DANTE ALIGHIERI COURSE OUTLINE (LATIN II –SEPT - DEC 2023)
TEXTBOOK: LATIN VIA OVID
 
The textbook for Latin II, Latin via Ovid, can be previewed at:
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=fORWW12AoTAC
My own website includes PowerPoint presentations introducing the stories in the each of the chapters we will be reading (see http://linguae.weebly.com/adult-courses.html ).  I will ask people to view these, as well as reading the chapters themselves, in advance of each class and will provide a recording of the passages. FOR COPYRIGHT REASONS, NEITHER THESE RECORDINGS NOR OTHER FILES SHOWN IN RED SHOULD BE PASSED ON TO ANYBODY ELSE.
 
Latin via Ovid provides complete coverage of the vocabulary and grammar needed to begin reading Latin poetry, particularly Ovid’s Metamorphoses, a collection of stories from Greek mythology, which has served as a source of inspiration for writers and artists for two thousand years. The book is meant to be completed in the 1st year of a university course, in which students would probably be attending 3-4 hours classes weekly. In the Latin II course, we are aiming to cover one quarter of the book in 10 2-hourly sessions. This should be enough time to cover many of the exercises but you will, in any case, need to spend time in preparation between classes and reviewing what we have already done. Individuals’ needs differ but you should aim to spend at least a couple of hours per week on this and longer if you can spare the time (I realise this is difficult in Hong Kong!).  Flashcard sets on the CRAM site (www.cram.com), which will be used for vocabulary reinforcement in class, can be accessed via http://linguae.weebly.com/flashcards.html  You will be welcome to email me ([email protected]) at any time if you need help between sessions.
 
You should have the following files which were sent to students on LATIN 1 (items in red include copyright material and should not be shared with anyone outside the class). If you have not done so already, I suggest that you keep all these files in single LATIN folder rather than leaving them just as attachments to different emails. If you are missing anything, you can download the non-copyright materials from the course website ( http://linguae.weebly.com/courses.html) and should contact me for the copyright ones. I will in any case supplied those who registered for the course with a replacement copy of EXERCISES KEY incorporating changes made since you were first given the file in Latin I.
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A. Basic reference materials for pronunciation and grammar
LATIN PRONUNCIATION
LATIN NOUNS
1st DECLENSION
2nd DECLENSION
LATIN ADJECTIVES
TENSES SUMMARY
DIES MEUS
LATIN NUMBERS
EXERCISES KEY
DECLENSIONS 1-3
LATIN VERB
 
B. Other reference material:
QUID EST TIBI NOMEN (A guide to choosing a Latin name for yourself.)
SUBSIDIA INTERRETIALIA  (a list of useful websites)
CLASSROOM VOCABULARY
 
C. Mp3 recordings for all the reading passages in chapters 1-10.

Session 1 25/9/23
Chapter 11Philemon and Baucis (1st part).Rapid review of verb tenses and of 1st and 2nd. declensions. 3rd declension. Declension of duo and use of mīlle/mīlia/.
 
Session 2 9/10/23
Chapter 12 (Philemon et Baucis (pars secunda))  accusative and infinitive construction (with oral practice). Infinitive and present tense of 3rd conjugation verbs. Negative orders. The pluperfect tense (1st and 2nd conjugations). Adjectives used as nouns. Vocabulary revision.

Session 3 16/10/23
Chapter 13 (Echo et Narcissus)  Superlative of adjectives, irregular verb possum,  uses of ablative, recap of 3rd declension nouns (including neuters in –e, -al, -ar; N.B. the textbook does not mention the use of –i as ablative termination ) and rules for their gender . Future perfect tense, pronoun quem, reflexive pronoun se.  Review of tenses. Talking about where you live and where you come from
 
Session 4 30/10/23
Chapter 14 (Phoebus and Daphne) The third conjugation (excluding future tense) and its subgroup with 1st person singular in –io  Personal pronouns (ego, tu, is). Talking about daily routine.
 
Session 5  6/11/23
Chapter 15 (Pyramus et Thisbe (pars prima)) Fourth conjugation, future tenses of 3rd and 4th conjugation, verbal synopsis, superlatives of adjectives in –er, declension of domus

Session 6 13/11/23
Chapter 16 (Pyramus et Thisbe (pars secunda)) The pronouns hic and ille, imperative forms for all verbs. LATIN 19.ppt and Cambridge Stage 19 (pompa) passage as supplementary reading:  https://www.clc.cambridgescp.com/stage/clc/19.
 
Session 7 20/11/23
Chapter 17 (Atalanta et Hippomenes (pars prima)) The passive (present stem tenses and infinitives), relative pronoun., fourth declension. The Roman calendar and formulae for letters.
 
Session 8 27/11/23
Chapter 18 (Atalanta et Hippomenes (pars secunda)) Passive: perfect participle, interrogative pronoun and adjective, irregular verb eo, declension of tria and mille, use of videor (seem).
 
Session 9 4/12//23
Chapter 19 (Midas et visa aurea) Ablative absolute and (only in chap. 20 in the book) the passive tense system for all conjugations. Fifth declension nouns and two-termination 3rd declension adjectives 
 
Session 10 11/12/24
Chapter 20  (Midas et Pan) The pronoun idem, review of the perfect passive system, deponent verbs and review of the reflexive pronoun. General review of nouns, verbs, pronouns and adjectives.