Latin Alive! Book 2 Yearlong 2014-15 Grade Level: Grades 7-12 Class Dates: Tuesday and Thursday, September 9 May 21 Class Time: 3:30 4:45 p.m. (EST) Instructor: Gaylan DuBose E- mail: gaylan1004@yahoo.com 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 and also 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 will also 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. These latter three authors presented the authors both their greatest challenge and greatest pleasure while writing this book. COURSE TEXT: The course text is Latin Alive! Book 2 and is available from Classical Academic Press (www.classicalacademicpress.com). 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 will 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 the free online grading system, LearnBoost. The teacher will provide students with more detailed information and access to the class grade page when the course begins.
THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: We will be using 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. We will provide students with a link (via email) that will enable students to join the virtual classroom. Specific 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. His major was English and his minors were 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 Pflugerville, Texas. He lives in Austin, Texas with his two wonderful dogs, Tacita and Chico. Gaylan teaches all four courses from the Latin Alive! series: Latin Alive! Book 1, Latin Alive! Book 2, Latin Alive! Book 3 and Latin Alive! Readings (Book 4). 2
SCHEDULE CLASS SESSIONS: Classes will take place from 3:30-4:45 p.m. (EST) for 32 weeks and 64 classes on the following dates*: September: 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30 October: 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 November: 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20 December: 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18 January: 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29 February: 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26 March: 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26 April: 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 May: 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21 *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 Office 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: SEPTEMBER 8 OCTOBER 31 Unit One Chapter One: Latin alphabet; pronunciation; syllabication, accent; sentence structure Chapter Two: case review: first 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 3
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: fifth 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: NOVEMBER 3 JANUARY 23 Unit Two (cont.) Chapter Eight: special and irregular comparison of adjectives; ablative of respect (or specification) 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 infinitive 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 4
Chapter Fourteen: pluperfect and future perfect passive indicative; perfect infinitives: active and passive reading: Josephus the Historian, Gaylan DuBose QUARTER 3: JANUARY 26 MARCH 20 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: Difficile 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, 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: MARCH 23 MAY 22 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: infinitive as noun: subjective infinitive, objective infinitive; gerunds: formation, translation reading: scene from Mostellaria, Plautus Unit Six Chapter Twenty- Three: infinitive review; indirect statement; time relative reading: Troubled Times During the Reign of Diocletian, Lactantius Chapter Twenty- Four: intensive pronouns: ipse, īdem, and quīdam 5
reading: A Civil War: Maxentius and Constantine, Lactantius Chapter Twenty- Five: reflexive 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 specification; dependent clauses with ut reading: Attila the Hun, Iordanes 6