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Latin IV AP-Catullus/Horace
The mission statement of Norwell High
School is to provide an engaging, supportive environment where
students strive for excellence, practice respect and contribute
to society.
INTEGRITY, LEARNING, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY
Course:
The Catullus/Horace AP course follows the
curriculum set by the College Board. During the first two terms
of the year students will translate and analyze selected poems
of Catullus. In terms three and four students will translate
and analyze selected Odes and Satire 1.9 of
Horace. The course enhances the student’s ability to literally
translate Latin into English, read Latin at sight, and
introduces and develops the skills necessary for the formal
analysis of Latin poetry.
Students will focus on the following NHS
student expectations for learning:
Norwell High School graduates will be:
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Effective Readers
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Reflective Problem Solvers
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Clear and accurate writers and speakers
Materials Needed/Required Daily:
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1, 3-ring binder, with note paper
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A pen
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The Textbooks:
Catullus Expanded Edition, Henry
Bender and Phyllis Forsyth, Bolchazy Carducci, Wauconda, IL
2005.
Horace Selected Odes and Satire 1.9,
Ronnie Ancona, 2nd ed, Bolchazy Carducci, Wauconda,
IL 2005.
Grading System
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Homework/Quizzes/Essays 25%
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Tests
75%
Homework will consist mostly of
translation assignments.
Quizzes will be short translations
of passages previously translated or multiple- choice, sight
quizzes.
Essays-see below.
Tests will be on approximately
100-125 lines of poetry. On every test students are expected to
literally translate, scan, and write essays drawn from past AP
exam questions or questions written in the AP style format. For
Horace tests students will also be expected to answer short
answer questions that follow the AP format.
*At the end of term II there will be a
cumulative Catullus “final” for which students are responsible
for all of the Catullus poems required by the AP syllabus. At
the end of term III there will be a Horace “final” for which
students are responsible for all the works of Horace required by
the AP syllabus. Each of these exams will count as a double
test grade.
N.B.
All Assignments are due at the
BEGINNING of CLASS. Late homework is NOT accepted.
Course Requirements and Procedures
- Students are to literally translate all
of the Latin required by the AP syllabus into English (see
translation schedule below). Translation assignments will be
given for homework at the start of each class and will be
checked the following day. Students will share their
translations with the class on a daily basis and should be
prepared to read the Latin aloud.
- As part of the homework assignments
students are required to take notes on the historical,
cultural and political information presented in the
Bender/Forsyth and Ancona texts. Additional historical,
cultural, political, and mythological facts and material will
be presented in class by the teacher. Students are expected
to take notes on this information and to incorporate it in
both their take-home essays and the essays they write for
in-class tests where appropriate. Students are also expected
to use this information to inform their interpretation and
class discussions of the poems.
- Students will write analytical and
interpretive essays of the works of Catullus and Horace. Essay
questions will be drawn from past AP exams or written in an AP
style format. Essays are to be typed, double spaced, and 2-3
pages in length. Essays will be assigned every two weeks and
students will have 2-3 days to complete the assignments. At
the beginning of the course students will be instructed on how
to write essays in accordance with AP requirements. Students
will be taught to quote liberally from the beginning, middle
and end of the Latin passage under consideration-providing
both the Latin and an English translation- and to discuss the
poet’s use of stylistic and metrical techniques. The
stylistic devices required by the AP syllabus will be taught
at the beginning of the course and students are to use them in
their essays throughout the course. Meters and metrical
effects will be taught for every poem as it occurs in the
translation schedule. Once the essays have been graded and
returned to students the class will discuss and analyze the
essays in order to deepen understanding of the passage and to
improve the students’ essay writing skills.
- Students are required to read Latin
sight passages. At the beginning of class on Fridays students
will take a 10-15 question, multiple- choice, sight quiz on a
Latin passage. Passages will be drawn from such authors as,
Cicero, Livy, Ovid, Pliny, Propertius, Tibullus, Vergil, as
well as works by Catullus and Horace not on the AP syllabus.
Course Expectations:
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Students will bring all necessary/required
materials EVERY DAY.
Failure to do so
will result in a homework grade of ZERO for the day.
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A student has three days to make up any quiz or
test given during her/his absence per School Committee Policy.
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It is the student’s responsibility to obtain
assignments, handouts, and notes for any day/s he/she has been
absent.
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Students will arrive in class before the bell.
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There will be no food or drinks in the classroom.
Water is the only exception.
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RESPECT will be shown towards all members
of the classroom community at all times.
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SUCCESS-YOU will attain it through diligent
work and study.
Organization and Time Management
It is vital to each student’s success that
s/he makes time to complete assignments and to review previously
completed translations on a class by class basis. To facilitate
this it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that each student
maintain a spiral or three-ring notebook organized in the
following manner: The right hand piece of paper for English
translation with two lines skipped in between to allow for
corrections; The left hand piece of paper left blank for notes
on grammar, poetic techniques, culture, politics and
historical/mythological allusions that will be given in class.
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Notes on grammar, poetic techniques,
culture, politics and historical/mythological allusions |
English translation of Latin_____________
English translation of Latin
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Catllus/Horace
Translation Schedule
Catullus-approximately 800 lines
Horace-approximately 500 lines
September
Poems: Cat. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11,
13, 14a
Total lines: 224
October
Poems: Cat. 22, 30, 31, 35, 36, 40, 43, 44,
45, 46, 49 50
Total lines: 189
November
Poems: Cat. 51, 60, 64 (lines 50-201)
Total lines: 172
December
Poems: Cat. 64 (lines 202-253), 65, 68
(lines 1-40), 69, 70, 72, 76, 77
Total lines: 170
January
Poems: Cat. 84, 85, 86, 87, 96, 101, 109,
116. Hor. Odes Book I: 1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 22
Total lines 182
February
Poems: Hor. Odes I: 23, 24, 25, 37, 38;
Hor. Odes II: 3, 7, 10
Total lines: 172
March
Poems: Hor. Odes II: 14. Hor. Odes III: 1,
9, 13, 30. Hor. Odes IV: 7
Total lines 160
April
Poems: Hor. Serm.(Sat.): Book I: 9 and
review
Total lines 78
May
Review Catullus/Horace poems
AP EXAM
Friday, May 18th, 2007 (last AP
exam given)
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NHS Culture Course-Latin
The mission statement of Norwell High
School is to provide an engaging, supportive environment where
students strive for excellence, practice respect and contribute
to society.
INTEGRITY, LEARNING, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY
Course:
The NHS
Culture Course-Latin introduces students to the rudiments of
Latin grammar and vocabulary, and Greek and Roman Mythology. It
also examines how both the Latin language and Greek and Roman
Mythology influence American culture today.
Students
will focus on the following NHS student expectations for
learning:
Norwell
High School graduates will be:
·
Effective
Readers
·
Reflective
Problem Solvers
·
Clear and
accurate writers and speakers
Materials Needed/Required Daily:
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1, 3-ring
binder, with note paper
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A pen
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The Textbooks:
Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 1; Classical Mythology and More
Grading System
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Homework/Classwork 25%
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Quizzes 50%
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Tests 25%
N.B.
Homework
will be checked in the following manners: 1. Collection and
grading. 2. Short quiz. 3. Checked, corrected in class and
collected. Homework is due at the BEGINNING of CLASS.
Late homework is NOT accepted.
Projects: Major
projects are counted as TESTS. Smaller projects are counted as
QUIZZES.
Course
Expectations:
·
Students will
bring all necessary/required materials EVERY DAY.
Failure to do so will result in
a homework grade of ZERO for the day.
·
A student has
three days to make up any quiz or test given during her/his
absence per School Committee Policy
·
It is the
student’s responsibility to obtain assignments, handouts, and
notes for any day/s he/she has been absent.
·
Students will
arrive in class before the bell
·
There will be no
food or drinks in the classroom. Water is the only exception.
·
RESPECT
will be shown towards all members of the classroom community at
all times
·
SUCCESS-YOU
will attain it through diligent work and study
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