We had an active class today. We began class by working with some adjectives, nouns and verbs and using them for a short Charades and Pictionary game. The students could try to get the other team to guess one or more words at a time. I don't think I will soon forget the weak slaves nor the dueling Romans. Great job students. Magistra non misera est; discipuli scelesti et discipulae scelestae non estis. Beati omnes nos.
The students took a Quiz today that was almost identical to the quiz from last week. My aim is to reinforce the adjective endings for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd declension adjectives. We corrected our Quizzes in class so that they would know what they knew and what they didn't know.
Following the quiz, we discussed the Syllabus (fr. LL syllabus, "list:). I've attached the original copy of this semester's plan. We are a week behind the original plan, but will make up that lesson by the last week. I have "Presentations" listed for the last two weeks. I would like the students to think about some kind of Latin class project. It can be vocabulary or grammar related. Or, it can deal with culture, history, geography, etc. in regards to ancient Rome. Some ideas that I tossed out were crossword puzzles, trivia questions, a 1 - 2 page paper, a PowerPoint presentation, a game. If we divide up the class, each student will have 10 - 15 minutes. IF a student thinks he/she needs more time and could be ready the week before, we could do some Presentations during Week 14. (For inspiration, students could read some the extra unassigned history, etc. sections in Ecce Romani.)
We began translating the story for Chapter 19: Settling In. We got as far as line 14. The students should finish the translation from line 15 onward. The Forms section on the following 2 pages explains the perfect tense. Read pages 150 - 151 (p. 16 - 17 in the blue paperback.)
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Finish translating the story from Chapter 19 (lines 15 and onward)
-- Read p. 150 - 151 (p. 16 - 17 in the blue book)
-- Read and write out a translation for Exercise 19c.
-- Brainstorm your project idea.
This week's Links:
Class Blogs
Class Notes
Valete,
Magistra Prichard
