AP Vergil Fall Syllabus (2012)

Texts: LaFleur, Richard A. and Alexander Mc ay, !ds. A S"ng "# $ar (Pren%ice &all) provided 'radley, a%herine and 'arbara $eiden '"yd. A Vergil Workbook ('"lcha(y)*arducci) provided $es%, +a,id, %ransl. -he Aeneid. A /e0 Pr"se -ransla%i"n (Penguin)
Here are my goals for you this year: 1. 1"u 0ill love Vergil2s Aeneid and *aesar2s de bell Gallic 2. 1"u 0ill master %he ,"cabulary, syn%ax, and c"n%en% "# Vergil and *aesar 3. 1"u 0ill earn a gold medal "n %he /a%i"nal La%in !xa4 5. 1"u 0ill sc"re a 625 "r ab",e "n %he SAT II: Subject Test 6. 1"u 0ill sc"re a% leas% a 4 "n %he AP Vergil Test 7. 1"u 0ill exempt "u% "# %he en%ry le,el La%in classes a% 0ha%e,er c"llege y"u enr"ll (%hr"ugh ei%her %he SA- 88. Sub9ec% -es%, AP -es%, "r c"llege en%rance exa4)

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Here is ho! this semester !ill !ork: (a) !ach day, %he s%uden%s (in gr"u@s "# 2)3) 0ill %ransla%e %he assigned se% "# lines #"r %he #irs% 20 4in. "# class. (b) -he sec"nd hal# "# class 0ill be de,"%ed %" re,ie0 "# %he assigned lines by 0ay "# s%uden% %ransla%i"n (@ar%ici@a%i"n grade) and class discussi"n c"ncerning %he cul%ural, his%"rical, and li%erary signi#icance "# %he @assage. (c) Much "# %he s%uden%s2 grades (50A) 0ill be based "n h"0 @re@ared %hey are during %hese sessi"ns; %here is n" Bh"4e0"r=2 s@eci#ically assigned, al%h"ugh %he ar%icle res@"nses 0ill be d"ne a% h"4e and any @re,ie0ingCre,ie0ing necessary %" =ee@ @ace 0ill be d"ne a% h"4e. (d) !,ery class 0ill s%ar% 0i%h a Duic= %ransla%i"n Dui( ",er a #e0 lines #r"4 %he @re,i"us day2s c"r@us "# La%in. F"r e,ery Echun=F a s%uden% ans0ers c"rrec%ly, he "r she earns a b"nus @"in% "n %he nex% %es%. (e) S%uden%s 0ill be %es%ed (26A) <)> %i4es ",er %he se4es%er (ab"u% e,ery 100)120 lines)

(#) n" ,"cabulary Dui((es G y"u are inde@enden%ly res@"nsible #"r learning %he ,"cabulary a@@r"@ria%e %" each sec%i"n as @ar% "# %es% @re@ara%i"n.

Final Exam: 20% Preparation and reading: 40% Tests: 2 % !eading "#i$$es: % %
-he parti&ipation grade (50A) is deri,ed #r"4 "ur reading sessi"ns %"ge%her as a class. A% each sessi"n, y"u 0ill each read in %urn and 8 0ill assign y"u a grade "# %' based "n y"ur @re@ara%i"n and execu%i"n "# %he assigned lines. 8 0ill %a=e ,"lun%eers #irs% and %hen call "n s%uden%s rand"4ly. 5: completely prepared" mistakes" if any" are minor issues #tense of verb for instance$ 4: prepared" but you make several mistakes" including vocabulary% your response is lucid and fluid 3: some!hat prepared" but you are making critical mistakes% your response is labored and unpolished 2: not prepared and there many mistakes" but you roughly have the overall sense : totally unprepared% unresponsive $hen 0e read %"ge%her, y"u 4ay /H- ha,e a %ransla%i"n 0ri%%en "u%. &"0e,er, i% is 4"nu4en%ally i4@"r%an% %ha% y"u =ee@ a c"4@endi"us lis% "# un=n"0n ,"cabulary and n"%es "n di##icul% #"r4s and syn%ax Gy"u need %" buy a B4"le)s=in2 c"4@"si%i"n b""= "r s"4e "%her s"r% "# b"und c"4@"si%i"n b""=. 8 als" highly suggest %ha% y"u not 0ri%e "u% a %ransla%i"n period; i% 0ill be, n" 4a%%er h"0 4uch y"u #eel y"u need i%, a cru%ch and i% 0ill als" sl"0 y"u d"0n. 8 0ill ex@lain %he bes% 0ay %" use y"ur c"4@"si%i"n b""= in class during %he #irs% 0ee= and 8, again, sugges% %ha% y"u #"ll"0 i% %" %he le%%er. 8nheren% in %his is y"ur abili%y %" acDuire g""d n"%e)%a=ing s=ills b"%h in @re@ara%i"n #"r and in res@"nse %" class discussi"n. -he tests 0ill be 4"deled "## "# %he Ad,anced Place4en% %es% (sh"0n bel"0). -his #"r4a% is #"r y"ur bene#i% in 4a=ing %he AP -es% i%sel# a 4"re success#ul ,en%ure #"r y"u. (e&tion I (50A). &ultiple 'hoice (eDual @ar%s gra44ar, %ransla%i"n, and allusi"nCex@lica%i"n "# in#erence; 1)2 Dues%i"ns each "# 4e%rics, #igures "# s@eech, and cul%uralCli%erary bac=gr"und). Iues%i"ns are based "n %0" @assages G "ne read and "ne unread be#"re. (e&tion II (70A). (ree )esponse (%0" s4all %ransla%i"ns "# 3)6 lines each and "ne essay in%er@re%ingCres@"nding %" a @ar%icular @assage "r c"4@aring %0" @assages) Addi%i"nally, ",er %he c"urse "# %he se4es%er, y"u 0ill read %he en%ire Aeneid in %ransla%i"n. -he +a,id $es% @r"se %ransla%i"n is sugges%ed, al%h"ugh y"u are #ree %" buy any %ransla%i"n y"u 0an%, including "nline ,ersi"ns. H%her @"@ular %ransla%i"ns are by Mandelbau4, Fagles, "r Fi%(gerald. Ea&) Frida* of t)e first t+el,e +eeks, 0e 0ill ha,e a reading Dui( ",er "ne b""= "# %he Aeneid. -hese Dui((es 0ill be open'note, -#t all reading and n"%e)%a=ing +ill -e done in &lass. 8 0ill se% aside a %"%al "# 20)26 4inu%es "# class %i4e M"nday G -hursday #"r y"u %" read and %a=e n"%es. 8# y"u are n"% d"ne by Friday2s Dui(, y"u 4ay c"4e in be#"re sch""l "n Friday %" #inish in 4y r""4. JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ S%uden%2s Signa%ure JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ Paren%2s Signa%ure

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