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.