Saturday, March 1, 2014

Translation for Week 7

"Why is Sextus a Pest?"

Now it was the ninth hour.  The carriage was still stuck motionless in the ditch.  But it bored Sextus to do nothing, for he was an energetic boy.  Suddenly therefore he runs to the carriage and opens (his)chest.  Then he takes a ball out of the chest.

"Do you want to play ball, Marcus?" he shouts.  He immediately throws the ball to Marcus.  Marcus catches it and throws it to Sextus.  Repeatedly the boys were throwing the ball, the one to the other.  Then Sextus, who always wants to annoy Cornelia, throws the ball as a prank and hits Cornelia.

Immediately angry, Cornelia turns herself to (her) mother and shouts, "Why does Sextus always annoy me, mother? Why does he throw the ball at me?  What an annoying boy Sextus is!"

"Come to me, dearest," replies (her) mother and holds (her) daughter in an embrace.  "Sextus was not intending to hit you.  He is an energetic boy, he is a recklass boy, he is no, however, a wicked boy."

"But why is Sextus living with us?" asks Cornelia, who was still angry.  "Why does Sextus' father send him to us?"

"The father of Sextus is traveling to Asia.  Because )his" father is away, it was necessary to leave Sextus in Italy.  Therefore, because the father of Sextus is related to your father by ties of hospitality, Sextus is staying with us.?

"But what about Sextus's mother?" asks the daughter.  "Why does she not look after (her) son?"

:Alas!"  replies Aurelia.  "Sextus' mother, as you know, is now dead.  Sextus does not have a mother."  Cornelius was silent, no longer moved with anger.

At that very time, however, Sextus exclaimed, "Do you want to play with us, Cornelia?  Although, you are a girl, perhaps you are able to throw the ball."  While he was shouting, he was not laughing and running away.  Cornelia, angry again, shouts, "Go away, annoying boy!  I do not want to play ball."

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Latin Adjectives Chart


Latin Noun Charts for Quiz




Study the circled columns for next week's quiz

Latin Verb Charts & Assignment

Latin






Week 6 Latin Quiz


Latin I Class Notes -- Week 6 (February 20)

Salve!

We had shortened classes at CHAT this week due to the impending blizzard.  Since I had to travel south into the "blizzard zone" after classes, I was glad to get an early start for my ride home.  Even with the shortened class, we were able to accomplish quite a a bit.  These are hard-working, conscientious students.


We began our class by playing Hang Man with Latin words and English derivatives.  Following that we took an in-class quiz.  (For those who were not in class, the quiz is attached to this e-mail.)


With only an hour, we just got started on Chapter 16, "Why is Sextus a Pest?"  We quickly read through the first few lines, but didn't have time to finish.  We will pick up with Chapter 16 next week.


Due to the weather and the time change were missing a couple of students.  With a class this small, I want us to stay together with the translation of the chapters, so I didn't assign any work from Chapter 16.  Instead, I would like students to spend their "Latin time" reviewing vocabulary words, noun endings, and verb endings.  I've given a long list of links to websites with games and reviews.


For the rest of the semester, we will have Short Weekly Quizzes.  Next week's quiz:  endings for 1st and 2nd declension nouns AND endings for 1st and 2nd conjugation verbs.  In class I handed out some copies of the charts for noun and verb endings that are in the back of the book.  I've attached those charts along with charts with specific columns circled -- these are the columns that you should study for the quiz.

Here's your Homework/Assignments for Next Week:
-- Catch up on making all of your vocabulary cards
-- Spend about 30 minutes doing practice exercises
-- Prepare for the weekly quiz


This week's blog
Class Notes


Have a great weekend!  Stay safe and warm!
Mrs. Prichard

More Links for Ecce Romain

Class,

Meeting only once a week is a challenging way to teach any language.  Thankfully, the internet provides us with some extra resources.  Below are some that I've recently found that I think would be helpful.

Ecce Romani -- website by the publishers
-- Chapter by Chapter vocabulary and review
 quizzes


Latin 1 by KET Distance Learning  (This site has loads of good information.  Take some time to explore it.)
-- Roman Culture
-- Roman History
-- How to Make Vocabulary Cards

Quizlet Ecce Romani page  (This site has too many quizzes, vocabulary games, reviews, etc. to link each individual one.)

Other games

Just for Fun