Critical theory, critical culture, & postmodern humanism
Day 20 was yesterday, Monday, July 9, 2012. It’s amazing to watch our students’ abilities grow. They began their study of Latin a scant month ago. Now they are reading passages from Caesar, Cicero, Catullus, Vergil, epigrams of Martial, odes Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 20
Day 19 was yesterday, July 6, 2012. Morning drill was fun…some nice chunks of slightly adapted Cicero on old age (De Senectute). Afternoon sight was fun, too. We did Propertius 2.11, in which Propertius is really mean to Cynthia. Don’t Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 19
Day 18 was yesterday, July 5, 2012. Back from a one-day Independence Day holiday. I was “on” for both hours of morning drill, optional lunchtime sight reading, and afternoon poetry. We read Catullus 5 and 7, two of the most Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 18
Day 17 was yesterday, July 3, 2012. I taught the 8:30 a.m. optional, which is a time for students to ask specific questions about specific sentences they read and translated for homework. Their assignment for yesterday included a sizable chunk Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 17
DAY 16 was yesterday, July 2, 2012. On Sunday, July 1, I led the optional Sunday exam review from 2-4 p.m. Yesterday, our students took their third exam from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. After lunch, I taught Unit 13: Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 16
Excited about today. Looking forward to teaching Horace, Odes 1.11, “carpe diem,” at the optional lunchtime sight reading session. The greater Asclepiadean meter is very Lerner and Loewe, very Rogers and Hammerstein, circa My Fair Lady, circa South Pacific. Even Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 15, 9:18 a.m.
Long day, and yet I was not very busy. Colleague got stuck on the subway so I ended up administering the daily quiz and teaching the first hour of drill when I was not scheduled to do so. He, having Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 14, 9:42 p.m.
Twelve days ago, on DAY 1, when I gave the pronunciation lecture, we used Catullus 101 as a pronunciation exercise, and our students read it merely as a series of sounds, words without meaning that had their accent on either Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 13, 7:08 p.m.
Went home a bit earlier than usual yesterday to vote in an extremely important Congressional primary in my district (my guy won). Thought I was going to show our rental unit to a prospective new tenant for the fall, but Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 13, 8:14 a.m.
Who am I to say, but I thought my Unit 10 grammar lecture (my first of the summer) was a smashing success. Got through ablatives absolute, the “UNUS NAUTA” adjectives, ferÅ and its compounds, ablative of cause, and ablative or Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 12, 3:21 p.m.