Latin III Schedule for Week of February 24, 2014

Latin III:  Caesar, De Bello Gallico

Instructor:   James Ransom

February 22, 2014

Week of February 24

Course Schedule

Tuesday, February 25

·         Review of Oral Presentations:  Everyone has had a chance to present.  What can be done to improve the oral presentations?  Bring your observations. 

Ritchie Hercules 19:  Hercules Consults the Oracle

Caesar DBG 4:28 Storm at Sea Endangers the Transport Ships

Remember the prep regimen [for each chapter of DBG]:

    Read the passage in both Latin and English

·      Master the running core vocabulary and the new vocabulary specific to each chapter

·      Prepare a translation using both Steadman's notes and my Course Notes (available on the blog)

·       Listen to the audio recitation.  Audio files of the Latin text.   The audio file for each chapter is only a few minutes long.  It’s not too much trouble to go through it several times on this protocol: 

·         First listen to the Latin text while reading along in Latin

·         Then try listening again, this time following the English translation

·         Then listen a third time without reference to a written version.  How’s your comprehension?

o    Note passages you still don’t quite understand on the audio and go back to the text and notes. 

·      Recite the passage aloud in Latin, with special attention to correct classical pronunciation

·         Aim to prepare so that when called to recite in class, your Latin recitation is correct and smooth. 

§  The goal (which we won’t achieve all at once, but we’re making progress and let’s keep up the progress) is to recite

o    without stumbling over words

o    without  uncertain wavering back and forth between classical and Church pronunciation. 

o    with a confident declaratory tone, avoiding tentative or self-questioning intonation

·      Try to translate the Latin passage without reference to notes.  Note the difficult points and refer back to the notes to resolve the difficulty.

·         Also:  fill out the worksheets and bring them to class

Wednesday, February 26

Caesar DBG 4:29  Shipwreck and Panic

Freeman, Julius Caesar  Chapter 10:  Civil War

Joe will make a presentation and lead class discussion.  Come prepared with your questions and comments. 

Thursday, February 27

Caesar DBG 4:30 Britons Seize Upon Roman Weakness to Plot Renewed Hostilities

Wheelock 23:  Participles

[Assignments for the Sententiae and Exercitationes will be made at the Tuesday class]