F503Z Spring 2024 Latin: Level 4

F503Z  Latin: Level 4
Thursdays, 2:15—3:40, Mar. 28—May 16
Eight sessions
Instructor: Alana Lukes
Class limit: 16
This continuing course is for Latin students with knowledge of indicative and subjunctive verb tenses as well as the five noun declensions. The instructor takes a modern reading approach to learning this ancient language. The course explores Latin grammar, vocabulary, mythology, and ancient Roman culture in first century CE Rome. Students will look at the time of Emperor Domitian as well as Roman authors such as Pliny and Martial. Class meetings will use the Cambridge Latin Course, Unit Four, North American Fourth Edition as the required text, as well as adapted texts from other instructor-provided sources.
Alana Lukes, an OLLI member, has taught Latin for over 25 years at the middle school, high school, and college levels. She has also taught 11 years at OLLI.