First week
((Aug
31 - Sept. 4)
Monday - Introduction to the course.
Peruse syllabus, handouts on names of cases, grammatical terms.
Discuss course
goals. This is a link to a list of grammatical
terminology, which you
must memorize so that we
can use Russian in the classroom.
Wednesday - Go over first four roots and
grammatical terms in class. Before Monday's class, so that I
have time to
correct them, send me over the
Internet as an MS WOrd attached file, two
sentences for each of the first nine
roots. I will correct them
and return them to you. (If you wait until
the last minute when I have little time to
examine your work, you lose
the opportunity to have the sentences corrected.)
Wednesday - Go over next 5 (=9) roots and
grammatical terms in class.
Second
week
(
Sept 7 - 11)
Monday - Labor Day - No class
Wednesday
- Be prepared for rapid-fire oral
drill. Additionally, be able to quickly say the sentences
you have sent
me
for each of the first nine
roots.
Contextual reading strategy from handout.
Friday
- QUIZ on the first 9
roots. For the quiz, be prepared to write TWO sentences using
each of the roots
tested, define
the meaning of each root tested
and give TWO additional lexical items (with English translations) for
each root..
In class - go over roots
10-18. Work on roots 10-14 and
grammatical terms in class. For Tuesday, over the
Internet, before
6 pm on Monday, send me
two sentences using each of this week's nine roots.
Тhird
week
(Sept
14 - 18)
Monday
- Be prepared for rapid-fire
oral
drill. Additionally, be able to quickly say the
sentences you have sent
me for
each of this week's nine roots.
Work on roots 15-18 and
grammatical terms in class.
Wednesday
- QUIZ on the first 18
roots. Go over roots 19-23 in class.
Friday
- In class - go over roots
24-27. Over the Internet,
before 6 pm on Monday, send me
two sentences using each
of this week's nine roots.
Fourth week (Sept
21 - 25)
Monday
- In class - oral drill on last
ten roots. Drill using these roots in sentences.
Wednesday
- QUIZ on the first 27
roots. Go over roots 27-30 in
class.
Friday
- Go over roots 31-35 in class. Over the Internet, before 6 pm on Monday, send me
two sentences using each of
this week's nine roots.
Fifth week
(Sept
28 - Oct. 2)
Monday - Work orally on the first 35 roots
for Thursday's exam.
Wednesday - EXAM
on the first 36
roots. The exam will have the same format as the quizzes.
Friday
-
At home, please go over four of the next nine roots in preparation for
the homework due on Monday.
Sixth
week
(Oct
5 - 9)
Monday -
In
class - oral
drill on last nine roots (through 44). Drill using these roots in
sentences. Watch the third
film
excerpt from
«Возвращение» =The Return
at home with a friend. This is an unbelievably powerful film.
Wednesday - QUIZ on the first 44
roots. Go over roots 45-50 in class.
Friday
- Go over roots 51-54 in class. Over the Internet, before 6 pm on Monday, send me
two sentences using
each of this week's nine roots.
Seventh
week
(Oct
12 - 16)
Monday -
In
class - oral
drill on last nine roots (through 54)
Wednesday - QUIZ on the first 54
roots. Go over roots 54-59 in class.
Friday
- Go over roots 60-63 in class. Over the Internet, before 6 pm on Monday,
send me
two sentences using each of this week's nine roots.
Eighth
week
(Oct
19 - 23)
Monday - In
class - oral
drill on last nine roots (through 64). Drill using these roots in
sentences.
Wednesday - QUIZ on the first 64
roots. Go over roots 64-65 in class.
Friday
- Go over roots 67-70 in class. Over the Internet, before 6 pm on Monday,
send me
two sentences using each of this week's roots.
Ninth
week
(Oct
26 - 30)
Monday - In
class - oral
drill on last nine roots (through 70). Drill using these roots in
sentences.
Wednesday - QUIZ on the first 70
roots. Go over roots 70-73 in
class.
Friday
- Go over roots 74-76 in
class. Over the Internet, before 6 pm on Monday,
send me
two sentences using each of this week's roots.
Tenth
week
(Nov
2 - 6)
Monday
-
Go over roots 77-79 in class.
Wednesday- QUIZ on the first 76
roots. The exam next week will have the
same format
as the quizzes.
Friday
- Go over roots 80-82 in class
Eleventh
week
(Nov
9 - 13)
Monday - In
class - oral
drill on last six roots (through 82). Drill using these roots in
sentences.
Wednesday - EXAM
on the first 82
roots.
Friday
- In
class - return exams and go over any problems found on them. Over the Internet, before 6 pm on Monday,
send me
two sentences using each of this week's roots.
Twelfth
week
(Nov
16 - 20)
Monday
- In
class - oral
drill on last six roots (through 88). Drill using these
roots in
sentences.
Wednesday
- QUIZ on the first 88
roots. Go over roots 89-90 in class.
Friday
- Go over roots 91-94 in class. For Monday AFTER BREAK, over the Internet, before
6 pm on Monday, send me
two sentences using each of this week's roots.
Thirteenth
week
(Nov
23 - 27)
Monday
- Discuss Whatever is on our minds!
Wednesday
- Friday - Thanksgiving
Break - No class!
Fourteenth week
(Nov
30 - Dec 4)
Monday - In
class - oral
drill on last six roots (through 94). Drill using these roots in
sentences.
Wednesday -
In
class - oral
drill on last six roots 95-97. Drill using these roots in
sentences.
Go over roots 95-100 in class.
Friday
- Go over roots 98-100 in class. Over the Internet, before 6 pm on Monday,
send me
two sentences
using each of this week's
roots. Fill out CLASS
EVALUATION.
Fifteenth
week
(Dec
7 - 9)
Monday - In
class - oral
drill on roots through 100. Drill using these roots in
sentences.
Wednesday -
Final Exam: 3:30 PM - 06:30 PM, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009; WATERM 423
The
final
exam, which will follow the same format as the other exams and
quizzes, will be comprised of
50 roots
chosen from the list. All of the roots since the last exam will
be on the final.