May 31, 2015
Greetings, students! This is an amazing speech for you to watch and be inspired by! As you study for your final exam in Latin I, know that if you go to Harvard, you could someday, be delivering the valedictory address in Latin!
Congratulations to our own Spartacus orators:
1st place: Sam "Primus" Braden
2nd place: Shanel "Sexta" Presley
3rd place: Drew "Marcus" Whitley
Honorable mentions: David Glymph, Emmy Trowell, Anne Lacey Seaton
reminders on what to study for tomorrow's EXAM:
Monday's mottoes and music: all the state mottoes
O nostra Patria and Mica Mica parva stella
know the words to these songs
TUESDAY's TRANSLATIONS: most of the exams come from the last three translations we did this year: Two Roman Boys, The Slaves, and Spartacus.
Grammar emphasis: The four verb tenses we have covered: present, imperfect, future, and perfect
The three noun charts: feminine, masculine, and neuter. Know them. Know the names of the cases and what they are used for.
Most of the exam is based on these concepts.
Wednesday's WORDS: write out the BCL creed. A copy of it is on this website under BCL
THURSDAY's THEOLOGY : know the domains, symbols, stories and archetypes for the 14 gods and goddesses you studied this year. Also know the story of Gaea and Uranus, Cronus and Rhea and the TITANS that leads to the reign of Zeus and his brothers and sisters.
You do need to know the Greek name and the Latin name for each god/goddess.
Also be prepared to write an essay about your favorite one or the one with whom you most identify.
FRIDAY's FACTS: slavery and Spartacus are the only topics on the final exam.
and please take a moment to listen to Harvard's valedictorian speak in Latin.
MORE SNOW DAYS!
Feb. 24:
A day: We were supposed to have your TROY TEST today. Just know this: whenever we come back, we will have that TEST!!! While you are at home, complete your packet. Bring it with you whenever we come back! You will be able to use it on the TEST. (open note)
also: for THEOLOGY THURSDAY: do your normal research AND REFLECTION on Hephaestus/Vulcan, blacksmith for the gods. Complete this and have it ready for whatever day you come back.
February 16-20
Monday's mottoes:
Each class is now picking their own from the pile, so make sure you get your list from your class. I don't remember the particular ones chosen from each class:
ad infinitum: to infinity
sub rosa: under the rose (secretly)
homo lupus homini: man is wolf to man
persona non grata: an e unwelcome person
scientia est sol mentis: wisdom is the sunshine of the mind
there are lots more.
music: dormisne o frater, frater Iacobe Iacobe
resonant campanae (x2)
din din don
for next Monday: know the number chant:
unus, duo, tres, quattor, quinque, sex, septem, octo, novem. . . .DECEM /and be able to do it backwards as well.
TUESDAY: TEST ON TROY!
obviously no school today ! SCHOOL cancelled. BUT STUDY your TROY Packet at home and be prepared for the TEST whenever you get back!
The rest of the week is focused on learning the story of Troy as originally told. (NOT the MOVIE VERSION)
Know the major characters and what they did and didn't do:
Also, know which gods and goddesses were on which side.
Some basic questions:
1. Who were the king and king of Troy?
2. Who kidnapped Helen? How was he related to the king and queen of Troy?
3. Where did Queen Helen live? Who was her husband?
4. Which goddess helped to spark the romance between the prince of Troy and Helen? Why did she do this? Explain that background story.
5. Who was the mother of Achilles? What was her connection to question #4? What did she know about her son's future? How did she try to prevent him from ever getting hurt?
6. Who were the main characters fighting to help get Helen back after she was kidnapped?
7. Why did Achilles stop fighting half way through the war? Why did he hate Agamemnon so much?
8. Who was Patroclus? What happened to him?
9. Who killed Hector?
10. Who killed Achilles?
11. Who killed Paris? How did he die?
12. What happened to any of the rest of the Trojans after the city was burned to the ground? Did any survive? Who?
Jan. 26:
Monday's mottoes:
videre est credere: to see is to believe
ars gratia artis: art for the sake of art
citius, altius, fortius:
January 5-23
Things learned: body parts, numbers, colors GET THESE NOTES FROM someone in class if you missed these.
Also: get a copy of the translation about the CIRCUS MAXIMUS.
MUSIC MONDAY: head, shoulders,knees and toes:
caput, umeri, genua, pedes
caput umeri, genua pedes
oculi, aures, os, et nasus
caput, umeri, genua, pedes
(notice that we use the word for feet instead of the word for toes when we sing this song)
MOTTO MONDAY:
perstare et praestare: to persevere and to excel
experientia docet: experience teaches
crescat scientia vita excolatur: as wisdom grows, life is improved
semper fideles (marine Corps) always faithful
semper paratus (coast Guard)
always prepared
Which of these do you like best? Which would you choose to illustrate/act out/perform? start thinking about your Rome's birthday present: APRIL 21St!!
WWW: You are now working on learning the words to the pledge of allegiance in Latin: fidem meam obligo vexillo Civitatum Americae et rei publicae pro qua stat, uni nationi, sub deo , non dividendae cum liberate iustitiaque omnibus.
Practice saying this over and over. Learn how to pronounce and spell all the words.
also: derivatives from the body parts: you took a quiz on these words before the MLK break:
capital, decapitated, collar, digital, nasal, pedestrian, umblical, coronary, cordial, oculist, binoculars, manufacture, manicure, pedicure,
TH TH: god: Apollo
goddess: Artemis
research these famous twins. god of sun, goddess of moon, beloved children of Zeus and Leto. Who was she? What was their crazy birth story? Reflect on their stories, symbols, characteristics and archetypes. Don't forget to do your HOMEWORK every THURSDAY.
FRIDAY's FACTS: The CIRCUS MAXIMUS: chariot racing
Ecce! Lucius ad Circum Maximum heri ambulabat.
Rufus est optimus auriga.
Lucius Rufum videre cupiebat.
Equos Lucius videre cupiebat.
equos Lucius amat.
from the story: What happened to Lucius? Who was present in the crowd to help?
medicus aderat. (The doctor was present.)
Lucium medicus curabat. (the doctor was caring for Lucius)
So, study all your body parts.
Monday Dec. 15-Friday Dec. 19th
Monday's music: Gaudete!
Tuesday's TEST: Saturnalia, 10 sentences about giving. ALL CASES Nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative
Wednesday's WORDS: our own bee and then watching the movie, Akeelah and the Bee
the power of knowing Latin
Thursday's Theology: Hestia/Vesta goddess of the hearth and home, independent, focused, introverted, peaceful, meditative, calm, selfless
Friday's FACTS/FILM/FORUM: Akeelah and the Bee
To which character did you most relate? What obstacles do you face in your life? What are you goals and dreams? Who helps you achieve them?
Monday Dec. 8- Friday Dec. 12
Monday music: Joy to the world:
Gaudete! venit Dominus
iam regnum ineat
dum caelum canit et mundus (repeat)
cor quodque teneat
cor quodque teneat
cor quodque cor quodque teneat!
This is the song you will sing in class on Monday. (We worked on this last week)
mottoes: Meredith: Lux: light
UNC Asheville: meos oculos in montes levo: I lift my eyes unto the hills (mountains)
TUESDAY: TEST for the B day class on Saturnalia
and the Dative case (look over the Saturnalia facts)
and the packet about holidays with Anna and Clara, two Roman girls who are excited about getting gifts.
Wednesday's wonderful words: review the BCL creed/ go over the derivatives in the packet about Saturnalia
THURSDAY: Theology Thursday for B day: HESTIA/VESTA, goddess of the hearth /home most humble, least dramatic, most worshiped of all. (but very invisible. she did not want attention) Her worship was essential to Greek and Roman civilization: How important is it in today's world for people to have a safe, warm home? How , important is it for us to have someone who protects this sacred place and makes us feel welcome? Who is your life resembles Hestia/Vesta? Discussion of this female goddess archetype.
FRIDAY'S FACTS: Saturnalia:
1. biggest most important holiday to the ancient Romans (and they LOVED holidays and had a lot of them)
2. named after Saturn, the god of harvest who was the renovated Greek god, Cronus, with a new job and a new identity.
3. took place in mid winter, time off from school and business, time of merriment and gift giving, decorating houses with candles and greenery, and even slaves changing places for a while with their masters.
4. eventually after Christ's birth and the spread of Christianity, this holiday morphed into a Christian celebration.
Monday Nov. 3- Friday Nov 7
B Day Music: haec terra est tua, haec terra est mea
ab California ad insulam Novam
ab rubris silvis ad tepidas aquas
haec terra mihi et tibi est (pronounce tibest)
This land is your land, this land is my land
from California to the new York island
From the redwood forests to the gulf stream waters
This land is made for you and me
Mottoes: emphasis on Alabama: we dare to defend our rights:
TUESDAY TEST for A Day classes
WEDNESDAY wonderful words spelling bee for B day classes
winner: Carlos! 2nd place: Will Fentress
key words: auxiliary peril pulchritude paucity virile
learned new prepositions:
SID SPACE: sine in de sub pro ab cum ex
without in about under for away from with out of
CAPTIPPS: circum ad per trans in post prope super
around, toward, through, across, into, after, near, above
The sidspace groups takes the ablative
The CAPTIPPS group takes the accusative
THURSDAY: Theology for A Day classes: Demeter/Ceres
FRIDAY: Fridays' Facts about slavery make sure you get the handout to put in your notebook.
Girls: Tabrinna, Sarah, Maddie, Belle, Anne Rae, and Daysha were the captains for Friday's fun TEAM work on writing sentences into Latin.
The farmers will work in the fields: agricolae in agris laborabunt
The slaves are walking through the goddess' garden: servi per hortum dea ambulant.
The queen was praising the water in Italy: regina aquam in Italia laudabat. (with a long mark over the a in Italia!)
TEAM SARAH was victorious!
Monday Oct. 20-24
A Day classes finally sing O nostra patria
Felix et libera
te canimus
pro te sunt mortui
patres fortissimi
te gaudent profugi
spei domus
motto: Connecticut: nil sine numine: nothing without divine guidance
work on the masculine chart/add some new masculine words:
ager: field
cibus: food dominus: master
carrus: cart/wagon digitus: finger
legatus: ambassador mundus: world
nuntius: messenger puer: boy vir: man
notice that ager, puer, and vir do NOT end in us.
Tuesday: instead of a TEST we worked on the fall ball nametags.
Wednesday: keep working on masculine words/sentences
Thursday: Hera/Juno
Friday: facts about dress. A Day classes will make Fall Ball nametags
Monday Oct. 6- Friday Oct.10
See last week for the music and motto ( a Day classes)
TUESDAY TEST for B DAY classes
Wednesday's words: review verbs: amare: to love
laudare: to praise habitare: to live spectare: to watch vocare: to call
new verbs: portare: to carry parare: to prepare laborare: to work
use the new chart: o s t mus tis nt
laboro: I work parant: they prepare spectamus: we watch
:
vocat: he calls portatis: you all are carrying
nouns: regina: a queen femina: a woman rana: a frog agricola: a farmer poeta: a poet urna: a jar dea: a goddess patria: a country (some of these are obviously review)
ranam puella in urna spectat: the girl watches the frog in the jar.
reginam nauta amat. the sailor loves the queen
fabulam de Troia poeta narrat: the poet tellas the story about Troy.
Thursday: Theology: Zeus
Friday: Facts: see last weeks
Monday Sept 29- October 3
Monday's music: o nostra patria!
felix et libera!
te canimus
pro te sunt mortui
patres fortissimi
te gaudent profugi
spei domus
motto: Colorado: nil sine numine: nothing without divine guidance
Arkansas: populus regnat: the people rule
Tuesday's translations: Aeneas: the hero from Troy (Troia)
his family: (familia)
the war with Greece (Sparta)
his wife: Creusa Latin word for woman: femina
his king: Priam Latin word for king: rex
his queen: Hecuba Latin word for queen: regina
Wednesday's words: amateur, amatory, amorous from the Latin verb amare: to love
laudatory, applaud from the Latin verb laudare: to praise
vitality and vitamin: from the Latin noun vita: life
habitant, inhabitable, uninhabitable: from the Latin verb habitare: to live
narrative, narration, narrator from the Latin verb: narrare; to tell
feminine and feminist from the Latin noun: femina a woman
Thursday's Theology: ZEUS
Friday's Facts: The three periods of Roman history: Monarchy, Republic, and Empire
Be able to name a king, a famous person of the Republic, and a the most famous emperor of the Empire. Be able to name the 4 great poets that Augustus hired to glorify Rome: Virgil, Horace, Livy and Ovid. Be able to explain what the Punic Wars were.
and, especially be able to explain how Aeneas, the prince of Troy, connects with the history of Rome.
Monday Sept. 22-Friday Sept. 26 test on Tuesday:
What to study: the feminine noun chart
the new words:
arca: box
puella: a girl
fama; fame
fortuna: fortuna
via: a road
silva a forest
ancilla; a slave girl
pupa: a doll
familia: a family
Which ending to put on words according to how they are used in the sentence
example in the sentence: the girl loves her doll
puella pupam
the girls love the dolls
puellae pupas
also: don't forget to look over the motto, the theology and Friday's facts
What to study: the feminine noun chart
the new words:
arca: box
puella: a girl
fama; fame
fortuna: fortuna
via: a road
silva a forest
ancilla; a slave girl
pupa: a doll
familia: a family
Which ending to put on words according to how they are used in the sentence
example in the sentence: the girl loves her doll
puella pupam
the girls love the dolls
puellae pupas
also: don't forget to look over the motto, the theology and Friday's facts
Welcome, New Latin I students!
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Feminine nouns: Masculne nouns:
aqua: water amicus: a friend
bibliotheca: library Brutus
casa: house Claudius
dea: goddess deus: a god
Europa: Europe equus: a horse
filia: daughter filius: a son
Germania: Germany hortus: a garden
Hispania: Spain inamicus: the enemy
Italia: Italy ludus: a school, a game, or a sport
ianua: door Marcus
luna: moon nuntius: a message or the messenger
memoria: memory oculus: an eye
nauta: sailor populus: the people
Ostia: an ancient port city in Italy Quintus: the fifth boy
patria: country Romulus: the first king of Rome
Quinta: fifth girl Spartacus; the most famous slave of all
Roma: Rome servus: a slave
stella: star Tertius: the third boy
terra: land ventus: the wind
umbra: ghost
via: road
zona: belt
Neuter Nouns:
auditorium
basium: a kiss
cubiculum: a little room
donum: a gift
examplum: an example
forum: a meeting place, a market frumentum: grain
gymnasium
ientaculum: breakfast
museum
natatorium
oppidum: a town
regnum: a kingdom
stadium
templum: a temple
vinum: wine
Nominative: subject who?
Genitive: possession whose?
Dative: indirect object to whom?
Accusative: direct object whom or what is the verb affecting?
Ablative: object of prepositions where? with whom? about whom?
a ae
ae arum these are the ten possible endings for the feminine nouns
ae is
am as
a is
Listen to where the long marks are. I can't put them here on this web site, but know where they are!!
Monday's motto: Arizona: Deus ditat God enriches
Wednesday's words: patriot, aquatic, stellar, equestrian, lunar, umbrella, vitality, vital, deity, European, Hispanic,Pennsylvania, insulate, insulation,
Thursday's theology: Gaea and Uranus
Friday's forum: How did education in ancient Rome compare with that in America today?
aqua: water amicus: a friend
bibliotheca: library Brutus
casa: house Claudius
dea: goddess deus: a god
Europa: Europe equus: a horse
filia: daughter filius: a son
Germania: Germany hortus: a garden
Hispania: Spain inamicus: the enemy
Italia: Italy ludus: a school, a game, or a sport
ianua: door Marcus
luna: moon nuntius: a message or the messenger
memoria: memory oculus: an eye
nauta: sailor populus: the people
Ostia: an ancient port city in Italy Quintus: the fifth boy
patria: country Romulus: the first king of Rome
Quinta: fifth girl Spartacus; the most famous slave of all
Roma: Rome servus: a slave
stella: star Tertius: the third boy
terra: land ventus: the wind
umbra: ghost
via: road
zona: belt
Neuter Nouns:
auditorium
basium: a kiss
cubiculum: a little room
donum: a gift
examplum: an example
forum: a meeting place, a market frumentum: grain
gymnasium
ientaculum: breakfast
museum
natatorium
oppidum: a town
regnum: a kingdom
stadium
templum: a temple
vinum: wine
Nominative: subject who?
Genitive: possession whose?
Dative: indirect object to whom?
Accusative: direct object whom or what is the verb affecting?
Ablative: object of prepositions where? with whom? about whom?
a ae
ae arum these are the ten possible endings for the feminine nouns
ae is
am as
a is
Listen to where the long marks are. I can't put them here on this web site, but know where they are!!
Monday's motto: Arizona: Deus ditat God enriches
Wednesday's words: patriot, aquatic, stellar, equestrian, lunar, umbrella, vitality, vital, deity, European, Hispanic,Pennsylvania, insulate, insulation,
Thursday's theology: Gaea and Uranus
Friday's forum: How did education in ancient Rome compare with that in America today?
Last Year:
and the winner of the SPARTACUS contest is: Jack Jurney!!!! congratulations, Jack "Septimus" You are now Spartacus. tie for 2nd place: Laney "Prima" Allen and Da Ray "Quartus" Graham 3rd place: Callie "Sexta" Howard
May 19-23
watching Spartacus, the movie www quiz last one working on SPEECH!! to be delivered for your last FINAL TEST GRADE of the year: next week. $100 CASH PRIZE for best in show!!!!
May 12 - 16
mottoes: ars gratia artis: art for the sake of art
Excelsior: Higher (New York)
cave canem: beware of the dog
qui canem me amat canem meum amat: he who loves me loves my dog
ad infinitum: to infinity
music: last one for the year: this land is your land
Spartacus lines Spartacus movie
story about the family leaving in the RAEDA packing clothes what to wear
putting things in the CISTA
ponere: to put
discedere: to leave
CAVE! be CAREFUL! says Sextus to Geta (new to our story) Why? Geta is not being careful with his CISTA.
Ubi est Cornelia? Aurelia exclamat! (They about leave her) but at last minute CURRIT IN VIAM.
Her father is stern with her. He orders her to get in the carriage: eam iubet ascendere in raedam.
iubere: to order (that's a long e)
TUESDAY's TEST: know the 2 future charts bo bis bit/bimus bitis bunt for are and long ere
am, es et, emus, etis, ent for shore ere and ire (I can't put the long marks, please check your notes)
he will order: iubebit he will leave: discedet
WWW: group #1 spelling and definition quiz for words such as vocation, navigation, spectator (old words, back to the begiinning of the year. . .ancillary . . .)
TH TH:; no more left. start reviewing for your exam
Friday: FILM Spartacus
Excelsior: Higher (New York)
cave canem: beware of the dog
qui canem me amat canem meum amat: he who loves me loves my dog
ad infinitum: to infinity
music: last one for the year: this land is your land
Spartacus lines Spartacus movie
story about the family leaving in the RAEDA packing clothes what to wear
putting things in the CISTA
ponere: to put
discedere: to leave
CAVE! be CAREFUL! says Sextus to Geta (new to our story) Why? Geta is not being careful with his CISTA.
Ubi est Cornelia? Aurelia exclamat! (They about leave her) but at last minute CURRIT IN VIAM.
Her father is stern with her. He orders her to get in the carriage: eam iubet ascendere in raedam.
iubere: to order (that's a long e)
TUESDAY's TEST: know the 2 future charts bo bis bit/bimus bitis bunt for are and long ere
am, es et, emus, etis, ent for shore ere and ire (I can't put the long marks, please check your notes)
he will order: iubebit he will leave: discedet
WWW: group #1 spelling and definition quiz for words such as vocation, navigation, spectator (old words, back to the begiinning of the year. . .ancillary . . .)
TH TH:; no more left. start reviewing for your exam
Friday: FILM Spartacus
May 5-9
Monday: music old and new: old: totam orbem habet in manibus we sang this together as a class with everyone doing the motions and getting a 100 quiz grade/ for next time:
haec terra est tua, haec terra est mea
ab California ad insulam novam
ab rubris silvis ad tepidas aquas
haec terra mhi et tibi est
(This land is your land, this land is my land, from California to the New island, from the red forests to the warm waters, this land was made for you and me)
mottoes: Religio et Eruditio DUKE religion and education
Ars longa vita brevis: Life is short, but art is longlasting
citius, altius, fortius OLYMPIC faster, higher, stronger (How can you apply that motto to your life?)
Spartacus speech practicing: we did the 2nd pair of lines keep doing 2 lines a day
new grammar: the new future chart for ere and ire verbs: am, es, et emus, etis, ent
practice with this
TUESDAY: TEST spartacus lines and new future tense
WED: derivatives spelling and definition quiz on group #12 examples: invention, ramification, conductor, abbreviation, olfactory, dormant, arboreal,
THURS: Dionysus/Bacchus
FRIDAY: FILM and FACTS: start watching Spartacus/ practice lines
haec terra est tua, haec terra est mea
ab California ad insulam novam
ab rubris silvis ad tepidas aquas
haec terra mhi et tibi est
(This land is your land, this land is my land, from California to the New island, from the red forests to the warm waters, this land was made for you and me)
mottoes: Religio et Eruditio DUKE religion and education
Ars longa vita brevis: Life is short, but art is longlasting
citius, altius, fortius OLYMPIC faster, higher, stronger (How can you apply that motto to your life?)
Spartacus speech practicing: we did the 2nd pair of lines keep doing 2 lines a day
new grammar: the new future chart for ere and ire verbs: am, es, et emus, etis, ent
practice with this
TUESDAY: TEST spartacus lines and new future tense
WED: derivatives spelling and definition quiz on group #12 examples: invention, ramification, conductor, abbreviation, olfactory, dormant, arboreal,
THURS: Dionysus/Bacchus
FRIDAY: FILM and FACTS: start watching Spartacus/ practice lines
Tuesday, Wed. Thurs, Fri April 29- May 2
learning about Spartacus, the famous slave who led a rebellion between 71 and 73 BC. we are learnng 12 lines of his speech. two lines per class period. We are also reading the story about Cornelia sneaking out of her house, past the doorman (ianitor) to go see Flavia to tell her the sad news about her family having to go to Rome.
The Theology for the week: Dionysus/Bacchus the youngest and last of the Olympians we cover this year,
you were supposed to look up Spartacus for a Homework grade.
3B has a TEST next TUESDAY on the slavery/Spartacus facts, the story about Cornelia and the first two lines of the Spartacus speech.
The Theology for the week: Dionysus/Bacchus the youngest and last of the Olympians we cover this year,
you were supposed to look up Spartacus for a Homework grade.
3B has a TEST next TUESDAY on the slavery/Spartacus facts, the story about Cornelia and the first two lines of the Spartacus speech.
Monday April 28
music: finished singing "she's got the whole world in her hands" all verses
totam orbem habet in manibus
new song: haec terra est mea/ haec terra est tua
ab California ad Novam Insulam
ab rubris silvis ad tepidas aquas
haec terra mihi et tibi est
Spartacus speech start practicing your lines 12 lines:
"O socii! Romani non sunt aequi
Puer eram in oppido meo et vita grata semper erat.
silvas magnas et agros latos amavi.
Dominum non habui . . . .verum amicum habui
Sed Romani meam patriam occupaverunt
me et amicum ex patria portaverunt
nunc post multos annos vir sum et in arena publia pugno!
hodie virum occidi. . . .et erat amicus meus!
Estisne viri? Nostra causa est aequa!
Ad arma! Pugnate! Animum vestrum monstrate!
Servos liberabimus et in agris nostris laborabimus!
et in concordia habitabimus! "
We will have a Spartacus contest! Memorize this in Latin. each line is worth 8 points which equals 96 points. The other 4 points will be for color, drama, and emotions and appropriate gestures.
Cornelia's story: waking up early and going to tell Flavia the news finish next class
totam orbem habet in manibus
new song: haec terra est mea/ haec terra est tua
ab California ad Novam Insulam
ab rubris silvis ad tepidas aquas
haec terra mihi et tibi est
Spartacus speech start practicing your lines 12 lines:
"O socii! Romani non sunt aequi
Puer eram in oppido meo et vita grata semper erat.
silvas magnas et agros latos amavi.
Dominum non habui . . . .verum amicum habui
Sed Romani meam patriam occupaverunt
me et amicum ex patria portaverunt
nunc post multos annos vir sum et in arena publia pugno!
hodie virum occidi. . . .et erat amicus meus!
Estisne viri? Nostra causa est aequa!
Ad arma! Pugnate! Animum vestrum monstrate!
Servos liberabimus et in agris nostris laborabimus!
et in concordia habitabimus! "
We will have a Spartacus contest! Memorize this in Latin. each line is worth 8 points which equals 96 points. The other 4 points will be for color, drama, and emotions and appropriate gestures.
Cornelia's story: waking up early and going to tell Flavia the news finish next class
Monday April 14
this was a B Day look at April 7 for the mottoes and music
grammar: learning all 6 tenses of verbs: present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect
learning how to look up the 3rd part of a verb, how they always end in an i and you always drop off that i before adding the last three set of endings. PERFECT in Latin means FINISHED, has __________ed, did _________ or just ______________ed: examples: she laughed, she did laugh, she has laughed
or we believed, we have believed, we did believe or I sailed I did sail I have sailed
pluperfect: had ____________ed future perfect: will have ____________ed
those charts are:
i isti it imus istis erunt eram, eras, erat eramus, eratis, erant ero, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erint
WORLD CUP SOCCER games: next WED for A Day next THURDAY for B Day: bring $5 for T shirt!
GO ITALY!
Rome's birthday PARTY: next Wed.night! Projects due
grammar: learning all 6 tenses of verbs: present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect
learning how to look up the 3rd part of a verb, how they always end in an i and you always drop off that i before adding the last three set of endings. PERFECT in Latin means FINISHED, has __________ed, did _________ or just ______________ed: examples: she laughed, she did laugh, she has laughed
or we believed, we have believed, we did believe or I sailed I did sail I have sailed
pluperfect: had ____________ed future perfect: will have ____________ed
those charts are:
i isti it imus istis erunt eram, eras, erat eramus, eratis, erant ero, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erint
WORLD CUP SOCCER games: next WED for A Day next THURDAY for B Day: bring $5 for T shirt!
GO ITALY!
Rome's birthday PARTY: next Wed.night! Projects due
Monday April 7 4th QUARTER begins!
music: learn two new verses of "She's got the whole world in her hands"
ventum et pluvium in manibus (x3) (wind and the rain)
totam orbem manibus
solem et luna in manibus (x 3) (sun and the moon)
totam orbem manibus
mottoes: e glande quercum educimus: from the acorn we produce the oak
amor omnia vincit: love conquers all
lapus linguae: (not a motto, just a common phrase) a slip of the tongue
work: review the story "Bad News" which we acted out before Spring Break about pater getting the bad news that the princeps (emperor) sending him a letter (epistula) to come back to the city (ad urbem).
How does Sextus react to the news: clamat "eugepae!" ( he shouts hurray)
How does Cornelia react to the news: gemit ( she groans)
what had pater been doing in the beginning of the fabula? in villa epistulas scribit
what were the children doing? in vicinis errant
who gave them the news? nuntius
some other important verbs:
conspicere: to catch sight of salutare: to greet ducere: to lead petere: to search for venire: to come advenire: to come towards, approach
importnt adverb: statim: immediately
New material: learning about the FOUR parts of verbs
learning the patterns: vexo, vexare, vexavi vexatus
habeo, habere, habui, habitus
duco, ducere, duxi, ductus
audio, audire, audivi, auditus
What do you see? first part: ends in o translates: I am ________ing
2nd part end in re translates: to ___________________
3rd part ends in i translates I did ___________ or I have ___________ed
4th part ends in us, a, or um: translated : ________________ed (a passive adjective)
so apply that to vexo: I annoy vexare: to annoy vexavi: I did annoy vexatus, a, um: annoyed
We will be doing a lot more with the 3rd and 4th principle parts.
ventum et pluvium in manibus (x3) (wind and the rain)
totam orbem manibus
solem et luna in manibus (x 3) (sun and the moon)
totam orbem manibus
mottoes: e glande quercum educimus: from the acorn we produce the oak
amor omnia vincit: love conquers all
lapus linguae: (not a motto, just a common phrase) a slip of the tongue
work: review the story "Bad News" which we acted out before Spring Break about pater getting the bad news that the princeps (emperor) sending him a letter (epistula) to come back to the city (ad urbem).
How does Sextus react to the news: clamat "eugepae!" ( he shouts hurray)
How does Cornelia react to the news: gemit ( she groans)
what had pater been doing in the beginning of the fabula? in villa epistulas scribit
what were the children doing? in vicinis errant
who gave them the news? nuntius
some other important verbs:
conspicere: to catch sight of salutare: to greet ducere: to lead petere: to search for venire: to come advenire: to come towards, approach
importnt adverb: statim: immediately
New material: learning about the FOUR parts of verbs
learning the patterns: vexo, vexare, vexavi vexatus
habeo, habere, habui, habitus
duco, ducere, duxi, ductus
audio, audire, audivi, auditus
What do you see? first part: ends in o translates: I am ________ing
2nd part end in re translates: to ___________________
3rd part ends in i translates I did ___________ or I have ___________ed
4th part ends in us, a, or um: translated : ________________ed (a passive adjective)
so apply that to vexo: I annoy vexare: to annoy vexavi: I did annoy vexatus, a, um: annoyed
We will be doing a lot more with the 3rd and 4th principle parts.
Tuesday's Test: March 25 B Day class
test on Cornelia's early rising day. work with slave girls (ancillae) what do they do? what is the role of the mother and the father? Who is sleeping? Who works? Quid mater facit? Quid Davus facit?
what does it mean to trahere lanam? coquere cibum? purgare villam? reprehendere ancillas? dormire? aquam portare? sub arbore sedet? etc.
due Thursday for Theology: Hephaestus/Vulcan ( B Day class)
what does it mean to trahere lanam? coquere cibum? purgare villam? reprehendere ancillas? dormire? aquam portare? sub arbore sedet? etc.
due Thursday for Theology: Hephaestus/Vulcan ( B Day class)
Monday Mar. 24
mottoes: sic semper tryannis: thus (it is) always to tyrants (Virginia)
ad astra per aspera: to the starts through difficulties (Kansas)
Veritas: the truth (Harvard)
videre est credere: to see is to believe (St. Thomas reference)
music: grade for singing the first verse of "She's got the whole world in her hands"
new verses for next time: te me frater in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
te et me soror in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
review the Caesar in Britain passage (most people did not do well on the test)
began work on the story: "Early in the Day" featuring Cornelia and her "mater" doing all the household chores. Actually, the slave girls (ancillae) are doing all the work and Cornelia et mater are making sure it gets done. In this story we learn about the important role of the mother (mater" teaching (docet)
the daughter (filiam) 3 important tasks:
1. villam purgare (to clean the house)
2. cibum coquere (to cook the food)
3. lanam trahere (to spin the wool)
The male slaves (servi) have different chores. What is Dave, the slave, doing?
What about the boys, Marcus and Sextus? What are they doing? (dormiunt!)
Is Cornelia glad that Sextus is still sleeping? Ita!
lots of verbs in this story! (from all different families are, ere, ere , ire) but all in present tense
ad astra per aspera: to the starts through difficulties (Kansas)
Veritas: the truth (Harvard)
videre est credere: to see is to believe (St. Thomas reference)
music: grade for singing the first verse of "She's got the whole world in her hands"
new verses for next time: te me frater in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
te et me soror in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
review the Caesar in Britain passage (most people did not do well on the test)
began work on the story: "Early in the Day" featuring Cornelia and her "mater" doing all the household chores. Actually, the slave girls (ancillae) are doing all the work and Cornelia et mater are making sure it gets done. In this story we learn about the important role of the mother (mater" teaching (docet)
the daughter (filiam) 3 important tasks:
1. villam purgare (to clean the house)
2. cibum coquere (to cook the food)
3. lanam trahere (to spin the wool)
The male slaves (servi) have different chores. What is Dave, the slave, doing?
What about the boys, Marcus and Sextus? What are they doing? (dormiunt!)
Is Cornelia glad that Sextus is still sleeping? Ita!
lots of verbs in this story! (from all different families are, ere, ere , ire) but all in present tense
Monday March 17th
B Day mottoes: persona non grata scientia est sol mentis rara avis
music: She's got the whole world in her hands! (Gaea) totam orbem habet in manibus
(3 times)
totam orbem manibus
finished reading about Caesar in Britain. new words: amicitia friendship
habeo, habere: to have
augere: to increase
carrus: a cart
praemium: a reward
praeda: treasure
semper pro patria laborat: he always works for his country
sed pro sua gloria but for his own glory (at the same time)
grammar point: carris et equis ad patriam praedam portat. He carries the treasure to the country BY carts and horses. (you can substitute in any preposition from the SIDSPACE list when you see the noun has an ablative ending. here you could say WITH or by or on)
Romae victorias multis litteris nuntiat. (He announces his victories to Rome BY many letters or WITH many letters)
music: She's got the whole world in her hands! (Gaea) totam orbem habet in manibus
(3 times)
totam orbem manibus
finished reading about Caesar in Britain. new words: amicitia friendship
habeo, habere: to have
augere: to increase
carrus: a cart
praemium: a reward
praeda: treasure
semper pro patria laborat: he always works for his country
sed pro sua gloria but for his own glory (at the same time)
grammar point: carris et equis ad patriam praedam portat. He carries the treasure to the country BY carts and horses. (you can substitute in any preposition from the SIDSPACE list when you see the noun has an ablative ending. here you could say WITH or by or on)
Romae victorias multis litteris nuntiat. (He announces his victories to Rome BY many letters or WITH many letters)
Monday March 10
mottoes: persona non grata an unwelcome person
rara avis: a rare bird (unique character)
scientia est sol mentis: wisdom is the sunshine of the mind
music: for quiz grade: My Bonnie lies over the ocean If you missed class today, you need to make it up!
mythology: Hermes/Mercury (left over from Thursday)
grammar focus/story: Caesar in Gaul BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH: extra credit all wekk on the life and death and legacy of Gaius Julius Caesar
rara avis: a rare bird (unique character)
scientia est sol mentis: wisdom is the sunshine of the mind
music: for quiz grade: My Bonnie lies over the ocean If you missed class today, you need to make it up!
mythology: Hermes/Mercury (left over from Thursday)
grammar focus/story: Caesar in Gaul BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH: extra credit all wekk on the life and death and legacy of Gaius Julius Caesar
Friday March 7 B Day
Friday's Focus and Fun: get ready for TEST on TUESDAY we used the "albas tabulas" to scribere in Latina and earn points with your teams
know your 9 charts: 3 nouns 3 action verbs 3 verb of being
study over the Cornelia Nautam Servat Story Know your vocabulary. Be able to analyze a sentence for its grammar. what is the subject? What is the verb? Is the verb action or being? What tense is the verb? When does the verb happen? (now, yesterday, or tomorrow. . .present, imperfect or future?) Is the verb singular or plural? Does the subject agree with the verb? Is there a direct object? Is there a prepositional phrase? Is there a word that shows possession?
nouns: unda, filia, hora, aqua, gratia, casa, Cornelia, Anna, cura, nauta, fortuna, arena
puer, vir, remus, cibus
stragulum
verbs: portare, festinare, parare, monstrare, spectare, natare, reportare, exclamare, adiuvare, prensare, laudare
adjectives: bona, ignava, nostra, mea, tua, quinta saucia
adverbs: semper paene nunc hodie
sample questions: scribite in Latina:
they boys are watching the waves: pueri undas spectant
the boys were watching the saves: pueri undas spectabant
the boys will watch the saves: pueri undas spectabunt
my daughter praises the good man:
filia mea virum bonum laudat
your daughter was praising the good men: tua filia viros laudabat.
our daughters will not prepare good food: filiae nostrae bonum cibum non parabunt.
she is lazy: est ignava he is lazy: est ignavus they are lazy: sunt ignavi or sunt ignavae (depending on whether masculine or feminine)
nato, natas, natat: I swim, you swim, he swims
natbam, natabas, natabat. . . I was swimming, you were swimming, he was swimming
natabo, natabis, . . . . natabunt: I will swim, you will swim. . . they will swim
Make sure you can do that with any verb I give you/ conjugate the whole thing in any tense
know your 9 charts: 3 nouns 3 action verbs 3 verb of being
study over the Cornelia Nautam Servat Story Know your vocabulary. Be able to analyze a sentence for its grammar. what is the subject? What is the verb? Is the verb action or being? What tense is the verb? When does the verb happen? (now, yesterday, or tomorrow. . .present, imperfect or future?) Is the verb singular or plural? Does the subject agree with the verb? Is there a direct object? Is there a prepositional phrase? Is there a word that shows possession?
nouns: unda, filia, hora, aqua, gratia, casa, Cornelia, Anna, cura, nauta, fortuna, arena
puer, vir, remus, cibus
stragulum
verbs: portare, festinare, parare, monstrare, spectare, natare, reportare, exclamare, adiuvare, prensare, laudare
adjectives: bona, ignava, nostra, mea, tua, quinta saucia
adverbs: semper paene nunc hodie
sample questions: scribite in Latina:
they boys are watching the waves: pueri undas spectant
the boys were watching the saves: pueri undas spectabant
the boys will watch the saves: pueri undas spectabunt
my daughter praises the good man:
filia mea virum bonum laudat
your daughter was praising the good men: tua filia viros laudabat.
our daughters will not prepare good food: filiae nostrae bonum cibum non parabunt.
she is lazy: est ignava he is lazy: est ignavus they are lazy: sunt ignavi or sunt ignavae (depending on whether masculine or feminine)
nato, natas, natat: I swim, you swim, he swims
natbam, natabas, natabat. . . I was swimming, you were swimming, he was swimming
natabo, natabis, . . . . natabunt: I will swim, you will swim. . . they will swim
Make sure you can do that with any verb I give you/ conjugate the whole thing in any tense
Mon. March 3-Thursday March 6
monday's music: by Bonnie lies over the Ocean (sung for a grade by B day class) amata est trans Oceanum etc.
no mottoes this week due to short class due to SNOW/ICE again!
Tuesday TEST A Day on Cornelia Nautam Servat and Latin Lingua
all three verb charts and all three noun charts (Postponed to THURSDAY due to SNOW)
Wed words: the pledge of allegiance and the BCL creed
plus words from the stories: curator, conservation, docent, virility, puerilism,
Anna et Cornelia ad casam festinant pater natat portate! festinate! cibum parate!
TE: command to more than one person
ignavus, a, um: lazy saucius, a, um: wounded
Anna exclamat: adiuvate! help! mater: mea filia exclamat
Anna: spectate in undis!
THURSDAY: THEOLOGY A Day: HERMES/MERCURY
no mottoes this week due to short class due to SNOW/ICE again!
Tuesday TEST A Day on Cornelia Nautam Servat and Latin Lingua
all three verb charts and all three noun charts (Postponed to THURSDAY due to SNOW)
Wed words: the pledge of allegiance and the BCL creed
plus words from the stories: curator, conservation, docent, virility, puerilism,
Anna et Cornelia ad casam festinant pater natat portate! festinate! cibum parate!
TE: command to more than one person
ignavus, a, um: lazy saucius, a, um: wounded
Anna exclamat: adiuvate! help! mater: mea filia exclamat
Anna: spectate in undis!
THURSDAY: THEOLOGY A Day: HERMES/MERCURY
Mon. Feb. 24: see last Monday's notes
Monday Feb. 10/ Tues 11/ snow days Mon Feb 17/18th
music: B Day did "oh when the saints go marching in" for a grade A day still has to do this
mottoes: B Day did several SEMPER phrases: semper fidelis, semper paratus, semper montani liberi
always faithful, always prepared, the mountain men are always free
A Day took the TROJAN WAR TEST B did the Trojan WAR test on Monday since they missed Tuesday
B Day did Hermes for THEOLOGY THURSDAY 2 weeks ago A day was supposed to do APHRODITE for this past Thursday: that will be due this coming Thursday instead.
new vocabulary emphasis: the verbs in the Trojan war story: obtruncare, caecare celare: to murder, to blind, to hide evolare: to fly out of
character emphasis: compare and contrast the roles of all the major characters in the movie TROY versus the real story. Much discussion on Agamemonon, Menelaus, Odysseus, Ajax, Achilles, Helen on the GREEK side versus Priam, Hecuba, Cassandra, Paris, Hector, Oenone, Aeneas, Creusa, Andromache on the Trojan side
also: HOMER, a GREEK wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
VIRGIL, a ROMAN wrote the Aeneid (from Aeneas' perspective)
both GREAT epic poems: remember all the features of an epic poem? What does it mean to be an epic hero?
mottoes: B Day did several SEMPER phrases: semper fidelis, semper paratus, semper montani liberi
always faithful, always prepared, the mountain men are always free
A Day took the TROJAN WAR TEST B did the Trojan WAR test on Monday since they missed Tuesday
B Day did Hermes for THEOLOGY THURSDAY 2 weeks ago A day was supposed to do APHRODITE for this past Thursday: that will be due this coming Thursday instead.
new vocabulary emphasis: the verbs in the Trojan war story: obtruncare, caecare celare: to murder, to blind, to hide evolare: to fly out of
character emphasis: compare and contrast the roles of all the major characters in the movie TROY versus the real story. Much discussion on Agamemonon, Menelaus, Odysseus, Ajax, Achilles, Helen on the GREEK side versus Priam, Hecuba, Cassandra, Paris, Hector, Oenone, Aeneas, Creusa, Andromache on the Trojan side
also: HOMER, a GREEK wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
VIRGIL, a ROMAN wrote the Aeneid (from Aeneas' perspective)
both GREAT epic poems: remember all the features of an epic poem? What does it mean to be an epic hero?
Wed. Thurs/ Friday: Jan. 22, 23, 24:Watching the MOVIE TROY
Monday Jan.13/ Tues. Jan 14
mottoes: annuit coeptis He has blessed our beginnings
novus ordo seclorum: new order of the ages
perstare et praestare: to endure and excell (to stand through and to stand in front of)
music: oh, when the saints go marching in! Cum intrant caelum sancti (repeat)
annumerari in his vellem
cum intrant caelum angeli
message: A modern family travels to Europe. ad Europam familia tota navigabit (the whole family will sail to Europe)
they go to England, (Britannia) France (Gallia) Germany (Germania( and Austria (same in Latin).
do they need to pack food? minime! copia cibi est magna. the supply of food is great.
who gets the ship ready? nautae navem parabunt. (the sailors will prepare the ship)
What does the narrator of the story like to do best? Romanas ruinas amat. (everywhere they go, she/he wants to see the Roman ruins) She must be a Latin student or a BCL member. :)
TEST TUESDAY on this story and the Aeneas/Elissa story.
novus ordo seclorum: new order of the ages
perstare et praestare: to endure and excell (to stand through and to stand in front of)
music: oh, when the saints go marching in! Cum intrant caelum sancti (repeat)
annumerari in his vellem
cum intrant caelum angeli
message: A modern family travels to Europe. ad Europam familia tota navigabit (the whole family will sail to Europe)
they go to England, (Britannia) France (Gallia) Germany (Germania( and Austria (same in Latin).
do they need to pack food? minime! copia cibi est magna. the supply of food is great.
who gets the ship ready? nautae navem parabunt. (the sailors will prepare the ship)
What does the narrator of the story like to do best? Romanas ruinas amat. (everywhere they go, she/he wants to see the Roman ruins) She must be a Latin student or a BCL member. :)
TEST TUESDAY on this story and the Aeneas/Elissa story.
Wed. and Thursday Jan 8 and 9
wonderful words like fabulous, misery, and interrogate taken form the story of the Aeneid.
more discussion about Aeneas, the epic hero. quiz on wonderful words.
Theology Thursday assignment for B day classes: Apollo and Diana, the twins, favorite son/daughter of Zeus
Monday & Tuesday Jan. 6 and 7
Monday's mottoes: lux et libertas erunt semper Saturnalia pax in terra
music: dormisne o frater, frater Iacobe, Iacobe resonant campanae resonant campanae din din don din din don
message: epic heroes? what makes an epic hero?
1. strong man chosen by gods to undergo/accomplish a very diffucult task (or tasks)
2. this man will suffer/ have adventures/ face obstacles, and find love/romance along the way
3. the gods will intervene for good/bad to help/hurt this man
4. other mortals will help/hurt him
5. but. . .ultimately. . .this strong man will accomplish his mission (he may or not be alive to see that)
the story we are currently reading is about Aeneas, the epic hero written about in The Aeneid by Virgil.
his mission: to find a NEW TROY for his people why: Troy is destroyed in the Trojan War
where should he go: HESPERIA (old Latin word for Italia)
errare: to wander navigare: to sail interrogare: to ask vocare: to call parare: to prepare
his father: Anchises his mom: Venus (Cytherea) his son: Ascanius
his dad is too old to carry out the gods' commands. His wife, Creusa, dies in the Trojan war. . .
so at the time his mission is revealed to him Aeneas has already suffered great emotional pain.
he sails a long way from Hesperia longe ab Hesperia and ends up in Africa! Here, of course, he meets queen Elilssa, also known as Dido. (regina)
she invited him and his friends (amicos) to dinner (ad cenam) and then wants to hear the FABULA de Troiano bello.
Aeneas is hesistant to tell his FABULA. Why? est longa et misera. verba non sunt bona.
it is during this tale, that Elissa (Dido) begins to fall in love with him. (sadly: misere) Why do you suppose it is written that it is sadly?)
misere: sadly libere; freelly amice: friendly THESE ARE the ADVERBS in the story.
adverbs describe how things are done. ADD a long e in place of the usual ending:
for example longus becomes longe amicus: amice pulchra: pulchre
TUESDAY: TEST for the B day classes on all this material
music: dormisne o frater, frater Iacobe, Iacobe resonant campanae resonant campanae din din don din din don
message: epic heroes? what makes an epic hero?
1. strong man chosen by gods to undergo/accomplish a very diffucult task (or tasks)
2. this man will suffer/ have adventures/ face obstacles, and find love/romance along the way
3. the gods will intervene for good/bad to help/hurt this man
4. other mortals will help/hurt him
5. but. . .ultimately. . .this strong man will accomplish his mission (he may or not be alive to see that)
the story we are currently reading is about Aeneas, the epic hero written about in The Aeneid by Virgil.
his mission: to find a NEW TROY for his people why: Troy is destroyed in the Trojan War
where should he go: HESPERIA (old Latin word for Italia)
errare: to wander navigare: to sail interrogare: to ask vocare: to call parare: to prepare
his father: Anchises his mom: Venus (Cytherea) his son: Ascanius
his dad is too old to carry out the gods' commands. His wife, Creusa, dies in the Trojan war. . .
so at the time his mission is revealed to him Aeneas has already suffered great emotional pain.
he sails a long way from Hesperia longe ab Hesperia and ends up in Africa! Here, of course, he meets queen Elilssa, also known as Dido. (regina)
she invited him and his friends (amicos) to dinner (ad cenam) and then wants to hear the FABULA de Troiano bello.
Aeneas is hesistant to tell his FABULA. Why? est longa et misera. verba non sunt bona.
it is during this tale, that Elissa (Dido) begins to fall in love with him. (sadly: misere) Why do you suppose it is written that it is sadly?)
misere: sadly libere; freelly amice: friendly THESE ARE the ADVERBS in the story.
adverbs describe how things are done. ADD a long e in place of the usual ending:
for example longus becomes longe amicus: amice pulchra: pulchre
TUESDAY: TEST for the B day classes on all this material
Monday-Friday Dec. 9-13
music: gaudete venit dominus!
TEST for the B Day class on Dido's story: fleeing from her past, starting over: Novum Oppidum
words: fugue, peril, perilous, magnify, multiply etc.
theology: Poseidon/Neptune
Facts: Saturnalia! research this fascinating ancient holiday named in honor of Saturn, god of harvest. Many of our modern holiday customs date back to this one.
grammar: learning all the charts the whole way through: add genitive
nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative
new verb charts: imperfect bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis bant: imperfect: I was _______ing
future: bo, bis, bit, bimus, bitis, bunt: Iwill _________, you will, ________ etc
navigant: they sail navigabant: they were sailing navigabunt: they will sail
habito: I live habitabam: I was living habitabo: I will live
new story: a Saturnalia story
TEST for the B Day class on Dido's story: fleeing from her past, starting over: Novum Oppidum
words: fugue, peril, perilous, magnify, multiply etc.
theology: Poseidon/Neptune
Facts: Saturnalia! research this fascinating ancient holiday named in honor of Saturn, god of harvest. Many of our modern holiday customs date back to this one.
grammar: learning all the charts the whole way through: add genitive
nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative
new verb charts: imperfect bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis bant: imperfect: I was _______ing
future: bo, bis, bit, bimus, bitis, bunt: Iwill _________, you will, ________ etc
navigant: they sail navigabant: they were sailing navigabunt: they will sail
habito: I live habitabam: I was living habitabo: I will live
new story: a Saturnalia story
Wednesday Dec. 4 and Thursday Dec. 5
wonderful words quiz: malice, fugitive, miser, feral, pulchritude, fugue, multipy, edify etc.
reading about Elissa in Africa. new verb; obtruncare: to kill
Elissa's brother kills her husband: we stared learning the genitive case: the case that shows posssesion
whose brother? Elissa's
Theology: Hestia/ Vesta
reading about Elissa in Africa. new verb; obtruncare: to kill
Elissa's brother kills her husband: we stared learning the genitive case: the case that shows posssesion
whose brother? Elissa's
Theology: Hestia/ Vesta
Monday and Tuesday Dec. 2nd and 3rd
A day class should look at the music and mottoes from last week.
There will NOT be a TUESDAY TEST on Dec. 3rd (I haven't seen you since the Tuesday before Thanksgiving!)
new nouns: fuga ae f. flight
periculum, i n. danger
adjectives: multus a um: many
ferus a um: wild
magnus a um: great note that adjectives can be all three genders.
miser, misera, miserum: sad
pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum: pretty
pauci paucae pauca: few
amicus a um: friendly
inamicus a um unfriendly
malus
verb: aedifico, are, : to build
new story: about Dido and the her flight from Phoenicia to Africa (later she will encounter Aeneas from the Trojan war)
look at the English words on the hand out for your wonderful words for Wednesday list:
add: fugitive and multiplication and edification and miserable
to fugue edify paucity multiply miser malice peril magnify (magnification) pulchritude
There will NOT be a TUESDAY TEST on Dec. 3rd (I haven't seen you since the Tuesday before Thanksgiving!)
new nouns: fuga ae f. flight
periculum, i n. danger
adjectives: multus a um: many
ferus a um: wild
magnus a um: great note that adjectives can be all three genders.
miser, misera, miserum: sad
pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum: pretty
pauci paucae pauca: few
amicus a um: friendly
inamicus a um unfriendly
malus
verb: aedifico, are, : to build
new story: about Dido and the her flight from Phoenicia to Africa (later she will encounter Aeneas from the Trojan war)
look at the English words on the hand out for your wonderful words for Wednesday list:
add: fugitive and multiplication and edification and miserable
to fugue edify paucity multiply miser malice peril magnify (magnification) pulchritude
Monday and TUESDAY Nov. 25 and 26th
mottoes: regnant populi: the people rule
ad astra per aspera: to the stars through hardships
arma togae cedant: let weapons give in to the toga (to peace)
music for next time: JOY to the WORLD: gaudete! venit dominus
iam regnum ineant
dum caelum canit et mundus (repeat)
cor quodque teneat cor quodque teneat
cor quodque cor quodque teneat
TEST tomorrow TUESDAY: tiny TEST on neuter nouns and Troy
know all your vocabulary/ look back at Nov. 12/13 for a fairly complete list. Study the main characters in the story of Troy.
argentum, aurum, auxilium, basium, bellum, calidarium, caelum, cubiculum, donum, exemplum, frigidarium, gaudium, frumentum, ientaculum, malum, negotium, otium, oppidum, ovum, prandium, poculum, regnum, solatium, templum, tepidarium, unguentum, verbum, vinum
ad astra per aspera: to the stars through hardships
arma togae cedant: let weapons give in to the toga (to peace)
music for next time: JOY to the WORLD: gaudete! venit dominus
iam regnum ineant
dum caelum canit et mundus (repeat)
cor quodque teneat cor quodque teneat
cor quodque cor quodque teneat
TEST tomorrow TUESDAY: tiny TEST on neuter nouns and Troy
know all your vocabulary/ look back at Nov. 12/13 for a fairly complete list. Study the main characters in the story of Troy.
argentum, aurum, auxilium, basium, bellum, calidarium, caelum, cubiculum, donum, exemplum, frigidarium, gaudium, frumentum, ientaculum, malum, negotium, otium, oppidum, ovum, prandium, poculum, regnum, solatium, templum, tepidarium, unguentum, verbum, vinum
Thursday and Friday NOV. 14 and 15th
work on neuter nouns/ Dative case
started talking about the Trojan War in the B Day class: will start this with A Day next week
(since we now know the word for war and kingdom and help. We will need those words as we translate the next set of stories)
two new ones: negotium: business, task, hard work and its opposite: leisure/ free time
started talking about the Trojan War in the B Day class: will start this with A Day next week
(since we now know the word for war and kingdom and help. We will need those words as we translate the next set of stories)
two new ones: negotium: business, task, hard work and its opposite: leisure/ free time
Tuesday Nov. 12 and Wed. 13
we are now learning a whole new set of nouns: NEUTER ones. They are neither feminine or masculine. They end in UM in the nominative singular. Study this list:
aurum: gold
argentum: silver
auxilium: help/aid
bellum: war
basium: kiss
beneficium: kindness/good deed
caelum: heaven/sky
calidarium: hot water bath
donum: gift
exemplum: example
frumentum: grain
frigidarium: cold water bath
gaudium: joy
ientaculum: breakfast
maleficium: bad deed
oppidum: town
poculum: cup prandium: lunch
regnum: kingdom
solatium: comfort
templum: temple
tepidarium: warm water bath
unguentum: ointment
verbum: word
vinum: wine
There are lots of these neuter words still living in English such as auditorium, gymnasium, stadium, uranium, etc.
Notice that a lot of these words would make good gifts!! As we enter the season of thankfulness and gif giving, think how nice it would be to speak "good words" to your friends.. Bona Verba. :) or to give dona multa: many gifts
or to give comfort, help, or , joy, or gold or silver or a kiss! all good gifts!
So, we also need to know how to say "to give" :to show" and "to tell" since it is also nice to show people what gifts you are giving or receiving or to tell people about the good news of the season! :)
donare: to give (donation, donor)
narrare: to tell (narration, narrative, narrator)
demonstrare: to show (demonstration, demonstrative)
so , now we are learning about a new case: Dative for nouns that are the indirect object in the sentence.
to whom? The goddess is giving grain to the farmers. Farmers are the "to whom?" in that sentence.
We gave the slaves water. Slaves are the "to whom" in that sentence.
She was telling a story to the children. Children are the indirect object in that sentence.
aurum: gold
argentum: silver
auxilium: help/aid
bellum: war
basium: kiss
beneficium: kindness/good deed
caelum: heaven/sky
calidarium: hot water bath
donum: gift
exemplum: example
frumentum: grain
frigidarium: cold water bath
gaudium: joy
ientaculum: breakfast
maleficium: bad deed
oppidum: town
poculum: cup prandium: lunch
regnum: kingdom
solatium: comfort
templum: temple
tepidarium: warm water bath
unguentum: ointment
verbum: word
vinum: wine
There are lots of these neuter words still living in English such as auditorium, gymnasium, stadium, uranium, etc.
Notice that a lot of these words would make good gifts!! As we enter the season of thankfulness and gif giving, think how nice it would be to speak "good words" to your friends.. Bona Verba. :) or to give dona multa: many gifts
or to give comfort, help, or , joy, or gold or silver or a kiss! all good gifts!
So, we also need to know how to say "to give" :to show" and "to tell" since it is also nice to show people what gifts you are giving or receiving or to tell people about the good news of the season! :)
donare: to give (donation, donor)
narrare: to tell (narration, narrative, narrator)
demonstrare: to show (demonstration, demonstrative)
so , now we are learning about a new case: Dative for nouns that are the indirect object in the sentence.
to whom? The goddess is giving grain to the farmers. Farmers are the "to whom?" in that sentence.
We gave the slaves water. Slaves are the "to whom" in that sentence.
She was telling a story to the children. Children are the indirect object in that sentence.
Friday Nov. 8th
read the story of Marcus, Sextus and the wolf: lupus in silva
for Friday's Fun: divided in teams and played for points on translating the story
for Friday's Fun: divided in teams and played for points on translating the story
Thursday Nov. 7: Theology Thursday: Demeter/Ceres
Wednesday Nov 6: wonderful words
we said our BCL creed.
then, we took a group quiz on English grammar! Can you label the subject, direct object, and object of a preposition. continue to work on those concepts.
working on translating sentences after labeling the parts: nominative, accusative, and ablative
then, we took a group quiz on English grammar! Can you label the subject, direct object, and object of a preposition. continue to work on those concepts.
working on translating sentences after labeling the parts: nominative, accusative, and ablative
Tuesday Nov. 4: TEST
Monday Nov. 3
music: for next time: Dormisne o frater, frater, Iacobe Iacobe
resonant campanae (x2)
din din don (X2)
mottoes: ab ovo usque ad mala: from the egg to the apples: from start to finish
respice, adspice, prospice: look back, look here now, look forward
cum grano salis: with a grain of salt (not seriously)
more work on the masculine and feminine noun charts: nominative, accusative, and ablative
Can you label the parts of an English sentence? subject, direct object or object of a preposition
Grandpa loves cats. Grandpa is the subject cats are the direct object.
The cats caught many mice in the barn. Cats: subject mice: direct object barn: object of the preposition in
The sailors sail across the ocean with the pirates.
sailors: subject ocean: object of the prep. across pirates: obj of prep. with
know your charts!!
Feminine:
nominative: a ae
accusative: am as
ablative a is (those have long marks over them)
Masculine: us, er, or ir / i
um/os
o/is
amicos bonos vir habet. The man has good friends.
Viri sunt bono amici: the men are good friends.
amicum bonum in horto video. I see my good friend in the garden.
Vir in horto cum servis laborat. the man is working in the garden with the slaves
Ranas amamus: we like frogs.
in urna ranam puella portat. The girl is carryig a frog in the jar.
ex rana puella fugit. the girl runs away from the frog.
etc. study your endings!
resonant campanae (x2)
din din don (X2)
mottoes: ab ovo usque ad mala: from the egg to the apples: from start to finish
respice, adspice, prospice: look back, look here now, look forward
cum grano salis: with a grain of salt (not seriously)
more work on the masculine and feminine noun charts: nominative, accusative, and ablative
Can you label the parts of an English sentence? subject, direct object or object of a preposition
Grandpa loves cats. Grandpa is the subject cats are the direct object.
The cats caught many mice in the barn. Cats: subject mice: direct object barn: object of the preposition in
The sailors sail across the ocean with the pirates.
sailors: subject ocean: object of the prep. across pirates: obj of prep. with
know your charts!!
Feminine:
nominative: a ae
accusative: am as
ablative a is (those have long marks over them)
Masculine: us, er, or ir / i
um/os
o/is
amicos bonos vir habet. The man has good friends.
Viri sunt bono amici: the men are good friends.
amicum bonum in horto video. I see my good friend in the garden.
Vir in horto cum servis laborat. the man is working in the garden with the slaves
Ranas amamus: we like frogs.
in urna ranam puella portat. The girl is carryig a frog in the jar.
ex rana puella fugit. the girl runs away from the frog.
etc. study your endings!
Wed. Oct. 30/Thursday Oct. 31
working on the story about Anna et Rana Anna and the frog
working on the nominative, accusative, and ablative cases:
rana est in aqua ranam in aqua video
agricolae in Sicilia laborant puellae ranas in urna spectant
theology Thursday: Hades/Pluto the story of the seasons: the abduction of Persephone
gloomy, rich, hospitable and protective of his kingdom, black horses and chariot, the pomegranate, Demeter's search for her daughter: Ubi est mea filia? Ubi est mea filia? . The young boy named Triptolemus who helped her.
Cerberus, the dog with tria capita, the river Styx, the river Lethe
working on the nominative, accusative, and ablative cases:
rana est in aqua ranam in aqua video
agricolae in Sicilia laborant puellae ranas in urna spectant
theology Thursday: Hades/Pluto the story of the seasons: the abduction of Persephone
gloomy, rich, hospitable and protective of his kingdom, black horses and chariot, the pomegranate, Demeter's search for her daughter: Ubi est mea filia? Ubi est mea filia? . The young boy named Triptolemus who helped her.
Cerberus, the dog with tria capita, the river Styx, the river Lethe
Friday Oct 25 A Day
Friday's Facts: education and expectations for ancient boys and girls.
boys were walked to and from school by a paedagogus, a slave whose sole job was to make sure the boys did their work and paid attention in class!
girls stayed at home, had private Greek tutors who taught them the SAME subjects as the boys:
math, philosophy, Greek and Latin grammar and literature, and oratory (public speaking which was very important)
but in addition to all that girls were expected to learn to run the household: cleaning, weaving, and cooking
boys were expected to be physically STRONG and mentally tough. expected to serve in the military and run for public office.
girls expected to be mentally tough and morally straight to raise children who were obedient reverent, and loyal to family, gods and country. this was called PIETAS.
boys were walked to and from school by a paedagogus, a slave whose sole job was to make sure the boys did their work and paid attention in class!
girls stayed at home, had private Greek tutors who taught them the SAME subjects as the boys:
math, philosophy, Greek and Latin grammar and literature, and oratory (public speaking which was very important)
but in addition to all that girls were expected to learn to run the household: cleaning, weaving, and cooking
boys were expected to be physically STRONG and mentally tough. expected to serve in the military and run for public office.
girls expected to be mentally tough and morally straight to raise children who were obedient reverent, and loyal to family, gods and country. this was called PIETAS.
Wed. Oct 23 A Day
wonderful words see last Wednesday's B day list
made our FALL BALL name tags
made our FALL BALL name tags
Wednesday Oct. 16 B Day
wonderful words quiz on : servile, virile, puerile, dominate,domination, equestrian, filial, nasal, oculist, binoculars, popular, population,digital, amicable, agriculture, and horticulture also: insomnia
started learning nominative: subject
accusative: direct object and CAP TIPPS prepositions
ablative: SID SPACE prepositions
started learning nominative: subject
accusative: direct object and CAP TIPPS prepositions
ablative: SID SPACE prepositions
Monday Oct. 14 B Day
mottoes: Senatus Populusque Romanus: the senate and the Roman people
modus operandi: method of operating often abbreviated M. O. (how you do something)
pro bono publico: for the public good (a cornerstone belief of our democracy, not always evident in today's politics)
sometimes you do things for the good of the whole society/ not just for your own self interest
music: you sang "Row, row, row your boat" in Latin
for next time: "head, shoulders, knees and toes":
caput, umeri, genua, pedes (repeat)
oculi, aures, os, et nasum
caput, umeri, genua, peded (repeat)
learn your body parts, sing it with pointing to the parts!
work today: chapter 4 Sextus arborem ascendit Sextus Corneliam vexat
Marcus tries to warn Sextus about the weak branches,but Sextus falls!
Sextus ex arbore cadit.
modus operandi: method of operating often abbreviated M. O. (how you do something)
pro bono publico: for the public good (a cornerstone belief of our democracy, not always evident in today's politics)
sometimes you do things for the good of the whole society/ not just for your own self interest
music: you sang "Row, row, row your boat" in Latin
for next time: "head, shoulders, knees and toes":
caput, umeri, genua, pedes (repeat)
oculi, aures, os, et nasum
caput, umeri, genua, peded (repeat)
learn your body parts, sing it with pointing to the parts!
work today: chapter 4 Sextus arborem ascendit Sextus Corneliam vexat
Marcus tries to warn Sextus about the weak branches,but Sextus falls!
Sextus ex arbore cadit.
Friday Oct. 11 A Day
Friday's Facts: pick up handout of the map of Italy and Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia
Which road is featured on the map? The Appia Via. It goes from which city to which city? Find all about it for EXTRA CREDIT.
also note: famous city Carthage in Africa; no longer there? Why? destroyed by the Romans in a series of wars. great enemy to the Romans. find out why or more about that for EXTRA CREDIT.
finished reading chapter 4 about molestus Sextus, annoying Sextus who decided to ascendere arborem (climb the tree) while poor Cornelia was trying to dormire (to sleep)
out runs Marcus (Marcus currit ad arborem) to warn Sextus that the branches are weak!
"Rami sunt infirmi" (notice the new masculine word branch is plural and is the subject of that sentence)
eventually, of course, Marcus ex arbore cadit. and Marcus et Cornelia rident.
played a fun round of "around the world" for our Friday fun.
Which road is featured on the map? The Appia Via. It goes from which city to which city? Find all about it for EXTRA CREDIT.
also note: famous city Carthage in Africa; no longer there? Why? destroyed by the Romans in a series of wars. great enemy to the Romans. find out why or more about that for EXTRA CREDIT.
finished reading chapter 4 about molestus Sextus, annoying Sextus who decided to ascendere arborem (climb the tree) while poor Cornelia was trying to dormire (to sleep)
out runs Marcus (Marcus currit ad arborem) to warn Sextus that the branches are weak!
"Rami sunt infirmi" (notice the new masculine word branch is plural and is the subject of that sentence)
eventually, of course, Marcus ex arbore cadit. and Marcus et Cornelia rident.
played a fun round of "around the world" for our Friday fun.
Thursday Oct 10 B day
Theology Thursday: featuring Hera/Juno queen of the gods, wife and sister to Zeus, daughter of Cronus and Rhea, mother of Hebe, Ares, and Hephaestus, goddess of marriage and womenhood, matronly, beautiful, royal and VERY VERY jealous! Most stories about Hera involve her EXTREME jealousy of the other women and children by other women whom Zeus loves. Today we read the story of how the peacock gots its eyes. Main characters besides Hera and Zeus: Io and Argus. Know this story. If you were absent, get this picture for your notebook.
read chapter 3 and reviewed SID SPACE prepositions and started talking about CAP TIPPS prepositions.
went over Davus, Marcus, and Sextus in horto again. reviewed actions verbs: rident and clamant.
reviewed adjectives iratus and multi and new one: solus new action verb:; laborat.
talked about the fact that Davus est Brittanicus vir.
Jack asked a GREAT question about what language would Dave have spoken before he was enslaved by the Romans? I hope Jack and others will try to find that answer.
read chapter 3 and reviewed SID SPACE prepositions and started talking about CAP TIPPS prepositions.
went over Davus, Marcus, and Sextus in horto again. reviewed actions verbs: rident and clamant.
reviewed adjectives iratus and multi and new one: solus new action verb:; laborat.
talked about the fact that Davus est Brittanicus vir.
Jack asked a GREAT question about what language would Dave have spoken before he was enslaved by the Romans? I hope Jack and others will try to find that answer.
Wednesday Oct. 9 A Day
sophomore were out taking test. we met in Ms. Allen's room. took www quiz #2
on words such as navigable, audible, legible, vocation, habitation, etc.
worked on chapters 3 and 4
on words such as navigable, audible, legible, vocation, habitation, etc.
worked on chapters 3 and 4
Monday Oct. 7 A Day
mottoes: sub rosa: under the rose (secretly)
labor omnia vincit work conquers all
experientia docet: experience teaches
music: for next time: barcam remigia lente in aqua hilare, hilare, hilare, hilare, somnium est vita
(row row row your boat)
worked more on masculine nouns and SID SPACE prepostions
labor omnia vincit work conquers all
experientia docet: experience teaches
music: for next time: barcam remigia lente in aqua hilare, hilare, hilare, hilare, somnium est vita
(row row row your boat)
worked more on masculine nouns and SID SPACE prepostions
Friday Oct. 4 B Day
Friday's Facts: handout; a map of Italy with the route of the Via Appia.
The Appian Way was the most famous road which lead from Rome to Brundisium, a port town on the East Coast of Italy which was very popular for leaving to sail to Greece.
extra credit: find out who built it, how long is out, how did they make the roads? Why were Romans so good at making roads. (really very amazing skills and engineering that they used)
The Tiber River is the one that runs through Rome.
The 3 islands around Italy: Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily.
We learned SID SPACE prepositions and played team against team on the white boards for extra points on Tuesday's test.
sub; under in: in or on de: down from or concerning sine: without pro: for/ on behalf of ab: away from or by cum: with ex: out of
discussed masuline endings singular and plural, subject and object of preposition
cum amico with a friend sine equo without a horse de cibo: about food ex horto: out of the garden
amici ambulant: the friends are walking cibus est bonus: the food is good servi ab Italia navigant: the slaves are sailing away from Italy.
The Appian Way was the most famous road which lead from Rome to Brundisium, a port town on the East Coast of Italy which was very popular for leaving to sail to Greece.
extra credit: find out who built it, how long is out, how did they make the roads? Why were Romans so good at making roads. (really very amazing skills and engineering that they used)
The Tiber River is the one that runs through Rome.
The 3 islands around Italy: Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily.
We learned SID SPACE prepositions and played team against team on the white boards for extra points on Tuesday's test.
sub; under in: in or on de: down from or concerning sine: without pro: for/ on behalf of ab: away from or by cum: with ex: out of
discussed masuline endings singular and plural, subject and object of preposition
cum amico with a friend sine equo without a horse de cibo: about food ex horto: out of the garden
amici ambulant: the friends are walking cibus est bonus: the food is good servi ab Italia navigant: the slaves are sailing away from Italy.
Thursday Oct. 3 A Day
Theology Thursday: Hera/Juno goddess of marriage, regal, jealous, sister/wife of Zeus, daughter of Cronus and Rhea. we read the story of how the peacock got its eyes along with the story of Io who eventually became an Egyptian goddess.
started learning masculine nouns. amicus, barbarus, carrus, cibus, deus, equus, filius, hortus, inamicus, locus, nuntius, oculus, populus, servus, taurus
started learning masculine nouns. amicus, barbarus, carrus, cibus, deus, equus, filius, hortus, inamicus, locus, nuntius, oculus, populus, servus, taurus
Wednesday October 2 B day
we took our WWW quiz on the derivatives for the week.
finished reading/discussing chapter 2 about Cornelia and Flavia walking and sitting. ambulant et sedent. They even decieded to currere! But they got defessae. So, they slowly (lente) walk back to their villam rusticam.
starting learning masculine nouns such as Marcus, Davus, Sextus, hortus, amicus.
finished reading/discussing chapter 2 about Cornelia and Flavia walking and sitting. ambulant et sedent. They even decieded to currere! But they got defessae. So, they slowly (lente) walk back to their villam rusticam.
starting learning masculine nouns such as Marcus, Davus, Sextus, hortus, amicus.
Tuesday TEST day for A Day
Monday B Day Sept. 30
music and mottoes:
sub rosa: under the rose (under the sign of Venus, goddess of love): secretly
experientia docet: experience teaches (notice the action verb docere: to teach with a t on the end meaning he, she or it)
labor omnia vincit: work conquers all (notice the action verb vincere: to conquer
Y'all did a nice job with "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" singing in Latin today.
For next Monday: barcam remigia
lente in aqua
hilare (x4)
somnium est vita
"Row Row Row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. . . life is but a dream
worked more with action verbs: conjugating them in the present tense
also learned: sum sumus
es estis
est sunt
That means: I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are
be careful to know the difference between an ACTION VERB and a verb of being:
I am a farmer. They are pirates. The girls are happy. She is hungry. (Those all have forms of the verb to be)
the farmer is plowing. The pirates are laughing. The girls are walking. She is eating. (Do NOT use the verb to be, use an action verb)
experientia docet: experience teaches (notice the action verb docere: to teach with a t on the end meaning he, she or it)
labor omnia vincit: work conquers all (notice the action verb vincere: to conquer
Y'all did a nice job with "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" singing in Latin today.
For next Monday: barcam remigia
lente in aqua
hilare (x4)
somnium est vita
"Row Row Row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. . . life is but a dream
worked more with action verbs: conjugating them in the present tense
also learned: sum sumus
es estis
est sunt
That means: I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are
be careful to know the difference between an ACTION VERB and a verb of being:
I am a farmer. They are pirates. The girls are happy. She is hungry. (Those all have forms of the verb to be)
the farmer is plowing. The pirates are laughing. The girls are walking. She is eating. (Do NOT use the verb to be, use an action verb)
Friday A Day Sept. 27
Friday's Facts: food and drink and clothes
what did the ancient Romans eat and drink? edere et bibere to eat and to drink
mainly: bread and grapes and wine (lots of apples, too)
also: pork and fish and vegetables
wealthy: beef and crazy fancy dishes like stuffed flamingo and peacock and mice!
for sweetening: honey and raisins NO SUGAR NO CHOCOLATE
food they were NOT aware of : citrus fruits, potatoes, tomatoes, coffee, chocolate
dress: leather sandals, togas of many kinds for the men, stola for the women
sign of high class: purple bordered toga for senators
tunics: under all togas slaves always wore tunics.
hairstyles: women fancy and elaborate men: clean shaven
make up and jewelry: women did use and wear (interesting similarities to today)
boys: wore a bulla (good luck charm necklace) to ward off evil spirits until their day of manhood, when they dedicated the hair from their first shave to the household gods.
discussion point: do we have any sort of marking manhood ceremony for young men in our culture?
compare and contrast these facts with those of your own life. What do you like to edere, bibere and gerere?
what did the ancient Romans eat and drink? edere et bibere to eat and to drink
mainly: bread and grapes and wine (lots of apples, too)
also: pork and fish and vegetables
wealthy: beef and crazy fancy dishes like stuffed flamingo and peacock and mice!
for sweetening: honey and raisins NO SUGAR NO CHOCOLATE
food they were NOT aware of : citrus fruits, potatoes, tomatoes, coffee, chocolate
dress: leather sandals, togas of many kinds for the men, stola for the women
sign of high class: purple bordered toga for senators
tunics: under all togas slaves always wore tunics.
hairstyles: women fancy and elaborate men: clean shaven
make up and jewelry: women did use and wear (interesting similarities to today)
boys: wore a bulla (good luck charm necklace) to ward off evil spirits until their day of manhood, when they dedicated the hair from their first shave to the household gods.
discussion point: do we have any sort of marking manhood ceremony for young men in our culture?
compare and contrast these facts with those of your own life. What do you like to edere, bibere and gerere?
Thursday B Day Sept. 26
theology Thursday: Zeus: his birth story, his parents, rescuing his sibings, overthrow of his father, Cronus, rescuing his uncles, the monsters, war with the Titans, defeat of Typhon and Echidna, his thunderbolts, the eagle, the oak, his characteristics, his domain, and his lingering influence in the authoritative, victorious, strong patriarchal figure.
also: more work on action verbs. o, s, t, mus, tis nt
also: more work on action verbs. o, s, t, mus, tis nt
Wednesday A Day Sept. 25
wonderful words: current, cursive amorous, pugnacious, docile, docent, ambulatory, laudatory, navigation, description, inscription, arable, legible, audible, navigable, dormitory, dormant, omniscient, habitation, sedentary
more work on action verbs: added clamare: to shout (exclamation, clamorous)
ambulare: to walk (ambulatory,amble)
pugnare: to fight (pugnacious)
vocare: to call (vocal, vociferous)
laudare: to praise (laudatory, applause, applaud, laudible)
currere: to run (current, cursive)
tangere: to touch (tangible, intangible)
facere: to do or make (factory, manufacture)
played girls vs. guys at the board. exciting competition. girls really won! :) boys pulled out the big extra credit sentence
read the story of the 2 Romanae puellae, Flavia et Cornelia
funny saying in Latin: quid facit? (what is she/ he doing>)
Cornelia sub arbore legit.
Flavia sub arbore scribit
Ubi Flavia habitat? (She lives in the neighboring house)
Cur est Cornelia laeta? Quod in villa habiatat.
When does she live in her country house? in the summer aestate
y'all did a good job reading and listening and trying to speak and write in Latina. Keep working on this and study your vocabulary. You can never study too much!
more work on action verbs: added clamare: to shout (exclamation, clamorous)
ambulare: to walk (ambulatory,amble)
pugnare: to fight (pugnacious)
vocare: to call (vocal, vociferous)
laudare: to praise (laudatory, applause, applaud, laudible)
currere: to run (current, cursive)
tangere: to touch (tangible, intangible)
facere: to do or make (factory, manufacture)
played girls vs. guys at the board. exciting competition. girls really won! :) boys pulled out the big extra credit sentence
read the story of the 2 Romanae puellae, Flavia et Cornelia
funny saying in Latin: quid facit? (what is she/ he doing>)
Cornelia sub arbore legit.
Flavia sub arbore scribit
Ubi Flavia habitat? (She lives in the neighboring house)
Cur est Cornelia laeta? Quod in villa habiatat.
When does she live in her country house? in the summer aestate
y'all did a good job reading and listening and trying to speak and write in Latina. Keep working on this and study your vocabulary. You can never study too much!
Tuesday B Day TEST
Monday A Day Sept. 23
mottoes: errare est humanum: it is human to make a mistake
mea culpa: my fault
dum spiro, spero: while I breathe, I hope
music: you guys did a great job singing/ reciting "o nostra patria"
for next time: Mica mica parva stella
miror quaenam sis tam bella
super terram in caelo
alba gemma splendido
(repeat first two lines)
we worked on POWER verbs using our ALBAE TABULAE
PRACTICE:
he sails: navigat
we plow: aramus
legunt: they read
scribitis: you write
movent: they move
ludo: i play
docesne: do you teach
audit: she hears
sciunt: they know
dormisne: are you sleeping
habito, habitas, habitat, habitamus, habitatis, habitant
new word: ambulare: to walk
mea culpa: my fault
dum spiro, spero: while I breathe, I hope
music: you guys did a great job singing/ reciting "o nostra patria"
for next time: Mica mica parva stella
miror quaenam sis tam bella
super terram in caelo
alba gemma splendido
(repeat first two lines)
we worked on POWER verbs using our ALBAE TABULAE
PRACTICE:
he sails: navigat
we plow: aramus
legunt: they read
scribitis: you write
movent: they move
ludo: i play
docesne: do you teach
audit: she hears
sciunt: they know
dormisne: are you sleeping
habito, habitas, habitat, habitamus, habitatis, habitant
new word: ambulare: to walk
Friday B Day Sept. 20
Featured facts: What did the ancient Romans eat and what did they wear? Make sure you pick up the hand out on these facts.
foods they did NOT know of/ were NOT a part of their diet: coffee, tea, chocolate, citrus fruits, sugar, tomatoes, and potatoes
foods they ate a LOT: GRAPES. BREAD, seafood, pork, and vegetables. honey for sweetening things.
read and discussed the story in Ecce Romani: Romanae Puellae. chapter 1
learned about Cornelia et Flavia. Cornelia et Flavia in Italia habitant. Sunt amicae. Sunt laetae.
Cornelia legit. Flavia scribit. sub arbore sedent. In villa rustica Cornelia habitat. Flavia in villa vicina habitat.
remember LONG MARKS must be over the the noun that comes after "in" and the adjective. I can't put them i the examples above. Please do this yourselves!
Here is a copy of that story. Use this to help you review for the TEST on TUESDAY.
But, don't forget to study all the other vocab from a-z and the adjectives and est/sunt.
foods they did NOT know of/ were NOT a part of their diet: coffee, tea, chocolate, citrus fruits, sugar, tomatoes, and potatoes
foods they ate a LOT: GRAPES. BREAD, seafood, pork, and vegetables. honey for sweetening things.
read and discussed the story in Ecce Romani: Romanae Puellae. chapter 1
learned about Cornelia et Flavia. Cornelia et Flavia in Italia habitant. Sunt amicae. Sunt laetae.
Cornelia legit. Flavia scribit. sub arbore sedent. In villa rustica Cornelia habitat. Flavia in villa vicina habitat.
remember LONG MARKS must be over the the noun that comes after "in" and the adjective. I can't put them i the examples above. Please do this yourselves!
Here is a copy of that story. Use this to help you review for the TEST on TUESDAY.
But, don't forget to study all the other vocab from a-z and the adjectives and est/sunt.
Thursday A Day Sept. 19
theology: featured god: Zeus/Jupiter his rise to power, his challenge to overthrow his father, Cronus, his marriage to Metis, his allliance w the Cyclops and the deformed monsters, the rescue of his brothers and sisters, the overthrow of the Titans, the defeat of the monsters, and his becoming KING of the gods. characteristics: mighty, strong, authoritative, supreme, visionary w purpose, symbols: oak, thunderbolt and eagle his domain: the sky
next time: look up his sister, Hera/Juno (also his 2nd wife) be thorough in your research
also we began a look at the action verbs:
are: necare, navigare, amare, arare, habitare, ere: movere, docere, sedere ere: legere, scribere, ludere
ire: audire, scire, dormire Look up the definitions of these verbs
and learned the present tense verb chart: o, s, t, mus, tis nt : chant this! cheer it!! Learn it! sing it! It is so so so very important
next time: look up his sister, Hera/Juno (also his 2nd wife) be thorough in your research
also we began a look at the action verbs:
are: necare, navigare, amare, arare, habitare, ere: movere, docere, sedere ere: legere, scribere, ludere
ire: audire, scire, dormire Look up the definitions of these verbs
and learned the present tense verb chart: o, s, t, mus, tis nt : chant this! cheer it!! Learn it! sing it! It is so so so very important
Tuesday and Wed. Sept. 17 and 18
test on Tuesday/ quiz on Wed.
Test on feminine nouns/ quiz on derivatives
arca, ancilla, aqua. . . . terra, vita, silva, via, regina etc.
sentences w these words and est
making them plural
fabulae sunt miserae est frigida bibliotheca magna villa est
in B day class, we started learning the action verb chart o, s, t, mus, tis nt
some new verbs: amare; to love necare: to kill habitare: to lie navigare: to sail clamare; to shout
sedere: to sit stare: to stand
amat: he loves or he is loving or he does love habitamus; we live, we do live, we are living necant: they kill, they are killing they do kill
Test on feminine nouns/ quiz on derivatives
arca, ancilla, aqua. . . . terra, vita, silva, via, regina etc.
sentences w these words and est
making them plural
fabulae sunt miserae est frigida bibliotheca magna villa est
in B day class, we started learning the action verb chart o, s, t, mus, tis nt
some new verbs: amare; to love necare: to kill habitare: to lie navigare: to sail clamare; to shout
sedere: to sit stare: to stand
amat: he loves or he is loving or he does love habitamus; we live, we do live, we are living necant: they kill, they are killing they do kill
Monday Sept.16 B Day
mottoes: mea culpa my fault
dum spiro, spero: while I breathe, I hope
errare est humanum: to err is human (to mess up is normal!)
music: mica mica parva stella
miror quaenam sis tam bella
super terram in caelo
alba gemma splendido
mica mica parva stella, miror quaenam sis tam bella
reading: Roma et Italia paene: almost Italia est paene insula
new words: et: and sed: but new concept: nouns ending in a following the preposition in have a LONG MARK over them.
Italia est in Europa. LONG MARK OVER THE FINAL A in Europa
dum spiro, spero: while I breathe, I hope
errare est humanum: to err is human (to mess up is normal!)
music: mica mica parva stella
miror quaenam sis tam bella
super terram in caelo
alba gemma splendido
mica mica parva stella, miror quaenam sis tam bella
reading: Roma et Italia paene: almost Italia est paene insula
new words: et: and sed: but new concept: nouns ending in a following the preposition in have a LONG MARK over them.
Italia est in Europa. LONG MARK OVER THE FINAL A in Europa
Friday Sept. 13 A Day
reviewed last Friday's facts and did Theology instead. went over the FAMOUS story of Gaea and Uranus, mother Earth and father Sky, how they fell in love, their children, the Titans, their other children, the Cyclops and the monters, the war, the overthrowing of Uranus, Cronus taking over, swallowing his kids, and Rhea saving little baby Zeus from that fate, sneaking him off to the island, Crete. Due for next THURSDAY: facts about Zeus: his symbols, his characteristics, his family , his children (MANY), his domain, anything you can find out about him. HIghlight this information and be ready to talk about him! THIS is a homework grade
Thursday Sept. 12 B Day
we pretended it was Friday and did our Friday Facts: OUTLINE OF ANCIENT ROMAN HISTORY
the monarch ruled by kings 753-509 BC
the republic representative rule (most famous period) 509-31 BC
the empire ruled by emperors 31 BC- 476 AD
We mentioned these famous Romans: Romulus, first king Cinncinnatus, famous farmer, warrior, Julius Caesar, famous general, writer, statesman, dictator, Augustus, 1st emperor Constantine: 1st Christian emperor
You encouraged to extra credit reports on any of these famous Romans. Due on Fridays throughout the year.
We also did our Theology: the story of Gaea and Uranus, the Titans, Cronus and Rhea
due next time: Zeus/Jupiter how did he get his power? How did he free his brothers and sisters and overthrow his father, Cronus. Read as much as you can about him. Bring in a report with facts highlighted. Find out his symbols, his life story, his characteristics, and some famous stories about him. Whom did he marry? How many children did he have?!! (Its a lot!!!!!)
continued working on basic sentences with simple adjective and nouns
such as Italia est insula. puella est laeta. arca est magna. etc.
the monarch ruled by kings 753-509 BC
the republic representative rule (most famous period) 509-31 BC
the empire ruled by emperors 31 BC- 476 AD
We mentioned these famous Romans: Romulus, first king Cinncinnatus, famous farmer, warrior, Julius Caesar, famous general, writer, statesman, dictator, Augustus, 1st emperor Constantine: 1st Christian emperor
You encouraged to extra credit reports on any of these famous Romans. Due on Fridays throughout the year.
We also did our Theology: the story of Gaea and Uranus, the Titans, Cronus and Rhea
due next time: Zeus/Jupiter how did he get his power? How did he free his brothers and sisters and overthrow his father, Cronus. Read as much as you can about him. Bring in a report with facts highlighted. Find out his symbols, his life story, his characteristics, and some famous stories about him. Whom did he marry? How many children did he have?!! (Its a lot!!!!!)
continued working on basic sentences with simple adjective and nouns
such as Italia est insula. puella est laeta. arca est magna. etc.
Wednesday Sept 11 Patriot Day A day
wonderful words: had a quiz on the derivatives
worked more on writing sentences using the nouns, est, and adjectives and prepositional phrases
puella est alba. luna est alba. puella alba est in calida culina. (where are the long marks?)
via est magna in Roma. Viae sunt longae in Italia. ursae sunt in silva. etc.
worked more on writing sentences using the nouns, est, and adjectives and prepositional phrases
puella est alba. luna est alba. puella alba est in calida culina. (where are the long marks?)
via est magna in Roma. Viae sunt longae in Italia. ursae sunt in silva. etc.
Tuesday Sept 10 B day
we did the music and mottoes pretending it was Monday, since I haven't had you on a monday yet, so see Monday's post.
we also talked about the Semester motto: finis origine pendet (the end depends upon the begining)
5 paragraph essay typed in Enlglish about this motto and what it means to you. due: Halloween.
we learned the word EST: he or she or it is.
she is a poet poeta est he is a farmer: agricola est
Prima est ancilla etc. started adjectives see Monday's list.
also: antiqua/nova old/ new laeta/misera happy sad
we also talked about the Semester motto: finis origine pendet (the end depends upon the begining)
5 paragraph essay typed in Enlglish about this motto and what it means to you. due: Halloween.
we learned the word EST: he or she or it is.
she is a poet poeta est he is a farmer: agricola est
Prima est ancilla etc. started adjectives see Monday's list.
also: antiqua/nova old/ new laeta/misera happy sad
Monday Sept. 9 A Day
music: O nostra patria felix et libera, te canimus. Pro te sunt mortui, patres fortissimi, te gaudent profugi, spei domus
(my country 'tis of thee) Memorize and study for next Monday.
mottoes: iustitia omnibus: justice for all
e pluribus unum: USA out of many, one
esse quam videri: to be rather than to seem (NC)
We learned some adjectives today:
bona/mala good/bad
alba/nigra white/black
magna/parva big/little
optima/pessima best/worst
lata/longa wide/long
frigida/calida cold/hot
amica;inamica: friendly/unfriendly
We learned how to make singular nouns plural: add an e to make ae prounounced 'aye"
luna/lunae moon/moons arca/arcae box/boxes gemma/gemmae jewel/jewels
We learned the verb chart for I am, you are, he or she it, we are , you are, they are
sum sumus
es estis
est sunt
1. the pirate is in the cold water: pirata est in frigida aqua (long a over cold water)
2. the girls are cold: puelllae sunt frigidae
3. the moon is white: luna est alba
4. the water is hot: aqua est calida
5. she is the queen in Spain: regina est in Hispania
6. It is a wide road: lata via est
7. they are wide roads: viae latae sunt
Extra credit: What sporting event did Dea enjoy watching tonight? The US OPEN: men' s final
reminder: keep studying all your vocabulary words from a -z
(my country 'tis of thee) Memorize and study for next Monday.
mottoes: iustitia omnibus: justice for all
e pluribus unum: USA out of many, one
esse quam videri: to be rather than to seem (NC)
We learned some adjectives today:
bona/mala good/bad
alba/nigra white/black
magna/parva big/little
optima/pessima best/worst
lata/longa wide/long
frigida/calida cold/hot
amica;inamica: friendly/unfriendly
We learned how to make singular nouns plural: add an e to make ae prounounced 'aye"
luna/lunae moon/moons arca/arcae box/boxes gemma/gemmae jewel/jewels
We learned the verb chart for I am, you are, he or she it, we are , you are, they are
sum sumus
es estis
est sunt
1. the pirate is in the cold water: pirata est in frigida aqua (long a over cold water)
2. the girls are cold: puelllae sunt frigidae
3. the moon is white: luna est alba
4. the water is hot: aqua est calida
5. she is the queen in Spain: regina est in Hispania
6. It is a wide road: lata via est
7. they are wide roads: viae latae sunt
Extra credit: What sporting event did Dea enjoy watching tonight? The US OPEN: men' s final
reminder: keep studying all your vocabulary words from a -z
Wednesday Sept. 4th A Day
Today we emphasized "wonderful words" that come from the Latin words we have learned so far. Always on Wednesdays we will say our BCL creed. You can click on the BCL portion of this web site for a copy of our creed.
Here are some of the derivatives I emphasized today in class. Can you spot the Latin word inside the English word and explain what the words mean? This may not be a COMPLETE LIST: You can always come up with more on your own and I encourage you to do this.
aquatic ancillary arcane culinary deity European familiar feminist lunar multi lingual memorial nautical patriotic poetic terrain undulation inundated vital vitality victorious
We also learned to day the key verb: est which means: It is or there is or she is/he is
He is a farmer: agricola est she is a woman: femina est there is the moon: est luna
It is a library: bibliotheca est.
You can say: Quis est: Who is he? or who is she?
You can also ask: Ubi est: Where is he? or Where is he?
When you answer that question, you must put a long a over the word after the prepostion:
such as in the water: in aqua in Italia in arca in silva in Africa in Hispania
all those letter a s have long marks over them (I don't know how to show long marks)
Here are some of the derivatives I emphasized today in class. Can you spot the Latin word inside the English word and explain what the words mean? This may not be a COMPLETE LIST: You can always come up with more on your own and I encourage you to do this.
aquatic ancillary arcane culinary deity European familiar feminist lunar multi lingual memorial nautical patriotic poetic terrain undulation inundated vital vitality victorious
We also learned to day the key verb: est which means: It is or there is or she is/he is
He is a farmer: agricola est she is a woman: femina est there is the moon: est luna
It is a library: bibliotheca est.
You can say: Quis est: Who is he? or who is she?
You can also ask: Ubi est: Where is he? or Where is he?
When you answer that question, you must put a long a over the word after the prepostion:
such as in the water: in aqua in Italia in arca in silva in Africa in Hispania
all those letter a s have long marks over them (I don't know how to show long marks)
Tuesday Sept. 3rd B Day
We added some more nouns to the ABC list.
aquila: eagle Graecia: Greece Gallia: France Britannia: Britain Corsica: Corsica Sicilia: Sicily
puella: girl insula: island filia: daughter fortuna: fortune fama: fame Latina: Latin lingua: language
magistra: teacher toga: toga
You got your Latin names: Primus/Prima Secunda/Secundus Tertia/Tertius Quarta/Quartus Quinta/Quintus Sexta/Sextus Septima/Septimus Octavia/Octavius Nona/Nonus Decima/Decimus
We learned "Ave" means hello to someone of higher status. (nice to say to show respect)
We learned to count from one to ten: unus, duo, tres, quattuor, quinque, sex, septem, octo, novem, decem
We played Latin Bingo to review the words, and we had some races at the board.
aquila: eagle Graecia: Greece Gallia: France Britannia: Britain Corsica: Corsica Sicilia: Sicily
puella: girl insula: island filia: daughter fortuna: fortune fama: fame Latina: Latin lingua: language
magistra: teacher toga: toga
You got your Latin names: Primus/Prima Secunda/Secundus Tertia/Tertius Quarta/Quartus Quinta/Quintus Sexta/Sextus Septima/Septimus Octavia/Octavius Nona/Nonus Decima/Decimus
We learned "Ave" means hello to someone of higher status. (nice to say to show respect)
We learned to count from one to ten: unus, duo, tres, quattuor, quinque, sex, septem, octo, novem, decem
We played Latin Bingo to review the words, and we had some races at the board.
First day of school 2013 Monday August 26 and Tuesday Aug. 27
Welcome to Latin! My name is Dea, which means goddess in Latin. I have been transported through time to teach you this amazing, incredible, life changing, beautiful language which certainly will change the way you look at the world!
Today in class we learned the phrase of the semester: finis origine pendet which means: "the end depends upon the beginning"
You can see that English has many words that come from these three Latin words: final, finite, origin, original, dependent etc.
so I hope you see very quickly that knowing Latin will ENRICH your knowledge and understanding of your own language.
We learned how to say hello: Salve (pronounce the v like a w)
extra special hello: Ave (if you want to impress me or butter me up!)
We learned how to say thank you: gratias tibi
and to give each other a high five: quinque altum tibi
and we started taking a trip through the Latin alphabet to learn some BASIC NOUNS and pronouns: people,places, things
which are also feminine like my name: DEA (which means goddess, in case you missed that the first time)
.
Here is a partial list of all the words you will need to know. We probably didn't get ALL of them in class today but these are some the ones you will need to know by the first TEST. ( I will keep adding some to the list each day)
Aqua: water arca: box amica: friend Africa (obvious) Antonia (common girl's name) agricola: farmer ancilla: slave girl arena: sand or arena
Bibliotheca: library (don't pronounce the h: it is silent)
Casa: house culina: kitchen
Dea: goddess (in case you missed that the first two times!)
Europa: Europe
familia: family
gemma: gem ( as in sapphire, diamond, ruby) (pronounce the g as in good)
Hispania: Spain Hibernia: Irelana
Ianua: door Iulia: girls name really Julia over time I turned into J
no J in Latin
no K in Latin
Luna: moon latrina: bathroom
Memoria: memory magistra: teacher
Nauta: sailor
O (no words right now)
Poeta : poet Pirata: pirata patria: country
Quarta: girl's name Quinta: girl's name
Rosa: rose Regina: queen Roma: Rome
Silva: forest stella: star
Toga: toga (what the upper class men wore to the senate)
terra: land
umbra: shadow or shade unda: wave urna: jar
via: road vita: life victoria: victory villa: big country house
no W in Latin
X doesn't start any words
no Y
Zona: belt
we also learned how to say "May I go to the bathroom?"
licetne mihi ire ad latrinam.
( a rather long phrase, but you must learn it and say it in Latin if you really want to go!)
Ita: YES minime: NO
If I didn't tell you yet, I hope you have already come to realize that I LOVE LATIN and that I am excited about you learning it! :)
I only have one rule in my class: KEEP ME HAPPY!
(Everything will fall into place, if you follow that basic rule. I am already VERY HAPPY because I am doing what I love!)
another nice thing to know how to say:
bless you: benedicat te
And to prove that you read this website, you can answer some questions about me and the classroom if I should ask and then you can get some extra credit points:
1. What is the trashcan's name? (Gertrude)
2. What does she LOVE to eat: (gum, so give your gum to Gertrude)
3. What are my the character traits that make up my personal life mission statement? (generosity, kindness, and enthusiasm)
4. What are my two favorite colors? (yellow and hot pink)
5. What is my favorite thing to drink? (cranapple juice)
BCL Creed:
We the members of the Broughton Classical League covenant to hand on the torch of classical civilization in the modern world.
We believe an acquaintance with the civilizations of Greece and Rome will help us better understand and appraise this world of today which is indebted to ancient civilizations in its government, laws, literature, language, and arts.
In addition, the BCL experience develops responsibility, fosters brotherhood, promotes ENTHUSIASM, encourages competition, inspires dedication AND enriches our total growth.
We believe an acquaintance with the civilizations of Greece and Rome will help us better understand and appraise this world of today which is indebted to ancient civilizations in its government, laws, literature, language, and arts.
In addition, the BCL experience develops responsibility, fosters brotherhood, promotes ENTHUSIASM, encourages competition, inspires dedication AND enriches our total growth.
More EXAM HINTS:
I have now created the exam so I can tell you the format:
100 multiple choice questions: a mixture of verb tenses, noun cases, vocabulary, sentences from the various stories to analyze and translate, and a various mottoes scattered throughout as well as a few numbers such as unus, duo, tres, quattuor, quinque,sex, septem, octo, novem, decem and CENTUM.: 100 points
Write out the BCL creed 25 points (YES, you have to memorize it and write it out VERBATIM)
translate a new story you haven't seen dictionary allowed 75 points
TOTAL: 200 points 2 grades will be averaged for FINAL EXAM grade
some sample questions:
1. aquam regina bibit. Translate this sentence:
a. the water is good for the queen
b. she sees the queens water
c. I give water to the queen
d. the queen is drinking the water
Can you explain that answer? Can you identify the subject? Direct object? verb? tense of the verb?
2. Deus puellam in carro posuit. Translate this sentence.
a. The god put the girl in the chariot.
b. The girls rode in the god's chariot.
c. We placed the boy in the god's wagon.
d. I sat in the cart with the boy and the god.
Can you explain that answer? What is the subject? The verb? tense of the verb? direct object? object of the preposition.
Notice that this sentence is from the Ceres and Proserpina story. This refers to the moment when Pluto kidnapped Proserpina.
All the sentences I put on the exam are BASED on similar sentences you translated from all the stories throughout the year including Dave, the slave, the boys Marcus and Sextus, the girls, Cornelia and Flavia, Aeneas and Anchises and Creusa, and the Trojan horse, and slave life and Spartacus.
Here's another sample (NOT EXACTLY LIKE the ones on the exam, but similar)
We heard the girls' voices in the tree. Translate that into Latin:
1. Voces puellarum ex arbore audiunt.
2. Vocem puellae in arbore audimus.
3. Voces puellarum in arbore audivimus.
4. Cum arboribus puellae vox audimus.
Here are some common verbs to study: amare, pugnare, stare, donare, obtruncare, habitare, laborare, docere, habere, cavere, tacere, videre, regere, ducere, dormire, audire
here are the MOST LIKELY verbs to be: sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt/ eram eras erat, eramus, eratis, erant,
most common prepositions: ad, cum, ex, and in
most common nouns: puella,umbra, concordia, aqua, filia, regina, silva, via,terra, villa, equus, uterus, oculus, umerus, vir, puer, deus, ramus, carrus,cibus,amicus, socius, bellum, frumentum, oppidum, pax, lux, vox, mater, pater, arbor, flos
most common adjectives: multus magnus bonus malus albus meus tuus antiquus novus
most common proper nouns: Italia, Roma, Germania, Gallia, Graecia, Hispania, Brittania, Troia,
Romani Graeci
Besides the basic verb tenses and noun cases don't forget how to give a command to one person or more than one:
If I want to tell my friend goodbye: "vale, amice"
but to all my friends, "valete"
Extra credit questions I might ask and only if you have read this website will you know the answers. You can download this page for proof you read it and turn it in with the exam.
1. I got some new tennis shoes this weekend and am excited about playing lots of tennis this summer.
2. In high school a friend on the swim team broke my nose doing his back stroke start. I was in the water next to him when his arms flew out and hit me in the nose.
3. I once had a cat named John Bobby Sugar Pie
4. Last week I saw the movie 42 about the life of Jackie Robinson. I LOVED it and highly recommend it.
5. the parts of the verb to stay are: maneo, manere, mansi and the parts of the verb to put are: pono, ponere, posui
100 multiple choice questions: a mixture of verb tenses, noun cases, vocabulary, sentences from the various stories to analyze and translate, and a various mottoes scattered throughout as well as a few numbers such as unus, duo, tres, quattuor, quinque,sex, septem, octo, novem, decem and CENTUM.: 100 points
Write out the BCL creed 25 points (YES, you have to memorize it and write it out VERBATIM)
translate a new story you haven't seen dictionary allowed 75 points
TOTAL: 200 points 2 grades will be averaged for FINAL EXAM grade
some sample questions:
1. aquam regina bibit. Translate this sentence:
a. the water is good for the queen
b. she sees the queens water
c. I give water to the queen
d. the queen is drinking the water
Can you explain that answer? Can you identify the subject? Direct object? verb? tense of the verb?
2. Deus puellam in carro posuit. Translate this sentence.
a. The god put the girl in the chariot.
b. The girls rode in the god's chariot.
c. We placed the boy in the god's wagon.
d. I sat in the cart with the boy and the god.
Can you explain that answer? What is the subject? The verb? tense of the verb? direct object? object of the preposition.
Notice that this sentence is from the Ceres and Proserpina story. This refers to the moment when Pluto kidnapped Proserpina.
All the sentences I put on the exam are BASED on similar sentences you translated from all the stories throughout the year including Dave, the slave, the boys Marcus and Sextus, the girls, Cornelia and Flavia, Aeneas and Anchises and Creusa, and the Trojan horse, and slave life and Spartacus.
Here's another sample (NOT EXACTLY LIKE the ones on the exam, but similar)
We heard the girls' voices in the tree. Translate that into Latin:
1. Voces puellarum ex arbore audiunt.
2. Vocem puellae in arbore audimus.
3. Voces puellarum in arbore audivimus.
4. Cum arboribus puellae vox audimus.
Here are some common verbs to study: amare, pugnare, stare, donare, obtruncare, habitare, laborare, docere, habere, cavere, tacere, videre, regere, ducere, dormire, audire
here are the MOST LIKELY verbs to be: sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt/ eram eras erat, eramus, eratis, erant,
most common prepositions: ad, cum, ex, and in
most common nouns: puella,umbra, concordia, aqua, filia, regina, silva, via,terra, villa, equus, uterus, oculus, umerus, vir, puer, deus, ramus, carrus,cibus,amicus, socius, bellum, frumentum, oppidum, pax, lux, vox, mater, pater, arbor, flos
most common adjectives: multus magnus bonus malus albus meus tuus antiquus novus
most common proper nouns: Italia, Roma, Germania, Gallia, Graecia, Hispania, Brittania, Troia,
Romani Graeci
Besides the basic verb tenses and noun cases don't forget how to give a command to one person or more than one:
If I want to tell my friend goodbye: "vale, amice"
but to all my friends, "valete"
Extra credit questions I might ask and only if you have read this website will you know the answers. You can download this page for proof you read it and turn it in with the exam.
1. I got some new tennis shoes this weekend and am excited about playing lots of tennis this summer.
2. In high school a friend on the swim team broke my nose doing his back stroke start. I was in the water next to him when his arms flew out and hit me in the nose.
3. I once had a cat named John Bobby Sugar Pie
4. Last week I saw the movie 42 about the life of Jackie Robinson. I LOVED it and highly recommend it.
5. the parts of the verb to stay are: maneo, manere, mansi and the parts of the verb to put are: pono, ponere, posui
EXAM REVIEW: all classes
Mottoes from the whole year:
Quos verus amor tenuit, tenebit
citius, altius, fortius
alias
caveat emptor
panem et circenses
non sibi sed suis
verbatim
e glande quercum educimus
ad nauseam
crescat scientia, vita excolatur
religio et eruditio (Duke)
homo faber
ars gratia artis
spe
excelsior
quasi
requiescat in pace
alibi
crescent eundo
amor proximi
novus ordo seclorum (sometime spelled saeclorum)
esse quam videri (our STATE motto)
repetitio est mater memoriae (good advice for studying for this exam!)
qui me amat canem meam amat
non omnes eadem amant
perstare et praestare
lux et libertas (Carolina)
labor Omnia vincit
carpe diem
experentia docet
scientia est sol mentis (wisdom est the sunshine of the mind) (Wow, I like that one!)
amor Omnia vincit (which one do you like better: work conquers all or love conquers all?)
amor patriae
Senatus Populusque Romanus (abbreviated SPQR)
modus operandi
homo homini lupus
Veritas (motto of Harvard)
iustitia omnibus
videre est credere
verus amicus est alter idem
cum grano salis
Ditat Deus
sine magno labore
alma mater (Do you know how to sing Broughton's?)
errare est humanum
dum spiro, spero
pax in terra
sub rosa
ad astra per aspera
ab ovo usque ad mala (from start to finish, from beginning to end, from egg to apples)
pro bono publico
nihil nimis
de mortuis nil nisi bonum
ad infinitum
esto perpertua
non semper erunt Saturnalia
festina lente
regnant populi
non sequitur
ars longa vita brevis
semper paratus
sic semper tryannis
semper fidelis
persona non grata
lux sit
lapsus linguae
mea culpa
nos morituri te salutamus
laetum novum annum
Study these. Know how to translate them and when/ how they might be used today. They are NOT all mottoes. Look back at your notes from the whole year or just look them up on line.
This is NOT however, the most important part of your exam. The most important part is studying your VERBS and the VERB charts and the NOUNS and the NOUN charts.
Memorize how to play verb hero: present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect
practice translating verbs over and over. pugnat, pugnabat, pugnabit, pugnavit, pugnaverat, pugnaverit
Know the names of your noun cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative and ablative and what they are used for.
Go back and study all your translation TESTS. MOST Of the EXAM is translating. Read over the story of Spartacus, of Dave the slave and the boys in the garden, of the boys climbing the tree, of Aeneas and Troy and Helen, and about slaves, and about Ceres and Proserpina.
Quos verus amor tenuit, tenebit
citius, altius, fortius
alias
caveat emptor
panem et circenses
non sibi sed suis
verbatim
e glande quercum educimus
ad nauseam
crescat scientia, vita excolatur
religio et eruditio (Duke)
homo faber
ars gratia artis
spe
excelsior
quasi
requiescat in pace
alibi
crescent eundo
amor proximi
novus ordo seclorum (sometime spelled saeclorum)
esse quam videri (our STATE motto)
repetitio est mater memoriae (good advice for studying for this exam!)
qui me amat canem meam amat
non omnes eadem amant
perstare et praestare
lux et libertas (Carolina)
labor Omnia vincit
carpe diem
experentia docet
scientia est sol mentis (wisdom est the sunshine of the mind) (Wow, I like that one!)
amor Omnia vincit (which one do you like better: work conquers all or love conquers all?)
amor patriae
Senatus Populusque Romanus (abbreviated SPQR)
modus operandi
homo homini lupus
Veritas (motto of Harvard)
iustitia omnibus
videre est credere
verus amicus est alter idem
cum grano salis
Ditat Deus
sine magno labore
alma mater (Do you know how to sing Broughton's?)
errare est humanum
dum spiro, spero
pax in terra
sub rosa
ad astra per aspera
ab ovo usque ad mala (from start to finish, from beginning to end, from egg to apples)
pro bono publico
nihil nimis
de mortuis nil nisi bonum
ad infinitum
esto perpertua
non semper erunt Saturnalia
festina lente
regnant populi
non sequitur
ars longa vita brevis
semper paratus
sic semper tryannis
semper fidelis
persona non grata
lux sit
lapsus linguae
mea culpa
nos morituri te salutamus
laetum novum annum
Study these. Know how to translate them and when/ how they might be used today. They are NOT all mottoes. Look back at your notes from the whole year or just look them up on line.
This is NOT however, the most important part of your exam. The most important part is studying your VERBS and the VERB charts and the NOUNS and the NOUN charts.
Memorize how to play verb hero: present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect
practice translating verbs over and over. pugnat, pugnabat, pugnabit, pugnavit, pugnaverat, pugnaverit
Know the names of your noun cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative and ablative and what they are used for.
Go back and study all your translation TESTS. MOST Of the EXAM is translating. Read over the story of Spartacus, of Dave the slave and the boys in the garden, of the boys climbing the tree, of Aeneas and Troy and Helen, and about slaves, and about Ceres and Proserpina.
Wednesday May 16 A Day
You will have your www quiz last one!! Look at the B day classes notes for last Wednesday to see the words (actually the words are on last Monday's page to get them ready for Wed)
Tuesday May 15 B Day
you will keep watching the movie Spartacus. You will have the last BIG TEST of the year on THURSDAY. This will be the THEOLOGY THURSDAY THEST. (notice the purposeful spelling of THEST) Read back to last week's A Day notes to get notes to help you review for this THEST. make sure you notice that you can get 3 points extra credit if you download the review guide given on the A Day page from last week. This I will count INSTEAD of the points we played in class.
Monday May 13 A Day
last of the mottoes:
non sibi sed suis: not for your own self but for others (Tulane)
panem et circenses: bread and circuses (what the mob wanted in ancient Rome, what the emporers gave to appease the people)
citius, altius, forties: quicker, higher, stronger: Olympic games motto
quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit: Those whom true love has held, it will hold
your music (worth 3 HW grades) movie: Spartacus
take notes on the movie. summarize main action and characters. put quotes in for the highest grade
non sibi sed suis: not for your own self but for others (Tulane)
panem et circenses: bread and circuses (what the mob wanted in ancient Rome, what the emporers gave to appease the people)
citius, altius, forties: quicker, higher, stronger: Olympic games motto
quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit: Those whom true love has held, it will hold
your music (worth 3 HW grades) movie: Spartacus
take notes on the movie. summarize main action and characters. put quotes in for the highest grade
Tuesday May 7 A Day
Review for Theology Thursday THEST :)
(Plus, more work with 3rd declension nouns pax, pacis, vox, vocis,, senator, senatoris, rex, regis, arbor, arboris, sol, solis, homo, hominis, libertas, libertatis, longitude, longitudinis etc) Can you put these nouns in their charts? That is called declining. Start learning these endings!.
Let's do MOTHER'S DAY greetings on Mt. Olympus: (you get 3 extra credit points on the test if you read this to help you study, print it out, bring it with you on Thursday, and put it inside your test when you are finished)
To whom would Hades, Zeus, Poseidon, Hestia, Hera, and Demeter send their mother's day card?
Rhea
To whom would Rhea send her mothers' day card: Gaea
Put the mothers with their children:
Maia- Hermes
Latona- Apollo and Artemis
Metis: Athena (Athena never really knows her mother, though)
Semele: Dionysus: (he also never knows his mom until he is allowed to bring her back to life)
Hera: Hephaestus and Ares
Demeter: Persephone
Aphrodite: Aeneas and Eros (Cupid)
Know the Greek name and the Latin name for each god/goddess, plus their domain, their parents, symbols, a famous story about them, mortals with whom they intervened, salient characteristics, and modern connections. These, of course, are the things you have been working on all year. If you have been keeping a good theology Thursday notebook, reviewing should be fairly easy. Here are some more sample questions:
Which 2 gods are brothers of Zeus? Hades and Poseidon
Which 3 goddesses are sisters of Zeus? Hestia, Hera, and Demeter
Which goddess was born from Zeus' head? Athena
Which goddess was born from the sea's foam? Aphrodite
Which god spent most time on earth? Dionsyus
Which goddess spent most time on earth? Demeter
Which goddess helped birth her twin brother? Artemis
Which god kidnapped Persephone? Hades
Who stole cattle from Apollo on the very day he was born? Hermes
Who turned Arachne into a spider? Athena
Who was Gaea's 1st husband? Uranus
Who were the first children of Gaea and Uranus? The Titans
Who overthrew Uranus? Cronus
Who overthrew Cronus? Zeus
Who is the only one who can use Zeus' thunderbolts? Athena
Who is sometimes called the "Earth shaker" Poseidon
Who is considered the wealthiest of all the gods? Hades
Who was chosen as the most beautiful of all the goddesses by Paris? Aphrodite
Who NEVER intervenes in mortals lives? Hestia
Who works in a volcano? Hephaeustus
To whom is Aphrodite married? Hephaeustus
Who were the three virgin goddesses? Hestia, Artemis and Athena
Who is the goddess of the moon, the forest, and the hunt? Artemis
Who is the goddess of the hearth and home? Hestia
Who is the goddess of the ocean? Poseidon
To whom is the oak tree sacred? Zeus
To whom is the olive tree sacred? Athena
Who is the only god born of another woman and Zeus NOT hated by Hera? Hermes
Which gods were mostly known for their intense emotions (often violent and sometimes aggressive) Poseidon and Ares and Dionysus
Which gods were honored for their rational thought? Zeus and Apollo
Which goddess was known for her rational thought? Athena
Which goddess was known for her passion, her beauty, and her spontaneity? Aphrodite
A young modern woman who excels in sports and has a driving competitive spirit is living into which archetype? Artemis
A young woman who chooses marriage over all other pursuits and to the exclusion of any other life goals is living into which archetype? Hera
A young man who excels at sports, academics, music and leadership, and who seems to have everything going for him is living into whose archetype? Apollo
A witty traveling sales man with an answer to everything and a fun loving personality would most resemble which god? Hermes
Which gods have chariots? Poseidon, Apollo, Hades, and Ares
Which god was lame? Hephaestus
Which god carried a caduceus? Hermes
Which god carried a thyrsus? Dionysus
Which goddess stays inside her temple and never ventures anywhere? Hestia
Which goddess intervened to help Pygmalion marry his statue? Aphrodite
Which goddess protected young children and animals? Artemis
Which goddess dropped golden apples in the path of Atalanta to make her slow down to let her future husband win?
Aphrodite
Which goddess asked Zeus for arrows, hunting dogs, and a group of female followers? Artemis
Which god overthrew the Titans by freeing the Cyclops and the 100 armed monsters? Zeus
Which god swallowed 5 of his children? Cronus
Which goddess loves the peacock? Hera
Which goddess help Jason on this search for the golden fleece? Hera
Which goddess had a magic golden girdle? Aphrodite
Which goddess helped Odysseus get home to Penelope? Athena
Which god was the father of Hercules and Perseus? Zeus
Which goddess was the mother of Aeneas? Venus (same as . . . ?)
(Plus, more work with 3rd declension nouns pax, pacis, vox, vocis,, senator, senatoris, rex, regis, arbor, arboris, sol, solis, homo, hominis, libertas, libertatis, longitude, longitudinis etc) Can you put these nouns in their charts? That is called declining. Start learning these endings!.
Let's do MOTHER'S DAY greetings on Mt. Olympus: (you get 3 extra credit points on the test if you read this to help you study, print it out, bring it with you on Thursday, and put it inside your test when you are finished)
To whom would Hades, Zeus, Poseidon, Hestia, Hera, and Demeter send their mother's day card?
Rhea
To whom would Rhea send her mothers' day card: Gaea
Put the mothers with their children:
Maia- Hermes
Latona- Apollo and Artemis
Metis: Athena (Athena never really knows her mother, though)
Semele: Dionysus: (he also never knows his mom until he is allowed to bring her back to life)
Hera: Hephaestus and Ares
Demeter: Persephone
Aphrodite: Aeneas and Eros (Cupid)
Know the Greek name and the Latin name for each god/goddess, plus their domain, their parents, symbols, a famous story about them, mortals with whom they intervened, salient characteristics, and modern connections. These, of course, are the things you have been working on all year. If you have been keeping a good theology Thursday notebook, reviewing should be fairly easy. Here are some more sample questions:
Which 2 gods are brothers of Zeus? Hades and Poseidon
Which 3 goddesses are sisters of Zeus? Hestia, Hera, and Demeter
Which goddess was born from Zeus' head? Athena
Which goddess was born from the sea's foam? Aphrodite
Which god spent most time on earth? Dionsyus
Which goddess spent most time on earth? Demeter
Which goddess helped birth her twin brother? Artemis
Which god kidnapped Persephone? Hades
Who stole cattle from Apollo on the very day he was born? Hermes
Who turned Arachne into a spider? Athena
Who was Gaea's 1st husband? Uranus
Who were the first children of Gaea and Uranus? The Titans
Who overthrew Uranus? Cronus
Who overthrew Cronus? Zeus
Who is the only one who can use Zeus' thunderbolts? Athena
Who is sometimes called the "Earth shaker" Poseidon
Who is considered the wealthiest of all the gods? Hades
Who was chosen as the most beautiful of all the goddesses by Paris? Aphrodite
Who NEVER intervenes in mortals lives? Hestia
Who works in a volcano? Hephaeustus
To whom is Aphrodite married? Hephaeustus
Who were the three virgin goddesses? Hestia, Artemis and Athena
Who is the goddess of the moon, the forest, and the hunt? Artemis
Who is the goddess of the hearth and home? Hestia
Who is the goddess of the ocean? Poseidon
To whom is the oak tree sacred? Zeus
To whom is the olive tree sacred? Athena
Who is the only god born of another woman and Zeus NOT hated by Hera? Hermes
Which gods were mostly known for their intense emotions (often violent and sometimes aggressive) Poseidon and Ares and Dionysus
Which gods were honored for their rational thought? Zeus and Apollo
Which goddess was known for her rational thought? Athena
Which goddess was known for her passion, her beauty, and her spontaneity? Aphrodite
A young modern woman who excels in sports and has a driving competitive spirit is living into which archetype? Artemis
A young woman who chooses marriage over all other pursuits and to the exclusion of any other life goals is living into which archetype? Hera
A young man who excels at sports, academics, music and leadership, and who seems to have everything going for him is living into whose archetype? Apollo
A witty traveling sales man with an answer to everything and a fun loving personality would most resemble which god? Hermes
Which gods have chariots? Poseidon, Apollo, Hades, and Ares
Which god was lame? Hephaestus
Which god carried a caduceus? Hermes
Which god carried a thyrsus? Dionysus
Which goddess stays inside her temple and never ventures anywhere? Hestia
Which goddess intervened to help Pygmalion marry his statue? Aphrodite
Which goddess protected young children and animals? Artemis
Which goddess dropped golden apples in the path of Atalanta to make her slow down to let her future husband win?
Aphrodite
Which goddess asked Zeus for arrows, hunting dogs, and a group of female followers? Artemis
Which god overthrew the Titans by freeing the Cyclops and the 100 armed monsters? Zeus
Which god swallowed 5 of his children? Cronus
Which goddess loves the peacock? Hera
Which goddess help Jason on this search for the golden fleece? Hera
Which goddess had a magic golden girdle? Aphrodite
Which goddess helped Odysseus get home to Penelope? Athena
Which god was the father of Hercules and Perseus? Zeus
Which goddess was the mother of Aeneas? Venus (same as . . . ?)
Monday May 6 B Day
Monday's mottoes: alias (another)
citius, altius, forties (swifter, higher, stronger) the Olympic motto
quos amor tenuit, tenebit (those whom love has held, it will hold)
panem et circenses (bread and circuses; what the mob rule wanted according to cynical government leaders in ancient Rome)
non sibi sed suis: not for oneself but for ones' people: (Tulane)
working on 3rd declension nouns: races at the board
don't forget to study your words for Wednesday:
erroneous, ambiguous, ambidextrous, herbaceous, efficacious, uxorious, impious
mutation, fortitude, legislation, aperture, confection, facility, impiety
primal, audible, tertiary, tricolor, saturnine, ambivalent, legitimate, facile, incipient, deficient, defective, primitive
audit, mutate, facilitate, legislate, err
ambo in Latin means both: notice this in ambivalent, ambiguous, and ambidextrous
facio, facere, feci: the verb to do or make gives deficient, defective, facile, facility, confection
lex, legis: law: gives legitimate, legal, legislate, legislation, legislator
Look up Saturn for an explanation of saturnine. It seems opposite of what we would think! The Romans celebrated Saturnalia, so I tend to think of Saturn as being happy, festive! But, if you think about how he felt when he got kicked off Mt. Olympus by Jupiter, I guess he would have been morose or gloomy!
Pietas was a GREAT admirable trait to the Romans. It meant respect and devotion to the gods, country, and family. so, the opposite of that was impietas.
all words in Latin that end in tas, tatis (nominative, genitive) turn into English: piety
libertas, tatis: liberty hilaritas, hilaritatis hilarity celeritas, celertatis celerity (swiftness)
notice these are nouns in the 3rd declension
as is uxor, uxoris: wife lex, legis: law
citius, altius, forties (swifter, higher, stronger) the Olympic motto
quos amor tenuit, tenebit (those whom love has held, it will hold)
panem et circenses (bread and circuses; what the mob rule wanted according to cynical government leaders in ancient Rome)
non sibi sed suis: not for oneself but for ones' people: (Tulane)
working on 3rd declension nouns: races at the board
don't forget to study your words for Wednesday:
erroneous, ambiguous, ambidextrous, herbaceous, efficacious, uxorious, impious
mutation, fortitude, legislation, aperture, confection, facility, impiety
primal, audible, tertiary, tricolor, saturnine, ambivalent, legitimate, facile, incipient, deficient, defective, primitive
audit, mutate, facilitate, legislate, err
ambo in Latin means both: notice this in ambivalent, ambiguous, and ambidextrous
facio, facere, feci: the verb to do or make gives deficient, defective, facile, facility, confection
lex, legis: law: gives legitimate, legal, legislate, legislation, legislator
Look up Saturn for an explanation of saturnine. It seems opposite of what we would think! The Romans celebrated Saturnalia, so I tend to think of Saturn as being happy, festive! But, if you think about how he felt when he got kicked off Mt. Olympus by Jupiter, I guess he would have been morose or gloomy!
Pietas was a GREAT admirable trait to the Romans. It meant respect and devotion to the gods, country, and family. so, the opposite of that was impietas.
all words in Latin that end in tas, tatis (nominative, genitive) turn into English: piety
libertas, tatis: liberty hilaritas, hilaritatis hilarity celeritas, celertatis celerity (swiftness)
notice these are nouns in the 3rd declension
as is uxor, uxoris: wife lex, legis: law
Friday May 3 A Day
Facts on families
This family: Cornelius: pater Aurelia: mater Marcus: puer/ frater, filius 16 years old Cornelia: (notice she is named for her father) puella soror filia
staying w this family: Sextus, age 12: his mater died in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, his pater is in the army
clothes: know these words: toga, palla, stola, bulla, toga virilis toga praetexta, soleae
We read the story of "Show off". Sextus climbing the arborem where Cornelia is trying to dormire. Marcus ad arborem currit et clamat "Cave, Sexte!"
The branches were weak and sure enough Sextus fell out of the tree. ex arbore Sextus cadit.
also in this story emphasis on the new word: vox, vocis: voice
decline this noun:
vox voces
vocis vocum
voci vocibus
vocem voces
voce vocibus
This family: Cornelius: pater Aurelia: mater Marcus: puer/ frater, filius 16 years old Cornelia: (notice she is named for her father) puella soror filia
staying w this family: Sextus, age 12: his mater died in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, his pater is in the army
clothes: know these words: toga, palla, stola, bulla, toga virilis toga praetexta, soleae
We read the story of "Show off". Sextus climbing the arborem where Cornelia is trying to dormire. Marcus ad arborem currit et clamat "Cave, Sexte!"
The branches were weak and sure enough Sextus fell out of the tree. ex arbore Sextus cadit.
also in this story emphasis on the new word: vox, vocis: voice
decline this noun:
vox voces
vocis vocum
voci vocibus
vocem voces
voce vocibus
Thursday May 2 B day
time to review all gods and goddesses for the THEOLOGY THURSDAY THEST. (purposeful spelling of THEST)
Wednesday May 1 A Day
wonderful words quiz chapters 16, 17 and 18 regalia, homunculus, rectitude, vim, urbane etc.
more work on new vocabulary words of 3rd declension: sol, solis vox, vocis rex, regis etc.
more work on new vocabulary words of 3rd declension: sol, solis vox, vocis rex, regis etc.
Tuesday April 31 B Day
You have a test today: it will be on the story of Spartacus and on slavery in the ancient world. Look over your Friday facts. (look at the hand outs I gave you in class) It is on this website if you look back to last Monday's notes..
also: the mottoes (look at last Monday's notes)
Who was Spartacus? What did he do?
What do these verbs mean: evocavit incitavit fuit erat eram occupaverunt portaverunt pugno
vocate! pugnate! monstrate! liberabimus, laborabimus, habitabimus
What about these nouns: vita, silva, hora, patria, iniuria. arena causa
dominus, servus, Romani, puer, vir, amicus, socius, ager
oppidum bellum auxilium
adjectives: grata nostra aequa vera libera (remember adjectives can switch gender)
adverbs: semper ibi nunc non
also: the mottoes (look at last Monday's notes)
Who was Spartacus? What did he do?
What do these verbs mean: evocavit incitavit fuit erat eram occupaverunt portaverunt pugno
vocate! pugnate! monstrate! liberabimus, laborabimus, habitabimus
What about these nouns: vita, silva, hora, patria, iniuria. arena causa
dominus, servus, Romani, puer, vir, amicus, socius, ager
oppidum bellum auxilium
adjectives: grata nostra aequa vera libera (remember adjectives can switch gender)
adverbs: semper ibi nunc non
Monday April 29 A Day
music : caput, umeri, genua, pedes, oculi, aures, os et nasum etc.
no new mottoes
finished reading the Spartacus story. reviewed core vocabulary:
vita, patria, hora, iniuria, silva, arena,
servus, vir, puer, amicus, socius, dominus, ager
oppidum, bellum, auxilium
started learning about 3rd declension nouns:
no new mottoes
finished reading the Spartacus story. reviewed core vocabulary:
vita, patria, hora, iniuria, silva, arena,
servus, vir, puer, amicus, socius, dominus, ager
oppidum, bellum, auxilium
started learning about 3rd declension nouns:
Monday April 22 B Day
Here is a copy of the Dave, the slave story. We also started work on the Spartacus story. We identified all the verbs. Now you are to continue working on the story.
mottoes: crescat scientia vita excolatur: knowledge grows, life is improved (UNIV. of Chicago)
religio et erudition: religion and education (DUKE)
verbatim: word for word
caveat emptor: let the buyer beware (be smart about the choices you make as a consumer)
music: caput, umeri, genua, pedes (head, shoulders, knees and feet, knees and feet!)
genua pedes
(repeat)
oculi, aures, os, et nasum (eyes, and ears, mouth and nose)
caput, umeri, genua, pedes!
notice that the Latin word for HEAD caput, capitis is where we get the work capital! We are the Broughton capitals, because we are in the HEAD city, the capital city.
ianother good derivative is decapitate: to take someone's head off.
Don't forget to study the WORDS FOR WEDNESDAY: chapters 16, 17, and 18
annihilate, annihilation deduce/deduction reduce/reduction produce/production ignite/ignition
retain/retention detain/detention prohibit/prohibition visible tenable mortal partial vim regalia viaduct homicide, homunculus, urban, urbane , caret (not the orange vegetable) participant
hostility, rectitude dolorous permanent adjacent
emphasis on the Latin words: ducere: to lead nihil: nothing homo: man rex, regis: king videre: to see iacere: to lie urbs: city tenere: to hold pars: part carere: to lack or be missing ignis: fire
prohibere: to prevent dolor: sadness hostis: enemy
mottoes: crescat scientia vita excolatur: knowledge grows, life is improved (UNIV. of Chicago)
religio et erudition: religion and education (DUKE)
verbatim: word for word
caveat emptor: let the buyer beware (be smart about the choices you make as a consumer)
music: caput, umeri, genua, pedes (head, shoulders, knees and feet, knees and feet!)
genua pedes
(repeat)
oculi, aures, os, et nasum (eyes, and ears, mouth and nose)
caput, umeri, genua, pedes!
notice that the Latin word for HEAD caput, capitis is where we get the work capital! We are the Broughton capitals, because we are in the HEAD city, the capital city.
ianother good derivative is decapitate: to take someone's head off.
Don't forget to study the WORDS FOR WEDNESDAY: chapters 16, 17, and 18
annihilate, annihilation deduce/deduction reduce/reduction produce/production ignite/ignition
retain/retention detain/detention prohibit/prohibition visible tenable mortal partial vim regalia viaduct homicide, homunculus, urban, urbane , caret (not the orange vegetable) participant
hostility, rectitude dolorous permanent adjacent
emphasis on the Latin words: ducere: to lead nihil: nothing homo: man rex, regis: king videre: to see iacere: to lie urbs: city tenere: to hold pars: part carere: to lack or be missing ignis: fire
prohibere: to prevent dolor: sadness hostis: enemy
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Friday April 19 A Day Early release day
Friday's facts come from your handouts about slavery in the ancient world
we discussed Dave, the slave in the story and Spartacus, the real slave who led the slave revolt from 73 BC -71 BC
we translated as many verbs as possible to help you prepare for TUESDAY:S TEST
I will try to put the handouts on this website and a copy of the translation about Dave and the boys, but this won't happen until Monday evening. (after Rome's party!)
Don't forget Rome's birthday party MONDAY NIGHT! 7 PM in the cafeteria. Wear blue, green, or brown for EARTH DAY! We are celebrating one of the greatest cities in this wonderful world! Bring your gift! remember to ask yourself: What do you love about your home, country, world or what are you doing to help your home, country ,or world.
habitare: to live clamare: to shout ridere: to laugh gemere: to groan currere: to run
The Spartacus story will NOT be on the TEST.
concentrate on the Davus/pueri story and ALL the are verbs and ere verbs in your exam review packet. THOSE will be on your TEST.
also don't forget the mottoes and the theology.
we discussed Dave, the slave in the story and Spartacus, the real slave who led the slave revolt from 73 BC -71 BC
we translated as many verbs as possible to help you prepare for TUESDAY:S TEST
I will try to put the handouts on this website and a copy of the translation about Dave and the boys, but this won't happen until Monday evening. (after Rome's party!)
Don't forget Rome's birthday party MONDAY NIGHT! 7 PM in the cafeteria. Wear blue, green, or brown for EARTH DAY! We are celebrating one of the greatest cities in this wonderful world! Bring your gift! remember to ask yourself: What do you love about your home, country, world or what are you doing to help your home, country ,or world.
habitare: to live clamare: to shout ridere: to laugh gemere: to groan currere: to run
The Spartacus story will NOT be on the TEST.
concentrate on the Davus/pueri story and ALL the are verbs and ere verbs in your exam review packet. THOSE will be on your TEST.
also don't forget the mottoes and the theology.
Thursday April 18 B Day
Theology: Dionysus/Bacchus STRANGE birth story. wild childhood. Who is his mother? What happens to her?
raised in the valley of Nysa with the Maenads and leopards and tigers. traveled and wandered the world, teaching the making of wine, captured by pirates, turned them into dolphins. god of wine and drama. How are those two connected? What unique permission did Zeus give to Dionysus? Which Olympian gave up her throne for him?
worked on the story of Marcus and Sextus and Dave, the slave
can you translate these verbs: clamant, rident, faciunt, cadit, laborat, habitat currunt
What did Dave tell the boys to do after the statue fell in the fishpond?
What do these adjectives mean? solus iratus laetus Romanus Brittanicus
what do these nouns mean? piscine statua hortus puer
What do you notice about the way the boys dress versus the way that Davus dresses?
raised in the valley of Nysa with the Maenads and leopards and tigers. traveled and wandered the world, teaching the making of wine, captured by pirates, turned them into dolphins. god of wine and drama. How are those two connected? What unique permission did Zeus give to Dionysus? Which Olympian gave up her throne for him?
worked on the story of Marcus and Sextus and Dave, the slave
can you translate these verbs: clamant, rident, faciunt, cadit, laborat, habitat currunt
What did Dave tell the boys to do after the statue fell in the fishpond?
What do these adjectives mean? solus iratus laetus Romanus Brittanicus
what do these nouns mean? piscine statua hortus puer
What do you notice about the way the boys dress versus the way that Davus dresses?
Wednesday April 17 A Day "STOP HUNGER NOW" day
, short and small classes! freshmen and juniors in one class/sophomore and seniors in another
wonderful word from chapters 16, 17, and 18: QUIZ on these words on May 1
homicide, homunculus, regalia, rectitude, prohibition, retention visible, vim, urban, urbane, ignite, (ignition)
annihilate (annihilation) timid viaduct deduce (deduction) and all other DUC words: the DUC family:
reduce/reduction produce/production induce/induction seduce/seduction etc. hostility tenable participant, immortal, partial, adjacent, caret, permanence, accessible, dolorous
more work on the story about Dave the slave and Marcus and Sextus in the garden.
wonderful word from chapters 16, 17, and 18: QUIZ on these words on May 1
homicide, homunculus, regalia, rectitude, prohibition, retention visible, vim, urban, urbane, ignite, (ignition)
annihilate (annihilation) timid viaduct deduce (deduction) and all other DUC words: the DUC family:
reduce/reduction produce/production induce/induction seduce/seduction etc. hostility tenable participant, immortal, partial, adjacent, caret, permanence, accessible, dolorous
more work on the story about Dave the slave and Marcus and Sextus in the garden.
Tuesday April 16 B Day
TEST DAY
Theology Thursday: Dionysus/Bacchus
Theology Thursday: Dionysus/Bacchus
Monday April 15 A Day
Check the board for the new mottoes. Our music was "Haec terra est tua.. .haec terra est tua"
We did more work on translating various verbs from the various families. Work on the verb packet for Exams. We started reading the story of Marcus and Sextus in the garden with Dave the slave.
We did more work on translating various verbs from the various families. Work on the verb packet for Exams. We started reading the story of Marcus and Sextus in the garden with Dave the slave.
Friday April 12 B Day
Fable: Mama, do you love me? mater, amasne me
how important is it for a child to know his mother or father will always love him/her no matter what?
fun: boys against girls: verb hero at the board tied at the bell
how important is it for a child to know his mother or father will always love him/her no matter what?
fun: boys against girls: verb hero at the board tied at the bell
Thursday April 11th A Day
We discussed Dionysus/Bacchus:
his strange birth story, his unusual childhood wandering in the jungle, his capture by pirates and the origin of the dolphin, his journey to the Underworld to bring his mother, Semele, back from the dead and his welcome party on Mt. Olympus as the youngest Olympian and the only one with a mortal mother.
continued to work on the Verb Hero packet
his strange birth story, his unusual childhood wandering in the jungle, his capture by pirates and the origin of the dolphin, his journey to the Underworld to bring his mother, Semele, back from the dead and his welcome party on Mt. Olympus as the youngest Olympian and the only one with a mortal mother.
continued to work on the Verb Hero packet
Wednesday April 10 B Day
We worked on the Verb Family Packet
Tuesday April 9 A Day
we talked about Rome's birthday party: Monday night Aprill 22 7 PM in cafeteria
what will you do for your gift? what do you do for your home? quid facis pro villa, patria, terra?
Quid amas pro villa, patria, terra?
HOME SWEET HOME, Rome GREAT Rome!
we worked on Verb Hero. learned about verb families. long are, long ere, short ere, ire
Theology Thursday: Dionysus/Bacchus
what will you do for your gift? what do you do for your home? quid facis pro villa, patria, terra?
Quid amas pro villa, patria, terra?
HOME SWEET HOME, Rome GREAT Rome!
we worked on Verb Hero. learned about verb families. long are, long ere, short ere, ire
Theology Thursday: Dionysus/Bacchus
Monday April 8 B Day Welcome back!
music: repeat of This land is your land: learn this for Wednesday look back at previous Monday to see the words
mottoes: look at March 25 for these
GET to work on your birthday gift for Rome's birthday party. Theme: home sweet home, Rome great Rome!
What do you do for your home, country, world? What do you love about your home, country world? Answer one or both of these questions with some sort of talent: arts, crafts, research, poetry, music, oratory, journaling, athletics, community service,etc.
worked more on VERB HERO: learned about the NEW FUTURE chart for ere and ire verbs
am emus
es etis
et ent
also for Present tense: change the e to an I before you add the endings:
ludo, ludere: to play
ludo ludimus
ludis luditis
ludit ludunt (notice that u in the 3rd person plural)
imperfect tense (nothing new, DON'T CHANGE the e)
ludebam ludebamus
ludebas ludebatis
ludebat ludebant
future:
ludam ludemus
ludes ludetis
ludet ludent
mottoes: look at March 25 for these
GET to work on your birthday gift for Rome's birthday party. Theme: home sweet home, Rome great Rome!
What do you do for your home, country, world? What do you love about your home, country world? Answer one or both of these questions with some sort of talent: arts, crafts, research, poetry, music, oratory, journaling, athletics, community service,etc.
worked more on VERB HERO: learned about the NEW FUTURE chart for ere and ire verbs
am emus
es etis
et ent
also for Present tense: change the e to an I before you add the endings:
ludo, ludere: to play
ludo ludimus
ludis luditis
ludit ludunt (notice that u in the 3rd person plural)
imperfect tense (nothing new, DON'T CHANGE the e)
ludebam ludebamus
ludebas ludebatis
ludebat ludebant
future:
ludam ludemus
ludes ludetis
ludet ludent
Wednesday March 27 A Day last day before Spring Break!
Happy Easter everyone! pax tibi amor tibi gaudete!
wonderful word quiz today. spelling bees in 1st period: Sarah "Nona" winner 1st round
Romeo "Marcus" in 2nd round
2nd period: Guiseppe "Josephus" winner again
4th period chose to play Latin Hang Man for their wonderful words treat before the break
wonderful word quiz today. spelling bees in 1st period: Sarah "Nona" winner 1st round
Romeo "Marcus" in 2nd round
2nd period: Guiseppe "Josephus" winner again
4th period chose to play Latin Hang Man for their wonderful words treat before the break
Tuesday March 26 B Day
Hermes/Mercury TEST TUESDAY You were supposed to bring in artitacts that related to Hermes. You were also supposed to bring in your research. We had some good participation, but overall it was disappointing. Thank you, those of you who took the time and energy to actually think of something, create something, and share something.
Britt "Nona" won first place for her cookie cake decorated with the winged sandals (talaria)
Robbie "Cornelius" and Madison "Secunda" brought envelopes representing his messenger status
Sophie "Tertia" brought in a world map to represent all this travels
William "Quintus" made some wings and so did Robbie "Marcus"
Lizzie "Octavia" showed us a picture of her grandfather's ukelele, a relative of the lyre invented by Hermes
Christia "Primus" brought in a pebble representative of Hermes innocence at his trial
Joseph "Ultimus" wrote a note of apology from Hermes to his brother, Apollo
and Mayin "Quinta" told us quite a tale about why she didn't do her work! (as Hermes would have)
Britt "Nona" won first place for her cookie cake decorated with the winged sandals (talaria)
Robbie "Cornelius" and Madison "Secunda" brought envelopes representing his messenger status
Sophie "Tertia" brought in a world map to represent all this travels
William "Quintus" made some wings and so did Robbie "Marcus"
Lizzie "Octavia" showed us a picture of her grandfather's ukelele, a relative of the lyre invented by Hermes
Christia "Primus" brought in a pebble representative of Hermes innocence at his trial
Joseph "Ultimus" wrote a note of apology from Hermes to his brother, Apollo
and Mayin "Quinta" told us quite a tale about why she didn't do her work! (as Hermes would have)
Monday March 25 A Day
music: Haec terra est tua. Haec terra est mea. Ab California ad insulam novam. Ab silvis rubris ad tepidas aquas. Haec terra mihi et tibi est. (pronounce: tibest)
mottoes: quasi (as if)
excelsior (higher) motto of New York
homo faber (man, the creator, or creative man) what sets apart from other creatures
spe (hope) what we all need!
ars gratia artis (art for the sake of art) a good phrase to use with your artistic friends
1st and 2nd period: worked on p. 97 still trying translate the story of Aeneas leaving Troy
now emphasizing the nouns in the story, since we have finished all the verbs
4th period: started studying the irregular verbs: sum, volo, fero, eo, and possum I call these the FUNKY VERBS. They have weird parts, BUT they still use the same CHARTS. They are funky in the first three tenses, but once you cross over the river and follow the basic charts, they are EASY. BUT YOU have to know their parts.
mottoes: quasi (as if)
excelsior (higher) motto of New York
homo faber (man, the creator, or creative man) what sets apart from other creatures
spe (hope) what we all need!
ars gratia artis (art for the sake of art) a good phrase to use with your artistic friends
1st and 2nd period: worked on p. 97 still trying translate the story of Aeneas leaving Troy
now emphasizing the nouns in the story, since we have finished all the verbs
4th period: started studying the irregular verbs: sum, volo, fero, eo, and possum I call these the FUNKY VERBS. They have weird parts, BUT they still use the same CHARTS. They are funky in the first three tenses, but once you cross over the river and follow the basic charts, they are EASY. BUT YOU have to know their parts.
Friday March 22 B Day
Friday's Facts: we gathered these from the story of Hermes/Mercury. Your job is to look him up and bring in more facts for Tuesday's TEST. It will be a TREAT/TEST Tuesday. Everyone bring something for "show and tell" about Hermes. What can you do/show that relates to any aspect of this god? Your test grade is made up of your own research, your participation in the "show and tell" and your evaluation of all the things presented at the end of the class. I sure hope you all bring some fun, creative, and entertaining things since Hermes is such a fun-loving god. Let's make it a TREAT TUESDAY! (feel free to also bring some edible treats to share)
Thursday March 21 A Day
THTH:: Hermes/Mercury funny, popular, precocious, ,merry, mischievous, uses his wits, always ready for adventure, invents the lyre, exchanges it with his brother, Apollo for the cattle, travels, son of Zeus and Maia. father of Pan. herald of the gods, winged sandals and winged hat, loved even by Hera, sometimes called Pscyhopompus, for being the one who carries dead souls to the underworld, the final journey for any mortal.
What else did you find out about him? What sorts of people worshipped him?
Does he have a unique birth story? Does he have his parents' love and approval? Does he intervene with mortals?
What else did you find out about him? What sorts of people worshipped him?
Does he have a unique birth story? Does he have his parents' love and approval? Does he intervene with mortals?
Wednesday March 20 B Day
spelling bee! Sam "Brutus" Thompson champion for the day.
wonderful words quiz
more work on verb hero: erravisti spectabam etc.
Creusa gets lost. Her ghost appears to Aeneas and tells him she has been rescued by the Bona Dea.
Aeneas doesn't know where to go, but he does. Hesperia! That is Italy.
ignorabamus: we were not knowing
wonderful words quiz
more work on verb hero: erravisti spectabam etc.
Creusa gets lost. Her ghost appears to Aeneas and tells him she has been rescued by the Bona Dea.
Aeneas doesn't know where to go, but he does. Hesperia! That is Italy.
ignorabamus: we were not knowing
Tuesday March 19 A Day
TEST VERB HERO due for Thursday: Hermes/Mercury
Monday March 18 B Day
music: This land is your land, this land is my land. . . haec terra est tua haec terra est mea
ab California ad novam insulam
ab silvis rubris ad tepidas aquas
haec terra mihi et tibi est (pronounce tibest)
mottoes: requiescat in pace (may he rest in peace) on tombstones in funerary Latin masses
novus ordo seclorum (now order of the ages) on the dollar bill
alibi (elsewhere)
crescit eundo (he/she, it grow by going) motto of New Mexico
amor proximi (love of a neighbor)
more verb hero!
reading the story "The Escape from Troy"
Wednesday's derivatives: amorous, charity, fratricide, inflammatory, maternity, nepotism, paternal, propinquity, sorority, vicinity, curator, fatalistic, imperial, mercurial, numinous, remuneration, virtuosity, accelerate, acrid, inveterate, multitudinous, nominal, omnivorous, par, simile
Look up the definitions, study them.
ab California ad novam insulam
ab silvis rubris ad tepidas aquas
haec terra mihi et tibi est (pronounce tibest)
mottoes: requiescat in pace (may he rest in peace) on tombstones in funerary Latin masses
novus ordo seclorum (now order of the ages) on the dollar bill
alibi (elsewhere)
crescit eundo (he/she, it grow by going) motto of New Mexico
amor proximi (love of a neighbor)
more verb hero!
reading the story "The Escape from Troy"
Wednesday's derivatives: amorous, charity, fratricide, inflammatory, maternity, nepotism, paternal, propinquity, sorority, vicinity, curator, fatalistic, imperial, mercurial, numinous, remuneration, virtuosity, accelerate, acrid, inveterate, multitudinous, nominal, omnivorous, par, simile
Look up the definitions, study them.
Friday March 15 A Day songagrams, pep rally, early release!
Lots of Fun this FRIDAY!!
Facts: BEWARE the IDES of March The Ides of March are the 15th of March.
On this day, in 44 BC Gaius Iulius Caesar was assassinated on the steps of the Senate by his fellow Roman senators and even his best friend, Brutus
He had been warned by his wife and others NOT to go the Senate that day.
Some Romans feared he was leading Rome back to a monarchy. They did not want him to be king.
At the time of his death, he was called DICTATOR. He had overextended the time ususally allowed to have this title and, at least in the eyes of all the conspirators, had abused his powers.
LOOK UP MORE FOR EXTRA CREDIT on your TUESDAY TEST. He is one of the MOST INTERESTING, charismatic leaders of ancient Rome and of all time. He has gone down in history as one of the world's most influential men. What happened after his death? Who eventually became the next ruler of Rome? What happened to the men who plotted his death?
For the rest of your TEST, just bring your FINGERS (DIGITOS) your brain (MENTEM). The charts will be on the board and the book (LIBER) will be under your desk waiting for you to play VERB HERO!
don't forget to review Monday's mottoes
Facts: BEWARE the IDES of March The Ides of March are the 15th of March.
On this day, in 44 BC Gaius Iulius Caesar was assassinated on the steps of the Senate by his fellow Roman senators and even his best friend, Brutus
He had been warned by his wife and others NOT to go the Senate that day.
Some Romans feared he was leading Rome back to a monarchy. They did not want him to be king.
At the time of his death, he was called DICTATOR. He had overextended the time ususally allowed to have this title and, at least in the eyes of all the conspirators, had abused his powers.
LOOK UP MORE FOR EXTRA CREDIT on your TUESDAY TEST. He is one of the MOST INTERESTING, charismatic leaders of ancient Rome and of all time. He has gone down in history as one of the world's most influential men. What happened after his death? Who eventually became the next ruler of Rome? What happened to the men who plotted his death?
For the rest of your TEST, just bring your FINGERS (DIGITOS) your brain (MENTEM). The charts will be on the board and the book (LIBER) will be under your desk waiting for you to play VERB HERO!
don't forget to review Monday's mottoes
Thursday March 14 B Day
Theology: Ares/March strange birth story? ITA!
two different personae? ITA! Greeks hated him, Romans loved him
father of Eros with Aphrodite
father of Romulus and Remus by Rhea Silva
arrogant, violent, cocky, pugnacious, belligerent, immature, rash, a bully (Ares)
handsome, strong, patriotic, powerful, fast, athletic, manly, brave, a champion (Mars)
for the Romans he was also a god of agriculture and the month of March is named for him
martial arts are those needed in times of war
two different personae? ITA! Greeks hated him, Romans loved him
father of Eros with Aphrodite
father of Romulus and Remus by Rhea Silva
arrogant, violent, cocky, pugnacious, belligerent, immature, rash, a bully (Ares)
handsome, strong, patriotic, powerful, fast, athletic, manly, brave, a champion (Mars)
for the Romans he was also a god of agriculture and the month of March is named for him
martial arts are those needed in times of war
Wednesday March 13 A Day
wonderful words quizzes and spelling bees in each class. Great job, all of you! good trying! Thanks for showing some Latin spirit.
Winners:
1st period: Elizabeth "Prima" runner up: Schyler "Marcia" Honorable mention:; Tyshon
2nd period: Guissepi "Josephus" runner up: Parker "Quintus" HM: Mattison "Ultima"
4th period: Princess "Octavia" runner up: Jonathon "Ultimus"
Winners:
1st period: Elizabeth "Prima" runner up: Schyler "Marcia" Honorable mention:; Tyshon
2nd period: Guissepi "Josephus" runner up: Parker "Quintus" HM: Mattison "Ultima"
4th period: Princess "Octavia" runner up: Jonathon "Ultimus"
Tuesday TEST DAY B Day
Monday March 11 A Day
no music mottoes: alibi
crescit eundo (it grows by going) motto of New Mexico
requiescit in pace (rest in peace)
novus ordo seclorum (new order of the ages) on the dollar bill
amor proximi (love of a neighbor)
more work on Verb Hero! working on the verbs in the story on p. 91
errat, errabat, errabit, erravit, erraverat, erraverit (he wanders, he was wandering, he will wander, he wandered, he had wandered, he will have wandered)
crescit eundo (it grows by going) motto of New Mexico
requiescit in pace (rest in peace)
novus ordo seclorum (new order of the ages) on the dollar bill
amor proximi (love of a neighbor)
more work on Verb Hero! working on the verbs in the story on p. 91
errat, errabat, errabit, erravit, erraverat, erraverit (he wanders, he was wandering, he will wander, he wandered, he had wandered, he will have wandered)
Friday March 8 B Day
Friday's Fact: Gaius Julius Caesar was killed on March 15 44 BC by his fellow senators on the steps of the senate. He had been warned by his wife, Calpurnia, not to go to the senate that day. Therefore, BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH has become famous through the years as warning of impending doom. His death sent Rome into Civil War between those that wanted him killed and those who didn't. FIND OUT MORE!
You are encouraged to research Gaius Julius Caesar for your TEST on TUESDAY. Extra credit given for facts you bring in about this famous Roman general, stateman, and dictator. What else is he famous for? Why was he killed? What about his famous love affair with Cleopatra?
Friday's FABLES: The Boy at the Dike Why Noah chose the dove The Philharmonic Gets Dressed
Which philosophy is most prevalalent in each story? We discusssed how all stories either an Epicurean attitude or Stoic attidude represented. Most probably have both. new name: stoicure! We are all probably Stoicures.
Bring in one of your favorite childhood stories and analyze it for your TUESDAY TEST according to philosophical viewpoint.
For the test on TUESDAY also be able to TRANSLATE the verbs in the Fall of Troy :
narrabat obruncabant exspectabant occupabant portabat volas occupant spectabimus clamo portant laudabamus spectabunt parabimus convoco
Which of these verbs are in the present tense? Which are imperfect? Which are future?
Which of them are 1st person plural? 3rd person plural? 2nd person singular? 1st person singular?
What kind of hope does Aeneas give his family once Troy is destroyed?
What does he say about the gods? Does this make him Stoic or Epicurean?
Semper deos amabamus et verbis donisque laudabamus itaque de caelo Troianos spectabunt.
Deorum auxilio fugam parabimus.
Also be able to translate the NOUNS:
fabulam oppido aram regina familiam campos fugam viros captivos dei umbra viri fortunam ruinas regni auxilium caelo equo germani donis verbis
Know the characters: Aeneas Elissa Priam Hecuba Minerva Graeci Cassandra Anchises Creusa
Also, look at the notes from Friday's Stump Dea game. Know about the 4 parts a verb has. Know that you use the 2nd part -re to form the 1st three tenses. Then use the third part of the verb, drop the i for the last 3 tenses. For the test I will have the charts up on the board and have you play a round of verb hero. JUST FOLLOW The DIRECTIONS AND YOU SHOULD DO FINE!
If you print this page out and bring it in to the TEST, that gets you 3 extra credit points. You already have extra points for stumping me. :)
You are encouraged to research Gaius Julius Caesar for your TEST on TUESDAY. Extra credit given for facts you bring in about this famous Roman general, stateman, and dictator. What else is he famous for? Why was he killed? What about his famous love affair with Cleopatra?
Friday's FABLES: The Boy at the Dike Why Noah chose the dove The Philharmonic Gets Dressed
Which philosophy is most prevalalent in each story? We discusssed how all stories either an Epicurean attitude or Stoic attidude represented. Most probably have both. new name: stoicure! We are all probably Stoicures.
Bring in one of your favorite childhood stories and analyze it for your TUESDAY TEST according to philosophical viewpoint.
For the test on TUESDAY also be able to TRANSLATE the verbs in the Fall of Troy :
narrabat obruncabant exspectabant occupabant portabat volas occupant spectabimus clamo portant laudabamus spectabunt parabimus convoco
Which of these verbs are in the present tense? Which are imperfect? Which are future?
Which of them are 1st person plural? 3rd person plural? 2nd person singular? 1st person singular?
What kind of hope does Aeneas give his family once Troy is destroyed?
What does he say about the gods? Does this make him Stoic or Epicurean?
Semper deos amabamus et verbis donisque laudabamus itaque de caelo Troianos spectabunt.
Deorum auxilio fugam parabimus.
Also be able to translate the NOUNS:
fabulam oppido aram regina familiam campos fugam viros captivos dei umbra viri fortunam ruinas regni auxilium caelo equo germani donis verbis
Know the characters: Aeneas Elissa Priam Hecuba Minerva Graeci Cassandra Anchises Creusa
Also, look at the notes from Friday's Stump Dea game. Know about the 4 parts a verb has. Know that you use the 2nd part -re to form the 1st three tenses. Then use the third part of the verb, drop the i for the last 3 tenses. For the test I will have the charts up on the board and have you play a round of verb hero. JUST FOLLOW The DIRECTIONS AND YOU SHOULD DO FINE!
If you print this page out and bring it in to the TEST, that gets you 3 extra credit points. You already have extra points for stumping me. :)
Thursday March 7 A Day
We discussed Ares/ Mars
We started learning the last three tenses: perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect
in order to learn these charts, first you have to learn some basic facts about verbs and what they look like in the dictionary.
Most verbs have four parts. The first one always end in o like amo, sto, navigo, porto, teneo, lego, or audio
the second one always ends in re amare, stare, navigare, portare, tenere, legere, audire
the third always ends in an i: amavi, steti, navigavi, portavi, tenui, legi, audivi
The fourth one always end in a um or us or a amatum, statum, navigatum, tentum, lectum, auditum
(You will not need to know this fourth part for LATIN I)
For the first three tenses: use the 2nd part: chop off the re
for the next three: use the 3rd part chop off the i
Perfect tense: Pluperfect: Future Perfect
i imus eram eramus ero erimus
isti istis eras eratis eris eritis
it erunt erat erant erit erint
I have _______-ed
I did ___________
I ________ed I had _________ed I will have ____________-ed
so: portavit: he carried or he did carry or he has carried
ambulavimus: we walked or we have walked or we did walk
steterunt: they stood, they have stood, or we did stand
portaverat: he had carried
ambulaverat: he had walked
audiverat: he had heard
narravero: I will have told
navigaveris: you will have sold
spectaverit: she will have watched
Being able to take a verb and take it through all 6 tenses it called doing a synopsis.
We will practice this a lot Sometimes I call it "playing VERB HERO" and we go on a mission trip through the harsh terrain of 6 different towns or cities. Each tense is a different "mission spot". Once you conquer the first city, you move on to the next. In the first three cities, you have to use certain gear (the second part of the verb minus the re) Then you get to the mountainor the RIVER and before you cross over, you change your gear to be able to cross over in to the "perfect land". Switch to the 3rd principle part, drop of the i, and add the endings for the next three towns.
Once you do this and you can translate the verbs correctly, you have become a VERB HERO!!
There will be lots of these on the FINAL EXAM!
We started learning the last three tenses: perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect
in order to learn these charts, first you have to learn some basic facts about verbs and what they look like in the dictionary.
Most verbs have four parts. The first one always end in o like amo, sto, navigo, porto, teneo, lego, or audio
the second one always ends in re amare, stare, navigare, portare, tenere, legere, audire
the third always ends in an i: amavi, steti, navigavi, portavi, tenui, legi, audivi
The fourth one always end in a um or us or a amatum, statum, navigatum, tentum, lectum, auditum
(You will not need to know this fourth part for LATIN I)
For the first three tenses: use the 2nd part: chop off the re
for the next three: use the 3rd part chop off the i
Perfect tense: Pluperfect: Future Perfect
i imus eram eramus ero erimus
isti istis eras eratis eris eritis
it erunt erat erant erit erint
I have _______-ed
I did ___________
I ________ed I had _________ed I will have ____________-ed
so: portavit: he carried or he did carry or he has carried
ambulavimus: we walked or we have walked or we did walk
steterunt: they stood, they have stood, or we did stand
portaverat: he had carried
ambulaverat: he had walked
audiverat: he had heard
narravero: I will have told
navigaveris: you will have sold
spectaverit: she will have watched
Being able to take a verb and take it through all 6 tenses it called doing a synopsis.
We will practice this a lot Sometimes I call it "playing VERB HERO" and we go on a mission trip through the harsh terrain of 6 different towns or cities. Each tense is a different "mission spot". Once you conquer the first city, you move on to the next. In the first three cities, you have to use certain gear (the second part of the verb minus the re) Then you get to the mountainor the RIVER and before you cross over, you change your gear to be able to cross over in to the "perfect land". Switch to the 3rd principle part, drop of the i, and add the endings for the next three towns.
Once you do this and you can translate the verbs correctly, you have become a VERB HERO!!
There will be lots of these on the FINAL EXAM!
Wednesday March 6 B Day
Wonderful Word Quiz and Spelling Bee Millie "Prima" wins with acrid. Robbie "Marcus" comes in second.
TUESDAY March 5 A DAY TEST DAY
Test: essay on philosophy Theology Thursday: Ares/Mars
Monday March 4 LATIN DAY around the school! Carry your BCL torch
music: clap your hands, stomp your feet, light the torch and feel the HEAT! (The Latin HEAT!)
you can dance you can jive, Latin , Latin, it is ALIVE!!!
Go Latin! Go, go, Latin!
we divided up in groups and made more raps based on all the thousands of English words we use every day all around the school: whenever you want to get extra credit for Monday's or Wednesdays: feel free to break out into rhymes with all the derivatives!
you can dance you can jive, Latin , Latin, it is ALIVE!!!
Go Latin! Go, go, Latin!
we divided up in groups and made more raps based on all the thousands of English words we use every day all around the school: whenever you want to get extra credit for Monday's or Wednesdays: feel free to break out into rhymes with all the derivatives!
Friday March 1 A Day
Philosophy Phriday Phun! Phun! Stoics and Epicureans: the two prominent schools of philosophy in 3rd century ancient Greece. We learned the basic tenets of each. Your job: research more. Learn more! Bring that research with you to the TEST TUESDAY. It will be an essay test. What is your philosophy? How did the Stocis and Epicures answer these 3 basic questions? How do you?
1. What are we humans here for? What is our purpose in the world?
2. Are there gods and do they care for us?
3. Based on those answers, how do you live your life?
Also: How would you answer these questions about home:
1. What makes your house a home? What are the top 10 things you like about your home?
2. What do you do to contribute to the happiness, stability, success, or beauty of your home? What do you do to make it interesting or inviting? How does this answer change if you change "home" to school, community, country, or planet?
3. What do you dislike about your home? What can you do to change that?
4. Do you agree with this quote? "The love we have in our homes becomes the peace we bring to the world."
5. What are the spoken and unspoken rules in your household? Who makes them? Do you agree with them or disagree? What kind of rules would you have in your own home when you become the owner? Do you think rules are important? Why?
we made our torches. Wear HOT colors on Monday and carry your torch!
1. What are we humans here for? What is our purpose in the world?
2. Are there gods and do they care for us?
3. Based on those answers, how do you live your life?
Also: How would you answer these questions about home:
1. What makes your house a home? What are the top 10 things you like about your home?
2. What do you do to contribute to the happiness, stability, success, or beauty of your home? What do you do to make it interesting or inviting? How does this answer change if you change "home" to school, community, country, or planet?
3. What do you dislike about your home? What can you do to change that?
4. Do you agree with this quote? "The love we have in our homes becomes the peace we bring to the world."
5. What are the spoken and unspoken rules in your household? Who makes them? Do you agree with them or disagree? What kind of rules would you have in your own home when you become the owner? Do you think rules are important? Why?
we made our torches. Wear HOT colors on Monday and carry your torch!
Thursday Feb 28 B Day
Theology Thursday: Hephaestus/Vulcan
then we had "Vulcan's Workshop" and made our torches for Latin Day on Monday.
Don't forget to carry your torch around school. Get signatures from teachers, principals, and staff, The more signatures the better. Even better, give a little speech about the power of knowing Latin or recite a line or two from our BCL creed. Listen to the treasure hunt clue. Say Salve, quid agis to everyone you see. :)
Latina est VIVA!
then we had "Vulcan's Workshop" and made our torches for Latin Day on Monday.
Don't forget to carry your torch around school. Get signatures from teachers, principals, and staff, The more signatures the better. Even better, give a little speech about the power of knowing Latin or recite a line or two from our BCL creed. Listen to the treasure hunt clue. Say Salve, quid agis to everyone you see. :)
Latina est VIVA!
Wednesday Feb 27 A Day
Wonderful Words Wednesday: quiz today
also finished Aeneas' story on p. 82 for sure! all done with this! moving on to the next chapter on Friday.
also finished Aeneas' story on p. 82 for sure! all done with this! moving on to the next chapter on Friday.
Tuesday Feb. 26 B Day TEST DAY
Monday Feb. 25 A Day
Mottoes: repetitio est mater memoriae (repetition is the mother of memory)
qui me amat, canem mea amat (he who loves me, loves my dog)
non omnes eadem amant (they do not all love the same)
esse quam videri (to be rather than to see) This is NC's motto
perstare et praestare (to persevere and to excel)
Music: She's got the world in her hands (or he)
Totam orbem habet in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
te et me, frater in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
te et me soror in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
solem et lunam in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
ventum et pluvium in manibus (x3)
totam orbem in manibus
minimos infantes in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
More translating today. tried to finish p. 82. Aeneas' famous words to his family: "semper deos amabamus et laudabamus. Itaque de caelo Troianos spectabunt. Deorum auxilium fugam parabimmus".
1st period moved on to chapter 9 and started learning the perfect tense.
don't forget WWW QUIZ on Wednesday. STUDY THESE WORDS:
annual, donation, equestrian, insuperable, latitude, portal, somnolent, volatile, perchance, postwar, celestial, convoje, fortunate, interim, anteroom, transparent, insulate (and insulation) isolate (isolation) linguistic, multilingual, stable, status, procrastinate (procrastination)
Know the Latin roots! Know how to spell the English words and what they mean.
qui me amat, canem mea amat (he who loves me, loves my dog)
non omnes eadem amant (they do not all love the same)
esse quam videri (to be rather than to see) This is NC's motto
perstare et praestare (to persevere and to excel)
Music: She's got the world in her hands (or he)
Totam orbem habet in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
te et me, frater in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
te et me soror in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
solem et lunam in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
ventum et pluvium in manibus (x3)
totam orbem in manibus
minimos infantes in manibus (x3)
totam orbem manibus
More translating today. tried to finish p. 82. Aeneas' famous words to his family: "semper deos amabamus et laudabamus. Itaque de caelo Troianos spectabunt. Deorum auxilium fugam parabimmus".
1st period moved on to chapter 9 and started learning the perfect tense.
don't forget WWW QUIZ on Wednesday. STUDY THESE WORDS:
annual, donation, equestrian, insuperable, latitude, portal, somnolent, volatile, perchance, postwar, celestial, convoje, fortunate, interim, anteroom, transparent, insulate (and insulation) isolate (isolation) linguistic, multilingual, stable, status, procrastinate (procrastination)
Know the Latin roots! Know how to spell the English words and what they mean.
Friday Feb 22 B Day (3 hour delay)
PHilosophy PHriday! Yay we had just the right amount of time to delve into a little bit of philosophy.
The main philosophical schools in 3rd century BC ancient Greece were STOICS and EPICUREANS.
We discussed the basic premises, mottoes, beliefs of each school and the class split up into the two teams. There were many more of you who decided to cheer for the Stoics. Only Jack and Mirabella stood up for the Epicureans. Steven jumped ship and joined the Stoics. Akiba and Christian remained "on the fence." Akiba wants to start his own school promoting his own philosophy. :)
This is what you do for your test TUESDAY: research each school and bring in that research for half of your grade. ' For the other portion of your grade, you will write personal essays about your philosophical beliefs:
What is our purpose here on this earth? How do humans fit into the universal order? Is there order? Are there gods who care for us? Based on these conclusions, how do we live our life?
Also be prepared to discuss: What about your home do you like/dislike?
What about your home would you be willing to fight for? or to protect?
What compels you to travel outside your home?
To whom do you open your home?
Is "home" about the building or the people? (the physical or the emotional)
Latin words for home:
casa, villa, terra, patria, mundus, tellus
Latin word for household: familia which included mater, pater, liberi, et servi (slaves were a part of the household)
The father "pater" had legal authority over everyone in his household.
The mother "mater" had no legal power, but she certainly was influential in family decision making and was, of course, a dominating presence in the life of her husband and children.
The main philosophical schools in 3rd century BC ancient Greece were STOICS and EPICUREANS.
We discussed the basic premises, mottoes, beliefs of each school and the class split up into the two teams. There were many more of you who decided to cheer for the Stoics. Only Jack and Mirabella stood up for the Epicureans. Steven jumped ship and joined the Stoics. Akiba and Christian remained "on the fence." Akiba wants to start his own school promoting his own philosophy. :)
This is what you do for your test TUESDAY: research each school and bring in that research for half of your grade. ' For the other portion of your grade, you will write personal essays about your philosophical beliefs:
What is our purpose here on this earth? How do humans fit into the universal order? Is there order? Are there gods who care for us? Based on these conclusions, how do we live our life?
Also be prepared to discuss: What about your home do you like/dislike?
What about your home would you be willing to fight for? or to protect?
What compels you to travel outside your home?
To whom do you open your home?
Is "home" about the building or the people? (the physical or the emotional)
Latin words for home:
casa, villa, terra, patria, mundus, tellus
Latin word for household: familia which included mater, pater, liberi, et servi (slaves were a part of the household)
The father "pater" had legal authority over everyone in his household.
The mother "mater" had no legal power, but she certainly was influential in family decision making and was, of course, a dominating presence in the life of her husband and children.
Thursday Feb 21 A Day
Theology Thursday's focus: Hephaestus/Vulcan: blacksmith for the gods
tela deorum et magnorum virorum facit
Whose weapons does Vulcan make?
notice the genitive plural.
or tela deis et magnis viris facit
For whom does he make weapons?
notice the dative plural.
(either is ok to use)
we also continued to work on translating: emphasis on finding the VERB and then breaking it down into its three parts AND then finding the subject, and the analyzing the rest of the nouns by asking questions like whose? for whom? (genitive and dative)
examples: umbra magni viri fabulam servis narrabat
The great man's ghost was telling a story to the slaves. (whose ghost?)
(what was he tellng?)
(to whom)
vita agricolarum erat dura.
Whose life was hard? (notice erat is the imperfect tense of est)
equum per portas oppidi portabimus
(Who will do what?) (What will they carry?) (Where?) (whose gates?)
tela deorum et magnorum virorum facit
Whose weapons does Vulcan make?
notice the genitive plural.
or tela deis et magnis viris facit
For whom does he make weapons?
notice the dative plural.
(either is ok to use)
we also continued to work on translating: emphasis on finding the VERB and then breaking it down into its three parts AND then finding the subject, and the analyzing the rest of the nouns by asking questions like whose? for whom? (genitive and dative)
examples: umbra magni viri fabulam servis narrabat
The great man's ghost was telling a story to the slaves. (whose ghost?)
(what was he tellng?)
(to whom)
vita agricolarum erat dura.
Whose life was hard? (notice erat is the imperfect tense of est)
equum per portas oppidi portabimus
(Who will do what?) (What will they carry?) (Where?) (whose gates?)
Wednesday Feb. 20 B Day
Wonderful Words. we worked on the work sheet for today's words from chapters 7, 8, and 9. Make sure you copy down the words from chapters 10, 11, and 12 for the next WWW derivative quiz and spelling bee.
Tuesday Feb. 19 A Day
Instead of a TEST today, we worked on TRANSLATING. Together we read "The Fall of Troy" p. 82 in the purple book.
Friday Feb 15 B Day
Your mythological Valentines were due today. They needed to be colorful, clever or cute, and character related. Akiba "Secundus" gets first prize for most creative. He did some "anti- Valentines" from Hades to various people. They were quite funny. Mayim "Quinta" comes in 2nd for the elaborate ones she made. In third place is Sophie "Tertia" whose fold-over cards were very pretty on the front. You can see some samples of everyone's either in the room or on the wall outside the classroom.
Also today 2 FABLES for Friday: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
question for your life: Where are you comfortable? Do you enjoy having adventures outside your world?
The Other Side:
question for your life: What inspires you to meet new people? What bridges are you building? What walls are you tearing down?
Also today 2 FABLES for Friday: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
question for your life: Where are you comfortable? Do you enjoy having adventures outside your world?
The Other Side:
question for your life: What inspires you to meet new people? What bridges are you building? What walls are you tearing down?
Thursday Feb. 14 A Day
We celebrated Valentine's Day by studying about Aphrodite/Venus and her son, Eros/Cupid. We discussed the three types of love: Apape, Philos, and Eros. Students made some Valentines based on the mythological characters we have studied. Some of you are still not doing your homework on Theology Thursdays, and that is really hurting your grade.
February 13, 2013 B Day (Wednesday)
Wonderful Words Quiz and spelling bee!
top four: Milllie "Prima", Jack "Decimus" Akiba "Secundus" Byrd, and William "Quintus" Lowe.
William almost won it twice! Jack finally won with the word way to go Jack! Victoria tibi!
The hardest word that stumped the most people was populace (I think because it sounds just like populous)
some other hard ones were: magisterial, pugnacious, celestial, and volatile
Study chapters 7, 8, and 9 for next Wednesday
top four: Milllie "Prima", Jack "Decimus" Akiba "Secundus" Byrd, and William "Quintus" Lowe.
William almost won it twice! Jack finally won with the word way to go Jack! Victoria tibi!
The hardest word that stumped the most people was populace (I think because it sounds just like populous)
some other hard ones were: magisterial, pugnacious, celestial, and volatile
Study chapters 7, 8, and 9 for next Wednesday
February 12, 2013 A Day (Tuesday)
TEST DAY
February 11, 2013 B Day (Monday)
Monday's mottoes:
qui amat me canem amat: he who loves me loves my dog
omnes non eadem amant: they all do not love the same
esse quam videri: to be rather than to seem (NC's motto)
perstare et praestare: to endure and to excell
worked on the next story in the purple book: p. 83 "The Fall of Troy"
qui amat me canem amat: he who loves me loves my dog
omnes non eadem amant: they all do not love the same
esse quam videri: to be rather than to seem (NC's motto)
perstare et praestare: to endure and to excell
worked on the next story in the purple book: p. 83 "The Fall of Troy"
February 8, 2013 A Day (Friday)
Five facts about Aeneas:
1. He was the only surviving prince of Troy uniquely gifted with the mission of rebuilding Troy after it was destroyed by the Greeks.
2. His mother was Venus, goddess of love and beauty. She protects him in times of extreme danger or in times of great distress or worry, often intervening at just the right moment. (That's nice! ) Of course, that also gives Aeneas a little advantage in the handsome category as well, making him quite attractive to queen Dido of Carthage.
3. His father was Anchises, a mortal ally of King Priam, who at the time of Troy's destruction was old and crippled and had to be carried out of the city on Aeneas' shoulders. (This is a very famous picture of Aeneas. You can find it for extra credit and bring it with you to the test.)
4. He was happily married to Creusa, daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. Unfortunately she died in the flames when Troy was burned, but her ghost (umbra) appeared to Aeneas and gave him hope for his new life and his new wife. He had tried desperately to find her in those last hours but to no avail. (notice in the famous paintings she is not pictured) It is Creusa who tells him to sail to Italy.
5. He and Creusa had a beloved son named Ascanius. Aeneas does save him from the Greeks and he does travel with his father all the way to Italy. It is for Ascanius ( and all his children's children) that Aeneas continues on with his mission to rebuild Troy (even though at times he wants to quit) Another name for Ascanius is Iulus, which eventually translates into the name Julius (which becomes a VERY famous Roman name). (That is a good extra credit fact that you can bring in with you to the test to prove you read this website on Monday night)
other things to look up for extra credit to bring with you to the TEST tomorrow:
What does the word pietas mean and in particular how does it relate to Aeneas?
Who is Aeneas' best friend who also accompanies him across many lands to Italy?
When and where does Anchises die?
Who wrote the most famous version of Aeneas' journeys?
Who becomes Aeneas' new wife? (after Creusa dies?)
other reminders for test: study the mottoes and the music. make flashcards with your 3 noun charts and 3 verb charts and any vocabulary you think you need from the story, "The Trojan horse".
Bona Fortuna!
tomorrow is my birthday! (you can write Felicem Diem tibi on your test just to be kind and make me happy!)
My life motto is: to live every day with generosity, kindness, and enthusiasm
1. He was the only surviving prince of Troy uniquely gifted with the mission of rebuilding Troy after it was destroyed by the Greeks.
2. His mother was Venus, goddess of love and beauty. She protects him in times of extreme danger or in times of great distress or worry, often intervening at just the right moment. (That's nice! ) Of course, that also gives Aeneas a little advantage in the handsome category as well, making him quite attractive to queen Dido of Carthage.
3. His father was Anchises, a mortal ally of King Priam, who at the time of Troy's destruction was old and crippled and had to be carried out of the city on Aeneas' shoulders. (This is a very famous picture of Aeneas. You can find it for extra credit and bring it with you to the test.)
4. He was happily married to Creusa, daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. Unfortunately she died in the flames when Troy was burned, but her ghost (umbra) appeared to Aeneas and gave him hope for his new life and his new wife. He had tried desperately to find her in those last hours but to no avail. (notice in the famous paintings she is not pictured) It is Creusa who tells him to sail to Italy.
5. He and Creusa had a beloved son named Ascanius. Aeneas does save him from the Greeks and he does travel with his father all the way to Italy. It is for Ascanius ( and all his children's children) that Aeneas continues on with his mission to rebuild Troy (even though at times he wants to quit) Another name for Ascanius is Iulus, which eventually translates into the name Julius (which becomes a VERY famous Roman name). (That is a good extra credit fact that you can bring in with you to the test to prove you read this website on Monday night)
other things to look up for extra credit to bring with you to the TEST tomorrow:
What does the word pietas mean and in particular how does it relate to Aeneas?
Who is Aeneas' best friend who also accompanies him across many lands to Italy?
When and where does Anchises die?
Who wrote the most famous version of Aeneas' journeys?
Who becomes Aeneas' new wife? (after Creusa dies?)
other reminders for test: study the mottoes and the music. make flashcards with your 3 noun charts and 3 verb charts and any vocabulary you think you need from the story, "The Trojan horse".
Bona Fortuna!
tomorrow is my birthday! (you can write Felicem Diem tibi on your test just to be kind and make me happy!)
My life motto is: to live every day with generosity, kindness, and enthusiasm
February 7, 2013 B Day (Thursday)
Theology Thursday: featuring Aphrodite/Venus and her son Eros/Cupid. If you missed class today make sure you do the research on both of these deities. What a fascinating pair! Mother and son working together to bring love into the world. Make sure you know the distinction between these 3 kinds of love:
AGAPE: forgiving, longlasting, motherly or fatherly love towards a child, or a creator for creation, eternal,
patient, always hopeful, strong
PHILOS: brotherly, sisterly, friendship, affectionate, can be long enduring, strong,
EROS: romantic, sensual, passionate, emotional, fun, intense, but by nature, NOT long lasting, rather fickle and
sometimes very troublesome. This is the LOVE inspired by and represented by Venus and Cupid.
Make 10 mythological Valentines for next FRIDAY'S FABULOUS FUN. This counts as a 100 test grade. You must make 10 to get the 100. They also must be colorful, creative, and character specific. That means you show me that you know about the person sending the Valentine and the person getting it.
The grade goes 10 points per valentine so if you only do 5, you get a 50.
You may get up to 5 points extra credit (for 105) for each one over 10 that you make. (one point a piece)
You also must have the courage to share your Valentines and explain which type of love is represented in each particular story.
AGAPE: forgiving, longlasting, motherly or fatherly love towards a child, or a creator for creation, eternal,
patient, always hopeful, strong
PHILOS: brotherly, sisterly, friendship, affectionate, can be long enduring, strong,
EROS: romantic, sensual, passionate, emotional, fun, intense, but by nature, NOT long lasting, rather fickle and
sometimes very troublesome. This is the LOVE inspired by and represented by Venus and Cupid.
Make 10 mythological Valentines for next FRIDAY'S FABULOUS FUN. This counts as a 100 test grade. You must make 10 to get the 100. They also must be colorful, creative, and character specific. That means you show me that you know about the person sending the Valentine and the person getting it.
The grade goes 10 points per valentine so if you only do 5, you get a 50.
You may get up to 5 points extra credit (for 105) for each one over 10 that you make. (one point a piece)
You also must have the courage to share your Valentines and explain which type of love is represented in each particular story.
February 6, 2013 (Wednesday) A Day
If you missed today, you missed the Wonderful Wednesday Word quiz. Make this up asap!
We are moving onto Chapter 8 in the purple book. Study the vocabulary, derivatives, and charts from this chapter and begin translating the story "The Fall of Troy."
We are moving onto Chapter 8 in the purple book. Study the vocabulary, derivatives, and charts from this chapter and begin translating the story "The Fall of Troy."
February 5, 2013 (Tuesday)
Test today! Congrats to William "Quintus" and Robbie "Marcus" who read this website and got some extra credit points on the test for doing what I suggested! yay! Hint hint to everyone!
Theology Thursday: due next class: Aphrodite/Venus AND Eros/Cupid
mother/son duo
perfect pair to study for Valentine's Day coming up
Theology Thursday: due next class: Aphrodite/Venus AND Eros/Cupid
mother/son duo
perfect pair to study for Valentine's Day coming up
February 4, 2013 (Monday)
music: Are you sleeping, brother John?
dormisne o frater, frater Iacobe, Iacobe
resonant campanae (x2)
din did don
mottoes: lapsus linguae: a slip of the tongue
nos morituri te salutamus: we about to die salute you
mea culpa: my fault
lux sit: let there be light
laetum novum annum: happy new year
we worked on translation p. 73 "the Trojan horse" . See Friday February 1st for a copy of the translation and suggestions and charts. I strongly urge you to make flashcards for Tuesday's test with the charts and vocabulary words.
quiz on Wednesday for wonderful words (derivatives from chapters, 4,5, and 6)
dormisne o frater, frater Iacobe, Iacobe
resonant campanae (x2)
din did don
mottoes: lapsus linguae: a slip of the tongue
nos morituri te salutamus: we about to die salute you
mea culpa: my fault
lux sit: let there be light
laetum novum annum: happy new year
we worked on translation p. 73 "the Trojan horse" . See Friday February 1st for a copy of the translation and suggestions and charts. I strongly urge you to make flashcards for Tuesday's test with the charts and vocabulary words.
quiz on Wednesday for wonderful words (derivatives from chapters, 4,5, and 6)
February 1, 2013 (Friday)
Fabulous Fun Fact Friday on the first day of February
We did five facts about Aeneas:
1. He was the only surviving Trojan prince uniquely gifted with the mission of rebuilding Troy.
2. His mother was Venus, goddess of love and beauty, which gives him special protection at various points in his hero story and also gives him a little extra appeal when it comes to a love story! ( tune in later when his romance gets heated with Queen Dido of Carthage!)
3. His father was Anchises, a mortal, whom Aeneas carries out on his shoulders from the flames of Troy. He is old and crippled at the time of Troy's destruction but his wisdom and love gives Aeneas courage to continue all along his journey. (Extra credit on Tuesday's test if you find out when he dies)
4. His wife, Creusa, was one of the many daughters of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. (so that makes him the brother in law of Paris and Hector and Cassandra.) She died in the flames of Troy but her ghost encourages Aeneas to go on to his new life and his new wife. ( this also gives Aeneas the hope and encouragement he needs to start his mission)
5. He and Creusa have a son, Ascanius, who also survives the destruction of Troy and who goes with Aeneas on the journey to the new country. His other name is Iulus and ultimately it is he who will carry the Julian family name into Roman history!!! (This is another extra credit fact that I didn't tell you on Friday, but you could use this for extra credit on the test on Tuesday!)
I encouraged you to look up famous pictures of Aeneas and his father and his son as they escape the flames and destruction of their beloved Troy.
Then, we worked on the story of the Trojan War on p. 73. We translated the whole thing and it will be the main translation featured on your TEST TUESDAY.
Remember there are 6 total charts that you need to know: 3 noun charts and 3 verb charts.
Besides knowing what the words mean in a sentence, you also have to know that:
Nouns show gender, number, and case (which means how it functions grammatically in the sentence)
Verbs show person, number, and tense (present, imperfect, or future)
The noun charts are
:
feminine: a, ae, ae, am, a /// ae arum is as is (on your test, you should write those in a vertical column with 5 singular and 5 plural) DONT FORGET LONG MARKS
masculine: us, i, o, um, o/// i orum is os is ADD LONG MARKS!
neuter: um, i, o, um o / a orum is a is
so, in the sentence," Graeci Troianos obtruncabant", The Greeks are masculine, nominative plural: subject of the senctence
Troianos are masculine, accusative, plural direct object of the sentence
and obtruncabant "They were murdering" is the verb: 3rd person plural imperfect
All together: The Greeks were murdering the Trojans.
Below is a copy of the story you need to be able to translate. Study all the vocabulary. Analyze all the verbs and nouns.
We did five facts about Aeneas:
1. He was the only surviving Trojan prince uniquely gifted with the mission of rebuilding Troy.
2. His mother was Venus, goddess of love and beauty, which gives him special protection at various points in his hero story and also gives him a little extra appeal when it comes to a love story! ( tune in later when his romance gets heated with Queen Dido of Carthage!)
3. His father was Anchises, a mortal, whom Aeneas carries out on his shoulders from the flames of Troy. He is old and crippled at the time of Troy's destruction but his wisdom and love gives Aeneas courage to continue all along his journey. (Extra credit on Tuesday's test if you find out when he dies)
4. His wife, Creusa, was one of the many daughters of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. (so that makes him the brother in law of Paris and Hector and Cassandra.) She died in the flames of Troy but her ghost encourages Aeneas to go on to his new life and his new wife. ( this also gives Aeneas the hope and encouragement he needs to start his mission)
5. He and Creusa have a son, Ascanius, who also survives the destruction of Troy and who goes with Aeneas on the journey to the new country. His other name is Iulus and ultimately it is he who will carry the Julian family name into Roman history!!! (This is another extra credit fact that I didn't tell you on Friday, but you could use this for extra credit on the test on Tuesday!)
I encouraged you to look up famous pictures of Aeneas and his father and his son as they escape the flames and destruction of their beloved Troy.
Then, we worked on the story of the Trojan War on p. 73. We translated the whole thing and it will be the main translation featured on your TEST TUESDAY.
Remember there are 6 total charts that you need to know: 3 noun charts and 3 verb charts.
Besides knowing what the words mean in a sentence, you also have to know that:
Nouns show gender, number, and case (which means how it functions grammatically in the sentence)
Verbs show person, number, and tense (present, imperfect, or future)
The noun charts are
:
feminine: a, ae, ae, am, a /// ae arum is as is (on your test, you should write those in a vertical column with 5 singular and 5 plural) DONT FORGET LONG MARKS
masculine: us, i, o, um, o/// i orum is os is ADD LONG MARKS!
neuter: um, i, o, um o / a orum is a is
so, in the sentence," Graeci Troianos obtruncabant", The Greeks are masculine, nominative plural: subject of the senctence
Troianos are masculine, accusative, plural direct object of the sentence
and obtruncabant "They were murdering" is the verb: 3rd person plural imperfect
All together: The Greeks were murdering the Trojans.
Below is a copy of the story you need to be able to translate. Study all the vocabulary. Analyze all the verbs and nouns.
January 31, 2013 (Thursday) A Day
Theology Thursday: featured Athena/Minerva: goddess of war, wisdom, and weaving www goddess!
favored daughter of Zeus, strangest birth ever: born from her father's head already a grown woman equipped for battle with shield (scutum) spear (hasta) and helmet (galea)
never really knew her mother, Metis (poor Metis! tricked and changed into a fly by Zeus, then swallowed because he feared that she was pregnant with a son who would overthrow him) and never had a childhood.
Although she is the goddess of war,she prefers peace. She is a clear thinker, a strategizer (like her father), and helps and admires heroes who uses their wits and who can think ahead and plan. (thus, she loves Odysseus) She defends her father at all costs. (She is even allowed to use his thunderbolts) She is NOT maternal or romantic. She doesn't think about motherhood or marriage. She is one of the three virgin goddesses by choice.
She and her uncle, Poseidon, were often at odds. She won the competition for the naming of the city, Athens. (She gave the people the olive tree which they voted to be more useful than the salt water spring which Poseidon offered) Athens, of course, became very famous for its contributions to Western civilization. Her temple there, the Parthenon, named for her name meaning the virgin goddess, is one of the world's most beautiful and revered ancient treasures. ( I hope you get to go see it some day. If you don't get to go to Greece, you can see a replica of it in Nashville, Tennesse!)
As you learned in your reading about the Trojan war, she sided with the Greeks. She did want that golden apple, and was quite offended that she didn't win. (probably the only time she ever lost at any kind of contest)
She expected and demanded respect. She could be quite cold. She turned Arachne into a spider. Even though she acknowledged that Arachne did weave very beautifully, she was horrified that she had woven into her tapestries unflattering pictures of Zeus.
Athena, in many ways, did become greater than her father, but he didn't fear her. He had in her a defender of his kingdom, of the patriarchy.
Girls, are you an Athena type? If you love to think, to plan, and love a good competition, and fight for just causes, you are similar to Athena. If you tend to relate more to your father than your mother, that is similar to Athena. If you appreciate arts and crafts or are good at those things, you have Athena's talents. If you love city life more than life in the freedom of the woods, than you are more Athena than Artemis. If right now in your life, you value your achievements and scholarship and athletics more than romance, you are more Athena than Aphrodite.
favored daughter of Zeus, strangest birth ever: born from her father's head already a grown woman equipped for battle with shield (scutum) spear (hasta) and helmet (galea)
never really knew her mother, Metis (poor Metis! tricked and changed into a fly by Zeus, then swallowed because he feared that she was pregnant with a son who would overthrow him) and never had a childhood.
Although she is the goddess of war,she prefers peace. She is a clear thinker, a strategizer (like her father), and helps and admires heroes who uses their wits and who can think ahead and plan. (thus, she loves Odysseus) She defends her father at all costs. (She is even allowed to use his thunderbolts) She is NOT maternal or romantic. She doesn't think about motherhood or marriage. She is one of the three virgin goddesses by choice.
She and her uncle, Poseidon, were often at odds. She won the competition for the naming of the city, Athens. (She gave the people the olive tree which they voted to be more useful than the salt water spring which Poseidon offered) Athens, of course, became very famous for its contributions to Western civilization. Her temple there, the Parthenon, named for her name meaning the virgin goddess, is one of the world's most beautiful and revered ancient treasures. ( I hope you get to go see it some day. If you don't get to go to Greece, you can see a replica of it in Nashville, Tennesse!)
As you learned in your reading about the Trojan war, she sided with the Greeks. She did want that golden apple, and was quite offended that she didn't win. (probably the only time she ever lost at any kind of contest)
She expected and demanded respect. She could be quite cold. She turned Arachne into a spider. Even though she acknowledged that Arachne did weave very beautifully, she was horrified that she had woven into her tapestries unflattering pictures of Zeus.
Athena, in many ways, did become greater than her father, but he didn't fear her. He had in her a defender of his kingdom, of the patriarchy.
Girls, are you an Athena type? If you love to think, to plan, and love a good competition, and fight for just causes, you are similar to Athena. If you tend to relate more to your father than your mother, that is similar to Athena. If you appreciate arts and crafts or are good at those things, you have Athena's talents. If you love city life more than life in the freedom of the woods, than you are more Athena than Artemis. If right now in your life, you value your achievements and scholarship and athletics more than romance, you are more Athena than Aphrodite.
January 30, 2013 (Wednesday) B day
Wonderful Word Wednesday: we worked on the derivatives from chapters 4, 5, and 6: malice, malnutrition, benefit, altitude, pulchritude, peril, paucity, miser, edify, fugue,magnify, multiply, puerile, servile, contradict, amicable, portable, amicable, agriculture, legate, auxiliary, longevity, filial, deity, bonus
We had a mini spelling bee, but we ran out of time to get a winner. There were four left standing at the bell.
We had a mini spelling bee, but we ran out of time to get a winner. There were four left standing at the bell.
January 29, 2013 (Tuesday) A Day
instead of TEST today we focused on TRANSLATION skills:
you need to know your 3 noun charts feminine, masculine and neuter
(nominative, genitive, dative, accusative and ablative_
(singular and plural)
you need to know your 3 verb charts: present tense, imperfect tense, and future tense:
o, s, t, mus, tis, nt I am, you are, he is, we are, you all are, they are _________ing
bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant: I was, you were, he was, etc. ________________ing
bo, bis, bit, bimus, bitis, bunt I will, you will, she will, etc. __________________
We used the "tabulae albae" to write our translations on as we read the story of the Trojan war as told by Aeneas to his friends and Queen Dido. Find this in your purple book on p. 72. Make sure you copy the vocabulary for this unit as well from page 71:
superare: to conquer
volare: to fly or to rush
annus: a year
somnus: sleep
equus: a horse
uterus: the belly (where the Greeks were hiding: in utero)
porta a gate (easy to confuse with the VERB: portare: to carry)
olim: once upon a time
post: behind (takes the accustive case)
per: through (sometimes by if you are swearing by something)
saepe: often
latus, a, um: wide (notice this is an adjective so it is listed with all three genders)
Practice verbs:
1. volabat: she was flying
2. superabamus: we were conquering
3. navigabimus: we will sail
4. narrabo: I will tell
5. occupant: they are seizing
6. vocatne: is he calling?
7. obtruncabunt: they will murder (new word!)
8. celo: I am hiding
9. celas: you are hiding
10. celant: they are hiding
11. celabant: they were hiding
12. celabunt: they will hide
Practice nouns: (these are from the story on p. 73)
fabulam: a story,feminine, accusative singular: direct object (he was telling the story_
Troianos: the Trojans, masculine, accusative, pluarl: direct object: (the Greeks were defeating the Trojans)
bello: the war, ablative, neuter, singular: object of sid space: de bello ( he was telling a story about the war)
reginae: the queen: feminine, dative singular: for whom? (he was telling a story for the queen)
Graecis: the Greeks, masculine, plural, ablative; with whom? (they were fighting with the Greeks)
oculos: eyes: masuline acc. plural direct object: (sleep was covering our eyes)
Graeci: the Greeks, masculine, plural, nominative: (the Greeks were hiding in the belly)
NOTE: I haven't learned to do LONG MARKS on this website, so please be sure to pay attention in class to where the long marks go for all your NOUN charts and your VERB charts.
DONT FORGET YOUR THEOLOGY THURSDAY: Athena/Minerva
daughter of Zeus and ____________ ?????
don't forget to find out who her mother is, what amazing birth story she has,
in addition to all the normal stuff: domain, symbols, characteristics, famous stories, intervention with mortals, and modern day connections
you need to know your 3 noun charts feminine, masculine and neuter
(nominative, genitive, dative, accusative and ablative_
(singular and plural)
you need to know your 3 verb charts: present tense, imperfect tense, and future tense:
o, s, t, mus, tis, nt I am, you are, he is, we are, you all are, they are _________ing
bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant: I was, you were, he was, etc. ________________ing
bo, bis, bit, bimus, bitis, bunt I will, you will, she will, etc. __________________
We used the "tabulae albae" to write our translations on as we read the story of the Trojan war as told by Aeneas to his friends and Queen Dido. Find this in your purple book on p. 72. Make sure you copy the vocabulary for this unit as well from page 71:
superare: to conquer
volare: to fly or to rush
annus: a year
somnus: sleep
equus: a horse
uterus: the belly (where the Greeks were hiding: in utero)
porta a gate (easy to confuse with the VERB: portare: to carry)
olim: once upon a time
post: behind (takes the accustive case)
per: through (sometimes by if you are swearing by something)
saepe: often
latus, a, um: wide (notice this is an adjective so it is listed with all three genders)
Practice verbs:
1. volabat: she was flying
2. superabamus: we were conquering
3. navigabimus: we will sail
4. narrabo: I will tell
5. occupant: they are seizing
6. vocatne: is he calling?
7. obtruncabunt: they will murder (new word!)
8. celo: I am hiding
9. celas: you are hiding
10. celant: they are hiding
11. celabant: they were hiding
12. celabunt: they will hide
Practice nouns: (these are from the story on p. 73)
fabulam: a story,feminine, accusative singular: direct object (he was telling the story_
Troianos: the Trojans, masculine, accusative, pluarl: direct object: (the Greeks were defeating the Trojans)
bello: the war, ablative, neuter, singular: object of sid space: de bello ( he was telling a story about the war)
reginae: the queen: feminine, dative singular: for whom? (he was telling a story for the queen)
Graecis: the Greeks, masculine, plural, ablative; with whom? (they were fighting with the Greeks)
oculos: eyes: masuline acc. plural direct object: (sleep was covering our eyes)
Graeci: the Greeks, masculine, plural, nominative: (the Greeks were hiding in the belly)
NOTE: I haven't learned to do LONG MARKS on this website, so please be sure to pay attention in class to where the long marks go for all your NOUN charts and your VERB charts.
DONT FORGET YOUR THEOLOGY THURSDAY: Athena/Minerva
daughter of Zeus and ____________ ?????
don't forget to find out who her mother is, what amazing birth story she has,
in addition to all the normal stuff: domain, symbols, characteristics, famous stories, intervention with mortals, and modern day connections
January 28, 2013 (Monday) B Day ( 3 hours delay: short classes)
Music: Are you sleeping brother, John? practice singing in Latin!
dormisne o frater, frater
Iacobe, Iacobe
resonant campanae
resonant campanae
din din don din din don
Note the word for brother is FRATER: we get the word FRATERNITY from that. ( a group of men who like to think of themselves as brothers)
Note the word for bells CAMPANAE is feminine nominative plural and is a different word from the tinntinabulum word we learned for a bell ringing sound . These are like dinner bells or church bells, not jingle bells. :)
Note the verb for they are ringing: RESONANT: present tense, 3rd person plural
we get the word resonate and resonance from this Latin verb. basically meaning to "sound again" or to echo or reverberate sonare: to sound and re: again
Mottoes/phrases: Nos morituri te salutamus: We about to die salute you (a favorite of mine)
Lux sit: let there be light!
Mea culpa: my fault
Laetum Novum Annum: happy new year!
lapsus linguae: a slip of the tongue (whoops, you said something you wish you hadn't)
Don't forget to study for your WONDERFFUL WORDS WEDNESDAY QUIZ!
dormisne o frater, frater
Iacobe, Iacobe
resonant campanae
resonant campanae
din din don din din don
Note the word for brother is FRATER: we get the word FRATERNITY from that. ( a group of men who like to think of themselves as brothers)
Note the word for bells CAMPANAE is feminine nominative plural and is a different word from the tinntinabulum word we learned for a bell ringing sound . These are like dinner bells or church bells, not jingle bells. :)
Note the verb for they are ringing: RESONANT: present tense, 3rd person plural
we get the word resonate and resonance from this Latin verb. basically meaning to "sound again" or to echo or reverberate sonare: to sound and re: again
Mottoes/phrases: Nos morituri te salutamus: We about to die salute you (a favorite of mine)
Lux sit: let there be light!
Mea culpa: my fault
Laetum Novum Annum: happy new year!
lapsus linguae: a slip of the tongue (whoops, you said something you wish you hadn't)
Don't forget to study for your WONDERFFUL WORDS WEDNESDAY QUIZ!
January 24, 2013 (Thursday) B day
It was Theology Thursday! yay! We had a nice discussion on Artemis/Diana. Then we read a few more interesting facts about Paris from the real story. I really like the part of the story when he decides to go into Troy for the contests and ends up beating his brothers at the foot race and the boxing. Hector and Deiphobus are embarassed that this strange country boy can beat them, princes of Troy! They are about to kill him when the servant who took Paris up into the hills pretending to kill him shouted out to spare this life. He then explained the whole story and King Priam welcomes Paris back into his kingdom against the warnings of his daughter, Cassandra.
We started learning two new verbs tenses: Imperfect and Future
bam, bas, bat// bamus, batis, bant : I was ______________, you were ______________ing. he was _______ing
bo, bis, bit// bimus. bitis, bunt: I will __________, you will ____________, he will ___________
For example:
donabat: he was giving donabit: he will give
spectabamus: we were watching spectabimus: we will watch
navigabam: I was sailing navigabo: I will sail
We started learning two new verbs tenses: Imperfect and Future
bam, bas, bat// bamus, batis, bant : I was ______________, you were ______________ing. he was _______ing
bo, bis, bit// bimus. bitis, bunt: I will __________, you will ____________, he will ___________
For example:
donabat: he was giving donabit: he will give
spectabamus: we were watching spectabimus: we will watch
navigabam: I was sailing navigabo: I will sail
January 23, 2013 (Wednesday) A Day
wonderful words Wednesday. quiz on the first list of derivatives. patriotic, feminist, nautical, ambulatory, laudatory, villa, via, terrain, exit, superman, absent, vocation, occupation, narrative, fabulous, familiar, navigate, provincial, sylvan, poetic, habitation, spectator,amble, subway, demoted
new list of words: the next three chapters in the purple book chapters 4, 5, and 6 :
agriculture, amicable, auxiliary, belligerent, contradict, legate, portable, puerile, virile
edify, magnify, fugue, malice, miser, multiply, paucity, peril, pulchritude
altitude, benefit, bonus, deity, filial, longevity, malnutrition, servile
1st period had a spelling bee! way to go! You guys did great! You even went further ahead to the new chapters. We had an exciting show down between Elizabeth "Prima" and Sarah "Nona'. Nona ended up winning on longevity.. Chandler nailed pulchritude! Auxiliary was a hard one for a lot of people. Paucity is also tricky!
thanks to Richard "Sextus" for helping me pick the words and ringing the bell.
2nd period started learning the ate, tor, tive, and tion chart
4th period got more done on the ate, tor tive, and tion challenge
Take any Latin verb. Chop off the re Add these endings. see what English derivatives you can come up with!
narrare: to tell
ate: makes it a verb narrate
tor: makes it one who (a noun) narrator
tive: makes it an adjective: narrative
tion: makes it a n narration
See how many of these you can come up with on your own! Extra credit given every Wednesday for your list of words that you turn in with your quiz that are different from those in the book but which use these suffixes. You must look up the Latin root and give explanations of your words. You can also add prefixes. For example:
from the verb scribere: to write you could use descriptive or inscription
from the verb portare: to carry you could say transportation or deportation etc.
new list of words: the next three chapters in the purple book chapters 4, 5, and 6 :
agriculture, amicable, auxiliary, belligerent, contradict, legate, portable, puerile, virile
edify, magnify, fugue, malice, miser, multiply, paucity, peril, pulchritude
altitude, benefit, bonus, deity, filial, longevity, malnutrition, servile
1st period had a spelling bee! way to go! You guys did great! You even went further ahead to the new chapters. We had an exciting show down between Elizabeth "Prima" and Sarah "Nona'. Nona ended up winning on longevity.. Chandler nailed pulchritude! Auxiliary was a hard one for a lot of people. Paucity is also tricky!
thanks to Richard "Sextus" for helping me pick the words and ringing the bell.
2nd period started learning the ate, tor, tive, and tion chart
4th period got more done on the ate, tor tive, and tion challenge
Take any Latin verb. Chop off the re Add these endings. see what English derivatives you can come up with!
narrare: to tell
ate: makes it a verb narrate
tor: makes it one who (a noun) narrator
tive: makes it an adjective: narrative
tion: makes it a n narration
See how many of these you can come up with on your own! Extra credit given every Wednesday for your list of words that you turn in with your quiz that are different from those in the book but which use these suffixes. You must look up the Latin root and give explanations of your words. You can also add prefixes. For example:
from the verb scribere: to write you could use descriptive or inscription
from the verb portare: to carry you could say transportation or deportation etc.
January 18, 2013 (Friday) B Day (snow makes 2 hour delay!)
We made our list of Friday's facts based on the "real story" of the Trojan war. We almost made it to 15 facts.
1. Helen did not stay in love with Paris. After he died, she married his brother, Deiphobus. She then helped the Greeks into the city, gave up Deiphobus to be murdered by Menelaus and went back home to Sparta with him!
2. Helen was actually the daughter of Zeus and Leda, so she is in fact, a demi-goddess! She had a daughter with Menelaus named Hermione.
3. Achilles did have a heel that was his weak spot. His mother, Thetis, a sea nymph, dipped him in the river Styx to try to make him immortal, but she left out that one spot.
4. Achilles was killed by Paris. But it was much earlier in the story. . . NOT at the end. Achilles was NOT in the horse at the end.
5. Achilles had a son named Neoptolemus who was even more savage and hateful than his father. It was he who killed King Priam and many other Trojans and he who took Andromache captive.
6. Hector and Andromache did have a baby boy named Astyanax, who was thrown over the walls and crushed and killed. Andromache ended up being slave to Neoptolemus (but later was set free and married Helenus, a Trojan. They moved to another kingdom and started a new city. This was a surprise to Aeneas later when he was wandering the seas in search for his new city!)
7. Agamenon was killed when he got back home to Greece. His wife, Clytemnestra murdered him because he had sacrificed their daughter, Iphigenia, when the winds woudn't blow at the beginning of the war. The prophet had told the army that Artemis, goddess of the hunt, demanded this sacrifice because Agamemnon had killed an animal sacred to her.
8. Paris was married to a nymph named Oenone before he got the call to come to Mt. Olympus.
9. Paris had been abandoned by his parents, king and queen of Troy, as a baby and raised by a shepherd.
10. He was a smart, handsome and strong young man who took special pride in his ability to raise cattle and sheep and especially his prize bull which he entered in a contest. He said he would give a prize to anyone with a better bull. When Ares (god of war) diguised himself as a bull, Paris admitted he was a better bull. THIS EVENT proved to Zeu that he could be an INPARTIAL judge in any contest! (and thus he was chosen to judge the famous beauty contest which started this whole crazy war!)
this is where we stopped when the bell rang! I might not have put these in the exact order or used the exact words I did in class, but this is still a good basic list that you can use!
1. Helen did not stay in love with Paris. After he died, she married his brother, Deiphobus. She then helped the Greeks into the city, gave up Deiphobus to be murdered by Menelaus and went back home to Sparta with him!
2. Helen was actually the daughter of Zeus and Leda, so she is in fact, a demi-goddess! She had a daughter with Menelaus named Hermione.
3. Achilles did have a heel that was his weak spot. His mother, Thetis, a sea nymph, dipped him in the river Styx to try to make him immortal, but she left out that one spot.
4. Achilles was killed by Paris. But it was much earlier in the story. . . NOT at the end. Achilles was NOT in the horse at the end.
5. Achilles had a son named Neoptolemus who was even more savage and hateful than his father. It was he who killed King Priam and many other Trojans and he who took Andromache captive.
6. Hector and Andromache did have a baby boy named Astyanax, who was thrown over the walls and crushed and killed. Andromache ended up being slave to Neoptolemus (but later was set free and married Helenus, a Trojan. They moved to another kingdom and started a new city. This was a surprise to Aeneas later when he was wandering the seas in search for his new city!)
7. Agamenon was killed when he got back home to Greece. His wife, Clytemnestra murdered him because he had sacrificed their daughter, Iphigenia, when the winds woudn't blow at the beginning of the war. The prophet had told the army that Artemis, goddess of the hunt, demanded this sacrifice because Agamemnon had killed an animal sacred to her.
8. Paris was married to a nymph named Oenone before he got the call to come to Mt. Olympus.
9. Paris had been abandoned by his parents, king and queen of Troy, as a baby and raised by a shepherd.
10. He was a smart, handsome and strong young man who took special pride in his ability to raise cattle and sheep and especially his prize bull which he entered in a contest. He said he would give a prize to anyone with a better bull. When Ares (god of war) diguised himself as a bull, Paris admitted he was a better bull. THIS EVENT proved to Zeu that he could be an INPARTIAL judge in any contest! (and thus he was chosen to judge the famous beauty contest which started this whole crazy war!)
this is where we stopped when the bell rang! I might not have put these in the exact order or used the exact words I did in class, but this is still a good basic list that you can use!
January 17, 2013 (Thursday) A Day
Theology Thursday: Today's featured Olympians were Apollo and his twin sister, Artemis. (Diana, in Latin)
After we finished seeing people's Troy presentations, we discussed the various features of and stories surrounding the god of the sun and the goddess of the moon. I gave out three handouts to put in your Thursday section of your notebook. (ARE YOU keeping a neat and organized notebook?)
1. a picture of the island of Delos: their birth place. Yay! This is the special island where the twins were born.
It was here their mother, Leto, finally was able to give birth. She wandered around Greece searching for a safe haven to birth her children, but people turned her away, knowing that Hera was extremely jealous of her and hated her. Eventually Delos became a very sacred and holy spot, famous above all other islands and holy forever to Apollo. HOW IS YOUR BIRTH PLACE holy to you and your family? In the Christian religion, Bethlehem is considered the holy place where God's son was born. This is a similarity to ancient thought.
2. a picture of Diana with her quiver and arrows, the crescent moon on her head, her short stola, and that poor hunter, Actaeon being turned into a stag. (He accidentally saw her bathing in the forest. oh dear!) Diana LOVES her animals, her independence, her brother, her girlfriends, and her mother. Her AMAZING goddess birth story is that she helped her mother deliver Apollo when she was only second old! This miraculous fact helps explain why she is the goddess of childbirth despite the fact that she will never have chldren herself.
3. a picture of Apollo conquering the Python. With the Python's defeat, Apollo becomes the god of truth. He is already Zeus' favorite and beloved and he totally gets all the good jobs: music, light, athlectics, medicine, you name it he's in charge of it! (well not quite, but you get the idea) He and his sister both really know how to use those bows and arrows very swiftly and accurately. Apollo helps guide Paris' arrow in the Trojan war to kill Achilles He also sends plague upon the Greek camp. Even though he is the epitome of male beauty, very strong, and very wise, Apollo does have trouble getting the girls! He fell in love with Cassandra of Troy, sister to Hector and Paris,but she didn't want him. He cursed her with the gift of prophecy that noone would believe. (remember it was she who warned about Paris and about that horse!) .
After we finished seeing people's Troy presentations, we discussed the various features of and stories surrounding the god of the sun and the goddess of the moon. I gave out three handouts to put in your Thursday section of your notebook. (ARE YOU keeping a neat and organized notebook?)
1. a picture of the island of Delos: their birth place. Yay! This is the special island where the twins were born.
It was here their mother, Leto, finally was able to give birth. She wandered around Greece searching for a safe haven to birth her children, but people turned her away, knowing that Hera was extremely jealous of her and hated her. Eventually Delos became a very sacred and holy spot, famous above all other islands and holy forever to Apollo. HOW IS YOUR BIRTH PLACE holy to you and your family? In the Christian religion, Bethlehem is considered the holy place where God's son was born. This is a similarity to ancient thought.
2. a picture of Diana with her quiver and arrows, the crescent moon on her head, her short stola, and that poor hunter, Actaeon being turned into a stag. (He accidentally saw her bathing in the forest. oh dear!) Diana LOVES her animals, her independence, her brother, her girlfriends, and her mother. Her AMAZING goddess birth story is that she helped her mother deliver Apollo when she was only second old! This miraculous fact helps explain why she is the goddess of childbirth despite the fact that she will never have chldren herself.
3. a picture of Apollo conquering the Python. With the Python's defeat, Apollo becomes the god of truth. He is already Zeus' favorite and beloved and he totally gets all the good jobs: music, light, athlectics, medicine, you name it he's in charge of it! (well not quite, but you get the idea) He and his sister both really know how to use those bows and arrows very swiftly and accurately. Apollo helps guide Paris' arrow in the Trojan war to kill Achilles He also sends plague upon the Greek camp. Even though he is the epitome of male beauty, very strong, and very wise, Apollo does have trouble getting the girls! He fell in love with Cassandra of Troy, sister to Hector and Paris,but she didn't want him. He cursed her with the gift of prophecy that noone would believe. (remember it was she who warned about Paris and about that horse!) .
January 16, 2013 (Wednesday) B Day
WWW quiz on the wonderful words from the first three chapters of the Jenney Latin I Book. We had a mini spelling bee to get ready for the quiz. Most of you did quite well on this quiz! Eugepae! If you missed today's class, you need to make up this quiz ASAP. The quarter ends FRIDAY!
rest of the period: reading in Edith Hamilton's mythology about the rest of the Trojan War.
rest of the period: reading in Edith Hamilton's mythology about the rest of the Trojan War.
January 15, 2013 (Tuesday) A Day
It was an exciting day today! I loved seeing what you all did for your Troy test grades. 1st period WINS for the MOST PREPARED and highest percentage of presentations ready on the due date! Almost everyone who presented today got a CENTUM for curiousity, creativity, color, character, and courage. If you didn't get a CENTUM, it was probably because you forgot to add color or it was just a little skimpy or perhaps you had the facts but not pictures. There were a few of you who needed a computer for your power points. MEA CULPA. I will have that ready for you on Thursday.
Best of show so far awards go to: Romeo "Marcus" for his wooden horse made of popsicle sticks complete with little soldiers equipped with toothpick swords. His curious questions were hidden inside each soldier on a rolled up sheet of paper like it was a secret message! THAT WAS COOL!
Some other favorites:
1st period:
Tai "Decima" an excellent poster about Cassandra.
Wynn "Secunda" a beautiful poster about Thetis.
Sarah “Octavia” an original pastel (?) drawing of Paris and Oenone with Mt. Ida in the background
Garrett “Octavius” an original pencil drawing of the horse with sleeping guard and soldiers inside
Richard “Sextus” original pencil drawing of Troy
George “Septimus” an original skit/drama featuring Dr. Hermes like Dr. Phil
Julia “Cornelia” a family tree and info on MANY of Priam and Hecuba’s children
2nd period:
Parker “Quintus” a cut-out wall with movable horse to go inside the gate
Salem “Octavia” beautiful and informative poster on Penelope
Neil “Ultimus” very interesting poster on Palamedes,
Caroline “Lucia” cute paper mache paper towel roll horse with button eyes and Greek words on the outside
Smith “Quarta” tweets that Helen might have tweeted throughout her life
Justin “Lucius” scenes from Achilles life using famous classical art
4th period:
Holden “Cornelius” facts on Philoctetes (whose arrows kill Paris)
Princess “Octavia” a children’s book with original drawings of the gods’ and goddesses’ involvement in the war
Best of show so far awards go to: Romeo "Marcus" for his wooden horse made of popsicle sticks complete with little soldiers equipped with toothpick swords. His curious questions were hidden inside each soldier on a rolled up sheet of paper like it was a secret message! THAT WAS COOL!
Some other favorites:
1st period:
Tai "Decima" an excellent poster about Cassandra.
Wynn "Secunda" a beautiful poster about Thetis.
Sarah “Octavia” an original pastel (?) drawing of Paris and Oenone with Mt. Ida in the background
Garrett “Octavius” an original pencil drawing of the horse with sleeping guard and soldiers inside
Richard “Sextus” original pencil drawing of Troy
George “Septimus” an original skit/drama featuring Dr. Hermes like Dr. Phil
Julia “Cornelia” a family tree and info on MANY of Priam and Hecuba’s children
2nd period:
Parker “Quintus” a cut-out wall with movable horse to go inside the gate
Salem “Octavia” beautiful and informative poster on Penelope
Neil “Ultimus” very interesting poster on Palamedes,
Caroline “Lucia” cute paper mache paper towel roll horse with button eyes and Greek words on the outside
Smith “Quarta” tweets that Helen might have tweeted throughout her life
Justin “Lucius” scenes from Achilles life using famous classical art
4th period:
Holden “Cornelius” facts on Philoctetes (whose arrows kill Paris)
Princess “Octavia” a children’s book with original drawings of the gods’ and goddesses’ involvement in the war
January 14, 2013 (Monday) B Day
Britannee was awake today! yay! Eugepae! We also had a visitor from Lady of Lourdes who was going to classes with William "Quintus". We did 5 new mottoes:
esto perpetua: let it be forever (Britannee said this would be a good quote for a matrimonium)
non erunt semper Saturnalia: The days will not always be Saturnalia (every day is not a holiday)
I forget the others! I will come back and add these later. I hope you wrote them down Rowland was absent today. Somebody please let him copy your notes. They are on the bulletin board, of course.
We the began to read the "REAL" story the Trojan War in the Edith Hamilton book.
Don't forget to study for Wednsday's wonderful words quiz next class.
esto perpetua: let it be forever (Britannee said this would be a good quote for a matrimonium)
non erunt semper Saturnalia: The days will not always be Saturnalia (every day is not a holiday)
I forget the others! I will come back and add these later. I hope you wrote them down Rowland was absent today. Somebody please let him copy your notes. They are on the bulletin board, of course.
We the began to read the "REAL" story the Trojan War in the Edith Hamilton book.
Don't forget to study for Wednsday's wonderful words quiz next class.
January 11, 2013 (Friday) A Day
In all classes we talked about the real story of Troy versus the Hollywood version. We read more of Edith Hamilton's book. Many of you had gone to this website and had proof that you had, so you got an A on your homework. I am really excited about seeing what you choose to do for your TEST grade on TUESDAY. Remember the 5 Cs of getting a CENTUM:
1. Curiosity: What were you interested in? What questions did you have about:
2. the content of the story, a character in the story, or an ancient custom
3. Courage : standing up in fron of the class and sharing what you learned and presenting something visual to expalin it
4. Color: please make your presentation colorful, bright, legible, attractive.
5. Creativity: transfer you knowledge from paper to something to show to the class or perform for the class
(singing, dance, poetry, dramatics are also welcome in addition to posters, charts, facebook pages, power point presentations)
1. Curiosity: What were you interested in? What questions did you have about:
2. the content of the story, a character in the story, or an ancient custom
3. Courage : standing up in fron of the class and sharing what you learned and presenting something visual to expalin it
4. Color: please make your presentation colorful, bright, legible, attractive.
5. Creativity: transfer you knowledge from paper to something to show to the class or perform for the class
(singing, dance, poetry, dramatics are also welcome in addition to posters, charts, facebook pages, power point presentations)
January 10, 2013 B Day
We had a good class today watching the final scenes of the movie, TROY. It was fun seeing it on the bigger screen, thanks to Mr. Rothenberg. Many of you seemed to really enjoy the movie. It was nice to have Mayim, Cormac, Brittannee, and Rowland all back. We missed you last class. We hope Sam, "Brutus" gets better soon and joins us. Brutus, you can watch the movie on your own to catch up on what you missed.
Please read over the handout I gave you on the differences between the real story and the movie. Think about the questions you came up with as you were watching the movie. NEXT FRIDAY, January 18th, there will be a FACT test on the following characters: (note the change of TEST day to FRIDAY instead of TUESDAY because we don' have a Tuesday on B day until February 5th!)
Oenone, Paris, Helen, Hector, Andromache, Astyanax, Priam, Hecuba, Cassandra, Creusa, Aeneas, Deiphobus, Laocoon, Briseis, Achilles, Thetis, Ajax, Diomedes, Philoctetes, Odysseus, Patroclus, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Iphigenia, Sinon
"Timeo Danoes et dona ferentes" is a famous quote from Laocoon in Virgil's Aeneid meaning "I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts." Why would he have said this and what does it mean in today's world?
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit" is a quote by Aeneas in the Aeneid meaning:"Perhaps someday it will be pleasant to remember these things" Think about a time in your life when you really didn't want to be going through what you were going through, but later it was kind of fun to recall it.
Here are some quotes from the movie. What do you think about them? Can you think of others? Britt "Nona" did a great job of getting quotes down in her movie notes!
"War is young men fighting, old men talking." Odysseus to Achilles
"The gods envy us because we are mortal. Each minute may be our last. You will never be more beautiful than you are right now." Odysseus to Briseis
"You will still be my enemy right now, but even enemies can show respect" Priam to Achilles
"You gave me peace in a life time of war" Achilles to Briseis
"I don't want a hero. I want a man I can grow old with" Helen to Paris
"Sometimes you have to serve in order to lead. I hope you understand that one day. " Odysseus to Achilles
"Your glory walks hand in hand with your doom" Thetis to Achilles
"All my life I've lived by a code: honor the gods, love your woman, defend your country!" Hector to his fellow Trojans
"This will be the greatest war the world has ever known. We will need the greatest warrior" the advisor to King Agememnon
"I thought you were a dumb brute. I could have forgiven a dumb brute" Briseis to Achilles
Why is it fitting that Odysseus is the last man with to speak in the movie?
Why is the movie called Troy? Why not Helen? or Achilles? Or Hector, tamer of horses?
****** if you read all the way through to the end, good for you! PAX TIBI AMOR TIBI
Here are five facts about me that you can use to prove you read this website:
1. From 6th grade through college I played the cello
2. My grandmother's name was Helen and she was a Latin teacher
3. I was born on Abraham Lincoln's birthday
4. NOS MORITURI TE SALUTAMUS is one of my favorite quotes
5. I LOVE to swim and play tennis
Please read over the handout I gave you on the differences between the real story and the movie. Think about the questions you came up with as you were watching the movie. NEXT FRIDAY, January 18th, there will be a FACT test on the following characters: (note the change of TEST day to FRIDAY instead of TUESDAY because we don' have a Tuesday on B day until February 5th!)
Oenone, Paris, Helen, Hector, Andromache, Astyanax, Priam, Hecuba, Cassandra, Creusa, Aeneas, Deiphobus, Laocoon, Briseis, Achilles, Thetis, Ajax, Diomedes, Philoctetes, Odysseus, Patroclus, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Iphigenia, Sinon
"Timeo Danoes et dona ferentes" is a famous quote from Laocoon in Virgil's Aeneid meaning "I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts." Why would he have said this and what does it mean in today's world?
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit" is a quote by Aeneas in the Aeneid meaning:"Perhaps someday it will be pleasant to remember these things" Think about a time in your life when you really didn't want to be going through what you were going through, but later it was kind of fun to recall it.
Here are some quotes from the movie. What do you think about them? Can you think of others? Britt "Nona" did a great job of getting quotes down in her movie notes!
"War is young men fighting, old men talking." Odysseus to Achilles
"The gods envy us because we are mortal. Each minute may be our last. You will never be more beautiful than you are right now." Odysseus to Briseis
"You will still be my enemy right now, but even enemies can show respect" Priam to Achilles
"You gave me peace in a life time of war" Achilles to Briseis
"I don't want a hero. I want a man I can grow old with" Helen to Paris
"Sometimes you have to serve in order to lead. I hope you understand that one day. " Odysseus to Achilles
"Your glory walks hand in hand with your doom" Thetis to Achilles
"All my life I've lived by a code: honor the gods, love your woman, defend your country!" Hector to his fellow Trojans
"This will be the greatest war the world has ever known. We will need the greatest warrior" the advisor to King Agememnon
"I thought you were a dumb brute. I could have forgiven a dumb brute" Briseis to Achilles
Why is it fitting that Odysseus is the last man with to speak in the movie?
Why is the movie called Troy? Why not Helen? or Achilles? Or Hector, tamer of horses?
****** if you read all the way through to the end, good for you! PAX TIBI AMOR TIBI
Here are five facts about me that you can use to prove you read this website:
1. From 6th grade through college I played the cello
2. My grandmother's name was Helen and she was a Latin teacher
3. I was born on Abraham Lincoln's birthday
4. NOS MORITURI TE SALUTAMUS is one of my favorite quotes
5. I LOVE to swim and play tennis
January 9, 2013 A Day
Salvete! Gratias tibi for reading my new website! If you had Latin today, you know your assignment for Friday is to read this! Bring to class on Friday any interesting tidbit you learned from reading this or answer some questions or write down some facts pertaining to the Trojan war.
In all classes: we read Edith Hamilton's summary of the Iliad. First period got the farthest. 2nd period had to take the BCL creed quiz which the other classes had already done. In the class competetion between 2nd and 4th period for who did the most homework, 4th period won! (First period didn't have homework due today)
There are definitely some BIG differences in the Hollywood version of the story versus the original. I expect you to know the original story! Katie "Prima" O' Neal in 4th period and Kaylee "Quinta" in 2nd period found a website that compares and contrasts the two. I have made my own list. In no particular order:
HELEN falls out of love with Paris. She ends up marrying another Trojan after Paris dies. His name is Deiphobus.
She actually helps the Greeks the night they sneak in the city! She leads them to Deiphobus and Menelaus
murders him. Menelaus almost kills Helen, then changes his mind! READ MORE ABOUT THIS if you
are intersted in doing your TEST TUESDAY on HELEN.
also: FIND OUT who HELEN's daughter was back in Sparta. This would be another good reason.
Helen has a change of heart and wants to go back home w Menelaus.
HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM THE MOVIE?
PARIS: He is married to OENONE before he sails off to Sparta to get Helen. (thanks to Aphrodite). In the Iliad he is portrayed as a coward. Even Hector gets angry with him and many Trojans do not like him. He does kill Achilles sort of accidentally in the heel. (we talked about that a lot in class today. Many of you wanted to find out more about Achilles' heel.) Will "Primus" Baldwin wanted to know why Thetis hadn't been more careful when she dipped him in the river Styx.. (good question, Will! I guess we all are a little careless sometimes!) He gets wounded way before the end of the war, tries to run back to Oenone to get healed, but she refuses to help him. He dies, and then she commits suicide. :(
AGAMEMNON: we learned today that he had a daughter named IPHIGENIA., whom he sacrificed in order to get good winds to sail to Troy! This is a horrible part of the story, obviously left out in the movie. FIND OUT THE REST OF THE STORY! Who was his wife? Who were Iphigenia's other siblings? WHAT HAPPENS TO AGAMEMON?
(hint! hint: Briseis does NOT Kill him)
THETIS: Achilles mother. Today we learned that she also hid him and had him dressed like a woman so he woudn't have to go to the war! We also learned that it was her marriage to Peleus where all the goddesses got in an argument over who was the most beautiful. READ MORE ABOUT WHY THETIS married Peleus and NOT ZEUS.
KING PRIAM: does not killed by Agamemnon. He is killed by Achilles son, NEOPTOLEMUS!
HECUBA: what happens to her after the war? The movie doesn't show her at all. maybe some of you will choose her to do for your Tuesday TEST grade.
CASSANDRA: the Trojan princess who tried to warn the Trojans not to take the horse in the city. She also tried to tell her parents about Paris. WAS SHE IN THE MOVIE? I hope some of you will choose to research her for your TUESDAY TEST.
AJAX does not get killed by Hector. He, in fact, lives longer than Achilles. He and Odysseus are considered the greatest warriors besides Achilles and there is a contest between the two for the honor of Achilles' armor. WHO WINS THIS CONTEST? FIND OUT MORE!! (THERE IS a very sad outcome of this contest)
HECTOR and ANDROMACHE: they were a very happy couple and did have a baby boy. WHO WAS IT in class who found out his name? I know there were two of you! Sadly, he never does grow up. What happens to Andromache? Perhaps you will choose her for your Tuesday test.
other differences;
Aeneas is a major character in the real story, not just a random person that Paris finds in the tunnel!
Paris is dead before the horse scene so he couldn't have told his father NOT to bring the horse in.
Patroclus is Achilles best friend, not his cousin.
ALL GODS AND GODDESSES are left out. Only Apollo is really mentioned in the movie. AJ "Quintus" in 4th period might do his TUESDAY TEST on which sides the various gods and goddesses took and why. That is DEFINITELY something you all should know.
Grayson "Secunda" did a great job reading in 4th period today, and I appreciate that. :)
My favorite color is yellow. My grandmother was a Latin teacher. I broke both of my arms in 7th grade when I fell off my skateboard. I was an exhange student to Sweden. I LOVE cranberry juice. My favorite number is 12.
Who slept the most in first period today? I hope people will try to get more sleep. It really hurts my feelings when you sleep. The Latin word to sleep is: DORMIRE
Congratulations to Max "QUARTUS", Justin "LUCIUS", Madison "ULTIMA" and Will "PRIMUS" in 2nd period who recited their BCL creed almost perfectly in front of the class. :)
Pax et amor,
Dea
In all classes: we read Edith Hamilton's summary of the Iliad. First period got the farthest. 2nd period had to take the BCL creed quiz which the other classes had already done. In the class competetion between 2nd and 4th period for who did the most homework, 4th period won! (First period didn't have homework due today)
There are definitely some BIG differences in the Hollywood version of the story versus the original. I expect you to know the original story! Katie "Prima" O' Neal in 4th period and Kaylee "Quinta" in 2nd period found a website that compares and contrasts the two. I have made my own list. In no particular order:
HELEN falls out of love with Paris. She ends up marrying another Trojan after Paris dies. His name is Deiphobus.
She actually helps the Greeks the night they sneak in the city! She leads them to Deiphobus and Menelaus
murders him. Menelaus almost kills Helen, then changes his mind! READ MORE ABOUT THIS if you
are intersted in doing your TEST TUESDAY on HELEN.
also: FIND OUT who HELEN's daughter was back in Sparta. This would be another good reason.
Helen has a change of heart and wants to go back home w Menelaus.
HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM THE MOVIE?
PARIS: He is married to OENONE before he sails off to Sparta to get Helen. (thanks to Aphrodite). In the Iliad he is portrayed as a coward. Even Hector gets angry with him and many Trojans do not like him. He does kill Achilles sort of accidentally in the heel. (we talked about that a lot in class today. Many of you wanted to find out more about Achilles' heel.) Will "Primus" Baldwin wanted to know why Thetis hadn't been more careful when she dipped him in the river Styx.. (good question, Will! I guess we all are a little careless sometimes!) He gets wounded way before the end of the war, tries to run back to Oenone to get healed, but she refuses to help him. He dies, and then she commits suicide. :(
AGAMEMNON: we learned today that he had a daughter named IPHIGENIA., whom he sacrificed in order to get good winds to sail to Troy! This is a horrible part of the story, obviously left out in the movie. FIND OUT THE REST OF THE STORY! Who was his wife? Who were Iphigenia's other siblings? WHAT HAPPENS TO AGAMEMON?
(hint! hint: Briseis does NOT Kill him)
THETIS: Achilles mother. Today we learned that she also hid him and had him dressed like a woman so he woudn't have to go to the war! We also learned that it was her marriage to Peleus where all the goddesses got in an argument over who was the most beautiful. READ MORE ABOUT WHY THETIS married Peleus and NOT ZEUS.
KING PRIAM: does not killed by Agamemnon. He is killed by Achilles son, NEOPTOLEMUS!
HECUBA: what happens to her after the war? The movie doesn't show her at all. maybe some of you will choose her to do for your Tuesday TEST grade.
CASSANDRA: the Trojan princess who tried to warn the Trojans not to take the horse in the city. She also tried to tell her parents about Paris. WAS SHE IN THE MOVIE? I hope some of you will choose to research her for your TUESDAY TEST.
AJAX does not get killed by Hector. He, in fact, lives longer than Achilles. He and Odysseus are considered the greatest warriors besides Achilles and there is a contest between the two for the honor of Achilles' armor. WHO WINS THIS CONTEST? FIND OUT MORE!! (THERE IS a very sad outcome of this contest)
HECTOR and ANDROMACHE: they were a very happy couple and did have a baby boy. WHO WAS IT in class who found out his name? I know there were two of you! Sadly, he never does grow up. What happens to Andromache? Perhaps you will choose her for your Tuesday test.
other differences;
Aeneas is a major character in the real story, not just a random person that Paris finds in the tunnel!
Paris is dead before the horse scene so he couldn't have told his father NOT to bring the horse in.
Patroclus is Achilles best friend, not his cousin.
ALL GODS AND GODDESSES are left out. Only Apollo is really mentioned in the movie. AJ "Quintus" in 4th period might do his TUESDAY TEST on which sides the various gods and goddesses took and why. That is DEFINITELY something you all should know.
Grayson "Secunda" did a great job reading in 4th period today, and I appreciate that. :)
My favorite color is yellow. My grandmother was a Latin teacher. I broke both of my arms in 7th grade when I fell off my skateboard. I was an exhange student to Sweden. I LOVE cranberry juice. My favorite number is 12.
Who slept the most in first period today? I hope people will try to get more sleep. It really hurts my feelings when you sleep. The Latin word to sleep is: DORMIRE
Congratulations to Max "QUARTUS", Justin "LUCIUS", Madison "ULTIMA" and Will "PRIMUS" in 2nd period who recited their BCL creed almost perfectly in front of the class. :)
Pax et amor,
Dea
January 3, 2013 A Day
We watched more of the movie Troy. Key scenes most classes saw today were:
1. Odysseus travels to convince Achilles to come fight with the Greeks. At the time Achilles is training with Patroclus, his cousin. Odysseus appeals to Achilles' desire for fame and glory and immortality.
2. Achilles visits with his mother, Thetis, who advises him that if he goes to Troy, he will die, but he will be remembered long after his death. (This does resemble the real story, but you should take time to read more about Achilles' childhood and more about his goddess mother and what she does to protect him)
3. Helen feels bad about all the men because of her and tries to run back to the Greek ships and give herself back to King Menelaus. Hector catches her running away, grabs her, and convinces her that Paris needs her and that doing that would only get her killed. She is now a princess of Troy, he tells her. (It is true in the real story that Hector is kind to Helen, even when a lot of Trojans hate her. Read more about this)
4. Paris offers to fight Menelaus one one one, but he ends up running away from the fight. Menelaus is outraged at his cowardice. Hector defends his brother and kills Menelaus. Helen, Andromache, and King Priam all watch this from above the walls. (notice that Queen Hecuba is NEVER shown)
(This IS NOT how it is in the real story! Please note that Menelaus does NOT die!
in the real story, Paris is saved by the goddess, Aphrodite, who ,remember, is his protector.)
ALSO BEFORE THIS: Hector and Andromache spend some family time together with their baby boy. Andromache tries to keep Hector at home. She doesn't want to lose him. Hector assures her that he would rather stay at home with her, but that he must fight.
(EXTRA CREDIT: find out the name of their baby boy and what happens to him in the real story)
5. This starts an all out battle between Greeks and Trojans which the Trojans eventually win, thanks to Hector. He shows great prowess on the battle field and kills many including Ajax.
(it is true that Hector is the Trojans best warrior, but he does not kill Ajax in the Iliad. Take time to find out what does happen to Ajax in the real story)
6. Helen sews up Paris' wounds. He is embarassed about how he acted on the battlefield and admits he was a coward, but Helen comforts him. She tells him she loves him, that it was brave of him to challenge Menelaus, a veteran warrior who lived to fight. She says she would rather have someone to grow old with than to have "a hero".
7. Agamemnon steals the slave girl from Achilles which infuriates Achilles and causes him to sulk and refuse to fight.
(I think this movie does a good job highlighting the tension between these two arrogant men)
8. Achilles saves Briseis (the Trojan captive) from brutal attacks by some of the Greek men. She and Achilles have some discussions about the power of the gods. Achilles tells her that if she loves a god, she will "find the romance a bit one sided." (hinting that perhaps she would find romance with a mortal more interesting!) He also tells her that the gods actually envy men because they are mortal and every minute could be there last. Briseis decides to try to kill Achilles in his sleep, he encourages her to go ahead and kill him, but then, ends up making love to her. (kind of a shocking scene!)
9. It bothers Patroclus that Achilles won't fight. Achilles tells him there will be plenty of wars to fight, but they are going to sail home. Odysseus tries to convince Achilles to fight, but Achilles still refuses. Odysseus says that maybe one day Achilles will understand that "you have to serve to lead".
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10.. Against Hector's better judgment, the Trojan leaders decide to attack the Greeks camp while there seems to be dissension Hector wishes his father, King Priam, wouldn't rely on the augurs and the prophets so much as on actual battle strategy. Priam tells his son not to disrespect the gods. This is the only time we really see tension between this father and son. In earlier scenes we had also seen that Priam valued the words of the seers and looked for signs and help from the gods whereas Hector valued men who knew how to fight and actual battle skills.
11. Fighting resumes and it appears that Achilles has changed his mind and joins the battle! The Greeks are excited to see him and the Trojans are (I assume) scared, but nonetheless , Hector prepares to face off with the mighty Achilles.
I encourage you to look up the real story! In many ways, it is so so much better than this movie! But, the movie is still very good!
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1. Odysseus travels to convince Achilles to come fight with the Greeks. At the time Achilles is training with Patroclus, his cousin. Odysseus appeals to Achilles' desire for fame and glory and immortality.
2. Achilles visits with his mother, Thetis, who advises him that if he goes to Troy, he will die, but he will be remembered long after his death. (This does resemble the real story, but you should take time to read more about Achilles' childhood and more about his goddess mother and what she does to protect him)
3. Helen feels bad about all the men because of her and tries to run back to the Greek ships and give herself back to King Menelaus. Hector catches her running away, grabs her, and convinces her that Paris needs her and that doing that would only get her killed. She is now a princess of Troy, he tells her. (It is true in the real story that Hector is kind to Helen, even when a lot of Trojans hate her. Read more about this)
4. Paris offers to fight Menelaus one one one, but he ends up running away from the fight. Menelaus is outraged at his cowardice. Hector defends his brother and kills Menelaus. Helen, Andromache, and King Priam all watch this from above the walls. (notice that Queen Hecuba is NEVER shown)
(This IS NOT how it is in the real story! Please note that Menelaus does NOT die!
in the real story, Paris is saved by the goddess, Aphrodite, who ,remember, is his protector.)
ALSO BEFORE THIS: Hector and Andromache spend some family time together with their baby boy. Andromache tries to keep Hector at home. She doesn't want to lose him. Hector assures her that he would rather stay at home with her, but that he must fight.
(EXTRA CREDIT: find out the name of their baby boy and what happens to him in the real story)
5. This starts an all out battle between Greeks and Trojans which the Trojans eventually win, thanks to Hector. He shows great prowess on the battle field and kills many including Ajax.
(it is true that Hector is the Trojans best warrior, but he does not kill Ajax in the Iliad. Take time to find out what does happen to Ajax in the real story)
6. Helen sews up Paris' wounds. He is embarassed about how he acted on the battlefield and admits he was a coward, but Helen comforts him. She tells him she loves him, that it was brave of him to challenge Menelaus, a veteran warrior who lived to fight. She says she would rather have someone to grow old with than to have "a hero".
7. Agamemnon steals the slave girl from Achilles which infuriates Achilles and causes him to sulk and refuse to fight.
(I think this movie does a good job highlighting the tension between these two arrogant men)
8. Achilles saves Briseis (the Trojan captive) from brutal attacks by some of the Greek men. She and Achilles have some discussions about the power of the gods. Achilles tells her that if she loves a god, she will "find the romance a bit one sided." (hinting that perhaps she would find romance with a mortal more interesting!) He also tells her that the gods actually envy men because they are mortal and every minute could be there last. Briseis decides to try to kill Achilles in his sleep, he encourages her to go ahead and kill him, but then, ends up making love to her. (kind of a shocking scene!)
9. It bothers Patroclus that Achilles won't fight. Achilles tells him there will be plenty of wars to fight, but they are going to sail home. Odysseus tries to convince Achilles to fight, but Achilles still refuses. Odysseus says that maybe one day Achilles will understand that "you have to serve to lead".
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10.. Against Hector's better judgment, the Trojan leaders decide to attack the Greeks camp while there seems to be dissension Hector wishes his father, King Priam, wouldn't rely on the augurs and the prophets so much as on actual battle strategy. Priam tells his son not to disrespect the gods. This is the only time we really see tension between this father and son. In earlier scenes we had also seen that Priam valued the words of the seers and looked for signs and help from the gods whereas Hector valued men who knew how to fight and actual battle skills.
11. Fighting resumes and it appears that Achilles has changed his mind and joins the battle! The Greeks are excited to see him and the Trojans are (I assume) scared, but nonetheless , Hector prepares to face off with the mighty Achilles.
I encourage you to look up the real story! In many ways, it is so so much better than this movie! But, the movie is still very good!
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January 2, 2013
Wonderful Words of Wednesday:
Today we got our first official list of derivatives. These are found in the
Jenney's First Year Latin book in the desks at school. Students should be able to
spell these words, know their meanings, and most importantly, know the Latin
words from whence they come and what these words means:
Page 7.
feminist
patriotic
provincial
silvan
or sylvan
terrain
via
villa
Page 18.
fabulous
familiar
habitation
laudatory
narrative
poetic
vital
vocation
Page 29.
amble
ambulatory
nautical
navigate
occupation
spectator
absent
demoted
exit
subway
superman
Today we got our first official list of derivatives. These are found in the
Jenney's First Year Latin book in the desks at school. Students should be able to
spell these words, know their meanings, and most importantly, know the Latin
words from whence they come and what these words means:
Page 7.
feminist
patriotic
provincial
silvan
or sylvan
terrain
via
villa
Page 18.
fabulous
familiar
habitation
laudatory
narrative
poetic
vital
vocation
Page 29.
amble
ambulatory
nautical
navigate
occupation
spectator
absent
demoted
exit
subway
superman