Nōmen_______________________________Hōra_____Diēs_________________________ Lingua Latīna I – Master Quiz Passages
DO NOT LOSE THIS PACKET!
The passages in this packet will be used for oral recitation grades, translations on stage quizzes, and passages for reading
comprehension questions on the midterm and final exam. You will be using these passages to practice dividing and accenting
words, translating precisely into English, etc. They will be used for daily work grades (dividing & accenting; translating), quiz
grades (oral recitation/reading), and study material on stage quizzes on which you will write out a translation and answer
questions about the grammar. Please do not lose this packet!
When assigned, you will need to write out a translation for a passage plus divide and accent all of the words. Instructions for dividing
and accenting words is below.
DIVIDING AND ACCENTING (HOMEWORK GRADE)
Trying hard to divide a new word
Keep in mind what you’ve already heard
With consonants, be mean!
Divide before or between
And most of your fears will be cured.
Dividing words into syllables is simple and logical. Use the poem to help
you remember the most important rules—you always divide before a single
consonant or between two consonants. You also divide between two
vowels.
But watch out for these exceptions: combinations like tr and gr count as a
single consonant: pa-trem, a-gri-co-la. Also, qu, ch, ph, th count as a
single consonant: am-phi-the-ā-trum.
Where does that accent go?
A syllable is long if it contains a long vowel or diphthong OR if it contains
a short vowel followed by two or more consonants or by x (=ks). If the next
to last (penultimate) syllable is long, the accent goes there. Otherwise it
goes on the next to next to last (antepenultimate) syllable. Just follow these
questions to get your accent right!
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1) Is the accent ever on the last syllable? NEVER.
2) Does the next to last syllable have a long vowel?
 yes – ACCENT IT!
 no – go to question #3
3) Is the next to the last syllable followed by two consonants?
 yes – ACCENT IT!
 no – move to the syllable before the next to last
syllable and ACCENT IT!
RECITATION
You will be graded on the following simple rubric for recitation:
++ = 100 = -0
+ = 95 = -1 to -3
 = 85 = -4 to -7
- = 75 = -8 to -10
-- =70 = more than -10, but an honest effort was made
Recitations will be PHONED IN and left on my classroom
phone: (512) 858-3163. You may call as many times as you
need to.
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TRANSLATING (HOMEWORK AND ON STAGE QUIZZES)
Learning how to translate a story into English accurately is a skill which
demonstrates your ability to pay attention to details as well as to understand
the big picture. When the Latin passages begin to become more difficult, it
will help you to follow these steps used for reading Latin. Please take
special note of #6.
RULES FOR READING
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6.
Read the sentence or passage completely. In order to see all the
words in context, reread as needed.
While reading, register the word endings and their relationship
to one another. Reread as needed.
Now look up unfamiliar words. Reread as needed.
Recognize word groups and read them in sequence. Reread as
needed.
Once a subordinate clause or phrase hasbegun, it must be
completed before the rest of the sentence can proceed. Reread
as needed.
Translate only when you know how a sentence works and what it
means.
HOW THOSE RULES APPLY TO TRANSLATING
What does it mean to “see the words in context”? Certain words, when
next to other words, can mean different things. Therefore it’s important to
see what’s together. The word agit means “he does/drives” but negōtium
agit means “he does business” and tibi grātiās agō means “thank you.”
Why do I need to “register word endings or their relationship to one
another”? Latin is an inflectional language—the function of a word in the
sentence changes according to its ending as opposed to whether it is first or
second or last. Words with accusative endings are often first in the
sentence, but they are the direct object none the less. An adjective will have
the same case, number, and gender as the word it modifies, and knowing
this can sometimes help you figure out the case of a word which has an
ambiguous ending.
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Why should I wait to look up unfamiliar words? Sometimes you can
figure out the meaning of a word just because of its context in a paragraph.
If you are rereading the sentence or paragraph, you may realize just from
logic what the unknown word means. Why waste time looking up
everything?
What are “word groups”? Is reading in sequence really necessary if
Latin is all about the endings anyway? Word groups in Latin 1 are often
just as simple as prepositional phrases or noun/adjective pairs. However, a
word in the accusative case might be a direct object or the object of a
preposition. Learning to recognize word groups will help you become a
more efficient reader, especially when you combine it with known sentence
patterns.
What’s so important about where a subordinate clause is in the sentence?
Why can’t you finish the sentence/main clause and then deal with the
subordinate clause? In Latin, the subject will often appear before the
subordinate clause and by the time you finish with the subordinate clause
you may forget that the subject was even there. Therefore, it’s important to
understand how Latin “nests” phrases and clauses. This will also prevent
you from translating parts of the subordinate clause as part of the main
clause and vice versa.
Why do I need to keep rereading? (I want to be done already!) Sometimes
it’s difficult to see word groups the first read through, especially if your
mind is puzzling over the meaning of particular words. Rereading not only
helps you to register word endings and see phrasing which you might have
missed the first time, but it can also help you figure out the meaning of
unfamiliar or forgotten words.
Why can’t I start writing out a translation as I figure out each word?
(Doesn’t it save me time to do it that way?) If you race to write down the
meaning of the first word because you know what it means without
registering endings, without seeing word groups and phrasing, and if that
word was an object and not the subject, you would have begun the sentence
totally wrong. After that, your brain will want to discount the significance
of all other endings because you’ve predetermined incorrectly how the rest
of the sentence will flow. Take the time to understand the whole sentence
before writing anything down. In the long run, it will save you time and
lead to fewer errors.
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Stage 1: Cerberus
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Caecilius est in hortō.
Caecilius in hortō sedet.
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servus est in ātriō. servus in ātriō labōrat.
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Metella est in ātriō.
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Metella in ātriō sedet.
Quīntus est in tablīnō.
scrībit.
Quīntus in tablīnō
Cerberus est in viā.
(Unit 1 7)
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Stage 2: mercātor
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amīcus Caecilium vīsitat.
amīcus est mercātor.
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mercātor vīllam intrat. Clēmēns est in ātriō.
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Clēmēns mercātōrem salūtat. Caecilius est in
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tablīnō. Caecilius pecūniam numerat. Caecilius
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est argentārius.
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(Unit 1 24)
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Stage 3: in forō
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Caecilius forum circumspectat. ecce! pictor in
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forō ambulat. pictor est Celer. Celer Caecilium
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salūtat. ecce! tōnsor quoque est in forō.
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est Pantagathus.
tōnsor
Caecilius tōnsōrem videt.
(Unit 1
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Stage 4: Hermogenēs
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“ego sum mercātor Graecus, “ inquit Hermogenēs.
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“ego sum mercātor probus. ego pecūniam quaerō.”
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“cūr tū pecūniam quaeris?” inquit Caecilius. “tū
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nāvem habēs.”
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“sed nāvis nōn adest,” respondet Hermogenēs.
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(Unit 1 57)
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Stage 5: āctōrēs
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servī hodiē nōn labōrant. senēs hodiē nōn
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dormiunt. mercātōrēs hodiē nōn sunt occupātī.
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Pompēiānī sunt ōtiōsī. urbs tamen nōn est quiēta.
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Pompēiānī ad theātrum contendunt. magnus
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clāmor est in urbe.
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(Unit 1 74)
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Stage 6: pugna
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mercātor īrātus pecūniam postulābat. subitō
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agricola Graecum pulsāvit, quod Graecus
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agricolam vituperābat. Pompēiānī rīdēbant, et
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agricolam incitābant. Clēmēns, postquam
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clāmōrem audīvit, ad pugnam fest īnāvit.
(Unit 1 90)
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Stage 7: fābula mīrābilis
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multī amīcī cum Caeciliō cēnābant. Fēlīx quoque
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aderat. omnēs amīcī coquum laudāvērunt, quod
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cēna erat optima. postquam omnēs cēnāvērunt,
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Caecilius clāmāvit, “ubi est Decēns? Decēns nōn
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adest.” tum Caecilius Clēmentem ē vīllā mīsit.
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(Unit 1 106)
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Stage 8: gladiātōrēs
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Rēgulus ōlim spectāculum splendidum in
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amphitheātrō ēdidit, quod diem nātālem
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celebrābat. multī Nūcerīnī igitur ad urbem
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vēnērunt. cīvēs Pompēiānī erant īrātī, quod
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Nūcerīnī viās complēbant. omnēs tamen ad forum
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contendērunt ubi nūntiī stābant.
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(Unit 1 125)
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Stage 9: thermae
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cīvēs et servī, postquam thermās intrāvērunt,
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āthlētās et pugilēs vidēbant. āthlētae in palaestrā
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sē exercēbant…. servī cīvibus discōs quaerēbant.
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servī, postquam cīvibus discōs invēnērunt, ad
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cīvēs reveniēbant. tum servī cīvibus discōs
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trādēbant.
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(Unit 1 145)
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Stage 10: contrōversia
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“vōs Rōmānī estis miserandī. vōs imperium
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maximum habētis, sed vōs estis imitātōrēs; nōs
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Graecī sumus auctōrēs. vōs Graecās statuās
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spectātis, vōs Graecōs librōs legitis, Graecōs
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rhētorēs audītis. vōs Rōmānī estis rīdiculī, quod
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estis Graeciōrēs quam nōs Graecī!”
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(Unit 1 166)
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Stage 11: Marcus et Quārtus
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postquam ad vīllam vēnērunt, Quārtus Sullae
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mūrum ostendit. “scrībe hunc titulum!” inquit.
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“scrībe ‘Quārtus et frāter Holcōniō favent.
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Quārtus et frāter Holcōniō crēdunt.’”
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Quārtus scrīptōrī decem dēnāriōs dedit. “placetne
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tibi?” rogāvit Quārtus.
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(Unit 1 184)
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Stage 12: tremōrēs
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Caecilius cum Iūliō cēnābat. Iūlius in vīllā
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splendidā prope Nūceriam habitābat. Iūlius
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Caeciliō dīxit, “ego sollicitus sum.
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ego in hortō
heri ambulābam et librum legēbam. subitō terra
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valdē tremuit. ego tremōrēs sēnsī. quid tū
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agēbās?”
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(Unit 1 206)
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Stage 13: trēs servī
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Volūbulis: “ubi est vīnum? nūllum vīnum videō.
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quis hausit? ego aquam bibere nōn possum! aqua
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est foeda!”
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Bregāns (pavīmentum lavat.): “ego labōrāre nōlō!
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fessus sum. multum vīnum bibī. ego dormīre
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volō.”
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(Unit 2 5)
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Stage 14: Rūfilla
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“ego ad hanc vīllam venīre nōlēbam. in urbe
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Londiniō manēre volēbam. Londinium est urbs
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pulcherrima, ubi multās amīcās habeō. difficile
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est mihi amīcās relinquere. nōn decōrum est
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m ā t r ō n a e R ō m ā n a e s i n e a m ī c ī s h a b i t ā r e . ” (Unit 2 30)
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Stage 15: ad aulam
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iuvenis prīmus: “nōs quoque rēgem vīsitāre
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volumus. sed plaustrum movēre nōn possumus.”
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iuvenis secundus: “amīcus noster, quem nōs
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exspectāmus, aliam rotam quaerit. amīcum
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exspectāre dēbēmus.”
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V ā r i c a a n x i u s a d S a l v i u m i t e r u m r e d i i t . (Unit 2 54)
Stage 16: Belimicus ultor
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Belimicus, prīnceps Cantiacus, postquam
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Dumnorix in certāmine nāvālī vīcit, rem graviter
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ferēbat,
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īrātissimus erat. omnēs hospitēs, quōs
rēx ad aulam invītāverat, eum dērīdēbant.
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Cantiacī quoque eum dērīdēbant et vituperābant.
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etiam servī, quī dē naufragi ō cognōverant, clam
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rīdēbant.
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Stage 17: tumultus
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in vīllā Barbillī diū habitābam. ad urbem cum
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servō quondam contendī, quod Clēmentem vīsitāre
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volēbam. ille tabernam prope portum Alexandrīae
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possidēbat. servus, quī mē dūcēbat, erat puer
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Aegyptius. in urbe erat ingēns multitūdō, quae
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v i ā s c o m p l ē b a t . (Unit 2 94)
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Stage 18: taberna
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haec taberna prope templum Īsidis erat.
in hāc
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parte urbis via est, in quā omnēs tabernāriī
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vitrum vēndunt. facile est illīs tabernāriīs
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mercem vēndere, quod vitrum Alexandrīnum
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nōtissimum est. taberna, quam Barbillus mihi
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offerēbat, optimum situm habēbat , optimum
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l u c r u m . (Unit 2 114)
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Phone-In Instructions
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1.
Call 512-858-3163 (my classroom phone).
2.
Say your first and last name clearly and what
period you have Latin.
3.
Read the assigned passage to the best of your
ability.
4.
Repeat your first and last name and what period
you have Latin, in case it was unclear the first
time.
5.
Call as many times as you need to if you mess up
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