Course Outline

First Year Latin (Hour 5)

Wichita Independent, Upper School, Fall 2008

G. Schwendner instructor, room 205 (

On campus only 5th -6th -7th hours; available after school: T-Th-F only; available at lunch
12-12:30 T-Th only)

Homework page: theindependentschool.com > Upper School

Contact: gregg.schwendner@wichita.edu or

gregg.schwendner@theindependentschool.com

In this class, we will study elementary Latin grammar, with special emphasis on its
application to English, especially the technical vocabulary in academic English derived
Latin, and from Greek through Latin.

Term and Grading. Students will complete all assigned work by the end of class. Class
work to be made-up will be posted on the home work page.

Quizzes will be announced at the beginning of each week on the homework page.

Test dates will be announced one week prior.

All students will bring pen and paper to class each day without exception.

Grades will be posted for each week in the form of an average. Graded individual
assignments / quizzes will be returned to students, but a scanned copy will be kept for
parental referral. Missing assignments will be recorded as zero unless or until it is made
up. This may be done for half (50%) credit, at any time during the quarter, or for full
credit within the time period stipulated in the Student Handbook for excused absences
(historically this has been within one class day after the return to school: e.g. work
missed because of an excused absence on a Friday must be turned in no later than
Tuesday (if Monday is a school day); work missed due to excused absence Th-Fri (2
days), must be turned in no later than the following Wednesday (if Monday is a school
day). Absences extending longer than one week will be accomodated by arrangement.
School rules for skipped / cut classes, classes missed due to suspensions, unexcused
absences, etc. will be observed. Special exceptions by written petition only.

Points / percent: 1% = 100 points. Student work will normally be graded by letter grade,
not percent. 100% means here 100% of the Fall Semester only.

Letter grades can be converted to percents / points, if you wish, using the following table:

5% total (most 1% (most daily

weekly averages and assignments
test grades will and quizzes
valued at 5%) will be vauled
at 1%)
A+ 99% 5 .99
A 95 4.75 .95
A- 93 4.65 .93
B+ 90 4.5 .9
B 88 4.4 .88
B- 86 4.3 .86
C+ 84 4 .84
C 80 3.8 .8
C- 76 3.6 .76
D+ 74 3.4 .74
D 72 3.2 .72
E (less than 50% 50 2.5 .5
correct)
F 0 0 0

Class Schedule for Fall 2008

Week Tests Weekly grade average

beginning: Classwork, homework,
quizzes;
8/20 2%
8/25 5%
9/2 4%
9/8 5%
9/15 First Unit Test 5% 10% (test + class work)
First interim grade period
ends Friday of this week =26%
9/22 5%
9/29 5%
10/6 5%
10/13 Second Unit test 5% 10% (test + class work)
 1st Quarter ends Friday of this =50%
week

10/20 5%
10/27 5%
11/3 5%
11/10 Third Unit test 5% 10% (test + class work)
2nd Interim grade period ends =75%
Friday of this week
11/17 5%
11/24 5%
12/1 5%
12/8 5%
12/15 Semester exam: 5% 5%
2nd Quarter & 1st Semester =100%
ends after the final exam