Friday, October 31, 2014

Iterum 10/31

Warm-up
  • CSCP activity (emailed at lunch)
    • Remember to show me your score when you’re done!

Prayer Before Class
·         Pater Noster
o    I will call on an individual to lead us in prayer.

Nota Bene
·         Turn in your Portfolio before you leave today.

Imperfect sheep
  • ·         The imperfect sheep says “BA!”

o   The imperfect sheep helps us to remember the imperfect tense marker: -ba-
·         Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, imperfect!

Stories

  • Please turn to p. 90 - “Pugna”
    • What does the title tell you about this story?
      • What questions does it make you think about?
    • Follow along with me as I read the story aloud.
  • In your table groups, write a literal translation of lines 4-9 (starting with “subito agricola…”)
  • Let’s review the translations.
  • Follow along with me as I read “Felix” p. 91

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Iterum 10/29

Warm-up
·         Audite/Dicite workbook exercise 5.6
Prayer Before Class
·         Pater Noster
o    I will call on an individual to lead us in prayer.

Nota Bene
·         Portfolio Check next class!
o    Make sure you update your cover sheet.
o    Remember, I will not grade any choices that are not in the choices section of your portfolio or clearly marked in your workbook.
·         Examen III - Monday, 11/10
o    Examen III Review due 11/6
o    Extra Credit reviews:
§  Thursday, 11/6 3:15-4
§  Monday, 11/10 7:30-8:15
Jargon
·         Tense – time or duration of the action
o    tempus = time

Latin Phrase of the Day
·         tempus fugit
o    usually mis-translated as “time flies”
o    actually “time flees” (like run away)
o    Fugit is the source of the English words fugitive and refugee.

Parsie
  • Parsie the Vulture is a mnemonic to help you remember the important things you need to know about every verb you read:
    • Please = Person
    • Never = Number
    • Touch = Tense
      • In Latin: Placeas Noli Tangere

Tenses
  • What English tenses do you know?
  • Latin has 6 tenses!
  • The verbs before Stage 6 are all present tense:
    • audit
    • pingis
    • ago
    • sedet
    • laudat
    • sum, es, est, sunt
·         The verbs in Stage 6 are past tense.
·         But they represent 2 different Latin past tenses.
·         Let’s look at the verbs on pp. 88-89.
o    Can you categorize/differentiate the verbs?
Column A
Column B
ambulabant
latravit
timebat
clamavit
erat
superavit
ambulabat
audivit
vexabat
pulsavit
erant
laudaverunt

o    Can you theorize what the difference in meaning is?

Jargon
·         imperfect tense – used to express an action when it is in the past and it is incomplete, repetitive, or habitual
o    E.g. When I was young, I used to injure my ankles rather frequently.
§  IMPERFECT
o    How can we express continued, past action in English?
§  Was/were verbing
§  Used to verb
§  Kept on verbing

Homework

·         Portfolio Check Next Class

Monday, October 27, 2014

Iterum 10/27

Reflection:

·         In the reflection section of your portfolio, answer one of the following questions (at least 1 paragraph):

o   What was the most important thing that you learned while doing the puppet show activity?

o   How did the puppet show activity help you to understand the story or learn Latin?
o   What will you do differently the next time that we have a similar activity?
o   Did you enjoy the puppet show activity? Why or why not? What can be done to improve the activity?

Prayer Before Class
  • Pater Noster
    • I will call on an individual to lead us in prayer.

Warm-up: Vocabulary Check
 Singular vs. Plural
  • Please turn to p. 71.
    • What is the difference between the odd numbered and even numbered sentences?
      • singular vs. plural
    • What declension is puellae?
      • 1st declension
        • characteristic a
    • What declension is servi?
      • 2nd declension
        • not a characteristic ending BUT you know the singular is servus, with a u
    • What declension is mercatores?
      • 3rd declension
        • characteristic e

  • ·         Find a singular and plural example of each declension in the “Poppaea” story, p. 77, ll. 1-25).

Declension Practice

Stories
·         Model sentences starting on p. 88
o   “Cave canem” indeed! – scary dog

Homework
  • ·         Work on portfolio choices
  • ·         Practice vocabulary

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Iterum 10/23

Prayer Before Class
  • Pater Noster
    • I will call on an individual to lead us in prayer.

Stories
  • Please turn to p. 77 “Poppaea”
  • Discuss with your table groups.
    • Take notes in your Stories section as you do this.
    • Pay special attention to the characters: How are they feeling? What is their motivation?
  • ·         Prepare a puppet show with your team (team awesome or team fantastic).
Homework
  • ·         Work on portfolio choices
  • ·         Practice vocabulary

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Iterum 10/21


New Quarter Reflection
  • In your reflection section, answer 1 of the following (at least one paragraph)
    • What is the most important/interesting thing that you have learned so far in Latin? Why?
    • How have your goals for Latin class changed since the first day of school? Why?
    • What is the most important thing that you do/will do to be successful in Latin class?  Why?
o    What is the most challenging thing about Latin class right now?  How will you rise to meet the challenge?

Prayer Before Class
  • Pater Noster
    • Today was the last day for group-led prayer.
    • Next class I will start calling individuals to lead us in prayer.

Singular vs. Plural
  • Auditory comprehension practice:
    • Listen to the sentences that I will read aloud.
    • Write the letter of the corresponding picture that the sentence describes.
  • Put this in your stories section.
Vocabulary Game
  • ·         When I show the picture(s) that represent the definition, be the first to raise the correct card to score a point. (Do not say the English word.)

o    Try to map vocabulary to concepts, not English words.
Stories
  • We reviewd “Actores” p. 74
  • Please turn to p. 77 “Poppaea”
    • We read lines 1-15
  • Discuss with your table groups.
    • In your stories section, answer the following question (in a complete sentence):
      • Is Poppaea telling the truth in lines 14-15?
Homework

  • ·         Work on Portfolio Choices.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Iterum 10/16

Warm-up
·         Go to the link I emailed you yesterday and complete the online activity.
o    When you finish, choose “print.” You do NOT need to print, just show me the print preview page.
o    If your computer is not working, you may use your textbook - p. 79, Exercise A - and write it on a piece of loose-leaf paper which you will turn in.

Prayer Before Class
  • Pater Noster
    • I will call on a group to lead us in prayer.

Portfolio
·         Best Portfolio Check this quarter! - Avg. = 92 J
·        Please do not put your textbook in your Portfolio when you turn it in.
·         Jargon definitions should be copied exactly - including examples.
·        Follow directions!!!!  
o    In the second quarter, if you do not mark workbook pages I will not grade them.
·         Next check - 10/31
o    I have not posted choices yet, please work on vocabulary until choices are posted.

Examen II
·         Macte! - Avg. = 94
·        Jargon: declension vs. person
·        Charts:
o    What are the characteristic vowels of each declension?


1st Declension (a)
2nd Declension (u/o)
3rd Declension (e/i)
Nominative
-a
-us
----- (Cap’n Crunch Berries)
Accusative
-am
-um
-em

o    Let’s review personal endings.
o    Mnemonic for personal endings: most

Singular
1st person
m/o
2nd person
s
3rd person
t

·        Reading Comprehension
o    Let’s review #5-7
·         Culture
o    How many public baths were in Pompeii?
§  4
§  Gave extra credit for this question.
·        Extra Credit:
o    labelling basilica

Vocabulary Game
·         You will receive vocabulary cards with just Latin on them.
·        You will have 2 minutes to make sure that you know the definitions of all the words. (Do not write them.)
·        When I show the picture(s) that represent the definition, be the first to raise the correct card to score a point. (Do not say the English word.)

Homework
·         Practice Vocabulary


Friday, October 10, 2014

Iterum 10/10

Warm-up
  • New seats
  • Go to the CSCP web activity for which I emailed you the link today.
    • Show me your results when you have finished.
Prayer Before Class
  • Pater Noster
    • I will call on a group to lead us in prayer.

NOTA BENE
  • Turn in your Portfolio at the end of class.
  • Next class is the last class of the quarter.
    • All missing/late work must be turned in by the end of the day, 10/16.
Stories
  • Please turn to page 74.
  • Complete this Cloze activity.
    • Put it in the Stories section of your portfolio.
  • You may work with your table groups.
 Jargon
  • Number – how many. Singular (one) or plural (more than one)
    • Endings will tell you if a word is singular or plural.
    • Subjects and verbs must always agree in number.
      • We are in Latin class.
      • NOT We is in Latin class.
Singular vs. Plural
  • What do you notice about the endings of plural verbs?
    • 3rd person plural verbs end in -nt.
      • (3rd person singular verbs end in -t)

Romanae Salientes Fabae
  • ·         Stand up if the verb is plural. Stay seated if the verb is singular.


Singular
Plural
stat
sedent
spectat
dormiunt
ruit
spectant
dat
plaudunt
est
stant
clamat
laborant
habeo
sunt
vides
intrant
venio
contendunt
sum

es


Latin Phrase of the Day

  • ·         deus ex machine

o   literally, “god from a machine
o   Ancient Greek tragedies frequently ended with a god (or intervention from a god) being brought onto the stge by use of a machine - lowered by a crane or a rising platform through a trapdoor.
o   The god then quickly resolves the conflict so that the play can end.
§  Alcestis is saved from Death by Hercules so that she can be with her husband, Admetus. (Alcestis, Euripides)
o   Now, “deus ex machina” means a plot device to abruptly solve a seemingly unsolvable problem by introducing a new character, event, or object
o   Can you think of examples of deus ex machina in your favorite movies? Discuss with your table group.

Homework
  • ·         Vocabulary