LATIN COURSE FOR TEENAGERS – PART II (APR -JUNE 2019)
TUTOR: Dr, JOHN WHELPTON
 
The textbook for this course, Cambridge Latin Course, is by far the most popular in the UK and is used by over 90% of schools teaching Latin. Students will be expected to purchase a copy of Book 1 either directly themselves or via the course tutor. If ordering yourself, make sure you select the UK Fourth edition, as the North American edition has some differences. The book is available from the tutor at $177 or at $181 from
http://www.bookdepository.com/Cambridge-Latin-Course-1-Students-Book-Cambridge-School-Classics-Project/9780521635431
 
You will be supplied with other materials, including, if necessary, photocopies of the relevant chapters until the book arrives, Powerpoints and recordings of the passages. Please note that these are copyright materials and should not be passed on to anybody else.
You will be welcome to contact me on [email protected] if you have questions at any time.
There is also additional introductory material at http://linguae.weebly.com/latin--greek.html and we will be making occasional use in class of the Magister Craft videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTtKmPD0_Qo9Uy932ZGKFhA/videos?flow=grid&sort=da&view=0)
 
Session 1 9/4
Reading passage Poppaea (stage 5). Revision of grammar overview from LATIN NOUNS and LATIN VERBS – focusing particularly on forms seen so far used (nominative singular and plural, accusative singular of declensions 1-3, singular present indicative and 3rd. person plural).  Practising the language (pg. 63). Homework: vocab checklist for Stage 5, prepare in theātrō (p.63)..
 
Session 2 16/4
Vocab test on Stage 5 and translation of in theātrō,  CLC Stage 6, Introductory Powerpoint. (LATIN 5) Reading passage pugna and Fēlīx. The Imperfect and Perfect tenses.
Homework: prepare Fēlīx et fūr, read `Slaves and freedmen’.
 
Session 3 23/4
Reading passages Fēlīx et fūr and avārus (pg. 76). Slaves and freedmen.  CLC Stage 7: Introductory Powerpoint (LATIN 7).
 
Session 4 30/4
CLC Stage 7: reading passages fābula mīrābilis, Dēcēns and post cēnam. Roman beliefs about the afterlife. Homework: prepare Metella et Melissa
 
Session 5 7/5
CLC Stage 7:  Read Metella et Melissa Practising the Language (singular and plural verb, nominative and accusative), Powerpoint for Stage 8 (LATIN 8). Accusative plural.  Homework: prepare gladiatōrēs and learn Stage 7 checklist vocabulary.
 
Session 6 14/5
Vocabulary quiz for stage 7. CLC Stage 8: Reading passages gladiātōrēs, in arēna.
 
Session 7 21/5
CLC Stage 8: Reading passages vēnātiō, pāstor et leō.  Superlatives.  Discussion of gladiators, introduction to BBC film: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3h9t28
 
Session 8 28/5
Video of `Androclus and the Lion':  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=144&v=Y2wYN3q2138  Vocabulary quiz for Stage 8.  CLC Stage 9: Introductory Powerpoint (LATIN 9). The dative case.
Homework: written translation of in palaestrā
 
Session 9 4/6
Correct translation of in palaestrā and read in tabernā and in apodyteriō.
Homework: Look at CLC Stage 10: Introductory Powerpoint (LATIN 10) , prepare for vocab quiz on stage 9.
 
Session 10: 11/6
Quiz on stage 9 vocabulary. Rapid beading of LATIN 10.Reading passages: contrōversia, statuae and  1st. and 2nd. person plural of verbs.  Comparison of adjectives. Roman education,
Homework: written translation of  ānulus aegyptius