LA301 Latin Composition
Writing is a uniquely powerful tool for fixing knowledge in memory. This course will take the student through a series of guided practice sessions in writing Latin. Students will quickly review noun and verb forms, then produce Latin of their own, featuring the most important syntactic features of the language. Active exercises will help them internalize the mechanics of indirect discourse, purpose and result clauses, etc. Original writing in Latin, plus translation exercises into Latin from English, will make up the bulk of class assignments. This course is introductory, suitable for students who have studied Latin grammar but have never taken a prose composition class before.