Latin I Class Notes -- Week 6 (October 3)

Greetings!

We had another good class this week.  Learning another language is really an exciting process.  Aristotle said, "By words the mind is winged."  Thomas Jefferson said, "To read the Latin and Greek authors in their original is a sublime luxury ... I thank on my knees him who directed my early education for having in my possession this rich source of delight."

I have the students do a fun learning activity before we start translating the story from the chapter.  This week, I broke out my Bananagrams and had them play using Latin words.  They did a good job using the letters from the game to form Latin words.

We went through the story of Chapter 6.  These stories are getting longer.  Often, I can see their eyes get big as we begin -- it seems like a monumental task to  translate take these paragraphs into English.  And yet, every week they do it.

Ecce Romani uses a Reading Method of teaching in which they learn Latin  vocabulary and grammar a bit at a time. Other methods teach via rote memory the grammar and vocabulary.  Both methods have their advantages.  I love watching the lights go on in their eyes as the grammar bits make sense.

So far, we've learned the following grammar as we've translated  our stories:

Nouns -- singular and plural; used as subjects, as dirct objects, and as objects of prepositions

Verbs -- 3rd person singular and 3rd  person plural; infinitive forms

Adjectives -- matching nouns and adjectives

Predicate nouns and adjectives

For next week, the students are to prepare for a vocabulary quiz.  If they would like some extra practice, they can go to some sites linked on the blog.

Assignments for Next Week:

-- Copy the story for Chapter 6

-- Copy the vocabulary for Chapter 6

-- Ex. 6d (p. 35)

-- Read "The Slave Market"  (p. 36 - 37)

-- LAB Worksheets

-- No Derivatives Worksheet

-- Prepare for Vocabulary Quiz

This week's blogs

Class Notes

Chapter 1 - 6 Review

Have a great week!

Mrs. Prichard

Latin I Class Notes -- Week 4 (September 19)

Greetings!

Another great class time!  I really enjoy these students.  They are engage well in the class discussions.  At the end of the day, these students still have enough energy and focus for the class.

I divided the class into two groups and had them write stories using our vocabulary and what we know so far.  They did a wonderful job and wrote stories with cows and boys falling into fish ponds.  The exercise reminded me of editing essays of younger students who don't know enough grammar to correctly write the complex sentences that they have in mind.

We worked through the story for Chapter 4.  Our grammar for this week included direct objects.  In Latin, the ending of the noun used as a direct object changes.

Assignment for Next Week:

-- Review the story for Chapter 4

-- Write out a translation for the story

-- Write out the vocabulary words for the chapter

-- Exercise 4d (p. 21)

-- Word Study I  (read p. 22 - 23)

     Exercise 1

     Exercise 2

     Exercise 3

-- No LAB pages or Derivatives worksheets

Have a great week!

Mrs. Prichard

Slide Presentation for Chapter 4

Below is the link for the slide presentation from class:

Chapter 4 -- Show Off!

Chapter 3 Derivatives

Chapter 3 – In the Garden

Derivatives

The following English words are derivatives of Latin words.  Give the English definition and the Latin vocabulary word from which this word comes. (3 pt. ea.)

English Word	Definition	Latin Vocabulary Word
Puerile
Horticulture
Clamor
Ridicule
Service
Multitude
Solitaire
Cadence
Statutory
Irascible

Latin I Class Notes -- Week 3 (September 12)

Greetings!

We had a wonderful class again this week. I'm really pleased with how quickly they are picking up this foreign language and how well they are engaging in the class. They are great students!

Because the projector isn't available until about 5 minutes into class, I've had them do a short activity  to help them shift into Latin.  This week they played a short game of Charades with Latin vocabulary.  It was far too easy for them.  I'll have to go to full sentences instead of simple vocabulary terms.

We dove into Chapter 3's story about Marcus and Sextus.  This week we encountered more plural forms of nouns and verbs along with "masculine" nouns.  In Latin, as in many other languages, nouns are divided into genders:  masculine, feminine, and neuter.  

I somehow save the wrong version of the Chapter 3 Derivatives worksheet.  Attached is the correct version.  

Assignments for Next Week (note:  these are always available on your syllabus)

-- Review the story from the slide presentation

-- Fill out vocabulary worksheets (or make vocabulary cards)

-- Write out translation for Chapter 3 -- In the Garden

-- Exercise 3d & 3e (p. 16 - 17)

-- LAB worksheets for Chapter 3

-- Derivatives Worksheet for Chapter 3 -- Choose 5 words

Have a great week!

Mrs. Prichard

Slide Presentation for Chapter 3

Below are links to help you with this week's Chapter 3 story:

Google Presentation of the story

Youtube video to a re-enacted verion.

Latin I Class Notes -- Week 2 (September 5)

Salve!

We had another good class this week.  As I set up the projector, they played a little game in which they had to guess which Latin words were  taped to their backs by asking their classmates "yes" and "no" questions.

We looked at the maps and some of the historical information.  We also looked at some of the pronunciation guidelines for Latin.  While the language is fairly straightforward and phonetic, it does have some little quirks to remember.  The long vowels (those with macrons) are pronounced differently than a long vowel in English.  Also, the "v" makes the "w" sound -- something that takes a little getting used to.

They had done a wonderful job during Week 1 translating our first chapter.  Again, they did well as we translated chapter 2.  We've encountered singular and plural subjects that are connected to singular and plural verbs, respectively.  

Assignments for Next Week:

-- Write out vocabulary words for Chapter 2

-- Exercise 2d (p. 9)

-- Read "A Roman Family"

-- Worksheets for Chapter 2 (LAB sheets)

-- Derivatives Worksheet

Have a great week!

Mrs. Prichard