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June 2022 Modules

Advanced Greek Readings: Gospel of John 1
First in the Series

Meeting Mondays & Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on May 30, and June 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22
Find yourself in need of a refresher for your Greek skills? Come join us for reading the Gospel of John in the original Greek! This module will review grammar where needed, discuss the latest lexical tools, touch on textual issues, but mostly work through this text at a relaxed pace.
Precepted by Dr. Larry Swain

Advanced Old English: Apollonius of Tyre

Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 9:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on May 30, and June 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23
This is one of the most popular tales of the Ancient and Medieval worlds! Originally a Hellenistic Greek tale, translated into Latin, and then many Latin and vernacular versions thereafter. The earliest vernacular is the Old English translation by the ubiquitous Anonymous. The tale has incest, murder, unjust punishments, hidden identities, and resolutions. Apollonius of Tyre is a corker of a tale and fun in any language!
Precepted by Dr. Larry Swain

Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga Series
Series

Meeting Tuesdays & Thursdays at 10:00 AM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on June 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28
(Note: This module can be joined in any month.)

Vǫlsunga saga (“The Saga of the Vǫlsungs”) is a medieval Icelandic retelling of one of the best-known legendary cycles of the pre-modern Germanic-speaking world – stories that influenced the operas of Richard Wagner, the fantasies of J. R. R. Tolkien, and many other modern creative artists. In this module, we will continue to translate the Vǫlsunga saga and discuss both the language and how the saga’s version of the legends relate to other versions known from the medieval world.
Precepted by Dr. Carl Anderson

Beginning Scottish Gaelic 1
First in the Series

Meeting Tuesdays & Thursdays at 6:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on June 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28
The Beginning Scottish Gaelic series consists of three intoructory modules, introducing language and grammar in line with European fluency standard A1. Covering basic conversation, vocabulary building, introducing case structure, irregular verbs, and prepositional pronouns, this module will be using the A1 Inntrigeadh resources from SpeakGaelic.scot.

Module 1 Class Delivery
Class 1 and 2 will cover Topic 1: New Friends
Class 3 and 4 will cover Topic 2: Places
Class 5 and 6 will cover Topic 3: Weather
Class 7 and 8 will cover Topic 4: Family

Module 2 Class Delivery
Class 1 and 2 will cover Topic 5: Home
Class 3 and 4 will cover Topic 6: Time
Class 5 and 6 will cover Topic 7: Work
Class 7 and 8 will cover Topic 8: Time Off

Module 3 Class Delivery
Class 1 and 2 will cover Topic 9: Food & Drink
Class 3 and 4 will cover Topic 10: Shopping
Class 5 and 6 will cover Topic 11: Day-to-day
Class 7 and 8 will cover Topic 12: Describing People

After the 3-module opening series, students wishing to continue learning Scottish Gaelic can proceed to Gaelic Foundations 1.

Creative Writing: Writing the Hero
Spotlight 

Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 8:00 PM Eastern for seven 1-hour sessions on May 30, and June 2, 6, 13, 16, 20, 27 (skipping June 9 and 23 because of a seminar & mythmoot) with several sessions running 75 mins to make up a session
We need good tales of good people making heroic choices. Whether we write memoir, pure fiction, or a what-if-it-had-ended-well personal speculations, this module is about creating the characters whom we can admire, trust, emulate, and become. Writing these short scenes during difficult times balances our minds and hearts, and can be part of a personal path to hope. This module specifically allows us to write our inner heroes within a place of safety. When believing in heroes is hard, we need to write them anyway. Explore your own traumas, toils, and fears even if your bad situation is right now, and write your own next chapter, your terrified heroic first step.

Note: For more information about the Collaborative Feedback Method in SPACE, please check out our video here.
Precepted by Sparrow Alden

Egyptian Hieroglyphs 4
Continuing Series

Meeting Tuesdays & Thursdays at 8:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on June 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28
The Hieroglyphics series will present students with a basic understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs, grammar, and knowledge about how to proceed with further study. In this sequence of courses we will discuss how to translate steles that you are likely to encounter in museums, as well as their cultural significance. As student progress, the class will tackle more complex translation. Each one-month module builds on the previous one, so students ready to learn Hieroglyphics will communicate with our Director and Professor Gaffney to make the right placement for everyone.
Precepted by Shawn Gaffney

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: Redemption

Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 8:00 PM Eastern for sessions on May 30, and June 2, 13, 16, 20, 27 (1.5 hr), 30 (1.5 hr) (skipping June 23 because of Mythmoot)
Join us for the second of two modules dedicated to exploring Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. In this second module we’ll cover episodes 33-64 and the development and placement of its major themes including Truth, Science, Religion, Oppression, and Loss amongst others. Attending the next module in this series is not required, but for full enjoyment it’s definitely recommended.
Precepted by Keli Fancher

Latin Readings for Advanced Beginners 1
Continuing Series

Meeting Mondays & Wednesdays at 10:00 AM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on June 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 27, 29 (skipping June 22 because of Mythmoot)
This module offers a series of Latin readings that review material covered in many traditional Latin I courses (including Signum's own Latin I graduate course and the first five Latin in a Year SPACE modules). Students will read selections from selected textbooks and Latin readers and attempt two short literary passages. All readings will be provided, though access to a Latin grammar book and a basic Latin dictionary may be beneficial.

Latin grammar assumed:
- Understanding of stems, endings, cases, agreement, and parts of speech
- Knowledge of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th declension endings for nouns and adjectives
- Knowledge of regular Latin verb conjugations in all indicative tenses (present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect), both active and passive, and the imperative forms
- Ability to recognize conjugations of of “sum” and “possum”
- Familiarity with ego, tu, is, hic, ille, iste, idem, qui, and reflexives
- Awareness of Latin numerals
- Acquaintance with ablatives of means, accompaniment, manner, time, agent, separation, and place from which, as well as genitive of the whole and use of genitive and ablative with cardinal numerals
Precepted by Dr. Faith Acker

Old English 1
First in the Series

Meeting Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 6:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on May 31, and June 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22
Ready to begin learning Old English? This series of modules introduces students to the vocabulary and structure of the earliest recorded form of the English language. One year of modules prepares the student to read texts from over a thousand years ago! Each one-month module builds on the previous one, so students ready to learn Old English will communicate with our Director and Professor Swain to make the right placement for everyone.

Old English 6
Continuing Series

Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 5:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on May 30, and June 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23
Ready to begin learning Old English? This series of modules introduces students to the vocabulary and structure of the earliest recorded form of the English language. One year of modules prepares the student to read texts from over a thousand years ago! Each one-month module builds on the previous one, so students ready to learn Old English will communicate with our Director and Professor Swain to make the right placement for everyone.

Tolkien's Writing Systems
Spotlight 

Meeting Wednesdays & Fridays at 10:00 AM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on June 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 29 (skipping June 24 because of Mythmoot)
This module will study various writing systems invented or adapted by Tolkien. We will primarily look at the Tengwar and the Angerthas (Cirth) described in The Lord of the Rings but we will also touch on other systems such as the Hobbit runes and other runic variants as well as the Goblin Alphabet from Letters from Father Christmas. Along the way we will introduce some basic phonetics and place Tolkien’s inventions in the context of the writing systems of the primary world.
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