Tres puellae...
As we start the second semester, you will be doing extensive work with prose composition, which is the translating of English into Latin. You will be working from the book Latin Prose Composition for Schools and Colleges by Robertson. Each chapter I assign contains an explanatory/review section that you must read. Following this are sections marked "Translate into English" and "Translate into Latin." For each of the assigned chapters, you are to complete half of the "Translate into English" sentences and half the "Translate into Latin sentences" in the A section. You will find an A and a B section, but you will only concern yourself with the A section. If ever there is an odd number, round down, e.g. if there are 11 items in the section, you would complete five.
You should work at the rate of a chapter every 1-2 days. For the section that involves translation into English, copy each Latin sentence and show your English translation beneath it. For the section that involves translation into Latin, copy the English sentence, show your identifications of the words beneath it, and then your Latin translation. Your identifications should be as follows:
nouns, pronouns, adjectives: case, number, gender
verbs: person, number, tense, mood, voice
participles: tense, voice, case, number, gender
infinitives: tense, voice
gerunds: case
The chapters you will complete are: 1, 6, 7, 8, read page 34 and do Ch.10, 14, 17, 18, 20, 27, 28, 29, and 35.
While I encourage you to work together, each person is responsible for her own knowledge. Each of you must bring me her paper every day or two. I will correct it and give it back to you promptly.
This is good review for those of you who may be taking Latin in college, and it will lead into a larger project that we will do the second half of this quarter.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Vobis bona fortuna!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Your Very Own Ovid!
Tres puellae...
Over the next two weeks, each of you must translate one of Ovid's Amores from your book. Each puella must pick a different poem.
Your task then is to write your own English poem to a beloved in Ovid's style. Your poem must pick a structured form of English poetry, so no blank verse is allowed. You must submit with your poem an analysis of how it is Ovidian in style and a passage from Ovid (in Latin and with your own translation) that you have imitated.
If you have questions about Ovid's style or about English poetry, please see me or email me.
Your final exam will cover all of the Ovid you have read.
Over the next two weeks, each of you must translate one of Ovid's Amores from your book. Each puella must pick a different poem.
Your task then is to write your own English poem to a beloved in Ovid's style. Your poem must pick a structured form of English poetry, so no blank verse is allowed. You must submit with your poem an analysis of how it is Ovidian in style and a passage from Ovid (in Latin and with your own translation) that you have imitated.
If you have questions about Ovid's style or about English poetry, please see me or email me.
Your final exam will cover all of the Ovid you have read.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Ovid Art
Tres puellae...
It is time to begin the first of a couple of projects related to your reading of Ovid. Each of you needs to pick one of the myths you are currently reading...Pyramus & Thisbe, Daphne & Apollo, or Pygmalion...and create an art project illustrating the myth. Each of you must pick a different story, so you will need to decide together who is working on what. Your guidelines are the state art packet. Your piece of artwork must adhere to those guidelines and must express as much of your chosen myth as possible. For example, it would not be sufficient to turn in a statue of a girl and claim that it was the statue made by Pygmalion.
The deadline for this is the half week that ends in Thanksgiving Break.
It is time to begin the first of a couple of projects related to your reading of Ovid. Each of you needs to pick one of the myths you are currently reading...Pyramus & Thisbe, Daphne & Apollo, or Pygmalion...and create an art project illustrating the myth. Each of you must pick a different story, so you will need to decide together who is working on what. Your guidelines are the state art packet. Your piece of artwork must adhere to those guidelines and must express as much of your chosen myth as possible. For example, it would not be sufficient to turn in a statue of a girl and claim that it was the statue made by Pygmalion.
The deadline for this is the half week that ends in Thanksgiving Break.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Ovid
We move now to a study of Ovid. Begin by downloading the selections from his Ars Amatoria on the Nota Bene page of our website, www.nclatin.org. Read through those selections this first week of the quarter. After fall break you will get actual books (yea!) for more of his poems that relate to love and mythology. There will be a couple of fun, creative projects as we go along.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Philosophy Project
As you continue your work on Seneca and Cicero, I want to give you the guidelines for a project that is due Wednesday, October 6.
Part I: Poster
Each of you must pick one school of philosophy...Stoics, Epicureans, or Academics...and create a poster explaining what they were all about. Each of you should pick a different school, so decide among yourselves who will do what. The poster should have a combination of graphics and text according to the rules for posters at state convention. These will be displayed in the hall outside our classroom, and if you go to state, you can enter your poster in the art contest.
Part II: Paper
The paper is a more in-depth survey of your chosen school of philosophy. It should include famous philosophers and works associated with that school. It must also include a section in Latin, with translation, from either Lucretius, Seneca, or Cicero and a discussion of how that passage illustrates your chosen school of thought.
If you have questions, please ask or post here.
Part I: Poster
Each of you must pick one school of philosophy...Stoics, Epicureans, or Academics...and create a poster explaining what they were all about. Each of you should pick a different school, so decide among yourselves who will do what. The poster should have a combination of graphics and text according to the rules for posters at state convention. These will be displayed in the hall outside our classroom, and if you go to state, you can enter your poster in the art contest.
Part II: Paper
The paper is a more in-depth survey of your chosen school of philosophy. It should include famous philosophers and works associated with that school. It must also include a section in Latin, with translation, from either Lucretius, Seneca, or Cicero and a discussion of how that passage illustrates your chosen school of thought.
If you have questions, please ask or post here.
Friday, September 3, 2010
De Rerum Natura
I thought it was very interesting the way he described and used many examples to describe what you cannot see with the naked eye. The fact that he was accurately able to understand some of the basic principles of atoms is amazing especially without any experiments or technology.This piece was very challenging becuase everything was so abstract. There were many pronouns and a lot adjectives and particples. It was hard to find what they modified.
Compared to the Aeneid, they both used comparisons that are found in nature and that anyone would be able to understand. However Virgil used mostly concrete diction that created a picture in the minds eye while Carus used abstract diction and that pushed your mind to be open in order to explore what he was talking about. Virgil used alot of figurative language as well as many constructions and phrases. This was due to the need to create a time line for the story. Since there was no real time line to De Rerum Natura, it was difficult to see where Carus was going with what he was saying. This made it especially difficult to translate.
Compared to the Aeneid, they both used comparisons that are found in nature and that anyone would be able to understand. However Virgil used mostly concrete diction that created a picture in the minds eye while Carus used abstract diction and that pushed your mind to be open in order to explore what he was talking about. Virgil used alot of figurative language as well as many constructions and phrases. This was due to the need to create a time line for the story. Since there was no real time line to De Rerum Natura, it was difficult to see where Carus was going with what he was saying. This made it especially difficult to translate.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
New Texts, etc.
When you are finished with the Lucretius projects...posting on the blog and the paper...you will move to the next two authors, Seneca and Cicero. You will find your Seneca text here and your Cicero text here. Begin reading the Seneca, which is actually in the form of letters to his friend Lucilius, then move on to the Cicero. After you have gotten started, I will have some guiding questions posted here. Just to let you know, this will culminate in a paper/poster project.
On another note, be sure to check my comments to your posts.
On another note, be sure to check my comments to your posts.
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