Study Guide: ASINUS ET ISIS. Print this page, and check off each item in order as you complete it.

____    Materials: Assemble your materials! You will need: paper, pen or pencil, and a Latin dictionary.
____    Browser: Have the Legendum open in one window, and another window for the Perseus tools.
____    Background: Read the information in the yellow box on the Legendum webpage, and click on links that interest you. It's good to read some English materials first, before trying the Latin!

____    Listening (1): Listen to the audio provided, following along looking at the text. Do this at least once. Then, listen to the audio without looking at the text. Just close your eyes and listen. See how much of the Latin comes through to you just from listening, without the text.
____    Meter: You may or may not want to familiarize yourself with the rules of the Latin meter. It's up to you! At a minimum, take a quick look at the information about the meter using the link in the yellow information box on the Legendum webpage. Some people learn meter best by hearing and repeating, but other people like to learn the rules - you can decide what's best for you.
____    Read Along With Audio (1): Now listen to the audio, looking at the text, and reading along with the audio. Do your best to keep up. You might practice reading out loud without the audio if this is especially difficult for you. Repeat this until you feel pretty comfortable reading along with the audio. Don't worry about understanding the meaning! Just get "into" how the Latin sounds.

____    Copying the Segmented Text: Copy the segmented text by hand onto a piece of paper. Copying is a great way to start learning the words! You will have space for notes on the right-hand side of this paper. READ ALOUD AS YOU COPY.

____    Reading for Comprehension (1): Now read through the segmented text again, using the grammar hints at the Legenda webpage. Look up words you do not know - write down the form, write down your best guess at the dictionary form, and then look it up. Jot down the English meaning(s) that seem to fit, and correct the dictionary form if you guessed wrong about that. Put a checkmark next to the segments you feel confident about. If you are not confident, put a question mark.
____    Reading for Comprehension (2): Read through the passage again. If you are having trouble with a particular segment, look up each word in the segment in the dictionary carefully. Use the Perseus Morphology tool to figure out possible forms of the words. Still stuck? Visit the "Questions? Comments? Suggestions?" link to see if someone has had the same problem - or you can post a question there yourself.

____    Listening (2): Listen to the audio provided again, either looking at the text or not, depending on how confident you feel. Concentrate on hearing the meaning of the Latin as you listen.
____    Read Along With Audio (2): You should now be able to read along with the audio much more confidently than before. If the audio is still too fast for you, read the Latin yourself out loud, slowly and carefully, using pauses and intonation to bring out the meaning of the text.

____    Vocabulary Flash Cards: Choose at least some words you looked up to add to your flash cards (Vis-Ed cards are great! 1000 blank cards for $6 at vis-ed.com). Write out the flash cards and drill with them to reinforce what you have learned.
____    Quotes Diary: Keep a Latin quotes diary! Buy a nice journal or notebook and add Latin quotes to it, based on the phrases and sentences you like best in each reading.
____    Archive: Staple your workpages to this Guide and save it. Then come back to this story at a later date and read it again (and again and again), using your old workpages to review.