Loyola University Chicago

LATN 271-001: Introduction to Reading Latin

Fall Semester 2024
Dr. Jacqueline Long

MWF 9:20am-10:10am
Crown 572


Schedule of Assignments

Capitoline Wolf, Capitoline Museum, Rome, photo J. Long 1 August 2006


Elements of Success - practice some of the Learning Activities most days and look for the ways different pieces of knowlege connect


Textbooks and resources tied to this class


The following schedule is subject to the parameters of the University's Fall 2024 Academic Calendar

Assignments will be determined by the class's progress. The proposed schedule may be changed to suit the needs of the group and the opportunities of the semester.

Review and Re-activation
  • M 8/26: Re-joining threads
  • W 8/28: Nouns
    • Review: K&R §§ 1-4, 55, 84-85
  • F 8/30: Regular Verbs, Indicative, Infinitive, & Imperative
    • Review: K&R §§ 5-9, 22-24, 30-33, 40-42, 50-54, 75-76
  • M 9/2: Labor Day: no classes
  • W 9/4: Important Irregular Verbs, Indicative, Infinitive, & Imperative
    • Review: K&R §§ 10, 11, 21, 43, 119, 120, 126
  • F 9/6: Short quiz and Adjectives & Pronouns
    • Review: K&R §§ 17-20, 38-39, 44-46, 56, 77-81, 86, 110-112
  • M 9/9: Infinitives
    • Review: K&R §§ 12, 13, 28, 31, 52, 105-108, 120
  • W 9/11: Participles
    • Review: K&R §§ 50, 53, 95-100
  • F 9/13: Subjunctives, to start
    • Review: K&R §§ 64-70, 115
  • M 9/16: Purpose, Command, and Characteristic
    • Review: K&R §§ 87-89, 94
  • W 9/18: Subordinate Clauses in Indirect Discourse, Questions, Doubts, and cum-Clauses
    • Review: K&R §§ 109, 116, 117, 118
  • F 9/20: Short quiz & Conditions
    • Review: K&R §§ 49, 71
Extending Foundations
  • M 9/23: Gerunds & Gerundives
    • K&R § 123
  • W 9/25: Assorted Temporal & Causal Clauses
    • K&R § 124
  • F 9/27: Relatives & Correlatives
    • Review as useful: K&R §§ 78, 79, 89, 94; add § 125
  • M 9/30: fio, Constructions of Extent, Price, & Value, and Bonus Adverbs
    • K&R §§ 126-131
  • W 10/2: Consolidation
    • Exercises, Reading, Review
  • F 10/4: Midterm Exam
  • M-T 10/7-8: Mid-Semester Break: no classes
  • W 10/9: Continuous Readings
    • K&R Ch. 13
  • F 10/11: Indefinites
    • K&R § 132
  • M 10/14: Results
    • K&R §§ 133-134
  • W 10/16: Substantive Clauses
    • K&R §§ 135-136
  • F 10/18: Short quiz, Continuous Readings
    • K&R Ch. 14
  • M 10/21: Impersonal Verbs of Necessity, Permission, & Propriety; Genitive of Characteristic
    • K&R §§ 137-138
  • W 10/23: Fear & Prevention
    • K&R §§ 139-140
  • F 10/25: Impersonal Verbs of Emotion & Interest
    • K&R § 141
  • M 10/28: Reflection, Attraction, and the Supine
    • K&R §§ 142-144
  • W 10/30: Accusative of Respect, Accusative with Middle Verbs, Historical Infinitive
    • K&R §§ 145-147
  • F 11/1: Short quiz, Continuous Readings
    • K&R Ch. 15
More Extended Reading
  • Texts and Resources
  • Specific assignments will follow the pace of the class's growth in mastery
  • If we find we need more texts, we'll find them
  • Dates of short quizzes and other departures from routine
    • F 11/15: Short quiz
    • W-Sa 11/27-30: Thanksgiving break: no classes
    • W 12/4: Short quiz
Study Day: no exams begin before 4:15pm
  • W 12/11, 9:00am-4:15pm
Final examination

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