Iterum 5/12

Iterum 5/12

Warm-up

• ·         Stage 13 Vocab check

Prayer Before Class

• ·         Ave Maria

Nota Bene

• ·         If you want to retake the Apostle’s Creed quiz, make an appointment before or after school today or Thursday.

Stories

• We talked about the title page for Stage 14 (p. 27)
• “Apud Salvius”
• apud usually means ‘at the house of’
• We read the Model Sentences on pp. 28-29

Culture

• ·         We reviewed the culture questions from the kings packet.
• ·         We also briefly discussed the beginning of the Roman republic

o   Lucius Iunius Brutus was one of the leaders of the revolution (friend of the family of Lucretia, the noble woman whom Tarquinius’ son had assaulted)

§  He became one of the 1^st consuls in 509 BC

o   The republic replaced the king with 2 consuls (roughly equivalent to our president) of equal power who were elected annually

§  Prevent any one person from having too much power and becoming a tyrant (remember tyrant is essentially just the Greek word for king, one man with absolute power was distasteful to the ancient people who created democracy)

§  in times of crisis the 2 consuls were replaced with 1 dictator

·         1 man can make decisions faster than 2

·         meant to be a TEMPORARY position; 3-6 months

·         When Julius Caesar first became a Roman dictator it was a legitimate position during a legitimate crisis.

o   BUT he declared himself dictator for life – too much power!

Stories

• “Rufilla” p. 30
• Who is Rufilla? What do we know about her so far?
• Why do you think that this story is named after her?
• 2 Groups.
• Each group will translate either Rufilla’s or Salvius’ dialogue.
• Then, we will have a performance of the dialogue.

Homework

·         Portfolio Choices

Iterum 4/14

Iterum 4/14

Extra Credit

• Extra Credit: International Food Fair, 4/24
• Make a Roman dish (modern Italian or mediterranean dish also acceptable).
• Your dish must be accompanied by a label with the dish’s name and ingredients (for allergies) and your name.
• Also write a paragraph explaining the history or significance of the dish.
• Will replace 2 lowest “check-in” grades.*

Video

·         We finished watching the “Fires of Pompeii” episode of Dr. Who.

Project

·         Britannia Project - Due 5/4

o    Project Timesheet due same day!

·         Project Progress Check - 4/24

o    Bring project materials to class

Latin Phrase of the Day

·         Cogito ergo sum

o    I think, therefore I am.

o    Descartes (French philosopher, 17^th century)

§  “The Father of Modern Philosophy”

Jargon

·         Irregular verbs – verbs with unusual principal parts. Conjugated forms must be memorized because they do not follow “regular” conjugating rules.

Notes

·         sum, esse, fuī, futūrus

o   The verb “to be” is irregular in Latin just like it is in English

§  Let’s conjugate “to be” in English first!

	Singular	Plural
1st person	I am	we are
2nd person	you are	y’all are
3rd person	he/she/it is	they are

·         Since sum is irregular, we are going to create a reference guide to keep with notes.

o   Sum Books!

·         Conjugating sum (present, imperfect, perfect)

Present	Singular	Plural
1st person	sum	sumus
2nd person	es	estis
3rd person	est	sunt

Imperfect	Singular	Plural
1st person	eram	eramus
2nd person	eras	eratis
3rd person	erat	erant

Perfect	Singular	Plural
1st person	fuī	fuimus
2nd person	fuistī	fuistis
3rd person	fuit	fuērunt

Iterum 4/2

Iterum 4/2

Timed Warm-up

• ·         Over conjugating perfect & imperfect tenses

o   Use the feedback that you got from this warm-up to improve!

§  If you had trouble remembering how to conjugate one of the tenses, make sure that you study it before the test.

§  Maybe you were confident about conjugating but less comfortable with the translation. Do you need to study vocab?

Nota Bene

• Examen VI next Friday, 4/10
• Examen Review due Wednesday, 4/8
• I will email this to you (probably on Monday).

Latin Phrase of the Day

• tempus fugit
• usually interpreted as “time flies”
• technically “time flees”

Stories: “fīnis” p. 210           

·         Let’s read this story together.

• Write a short story (2-3 paragraphs) about what happened to one of the other characters (Metella, Quintus, Grumio, Scythax, etc.) during the eruption of Vesuvius.
• What did he/she experience?
• Did he/she survive?
• Where did he/she end up?

Homework

• ·         Finish your short story about how another character experienced the eruption.
• ·         Complete the Examen VI Review
• ·         Work on Portfolio Choices

Iterum 3/31

Iterum 3/31

Warm-up

·         Conjugate in the imperfect tense:

o    compleō, complēre, complēvī, complētus

Imperfect	Singular	Plural
1st Person	complēbam	complēbāmus
2nd Person	complēbās	complēbātis
3rd Person	complēbat	complēbant

o    mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus

Imperfect	Singular	Plural
1st Person	mittēbam	mittēbāmus
2nd Person	mittēbās	mittēbātis
3rd Person	mittēbat	mittēbant

§  3^rd conjugation verbs follow the same rules for conjugating the imperfect tense: get the present stem by taking the –re off the 2^nd principal part, add ba & endings

o   The vowel before the ba is always long. This is not affected by the fact that the e in mittere is short.

Jargon

• Perfect Stem: the 3^rd principal part minus the –ī
• E.g. Amō, amāre, amāvī, amātus
• perfect stem = amāv-
• Remember, Star Wars is a Trilogy!

Notes

·         Steps for conjugating the perfect tense:

o    Step 1: find the perfect stem

§  (take the -i off the 3rd principal part)

o    Step 2: put the stem in EVERY box

o    Step 3: add perfect endings

§  (star wars)

o    Step 4: bask in your GLORY

·        amō, amāre, amāvī, amātus

Perfect	Singular	Plural
1st Person	amāvī	amāvimus
2nd Person	amāvistī	amāvistis
3rd Person	amāvit	amāvērunt

·        NB: The perfect tense follows the same rules for ALL conjugations!

• Conjugate in the perfect tense:
• fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitus

Perfect	Singular	Plural
1st Person	fūgī	fūgimus
2nd Person	fūgistī	fūgistis
3rd Person	fūgit	fūgērunt

• āmittō, āmittere, āmīsī, āmissus

Perfect	Singular	Plural
1st Person	āmīsī	āmīsimus
2nd Person	āmīsistī	āmīsistis
3rd Person	āmīsit	āmīsērunt

Timed Warm-up

• On Thursday the warm-up will be a conjugation warm-up and it will be timed.
• 2 minutes without book/notes
• 45 seconds with book/notes
• You will conjugate 1 word in the imperfect tense and 1 word in the perfect tense.
• You will also be asked to translate some forms (i.e. audiēbāmus = we were hearing)
• Nota Bene: definition ≠ translation.
• Translation includes:
• the pronoun to express the subject: I, you, he, etc.
• any helping verb to express tense: is, was, did, etc.
• the definition of the word
• + possibly a verb suffix: -ing, -ed

Symbolum Apostolorum

·         Apostle’s Creed

o    We’re going to do the Creed a little bit at a time and build up to the whole thing.

Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae. Et in Iesum

Christum, Filium eius unicum, Dominum nostrum, qui conceptus est de Spiritu

Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et

sepultus, descendit ad infernos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis, ascendit ad caelos,

sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis, inde venturus est iudicare vivos et

mortuos. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum

communionem, remissionem peccatorum, carnis resurrectionem, vitam aeternam.

Amen.

Examen V: Stages 10 & 11

• Let’s review your last test.
• Avg. = 91
• Make sure that you’re using your review properly!
• Don’t use any notes or your book the first time through.
• Check your answers against the KEY.
• Make sure that you understand anything you got wrong/didn’t remember the first time.
• Come see me before or after school to go over unclear concepts.

·         Culture

o    This was the weakest section on the last 2 tests. (Historically, this has been a very strong section for Latin students.)

§  Read the culture info in the book & review the culture workbook pages.

§  Make sure you know the phrases of the day.

§  Many of the culture questions also come from the stories themselves.

• #2 - Teachers were slaves from Greece.
• This is in the model sentences & “controversia” story in Stage 10 in addition to the culture info section.
• #3 - Science was not taught in ancient schools
• #8 - Aediles were the elected officials who supervised the markets, police force, baths, etc.
• #12 - Fautores are the political supporters.

• Reading Comprehension
• Always focus on what you do know, not what you don’t know. After that, just make educated guesses.
• #2 & 7 - translate thermas
• #5 What possible gifts did Metella suggest?
• vos quaeritis libros? tunicas? tubam? (line 9)

• Don’t leave this blank just because you don’t know the definition of “tubam.” I gave partial credit for the word ‘tuba.’
• #9 & 10 - let’s look at the last paragraph together

·         Sentence Analysis:

o    #9. magnos fustos habemus. What degree of comparison is magnos?

o    There were 2 questions about personal pronouns on the review and 2 (#8 & 10) on the test. (p. 149 & 187)

o    #4. “Quartus et frater Holconio favent.” What case is Holconio?

§  This is the same as #4 on the review: “nos Lucio favemus” What case is Lucio?

Notes

• Translate these sentences:
• Metella Grumiōnem laudat.
• Clēmēns vīnum portat.
• mercātōrēs agricolīs respondent.
• Quārtus Holcōniō favet.
• Write down a description of the differences between the two sentence groups:
• Metella Grumiōnem laudat. - Group A
• Clēmēns vīnum portat. - Group A
• mercātōrēs agricolīs respondent. - Group B
• Quārtus Holcōniō favet. - Group B

·         In a sense, the sentences in Group B have dative words receiving the action (dative direct objects)

o    Quārtus Holcōniō favet.

o    Quartus supports Holconius.

·        this is known as a verb “taking the dative”

·        verbs that take the dative will have this information in their principal parts:

o    faveō, favēre, fāvī, fautus + DAT (see p. 200)

Homework

·         Prepare for timed warm-up

·         Work on Portfolio Choices