER Questions on the reading of pp. 16-18 of the Unit 4 text which was mailed this week to class participants.
3. LOOK OVER the Stage 35 "Checklist Vocabulary" found on page 20 of the Unit 4 text.
4. DRILL Stage 35 Vocabulary (and Derivatives) found below the yellow background of this webpage in the section entitled "My quizzes, activities, and surveys."
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