Latin III: Jeannie deVries

Course Overview:

Mens conscia recti! Labor omnia vincit. Carpe diem. Gaude!
                                  

Course Content: The Latin III course content is a study of the Roman character - and characters! Episodes adapted from Livy (on handouts) introduce us to the virtues of Republican Romans. In contrast will be a first century AD Roman, Trimalchio, in Millionaire's Dinner Party. Second semester we turn to the year 63 BC and read of the events of the Catilinarian conspiracy and meet Cicero and Catiline in excerpts from Sallust's Bellum Catilinae and Cicero's  In Catilinam I. Click here for a video of In Catilinam.  Then, in contrast we will meet "Lesbia" and Catullus in some of the latter's poems. Ancillary to our Latin readings will be a study of architecture and Rome, and specifically, the Roman Forum. Students will construct a model of a Forum building. Grammar is systematically reviewed throughout the year in preparation for the SAT II in June.

Texts:  Balme, The Millionaire's Dinner Party
             Barnes and Ramsey, Cicero and Sallust, a  Longman Latin Reader   
             Wilson, Latin, Essentials of Grammar
             Seaman and Matzke, Forum Romanum (in xerox format)

Notebook: please have a 2" three-ring binder for Latin papers; bring a pencil to class.

Homework: homework preparation will average 10-15 lines of translation per night, often to be written out. Exact assignments may not always be given in class, so students should phone others for the lines assigned, if absent.

Students are expected to do their own homework. If directions or material seems unclear, it is appropriate to consult another student in the class or a more advanced Latin student for help, but students should then work on their own to complete the assignment. They certainly should not copy another person's work. That is wrong.
           
Absences: if you miss class for reasons other than illness (i.e. field trips, personal family matters, medical appointments), work is to be completed before you go. (Consult the handbook for school procedures.) My general rule for absences due to illness is that for each day absent, you have that many days in which to get caught up - homework, tests, quizzes, etc.

Grades: Whereas the bulk of your grade in this course will reflect your performance on quizzes., tests, the semester exam, and the building project, all work - including nightly homework and classroom participation - will be taken into consideration when assigning the semester grade. Included in "classroom participation" are a positive attitude and presence in the class and engagement with the material and progress of the class. Specifically, vocabulary lists will be quizzed regularly, and those grades averaged quarterly to equal a test grade. There will be Master Vocabulary Tests on the individual author lists. Tests on texts and syntax will occur every 2-3 weeks as the readings permit. The semester exam will count as two tests. Performance on "daily" vocab checks, grammar "quickies," and English to Latin sentences will be taken into account when assessing "daily homework preparation."

CPS rules: be on time for class; the fourth late= Saturday detention (school rule)
                    no eating or drinking in class  (school rule)
                    no gum chewing   (my rule)

Teacher Availability:   during free periods or after school by appointment. Look in N-1 or the Language Office.

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Student Work

Examples of student work prepared for this course.

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