LATN 271-001: Introduction to Reading Latin Fall Semester 2026

Learning Outcomes:

• students will increase their familiarity with Latin words and their forms
• students will grow and consolidate their facility with Latin's systems of word-use to make meaning
• students will translate selected passages of Latin prose and poetry with accuracy
• students will demonstrate understanding of the content of the passages
• students will analyze and appreciate Roman literature

Learning Activities - we will capitalize on the different learning-experiences and perspectives you each bring to our class through your active learning:

• read identified sections of Keller & Russell and ensure you are familiar with the concepts and patterns presented, or identify questions whose answers will enable you to master them; use the PowerPoint decks and Panopto videos in the Sakai site supplementally
• practice new and reviewed material: write out exercises from K&R's main text and Workbook as assigned for homework (most days), supplement with additional exercises, drill vocabulary and forms
• ask questions in class and in the Sakai site - questions and answers are expected parts of your Participation score
• answer questions in class and in the Sakai site - questions and answers are expected parts of your Participation score
• support one another's learning - language is social, shifting perspectives and reviewing your knowledge is excellent practice, and questions and answers are expected parts of your Participation score
• write out homework as assigned: it demonstrates your learning and practice
• write out short quizzes as scheduled, usually at two-week intervals: they demonstrate your progress and consolidate your retention
• write out midterm and final exams: they confirm your progress and consolidate your retention at mid-semester and the end of term
• consult with your instructor as needed

Textbooks and required resources (tied to this class)

• Andrew Keller and Stephanie Russell, Learn to Read Latin, 2nd edn., textbook + workbook Part II (Yale UP 2015)
• John A. Stevens, ed., Ciceronis Somnium Scipionis, Bryn Mawn Commentaries (Hackett Publishing Company for Bryn Mawr College 2002)
• Latin Core Vocabulary, ed. Christopher Francese, Dickinson College Commentaries (see further Core Vocabulary Introduction, 2021)
• Concepts for the Study of Latin (follow the links), J. Long
• Guide to pronouncing Classical Latin, J. Long
• Substantive Grid, J. Long
• Verb Grid, J. Long
• Synopsis Grid, J. Long

• Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, eds., A Latin Dictionary, Oxford University Press 1879 & rpt. J. B. Greenough et al., eds.,
• Allen & Greenough's New Latin Grammar, Boston: Ginn & Company 1903; alternatively through Dickinson College Commentaries
• Classical Latin Texts, a resource prepared by the Packard Humanities Institute
• selected Latin texts and translations, also some Greek, are available from Lacus Curtius
• The Latin Library is a repository of public-source texts by several major Roman authors
• The Greek and Roman Materials of the Perseus Digital Library include texts, commentaries, translations, and other resources such as Lewis & Short and Allen & Greenough cited above

• Diotima, materials for studying women, gender, sex, sexualities, race, ethnicity, class, status, masculinity, enslavement, disability, and the intersections among them in the ancient Mediterranean world
• Lacus Curtius, on-line resources for Roman archaeology and topography (especially); compiled by Bill Thayer
• The Perseus Digital Library, an evolving digital library that originated with an extensive and still-growing center of resources for the study of the Classical world
• Loyola Libraries' Subject Guide to Classical Studies, maintained by Classical Studies Bibliographer Tori Golden: a research guide to help identify and access core research resources relating to Classical Civilization, ancient Greek, or Latin
• Oxford Bibliographies Online - Classics: annotated bibliographies compiled by leading scholars in the relevant fields, including literary, historical, and cultural topics

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Academic honesty, a.k.a. the life's blood of the intellect:

• Learning is the core of universities' purpose. Integrity is the condition in which learning is possible to achieve: anything that gets between you and the knowledge you're acquiring or the skills you're practicing can cause the process to fall apart. Honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility, and courage in academic matters keep your encounter with learning-material authentic. Practice them all at all times. Do, always, YOUR OWN best, so that YOU benefit from your endeavors. Any practice of academic dishonesty (cheating, plagiarism, any use of AI or other resources not specifically authorized by your instructor, obstructing the work of other students, etc.) perpetrated in this course will result in academic penalties, pursuant to University policy (see next item), in proportion to the seriousness of the violation, up to and including failure of the course. Do not do it.
• For basic principles and definitions, see the subsection Academic Integrity (click the > sign to get the embedded text) in the Undergraduate Standards & Regulations in the 2026-27 Academic Catalog. The College of Arts and Sciences endorses and upholds this policy, as does the Department of Classical Studies.
• The Writing Program refers to the Council of Writing Program Administrators' detailed Statement of Best Practices for Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism.
• Grammarly (also referred to by the Writing Program) offers concise tips How to Avoid Plagiarism: they emphasize repeatedly, it's crucial to acknowledge the sources from which you're drawing information or ideas, not only to avoid parroting words. (Do NOT, however, use Grammarly to re-write your papers or other work: it will follow its algorithms to the point of making your ideas sound generic and machine-written, and it can be confused into misrepresenting your ideas.)
• Loyola University Chicago requires that all instances of academic dishonesty must be reported to the chairperson of the department involved and to the academic Dean of the student's College.

Revised 20 August 2026 by jlong1@luc.edu http://www.luc.edu/classicalstudies/