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2012-13 Academic Latin 2 and Latin 3 Course Description

2012-13 Academic Latin 2 and Latin 3 Course Description. Contact info: Dr. Donal McGay Radnor High School Email : donal.mcgay@rtsd.org (preferred) Phone : 610-293-0855 ext. 3660. Curriculum Vitae. B.A. in Greek and Latin, cum laude , Gettysburg College

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2012-13 Academic Latin 2 and Latin 3 Course Description

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  1. 2012-13 Academic Latin 2 and Latin 3 Course Description

  2. Contact info: Dr. Donal McGay Radnor High School Email: donal.mcgay@rtsd.org (preferred) Phone: 610-293-0855 ext. 3660

  3. Curriculum Vitae • B.A. in Greek and Latin, cum laude, Gettysburg College • M.A. and Ph.D. in Classics, Fordham University. • Dissertation: The Manuscript Tradition of Demosthenes: Oration 54, Against Conon. • Researched in many European libraries, incl. The Vatican Library • Lived in Rome for one year (2000)– visited all major architectural sites and collected a digital photo library of 4, 000 + images • 2 for 1: Wife is also a professor of Classics at Villanova Univ. • Summer of 1998: studied at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens • Used to be live-in caretaker and docent of historic house museum in The Bronx, NY. The Valentine-Varian House. (see next page)

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  5. Welcome back to school and, more importantly, welcome to Academic Latin 2 and Latin 3! The following guidelines will ensure that you begin the year on bono pede or on the right foot. Please read them carefully and share them with your parents/guardians. Academic Latin 2 and Academic Latin 3 continue the instruction, at a moderate pace, of the structure and syntax of the Latin language, and continues to train you to examine the parallels between Latin and English syntax, structure and vocabulary.  We will continue to develop study skills for World Languages and English , and will be engaged in repetition and additional practice of all concepts and vocabulary.  By learning Latin vocabulary, you will understand and master a great number of English words in a short time and be better prepared for SATs, ACTs, college and acquire other skills! In addition you will be guided through the reading of elementary passages in Latin, as well as in the preparation of projects on the Ancient Romans.

  6. Books, workbooks and materials • Required: • Ecce Romani I A- This is a state book that you will sign out at the beginning of the year, COVER, and return at the end of the year. • A composition book (preferably college-ruled) for all written homework, class notes, and observation lists. • A 3 ring binder with a Latin section to organize notes and handouts. (Students will receive many handouts.) Suggestion: (1) get a 1½ inch binder with college-ruled paper (Students could divide the binders by: vocab handouts, grammar handouts, or by chapters, etc.); • (2) Plastic sheet protectors for handouts that are referred to often. • lots of #2pencils and/or blue or black pens & colored pens (for corrections-green, red, pink, purple, etc.)

  7. lots of 3” x 5” index cards for vocabulary and derivatives (get a brick of cards and keep them at home) • **Failure to bring necessary materials to class means you learn less AND reduces your class participation grade- so bring everything EVERY DAY! • Recommended Materials and websites: • A grammar insert or quick reference guide: Spark Notes Latin Grammar, or “Graphic Latin Grammar.” • Latin- English dictionary: Harper Collins, Bantam, Larousse and Oxford are all good editions. • www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm is also a great online Latin/English dictionary. • www.wordinfo.info is a wonderful resource for vocabulary and Greek and Latin derivatives. • See my website for other great links.

  8. If a student needs help outside of class he/she should see me ASAP to schedule a meeting. • For updated information and practice opportunities throughout the year, check out the class website, under Dr. McGay-Academic Latin 2 or Academic Latin 3. Navigate to this from rtsd.org via the “Schools” tab, then RHS, then Teacher Web Pages. • *Honor Code*: In addition to observing the honor code for quizzes, tests and all assigned work outside of class, I will refuse to write a college recommendation for any student found cheating or cutting a Latin class. Initial on the document.

  9. ABSENCES: • If you miss class for any reason other than illness/accident, you are expected to be prepared, with homework complete, on the next class day. I expect you to email me the reason for your absence no later than the day of the absence. Field trips and other planned absences do not excuse you from homework and test preparation. Please notify me inadvance if you plan to miss class so that I can give you the work ahead of time. • Work missed due to an excused absence must be made up in a timely fashion. (Please see homework policy in the student handbook.) The student is responsible to come speak with me to make the necessary arrangements – although you may think I live under my desk, I don’t and I will not seek you out. 

  10. Quarterly Schedule First Quarter: Review of Latin 1 and 2 Latin 2: Unit I/II: chapters 6-9 Latin 3: Unit II: chapters 9-12 Project: Ancient Dress-Up Day Second Quarter: Unit II: chapters – 10-12 Project: TBD, but get started on the PCS project Midterm Examination

  11. Third Quarter: Unit III: chapter 13-15 Unit II: chapters 8-9 Project: Annual Philadelphia Classical Society Competition Fourth Quarter: Unit III: chapters 16-17 Unit IV: time permitting Project: TBD Final Examination

  12. Grade Distribution • Each Quarter: • 50% - Grammar, Translation, Vocabulary, and Culture Quizzes and Tests, Vocabulary Cards (“Assessment” in HAC) • 15%- Projects/Presentations • 20% - Class Participation • 15% - Homework

  13. Class Participation All students are expected to participate actively in class. This includes arriving to class on time, sitting in assigned seat, being eager to stay in class (instead of looking for reasons to leave), volunteering answers, asking questions, giving examples, and voicing concerns or uncertainty. Remember, if you do not understand something, there is a strong possibility that someone else in the class also does not understand… so do not be afraid to ask me to re-explain or clarify something.

  14. Class Participation (cont.) •  Be good citizens in class! •  Try to minimize the times you need to leave the classroom to go to the bathroom, locker, nurse, etc.

  15. Class Participation (cont.)  Scoring: Each student will start with 100 points total for each quarter. -5 pts will be deducted for every incident of inappropriate or disruptive action or speech.  Cell phone use during instructional time is a distraction and means you are not giving your full, undivided attention to the study of Latin. It also means you are not participating in class. Ergo, cell phone use is prohibited in class and will incur the following consequences: loss of 2 percentage points from your participation grade for each infraction.

  16. Homework  Scoring: Each student will start with 100 points total for each quarter. (Yeah! You already have an A+!!!  )  No credit will be given for missed, late, unexcused or not properly done homework. - You must make up homework for days that you are absent excused within 2 days or that too will result in a 5 point deduction - You will receive a homework pass for bringing in tissue boxes. (Limit 2 per quarter)

  17. Homework Page Follow the HW schedule on My Website  The Homework Page is your class page. There should never be any blank stares, mouths agape, protests or other displays of confusion over what the assigned HW is. You should never be at a loss since we have this page !!! Ignorance is not an excuse.

  18. Quizzes Per chapter we will have vocabulary quizzes, and then grammar/translation quizzes. There will also be sections on quizzes based on readings, derivatives and culture.

  19. Tests There will be a test following the completion of each review chapter in the textbook. Tests include, but are not limited to, a reading section, a culture section, several vocabulary and grammar sections, & translation sections.

  20. Vocabulary Cards – Flash Cards For each chapter, you must make vocabulary cards from the prepared lists ON-LINE as per the instructions on the vocabulary card info sheet.

  21. Projects & Presentations: At least one project or presentation will be assigned each quarter. These will include poster projects, models, PowerPoints, and others.

  22. *Honor Code* You must observe the honor code for quizzes, tests and all assigned work outside of class. Radnor’s Academic Honor Code can be found on the school’s website under “Our School.”

  23. NLE Days The last quarter of Block Days or NLE days, we will discuss Roman mythology, legends, history, culture, and other non-grammar topics. We will also use these days to prepare for the National Latin Exam and the Medusa Mythology Exam which are given in the spring. The other days of the week we will concentrate on learning the Latin language. NB: I will put two or three questions from the information discussed during NLE days on the weekly quizzes.

  24. Phrase of the Day Latin: Carpe diem! English: Seize the day! Authorship: Quintus HoratiusFlaccus, aka “Horace” (65 bce – 6 bce) – famous Augustan Age poet and Epicurean Derivatives: carpal, carpal tunnel syndrome, metacarpal; diary, quotidian, diurnal, per diem Your Interpretation: Carpe really means “to pluck” a flower or piece of fruit off a tree, so Horace suggests that we should make the most out of the day as if we were enjoying the smell of a flower or the sweet taste of a fresh fruit.

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