Classwork 9-15-15

Today we worked on more exercises covering linking verbs, complements and singular vs. plural.  Here is the worksheet we completed.  We did all six exercises, but only did translation for part II.

If you do not have enough space on the worksheet to write, it can be done on a separate sheet of paper and stapled.  We reviewed 4 of the six exercises beofre turning this in for a grade.

Because we will have a vocabulary quiz on the 21st, we made pictoral representations of some of our vocabulary.  Students picked out 6 vocabulary words from chapters 1 and 2 and drew a picture to represent each of the words.  We turned these in for a grade as well.

Classwork 9-11-15

We reviewed the two exercises that were completed last class in our notebooks.  Then we talked about two ideas: complements in Latin and singular vs. plural.  The notes for these topics are below:

With these new notes, we were able to complete this worksheet, covering linking verbs, complements, and singular vs. plural.

We turned in this worksheet for a grade.

Also, a quiz was announced.  There will be a vocabulary quiz on Monday, September 21st covering the vocabulary from Chapter 2.  It will cover all words from the chapter 2 story, in the two columns beneath the story.Spelling and long marks count.

Classwork 9-9-15

Students should complete exercise 2B and 2C from the Ecce Romani textbook in their spiral notebooks.  Students should follow textbook directions (both exercises should be translated).  These exercises can be found on this page.

Classwork 9-4-2015

First, we had our vocabulary quiz over the vocabulary from Chapter 1.  If you were absent for this quiz, it must be made up by September 19th, or you will receive a 0 for this assignment.

After going over the quiz, we started on Chapter 2 from the textbook.  The chapter 2 story and worksheet can be found here.

We read through the story, and translated the story in our spiral notebooks.  We went over each of the vocabulary words for the chapter and what each of them means.

We also completed exercise 2A (also on the chapter 2 story worksheet) in our spiral notebooks.  The instructions say "Responde Latine" so make sure you answer the questions in Latin.  Your answers can be in phrases or complete sentences.

Classwork 9-2-2015

Today we did a review of all the things we have learned in Chapter 1:

• vocabulary
• sentence structure
• articles
• word order
• differences in Latin and English
• parts of speech (nouns, verbs, and adjectives)
• cognates and derivatives
• translation from Latin to English
• translation from English to Latin

This was accomplished by completing seven activities on two worksheets.  These two worksheets can be found here.  On the first sheet (Quiz) we completed I, II, III, V, and VII.  The instructions for each section are explained on the paper.  On the second sheet (Applying) we completed Activity 1F and 1G.

We went over the answers in class to each of the exercises.

Reminder: we will be having our vocabulary quiz over the Chapter 1 vocabulary on September 4 (Friday).

Classwork 8-31-2015

I was absent this day.

Students completed exercise 1B and 1C from the textbook and turned these in for a grade.

Also, it was made known that there will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday, September 4th.  This vocabulary quiz will cover all words in the two columns under the chapter 1 story.  All vocabulary words will be on the quiz.  Some will be answer in Latin, some will be answer in English.  Spelling counts, and long marks are ideal, but I will be lenient on long marks for the first quiz.

8-27-2015

Today we talked about word order in proper Latin sentences.

First we started out by talking about parts of speech.  There are 3 parts of speech that we are currently interested in:

• noun - a person, place, thing, or idea
• verb - an action word or a state of being
• adjective - a describing word; tells what kind, which one, or how many

The rules for forming sentences are pretty simple: they are outlined on this worksheet, with the exercise on the bottom completed in the picture below.  If you look at the sentences in the picture, they follow each of the rules identified on the top of the worksheet.

These sentences are pretty easy, but it is the first step toward us being able to translate sentences from English to Latin.  As our first foray into the world of translating, we did some cut and paste sentences. This worksheet has four English sentences, and this page has all the Latin words needed to translate those four sentences.  The idea is to cut up the words and rearrange them to create the sentences, with good word order.  It should look something like this (with cut-up words, of course):

We turned in these sentences for a grade.

After we finished these sentences, we completed a short worksheet, found here, that was also turned in for a grade.  We completed exercise 1B, 1C, and 1D.

8-25-2015 Classwork

Today we started out by talking about how Latin changed over time to become other languages.  The page of notes on this information can be found here.

We used the notes above to help fill out this worksheet.  The filled worksheet should look like this:

This worksheet talks about cognates and derivatives, the way that English is realted to Latin (through vocabulary). 

After going over where cognates and derivatives come from, we completed a worksheet identifying some cognate and derivative English words.  That worksheet can be found here.

The picture below is an example of some words that you could use to fill out the sheet.  Try to come up with some others.

  The cognate and derivative worksheets were turned in for a grade.

8/21/2015

I gave back the graded translations from Wednesday.  Some people need to make corrections to their papers.

We went over the translation of the Chapter 1 story.  The worksheet with this story was given on Wednesday.

Afterwards we translated the two short stories on the back of the worksheet, titled "A Roman Villa" and "Roman Aqueducts."  These stories should be written on the same paper that was returned to you.

We received this packet about the Roman house; read it in preparation for class on Tuesday.

8-19-2015

At the beginning of class, I tested the students on their pronunciation of Latin words, using this list.  If you need more practice, you can read these words outloud to practice your pronunciation.  Make sure that you are looking at, thinking about, and following the pronunciation guide.

After we got the hang of pronouncing Latin words, it was time to move on to reading complete sentences.  We read through each of the following stories, making sure that we had the right pronunciation for the words.  No translating, just reading.

We then went over the vocabulary for the last story, "Two Roman Girls."  This should be done on a sheet of notebook paper and turned in.  For the remainder of the class period, students worked on their own to figure out a translation for the "Two Roman Girls" story. Some of the words in the story are not given in the vocabulary below the story.  Those are listed below:

HW: students should start to study the vocabulary that goes along with the "Two Roman Girls" story.  Quizlet is a good website for studying vocabulary that already has each chapter uploaded with the long marks.  If you have index cards, you can make them into flashcards by writing the Latin on one side and the English on the other side.

New Year, New Start

It is a new school year, so we will be starting over with our Latin learning this year.

Today we did introductory information:

• fill in this sheet with your class information and return it to Mrs. Cullum
• this is a list of supplies and expectations for the Latin I class
• this and this are a syllabus for the class that contains necessary information for the class (2 pages)

We started off our year by talking about the pronunciation of Latin.  The following are the filled in notes that go along with this notes worksheet.

 After going over the notes, we practiced in pairs reading this list of practice words.  If you would like to read more words in order to feel more comfortable, you can go to this page to practice reading whole sentences.

Homework:  practice pronunciation of Latin words, paying careful attention to the sounds of consonants, length of vowels, and combinations of diphthongs.