HUM / REL 293 - Beginning Latin
Week 1
Weekly Report
Download the Word .doc file, fill it in and save each daily assignment as you study during the week. Submit the completed report before 9 a.m. Monday of the following week.
Reports should be sent to Dr. Rollinson via the BlackBoard submission boxes for the course.
Students who are not taking the class at ENMU should send the completed file as an attachment to an email message to
Dr. Rollinson at
rollinsondr@yahoo.com.
If you have problems working with .doc files, contact the Instructor to arrange for an alternate format
Objectives for the week
By the end of this week, students should be able to :
- Read and Write the letters of the Latin Alphabet
- Read Latin words
- Count to 20 in Latin
- Describe the main periods in the development of the Latin Language
- Identify some of the main Latin authors
Studies for the week
- Wheelock - Preface, Introduction and Maps - pages xiii-xliv
- Cambridge, Stage 1 - pages 1-18
- Course Notes for Week 1
- Web Page - How to Learn a Language
- Web Page - The Alphabet
- Web Page - History of Latin
- Web Page - Numbers
- Web Page - Pompeii
- Web Page - On-line resources
Daily Study Guide
Because the first week of the semester at ENMU does not usually begin on a Monday, the assignment for this week is divided into 5 "Days" for you to work on before the start of the second week of the semester.
Day 1
- Course Notes for Week 1
- Wheelock - Preface, Introduction, pages xiii-xxxii
- Web Page - How to Learn a Language
- Web Page - The Alphabet
Day 2
- Cambridge, Stage 1 - cartoons, pages 1-6
- Wheelock - Introduction, pages xxxii-xxxix
- Web Page - History of Latin
Day 3
- Cambridge, Stage 1 - Cerberus, About the Language, Practicing the Language, pages 7-9
- Wheelock - Introduction, pages xxxix-xliv
- Web Page - On-line resources - check out some of the introductory resources
Day 4
- Cambridge, Stage 1 - Caecilius, Metella, pages 10-12
- Wheelock - Maps 1, 2, & 3
- Web Page - Numbers
Day 5
- Cambridge, Stage 1 - Houses in Pompeii, Word Study, Vocabulary, pages 13-18
- Web Page - Pompeii
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