Etymologies (ETYM) CTY Course Syllabus

Lunch (12:00–1:00 p.m.)Afternoon 1 (1:00 – 2:00 p.m.)● Specialization and Generalization of Meaning○ Lecture: (In the Founders Field, before going to the library) Ayers, Latin lesson12: Specialization and Generalization of Meaning○ Individual work: (In the Founders Field) Read Ayers, Latin lesson 12:Specialization and Generalization of Meaning○ Activity: (Rules are explained in the Founders Field, then class moves to thelibrary to play the game) Students are divided in teams. Each team must look upfor words in the Oxford English Dictionary, looking for English words that derivefrom Latin words without a specialization or a generalization of meaning. Onceback in the classroom, judges (instructor and teaching assistant) will publiclyaccept or reject words. The team with the highest number of valid words winsBreak (2:00 – 2:10 p.m.)Afternoon 2 (2:10 – 3:00 p.m.)● Semantic Change. Specialization and Generalization of Meaning○ Individual work: Read (without creating flash cards) the adjective-formingsuffixes in Ayers, Latin lessons 10, 11 and 12○ Individual work: Make flash cards for Latin lessons 11 and 12 (see day’s topicabove for details)○ Individual work: Do exercises (assignment III) on Ayers, Latin lessons 11 and12 from AyersSunday, July 21: Evening Session● Etymology Olympiads. Specialty: LACT (Latin Acting Charades Tournament)○ Activity: Students are divided in teams for a tournament. The goal is to guess aLatin base or prefix in an acting charades game● Complete exercises on Ayers, Latin lessons 11 and 12 from Ayers (assignment III,sentences 1-5)● Eercises from Dettmer: on Latin lesson 11 n. 1, 2 and 4 (p. 63 ff.) and on Latin lesson 12n. 2, 3 and 8 (p. 70) plus the worksheet on FAC● Read Bragg, Chapter 6: Chaucer, pgs. 66-69 and 74-75Day 6Day’s topics● Ayers, Latin lesson 13: all adjective-forming suffixes from assignment I and select basesfrom assignment II (PEL/PELL/PULS, PON/POSIT)● Ayers, Latin lesson 14: all noun-forming suffixes and select bases from assignment II(AM, RAP/RAPT)● Ayers, Latin lesson 15: lesson Change from Abstract to Concrete, and Vice Versa, selectsuffixes (-mony, -acity) from assignment I and select bases from assignment II (CID/CIS,MATR/MATERN, PATR/PATERN, SEQU/SECUT)