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