There is a test tomorrow on Unit 3 - it will include:
- declension of nouns and adjectives
- conjugation of verbs in 3 tenses
- principal parts of verbs
- translation of chapters
- vocabulary from chapters 19 & 20
- subordinate clauses beginning with dum


Click here for the answer sheet to the practice exercises we worked on yesterday.

In preparation for the test on Tuesday, you should work for at least 20 minutes on the review sheets handed out in class.

Click here for an explanation of Subordinate Clauses beginning with Dum.

Today we did a self-assessment on translating and identifying noun cases and verb tenses. Click here for a copy.

The homework for Thursday is 20d, even numbered sentences. You only have to translate the sentences but be ready to identify infinitives.

There is also a verb quiz on Thursday! Click here  for a list of all the principal parts for Unit 3. You are responsible for learning all of them!

We ended class with a discussion about subordinate clauses beginning with DUM. These clauses observe special rules in Latin. Page 161 has a short explanation and I will have a handout for you soon.

Homework for Tuesday: Complete a final draft of the chapter 20 translation, using feedback you got today.

Verb Practice:

conjugate amo, amare in the 3 tenses we have learned.

conjugate audio, audire in the 3 tenses we have learned.

For answers, click here.

Homework for Monday:
Choice of 20b in textbook OR handout on 4th principal parts. Click here for a copy of the handout.

Here's a practice activity pertaining to the perfect tense:

Try conjugating these verbs in the perfect tense, remembering these personal endings:

-ī    -imus
-istī    -istis
-it    -ērunt


mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus - to send
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus - to be
iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus - to order

For the answers, click here.

Homework for Thursday:

1) study for the quiz! Check yesterday's blog entry for the new verbs; remember that you are still responsible for the verbs you learned for the last quiz.

2) finish your rough draft of the chapter 20 translation. Leave spaces if there are constructions that are difficult for you - we will go over this on Thursday!

Today we practiced translating chapter 19 without the book and reviewed chapter 19 vocabulary. I handed quite a bit of work back. Tuesday and Thursday you will have some time to work on translations you haven't completed - if you have a large backlog you will need to do some at home!!

This Thursday there will be another verb quiz. You will need to know the principal parts of all the verbs from the last quiz PLUS:

neco, necare
maneo, manere (with a macron)
iubeo, iubere (with a macron)
iacio, iacere
duco, ducere
peto, petere
custodio, custodire
dormio, dormire
volo, velle
nolo, nolle

Homework for Tuesday: spend at least 20 minutes on the translation of the chapter 20 story.

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! After a wonderful dinner, planting about 100 tulip bulbs and removing a (live) squirrel from the crawl space behind my bedroom closet, I am ready to think about the lovely Latin language again.

Here is a practice for the principal parts of verbs from Unit Three: click here. Click here for the answers.

For practice translating and using different verb tenses, click here. Click here for the answers.

Noun Case Review

Many of you are successfully learning the noun and adjective declensions, but have a hard time identifying the case and its purpose in sentences. Here is a review exercise for you:

Translate, then give the case and purpose of the italicized nouns:

1. Omnēs arborēs silvae sunt magnae.

2. Dāvus īrātus baculum arripit et Getam baculō verberat.

3. Iter est longum et Sextus sedēre nōn iam vult.

4. Toga Mārcī est sordida et Aurēlia eum reprehendit.

5. "Cavē, scelestī," magnā vōce exclāmat.

6. "Nēmō meam caupōnam reprehendit," exclāmit brevī rīsū caupō. (rīsus, rīsūs is a 4th declension noun meaning laugh/smile - rīsū is the ablative case)

7.  Iter Rōmam Cornēlius saepe faciēbat.

8. Cornēlia est puella Rōmana, quae in villā rūsticā aestāte habitat.

9. Nōmen meae sororis est Iūlia.

10. Brevī tempore Mārcus et Sextus ad caupōnam adveniunt.

Click here for the answers.

There is no homework during the Thanksgiving Break! However, I would strongly encourage you to keep up with your Latin because December will be a busy month. You have a long list of principal parts to learn (click here for the list) and they are not easy to learn at the last minute.

Suggestions for learning principal parts:
1) make flashcards, similar to the ones we used in class
2) use quia (look for the Unit Three folder)
3) practice saying them aloud
4) practice writing them
5) learn them in groups:
       the -avi group
       the -ivi group
       the -ui group

etc.

Remember, there will be a quiz on Thursday on certain verbs and their principal parts (see previous post and your class notes). The final draft of the translation for chapter 19 is also due on Thursday.

If you would like to review irregular verb conjugations, both present and imperfect tenses, I've put all the quia.com exercises together in one folder, "Latin II Irregular Verbs".

You have no homework for Tuesday but your final draft of the translation of the Chapter 19 story is due on Thursday, Nov. 21.

There will be a verb quiz on Nov. 21 on these verbs:

parō, parāre
intrō, intrāre
habeō, habēre
timeō, timuī
mittō, mittere
trahō, trahere
audiō, audīre
sum, esse

You will need to know the 4 principal parts (timeō only has 3) and the translation of the infinitive. I will give you the first principal part (the one ending in -o).
These verbs are part of the list for Unit Three.

Your homework for Monday is to finish the ROUGH DRAFT of the translation of "Settling In", the story in chapter 19. The final draft will be due Thursday, Nov. 21, and will be considered an "assignment" (worth more points).

Please come back to this post, as I will be adding review exercises! If you are looking for more review, remember to scroll down through previous posts, as most of them contain review exercises. Today I will be adding more noun/adjective declension practice, as well as some verb practice.

Noun/declension practice:

Decline māter pulchra, mātris pulchrae, beautiful mother;  canis incolumis, canis incolumis, unhurt dog; and omne vehiculum, omnis vehiculī, every vehicle/all vehicles. For the answers, click here.


Verb Practice:

Give the tense and a translation for each verb. Choose from present tense, imperfect tense and perfect tense:

1. erant                             2. parāvit

3. possum                        4. ambulābās

5. dormiēbāmus               6. timent

7. habuērunt                    8. habēbam

9. dormīvit                    10. poterātis

For the answers, click here.

You have no homework for Thursday. I strongly urge you to practice adjective/noun declensions if you had any trouble at all on the test!

Try declining servus fortis, servī fortis (masc.) and omne silentium, omnis silentiī (neuter). When you've finished, check your work by clicking here.

Please read through pages 150-151 before next Tuesday. You will see an introduction to the Perfect Tense of verbs. Take some notes, using the three headings: Present Tense, Imperfect Tense and Perfect Tense. Put some information under each heading. What is similar and different among the three tenses?

Practice verb conjugations, if this is a weak area for you!

conjugate in the PRESENT tense:
amo, amare,  timeo, timere (2nd) and curro, currere (3rd)

conjugate in the IMPERFECT tense:
rideo, ridere (2nd), scribo, scribere (3rd) and audio, audire

Click here for the answers!

TEST tomorrow!

Click here for the English translations of Davus to the Rescue and Uncle Titus.

Use quia.com to memorize the vocabulary for chapters 17 and 18 and be sure to practice declining nouns and adjectives.

Two Things:

I - Please register for the Reed College Latin Forum! Click here for the registration page. 


II - 7 Kings of Rome: Sources

this is fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmlHu0blCyE

Here is one of the main sources I used for the packets about the kings:
http://dante.udallas.edu/hutchison/Seven_kings/seven_kings_index.htm

The other go-to site is this one:
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/kingsofrome/tp/KingsofRome.htm

I also think wikipedia is a useful source for this subject.

Your homework for Tuesday (Monday we are on a Friday schedule) is to finish the translation of the chapter 18 story.

The Unit Two chapter test will be held on Thursday, Nov. 7, covering chapters 17 & 18. Check the Learning Targets for Unit Two for a full list of what you will be expected to know.

Your 7 Kings of Rome project is due on Tuesday. I know we've had lots of interruptions - if you're not able to complete the project by Tuesday, please be ready to show me your progress so far and a final date when you'll have it done (not later than Nov. 14, please).

Here is a practice exercise for using adjective/noun pairs. It will also help you practice prepositional phrases. If you do not remember the case taken by a preposition, look in the glossary at the back of the textbook.

Using the nouns and adjectives below, fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the noun/adjective pair.

EXAMPLE:  Rūsticī in vehiculum tardum cadunt.  (The peasants are falling into the slow vehicle.) accusative case (“into”) with in.

Canēs prope ______________________________ sedēbant. (The dogs were sitting near the large trees.)


Rōmānī perterritī ex __________________________ currēbant. (Terrified Romans were running out of all the houses.)


Cornēliī _____________________________ , quī valdē senex est, vident. (The Cornelians see the shaky innkeeper, who is very old.)


Māter cum ___________________________ ambulābat. (The mother walked with the terrified brothers.)


Tandem _________________________ ad caupōnam adveniunt. (At last the weak travelers arrive at the inn.)


In ______________________________ pernoctātis, viātōrēs?  (In what sort of inn are you staying, travelers?)


Cornēlia ad _____________________________ appropinquābat. (Cornēlia approached her brave friend.)



__________________________ per ___________________________ ambulābant. (The terrified travelers walked through the shaky inn.)




vīlla, -ae, f.    arbor, arboris, f.    frāter, frātris, m.    caupō, caupōnis, m.   
 viātor, viātōris, m.    amīca, -ae, f.     caupōna, -ae, f.

magnus, -a, -um    īnfirmus, -a, -um    perterritus, -a, -um      tardus, -a, -um

omnis, -is, -e      fortis, -is, -e      quālis, -is, -e     

Click here for the answers.

Thursday, October 31, will NOT have the Unit Two final test. We WILL have a QUIZ on vocabulary from chapters 17 & 18, as well as noun/adjective agreement. This will give you an indication of where you stand vis-a-vis the material in Unit Two.

The Unit Two final test will be on Thursday, November 7. Please prepare accordingly!!

7 Kings of Rome Project:

I have listed Project Criteria for your projects. I tried to include every kind of project - if you don't see your project listed here, please see me on Thursday.

Click here for a list of criteria. 

You have no homework for Tuesday, 10/29. I would strongly urge you to practice noun/adjective declensions! Go back through recent blog posts if you need some practice work. You can also use quia.com.

Here is a quick exercise to "test" the strength of your knowledge of noun and adjective cases:

Choose the best form of the adjective to match the noun in italics. Know how to translate each sentence!

1. Puellae _____________ arborēs ascendere volunt.  (strēnuus, -a, um)


2. Cornēlius puerōs _____________ revocant quod praecurrunt in viam. (fortis, -is, -e)


3.  Cornēlia cum mātre ______________ in raedā sedēbat. (dēfessus, -a, -um)


4. Iter ad urbe nōn est _______________. (brevis, -is, -e)


5. ___________ tempore Cornēliī parātī sunt. (brevis, -is, e)


6. Togae ________________ hominum novae erant. (omnis, -is, -e)


7. Canis sororis ________________ est magnus. (meus, -a, -um)


8. Rōmānī  saepe in _______________ urbibus habitābant.  (magnus, -a, um)

Click here for the answers!

I'm sorry I missed you all on Thursday! I will be back on Monday.

Your homework for Monday is exercise 18c in the textbook. You'll need to refer to the chart of adjectives in chapter 18. Here is a chart of the adjectives you will be identifying in 18c. Don't forget that you also need to translate each sentence!

1. omnēs
2. omnium
3. omnī
4. fortis
5. Omnēs
6. fortem; omnēs
7. fortis
8. fortis
9. omnēs
10. Brevia

For each adjective, give a) the noun it modified and b) the gender, case and number (singular or plural). This will give you a lot of familiarity with the 3rd declension adejctive chart.

If you want some additional practice, try declining puella fortis, puellae fortis (brave girl) and  baculum brevis, baculī fortis (short stick).

Click here for the answers!

Homework for Thursday is to review chapter 18 vocabulary (from handout, from the textbook, or from quia.com). Become as familiar as you can with these words!

Please remember to register for the Reed College Latin Forum on Nov. 9, using this link:http://www.reed.edu/outreach_programs/latin_forum/index.html

Your homework for tomorrow is the FINAL DRAFT of the translation of One Hero Wins a War.

Here is a quick reminder about using the ABLATIVE CASE:

1) with some prepositions: think of the House of Ablative - the prepositions that are less "aggressive".
From (ex/ē, ab/ā), In (as opposed to into), Under, With - the prepositions that are less active and forceful than the prepositions that take the accusative case.

Sextus ex arbore dēscendit.
Cornēlia cum amīcā Flāviā manēre vult.
Cornēlius in vīllā sedet quod epistulās scrībit.

2) ablative of time: shows WHEN something happens

Secundā horā diēs erat calidus. (at the second hour)
Plaustrum onus nocte fert. (at night)

3) ablative of manner: how something is being done

Aurēlia ancillās magnā vōce reprehendit.  (in a loud voice)
Dāvus Getam tunicā arripit.  (by the tunic)

4) ablative of instrument/means: with what thing something is being done

Dāvus Getam baculō verberat.  (with a stick)
Cornēliī raedā Rōmam eunt. (by carriage)

You have no particular homework for Monday. The final draft of "One Hero Wins a War" is due on Tuesday. If you have NOT done the last 2 assignments (Review III, exercise a, b, c, OR d and the declension of nomen bonum, nominis bonī) you should complete those!

Here is some declension practice for you:

Give the case(s) of the following noun/adjective pairs:

     mātrēs dēfessae  (1 case)

     puerī laetī  (2 cases)

     nōmina longa [nōmen is neuter]  (2 cases)

     vōce magnā  (1 case)

     servōrum bonōrum  (1 case)

     frātrum ignāvōrum  (1 case)

     urbibus magnīs  (2 cases)

     pātrēs īrātōs  (1 case)

     mātrem laetam (1 case)

     sororēs laetās  (1 case)

Click here for the answers!

Remember, there is a folder on quia.com, "Latin II Chapter 17", that has activities to practice the concepts we've been learning. Here is the link.


    

Homework for Thursday, Oct. 17:

Finish your rough draft of One Hero Wins a War, if you didn't finish it in class. Click here for some reading notes to help you.

Decline nōmen bonus, nōminis bonī - be sure you understand what declension nōmen belongs to (1st, 2nd, 3rd). The adjective is from the 1st/2nd declension family. Also be sure you know what gender nōmen is (the form of bonus, -a, -um will help you).

REGISTER NOW for the REED COLLEGE LATIN FORUM! The Latin Forum will take place on Nov. 9, 2013 (Saturday). It lasts for a good part of the day (about 9:30 - 3:00) but it is WORTH it!

Here is the link: http://www.reed.edu/outreach_programs/latin_forum/index.html

You will see the Registration link on the left side of the page.

If you would like to practice noun/adjective declensions, try doing these:

murmur longum, murmuris longī

caupō bonus, caupōnis bonī

arbor magna, arboris magnae

Click here to correct your work.

Homework for next Monday (follows a Tuesday schedule):

1) Translate the first paragraph (4 1/2 lines) of One Hero Wins a War on p. 134

2) choice of any of the first four exercises in Review III (a, b, c or d).  Choose which exercise is most useful to you. The page numbers that apply to each review exercise are given in the upper right-hand corner; if you have trouble, check out those pages!

There is a quiz on Thursday on Chapter 17  vocabulary and the present tense of irregular verbs.

Click here for an outline of Unit Two (Chapters 17-18).

If you would like to practice the declension of noun/adjective pairs (the warm-up on Tuesday), here are some combinations to try:

   soror laeta, sororis laetae

   vehiculum tardum, vehiculī tardī

   clāmor magnus, clāmoris magnī

Click here for the answers.

Hint: the form of the adjective in the nominative singular indicates gender:
laeta = feminine; tardum = neuter; magnus = masculine

Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 8 (remember, Monday, Oct. 7 will follow a Friday schedule):

Turn in your final draft of the Chapter 17 story.

Click here for an overview of adjectives and how they work.

Homework for Thursday is to complete your rough draft of the story in Chapter 17: Do We  Stay At An Inn?

If you are practicing noun declensions, try these:

murmur, murmuris (neuter)

nōx, noctis (feminine)

pater, patris  (masculine)

Click here to check yourself.

Homework for Tuesday is to translate the first 9 lines of the Chapter 17 story, "Do We Stay At An Inn?". Your last sentence is: "In caupōnā pernoctāre timeō." This is a rough draft only; please write in pencil, blue pen or black pen. (You can ALWAYS type!)

If you are still memorizing the first 3 declensions, practice declining these nouns:
   
   via, viae
   caelum, caelī (sky)
   nūntius, nūntiī
   caupō, caupōnis (m.)  (innkeeper)
   nōmen, nōminis (n.)


Click here for the answers.

There is no homework for Thursday because you have a TEST on Unit One.

If you want to practice noun declensions, try these nouns: vehiculum, vehiculī, n.     pater, patris, m.    fossa, fossae, f.     iter, itineris, n.   rīvus, rīvī, m.

Click here to check yourself.

I will post some verb practice later today.

There is now a folder on quia.com called "Unit One Review Test 9/26" that has lots of activities for you to work on!

HOMEWORK due Tuesday:    translate the sentences in 16c (you do not need to do the other activities).

Noun practice:

Decline:

raeda, raedae (feminine)
vir, virī  (masculine)
silentium, silentiī (neuter)
vōx, vōcis (fem.)
iter, itineris (neut.)

Click here for the declensions, to check yourself.

The next homework assignment is due TUESDAY, 9/24: exercise 16c (p. 122). You only have to TRANSLATE the sentences; you do not have to follow the other directions.

You have an assignment due Thursday, Sept. 19: the final draft of the translation of Taking a Break. The translation must be in BLUE or BLACK ink OR TYPED.

There is also a vocabulary quiz on Thursday. Here is a link to a quia.com exercise to practice the vocabulary.

Homework for Thursday, 9/12:

CHOICE of EITHER Review II, exercise d (p. 94 in the textbook)

OR the "quiz" on quia.com. Go to quia.com (link at right) and click on your period, then the quiz. You will need to enter your first and last names. Please aim for 70 - 80% accuracy, at least!

There will be a short quiz on Thursday on the vocabulary handed out in class today. There are two activities on quia.com to help you prepare: go to the folder marked "Latin II Quiz - Thursday, 9/12/13".

Welcome Back!!

Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 9/10:

Finish the first page of the handout, if you did not finish in class.
Next, spend 20 minutes working on the translation in the packet. You do NOT have to finish the translation. There is a glossary on the last page to help you with vocabulary.

ALL LATIN STUDENTS:

No homework for Monday because you will have the first part of your final exam on Monday. This part of the exam will include vocabulary and verb conjugations:

Latin I: Vocabulary from chapters 13-15; verb conjugations include present tense and imperfect tense; the conjugations of sum and possum.

Latin II: Vocabulary from chapters 27-31. You will need to recognize principal parts of verbs but you will not have to give them. Verb conjugations include the 6 tenses, active voice and 3 tenses of the passive voice (present, imperfect, future).

Latin I: Your homework for Friday is exercise 15b. While you do need to pay attention to neuter nouns in the sentences you only need to WRITE the translations of the sentences.

Latin II:

Today in class we worked on all of the pronouns. We did this exercise in class to practice ille, hic, idem and ipse.

This handout  was distributed in class. It is an outline of the remaining days of school.

Latin I: You should be working on a) correcting your chapter test, if necessary; b) studying verb conjugations, present and imperfect tenses and c) memorizing vocabulary from chapters 12-15.


Latin II: Homework for Wednesday is exercise 31d, even numbers.

Latin I: Please decline the following nouns:

2nd declension: puer, pueri (masculine), silentium, silentii (neuter), vehiculum, vehiculi (neuter)

3rd declension: soror, sororis (feminine), iter, itineris (neuter), murmur, murmuris (neuter)

Decline means: give the nominative, genitive, dative, accusative and ablative forms, singular and plural.

Remember the 2 rules of neuter nouns:
1) the nominative and accusative forms are the same
2) the nominative plural ends in -a


Latin II: No homework over the weekend. Please review the passive voice, especially fero, ferre!

Latin I: No homework for Friday! We will begin working on chapter 15 on Friday.

Latin II: Please translate the first 10 lines of chapter 31 for Friday.

Latin I: TEST IS POSTPONED TO NEXT WEDNESDAY! For homework on Friday, please complete the review sheet we started in class. Click here for a link.

Latin II: TEST IS POSTPONED TO NEXT WEDNESDAY! No homework for Friday - just keep reviewing the passive voice (3 tenses), vocabulary and principal parts of verbs from chapters 29 and 30.

Latin I:  No homework for Wed. Please begin studying for the chapter test on Friday! Click here for the study guide that was handed out in class.

Latin II: Chapter test on Friday. Go onto quia.com for study activities.

Latin I:

Please finish the translation of the chapter 14 story for Monday. Leave spaces if you get stuck and move on to the next sentence/clause. If you feel chapter 14 is WAY out of your comfort zone, you may translate an earlier story.

Latin II:

We completed 30b in class - if you were absent you will need to finish it at home.
No other homework for the weekend.
We have a chapter test coming up (next Friday) so you should spend time on principal parts of new verbs, new vocabulary and the passive voice.

Latin I:

There is no homework for Friday but we are having a QUIZ! You will need to know the vocabulary in chapter 13 and be able to recognize imperfect forms of verbs.


Latin II:

There is no homework for Friday but we are having a QUIZ! You will need to know how to conjugate a verb in the present tense, passive voice (regular verbs). You will also need to be able to recognize the imperfect and future forms, in the passive voice, and how to translate them.

There are some quia.com exercises you can use in the chapter 30 folder.

I will give you the conjugation numbers/infinitives for the verbs you conjugate on the quiz.

Latin I:

We are working on learning the noun declensions! For Wednesday, please decline:
     uxor, uxoris
     vir, viri
     virga, virgae

Here is a link to the noun declension song:

http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/catullusguide13.html

Latin II:

Homework for Wednesday: please translate the first 10 lines of the story in chapter 30.

We will have a quiz on Friday! You will need to be able to conjugate regular verbs in the passive voice, present tense, and recognize/translate verbs in the passive voice, imperfect and future tenses. 

Latin I: For homework this weekend, please find an activity in the book that is USEFUL to you: something you want to practice, something you want to try again, something you want to learn. The degree of challenge is UP TO YOU!!

Latin II: Homework this weekend is 29d and 29e from the workbook. For a copy, click here. Keep reviewing vocabulary and principal parts of verbs from chapter 29!

Latin I: Homework for Friday:

Conjugate these four verbs in the imperfect tense:

1st conjugation: paro, parare and curo, curare
2nd conjugation: habeo, habere, and rideo, ridere

Remember, "conjugate" means to write out the 6 forms in order: 1st person singular, 2nd pers. singular, 3rd pers. singular, 1st person plural, 2nd person plural and 3rd person plural.

There is a chart on page 106 to help you.

Latin II: Homework for Friday:

Pick another story from the packet you received on Monday and translate it. You can go harder or easier - it doesn't matter! Try to find a story that is in your comfort zone.

 Latin I: Homework for Wednesday:

YOUR CHOICE + memorize 5 words from the ch. 13 vocabulary list

You decide what to do from your textbook - which chapter, which exercise (a translation, an "a", "b", "c", "d" exercise, etc.)

 

Latin II: Homework for Wednesday: CHOICE

1) conjugate 3 verbs in all 6 tenses

OR

2) decline  hic ager, haec uxor, hoc onus

OR

3) Look ahead to the passive voice (chapter 30) and conjugate porto and audio in the present, imperfect and future tenses, passive voice

Latin I: The homework for Friday is to finish the translation of the story in chapter 13. The work we did in class will help you: if you get stuck, find the subject first, then the verb. The rest of the sentence will be easier to translate if you have the basics down.

Latin II: Please complete 29d for Friday. More practice with relative pronouns! If you don't know the chart by heart, keep working on it.

Latin I: Please complete the verb conjugation chart in the present tense. If you need to use a chart, spend some time memorizing forms as you go. Click here for a copy of the homework.

Latin II: Please finish translating the story in chapter 29. Watch verb tenses - lines 5 - 12 are in the "historic present tense", for the most part. Then the story goes back into the past tense.

Looking ahead, we will work on verb conjugations on Wed., as well as memorizing the charts on pp. 14-15.

Latin I: The homework for Monday is to finish translating the story on page 94. If you get stuck, leave some space and then keep going! For places where you are stuck, you will need to be able to identify the verb, the subject and the direct object, if there is one.

If you were absent for the test on Wednesday, please come in during tutorial next Tuesday to make it up. If you can't come in next Tuesday, you MUST make alternative arrangements by the end of next week.

Latin II: No homework over the weekend. If any of the material on the test was challenging, I urge you to practice on quia.com. It only gets harder in the next month, as we add more grammar and vocabulary!!

Latin I: There is an OPTIONAL assignment for extra credit due on Friday: Review II, exercise d, on page 94. This is especially useful if you are fuzzy about using different cases of nouns. It must be turned in on Friday to get extra credit.

Latin II: CHAPTER TEST on Friday on chapters 27-28. You should know the personal pronouns and the relative pronouns well as well as how to use them. There are not many new verbs but I will continue to test you on the principal parts of irregular verbs and conjugating verbs in all 6 tenses. quia.com has some useful activities!1 (Link in upper right corner).

Latin I: The CHAPTER TEST on chapters 11-12 will be next Wednesday. Quia.com is a great place to practice noun cases, use of the genitive and use of the ablative cases. Click here for a quia.com activity. Once you've done this activity, you can take a look at the other activities for chapters 11 and 12.

Click here for the answers to the Test Review Sheet.

Click here for a worksheet of verb practice questions. 


Latin II: The CHAPTER TEST on chapters 27-28 will be next Friday. You will need to know the relative pronoun chart by heart (qui, quae, quod). Check quia.com for help in preparing for the test.

Latin I: Homework for Friday is exercise 12d. Note that in sentence #2, the verb STANT = THEY STAND.

Next week we have a different schedule at Grant. I won't see you until Wed., which is following a FRIDAY schedule. We will have a chapter test that Wed. (April 24). Click here to see the review materials we are working on in class.

Latin II: Homework for Friday is exercise 28d. You do need to follow all the steps: 1) translate the sentence; 2) find the relative pronoun; 3) give the GENDER, NUMBER (singular/plural) and CASE for each relative pronoun.

In these sentences, the relative pronoun is not separated by commas because it does not "interrupt" the main clause. That means you are able to read each clause in its entirety, before going on to the next one.

Here is #1 done for you:

Sextus is an active boy (main clause) who often runs in the fields and in the garden (relative clause). Qui is the relative pronoun. It is masculine singular (because it replaces Sextus) and it is in the nominative case, because it is the subject of currit.

Note that I was able to translate the entire main clause before even seeing the relative clause.

By the way, each of these sentences has appeared in a story in Ecce Romani.

Latin I: Today we practiced the different endings of  nouns and the use of the ablative case. Homework is a handout. Click here for a pdf of the homework.


Latin II: Homework for Wednesday is the translation of chapter 28. It is SHORT!!

Latin I: Your homework is to finish the chapter 12 translation for Wednesday. If you had trouble giving the genitive, accusative and ablative forms of 1st and 2nd declension nouns, please spend 5-10 minutes practicing them.

Latin II: Your homework is to choose an exercise from Review VI (pp. 262-263) except VIa. Pick an exercise that covers something you need to review! Please  complete that exercise for Wednesday.

In class today we worked on several of the nouns in exercise VIa: #'s 1, 4, 6, 7, 13, 15. You can try them at home if you were not in class!

Latin I: There is NO HOMEWORK over the weekend, BUT: all third quarter work is due on Monday, April 8. Anything handed in after the 8th will not show up on your 3rd quarter grade.

Latin II: There is NO HOMEWORK over the weekend, but there will be a quiz on Monday on the first 2 personal pronoun charts. Click here for the answers to the handout we worked on in class on Friday.

Latin I: Your homework for Friday is the quiz, What Case Do I Use?, on quia.com. You are going to log in to your class (5th period here or 6th period here) and take the quiz. You will need to enter your name to get credit. You can repeat the quiz until you have at least 23 correct answers. You will not get full credit if you have fewer correct answers.

Remember, there is a quiz on Friday on the genitive case and the vocabulary on page 82.


Latin II: Learn the first two personal pronoun charts (is, ea, id and ego, tu, nos, vos).

Latin I: Your homework for Wednesday is exercise 11c. Please a) give the Latin words with the genitive endings and b) translate the sentences.

There will be a QUIZ on Friday (4/5) on the genitive case. You will need to know the vocabulary on page 82 and the genitive singular and plural endings for declensions 1, 2, and 3.

Your last chance to earn credit for the chapter 10 translation is this Wed. (4/3). I will not accept translations after Wed.


Latin II: Your homework for Wed. is to finish the translation of chapter 27. If you finished in class, spend a little time on the principal parts of the verbs in chapter 27. Here is a link to a quia.com exercise you can use.

Latin I: Your projects are due on Friday!! The extra credit assignment, 11b, must be turned in on Friday.

Latin II: There is a quiz on hic, haec, hoc and ille, illa, illud on Friday. No other homework for Friday.

Latin I: No homework - work on your project!

Latin II: Please decline: hic praedo, huius praedonis; haec manus, huius manus (with a macron over that last u); hoc atrium, hoc atrii

Latin I: Homework for Monday: finish translating chapter 11 story.

Latin II: Homework for Monday: finish translating the story Aurelia's Concern for Sextus (26e). Keep reviewing the declensions of hic and ille!

Latin I:
Please translate the first 10 lines of chapter 11 for homework for Friday. You will encounter several genitive case forms. Examples: Cornelii in line 2, domini in line 3, servorum and ancillarum in line 4. The genitive shows possession and can be translated as Cornelius's or of Cornelius; the master's or of the master, and of slaves and slavewomen, respectively.


Latin II:
Homework for Friday is 26 b and c. HOWEVER, you do not have to do all of them!! For 26b, please do the even-numbered sentences. For 26c, please do the odd-numbered sentences. It would be a good idea to go over the declension of hic, haec, hoc the way we did in class: hic haec hoc, huius huius huius, huic huic huic, etc.

Latin I: There is no homework for Wednesday because of the chapter test.
Click here for the practice test handed out Monday.
Click here for the answers. This is a good overview of what you'll need to know on Wed.

Latin II: Here is another review sheet that will help you tomorrow on the National Latin Exam.
Click here for some practice activities from past tests. Answers will be posted tonight!

Latin I: There is no homework over the weekend. We are having a CHAPTER TEST next WEDNESDAY on chapters 9 & 10. I will be putting more activities on quia.com (see link, upper right-hand corner) for practice. Feel free to do further research on your project for Jason and the Argonauts.

Latin II: Homework is to finish the chapter 26 translation. Click here if you were absent on Friday and want a preview of hic and ille!

NLE is next Tuesday, March 12, during Tutorial in the Library. Please arrive promptly. There are NO MAKEUP times for this test!

Latin I:

Click here for an overview of the verb tenses you will find on the National Latin Exam. These are tenses we have NOT covered in class.

For some practice questions with verbs from past tests, click here.

stay tuned for more review work!!

Latin II:

Click here for an overview of the passive voice. There will certainly be questions about the passive voice on the NLE.

For some practice questions with verbs from past tests, click here. 
Here are the answers.

Latin I: NO homework for Fri. Use this time to review prepositional phrases, chapters 9 and 10 vocabulary, and to make up missing or incomplete homework.

Latin II: NO homework for Fri. We will be starting chapter 26 on Friday (a LONG chapter!).

Jason assignments:  There are two map-makers for each class - we will have several maps to look at!


5th period assignments

6th period assignments

Latin I: Homework is 10d.  You are being asked for 4 forms of the imperative (command) for each verb. Positive commands are when you ask someone to do something (see upper left-hand corner of page 74). Negative commands are when you ask someone NOT to do something (see upper right-hand corner of page 74).

You have to know two things in order to form the imperative: one) the conjugation number of the verb and two) how many people you are addressing. Commands to one person are different than commands given to more than one person. Note also that there are some irregular forms of common imperatives. These are given to you on page 74.

Latin II: No homework - chapter test on Wednesday (chapter 25). You should study the vocabulary, principal parts of new verbs, the partitive genitive and the 4th and 5th declensions.




























 

If you are taking the National Latin Exam, there is a website you should know about!! This link will take you to the archive of National Latin Exams, with answer keys!! The passages are even translated for you!

Review sessions this week:

Latin I: Tuesday - tutorial; Thursday at lunch. All in Room 101.

Latin II: Monday at lunch; Wednesday at lunch. All in Room 101.

Latin I: NO homework this weekend! If you did poorly on the prepositional phrase part of the quiz, you should be learning the prepositional chart (know which prepositions take the accusative case and which take the ablative case). We are heading toward a chapter test on chapters 9-10, to be given either next Friday or the following week. (I will let you know on Monday.)

Latin II: Homework this weekend: EITHER

A) NLE practice: read the story, answer the questions, translate lines 6-8 (start in the middle of line 6).

OR B) decline: tertius dies, tertii diei and parva manus, parva manus
           conjugate absum, abesse, afui, afuturus in all 6 tenses: present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect and future perfect.

REMINDER: The National Latin Exam will be given on Tuesday, March 12, during tutorial, in the library. Please be prompt!!  If you registered for the exam and do not want to take it, let me know and I will see if anyone wants to take your place.

Latin I:
Homework: 10b - only the odd numbers. The charts on pages 72-73 will help you a lot. The second form of the verb, the infinitive, is the one that indicates the  conjugation number (1, 2, 3, 3 i-stem, 4). You can recognize the 3rd conjugation i-stem by the -io ending in the first person singular.

Also do 10c, but with only 3 of the verbs above. Please pick 3 verbs of DIFFERENT conjugation numbers. You will give 6 forms: the first person sing., 2nd person sing., 3rd person sing., 1st person pl., 2nd person pl., 3rd person pl. Your chart will look like the one of page 73 or the charts in the classroom.

We will have a CHAPTER TEST next Friday on chapters 9-10. I will have an outline of what to study by next Monday.

Latin II:
Homework: 25b - please use the charts and remember that some forms will have more than one answer! This should help you memorize the 4th and 5th declension endings.

Latin III students:

Please go to a new blog: http://grantlatiniii.blogspot.com

for your very own blog! NLE announcements, review work, it's all there.

Latin I:
1) Homework is a practice sheet to prepare for the quiz on Wed. Click here for a copy of the sheet.
2) The quiz on Wed. will focus on personal verb endings (-ō, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt) and prepositions. You will need to know which prepositions require which cases to form prepositional phrases. Page 64 is a good resource.
3) Please email me with your choices (1st, 2nd, 3rd) for what to work on for the Jason project. Click here for the list of choices. Also let me know if you will be working alone or with another student (tell me who!). Here is my email: awillia3@pps.net

Latin II:
There is no homework for Wed. Please come to class on Wed. with the chapter 25 translation finished. It would be wise to spend some time learning the 4th and 5th declension endings.

Latin I:
Today we went over the main events of the Jason story. Next week you will choose an event to work on. We practiced using the infinitive and forming prepositional phrases. We learned the imperative forms of verbs and worked on the translation of chapter 10.

Homework: finish translating chapter 10 story.
Quiz: Next Wednesday - know the prepositions and the cases they govern. Know the personal verb endings (o, s, t, mus, tis, nt)
National Latin Exam review session next week: Tuesday tutorial.

Latin I Homework: finish reading the handout about Jason and the Argonauts. We will discuss the upcoming project on Friday! You do NOT have to work on the translation of Chapter 10 - we will work on it on Friday, also.

Latin II Homework: translate the story "Rome's Fiercest Enemy" for Friday. This is part of Review V and is found on page 224. For extra credit, complete exercise Vc on page 224 for Monday. Please write CLEARLY and DOUBLE-SPACE!

Latin I: no homework this weekend. Please take some time to study any vocabulary you missed on the quiz!

Latin II: no written homework this weekend, but you should start to learn the 4th and 5th declension forms (chapter 25).

Latin I: Homework for Friday is a worksheet to practice noun endings. Click here for a copy of the worksheet.

I have given you the GENITIVE forms of nouns, because the genitive singular tells you 2 things: 1) which declension the noun belongs to and 2) how to form the other forms. For instance, the genitive form of vox is vocis. The -is ending indicates the 3rd declension and the form tells me to change the x to a c and then add the other endings.

You are going to use the genitive forms to determine the declension of the noun (1st, 2nd or 3rd) and then you will give the nominative plural, both accusatives, both ablatives and both vocatives for each noun. Remember that the vocative is always the same as the nominative, unless the nominative ends in -us or -ius.

Latin II: Test on Friday on Chapter 24.

Latin I:  Finish 9b for homework. Remember to give the prepositional phrases IN LATIN and to translate the sentences. Many of the sentences ask you to distinguish between in + a noun in the ACCUSATIVE case and in + a noun in the ABLATIVE case. The explanation and chart on pages 64-65 will help you a lot.

Latin II: We will have a test on chapter 24 on FRIDAY! You should know the vocabulary, the principal parts of verbs (there are not very many) and how to recognize and conjugate all 6 tenses.

Latin III:

I have the translations for 4 stories we've done all or part of in our study group. This would be a great review for you over the weekend. The links to the translations are below.

Chapter 32 translation
Chapter 33 translation
Chapter 34 translation
Chapter 33 - Orpheus and Eurydice

Latin I:

No homework over the weekend!! Please study the vocabulary in chapter 9. There will be a short quiz on WEDNESDAY, Feb. 13.



Latin II:

Your homework for Monday is exercise 24d (pg. 219). There are 2 steps: 1) give the Latin verb in the future perfect tense and 2) translate the sentence. You do NOT have to give the explanation.

Latin I:  Today we worked on the ablative case - its endings, singular and plural, and its use in prepositional phrases.

Homework: Translation of chapter 9
5th period: translate to the bottom of the first page.
6th period: translate to the 1/2 way point on the second page - right after the sentence: "Cornelia Flaviam furtim e villa in agros ducit."

Latin III - we are back on track! I apologize for missing so much instructional time in January. A death in the family and a bout of the flu really knocked me over.

We are working on Chapter 39, which continues to use deponent verbs and introduces place-names with/without prepositions. There is a good explanation of this in the chapter. Click here for a summary of the grammar we went over today.

On Friday, we will meet at LUNCH instead of after school. Not many students can make it after school and by 3:10 on a Friday, many of us are valdē dēfessī.

I am committed to posting some review work for you every Tuesday, so that you can go back and review forms and practice them. Bring any questions to the following Friday session, or email me directly (use the awillia3@pps.net address).

Today's review is VERBS - active voice, six tenses. Click here for a summary of forming the six tenses and a practice exercise. Click here for the answers.

Latin I: There is no homework for Wed. We will be starting chapter 9 on Wed. and you will have a short list of words to memorize. In class on Monday we practiced the use of the nominative, accusative and vocative cases, in preparation for learning the ablative case in chapter 9.

Latin II: There is no homework for Wed. We will be starting chapter 24 on Wed. It would be a good idea to start learning the vocabulary now, especially the principal parts of verbs. We reviewed the future tense in class on Monday, as well as recognizing the 4 tenses we've learned so far.

Latin I:

Today I handed out a study guide for the final exam next week. Click here for the study guide and here for some specific study ideas.

Latin II:

Click here for study guide for the final exam.

Latin I:
There are NO MORE homework assignments for Semester I! ALL work for Semester I is due to Ms. Williamson by Monday, Jan. 28 at 3:15 pm. This includes incomplete work you have completed, tests you have corrected, quizzes you have made up for a passing grade, and missing work you have finished.

Click here for a copy of the handout from today. It is a practice exercise, not homework, but it will help you on the final exam!

Latin I:
Homework for next Wednesday: Exercise 8c

Today's quiz is postponed to next Wed.
The god/goddess project is due next Friday.

Latin II:
Homework for next Wednesday: Exercise 23g - it goes onto the next page!!!!

Latin I: Homework for Friday: finish translating the story in chapter 8. Study for QUIZ! (all vocabulary in chapter8)

Latin II: Homework for Friday: exercise 23b in your textbook.

Latin III: This Friday: Latin 3 will be at lunch instead of after school. Next Tuesday I will be out of town so Latin 3 will be cancelled. Check back for some possible make-up times.

TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR THE NATIONAL LATIN EXAM!!!!

Latin I: finish the first page of the chapter 8 translation (handout). Click here for a copy of the handout. You can also translate the chapter story onto a sheet of paper. You need to translate through line 7.

Latin II: practice conjugating verbs in the FUTURE tense!! Take a verb, think about how to conjugate it (use your class notes or the explanation on page 201), then practice. The THINKING stage is the most important!

Sign up for the National Latin Exam!! Give 4$ to Ms. Williamson by January 15!!

Latin I: Click here for the criteria for the Gods/Goddesses project. There is no homework for Monday; you can use any time you have over the weekend to continue the research on your god/goddess. Be ready to work on chapter 8 on Monday!

Latin II: Translate chapter 23 story. Begin to memorize the conjugation of the future tense.

DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER FOR THE NATIONAL LATIN EXAM BY JANUARY 15!!!!!

Latin I:

There is NO homework for Friday! Feel free to begin research on your god/goddess.

Latin II:

You have a choice of assignments: either exercise 22f in the textbook (translating sentences with nouns in the dative and ablative cases) or 22c,d,e in the workbook (handout), which is practice with noun and adjective forms. You may do both for practice but I won't be giving extra credit.

REGISTER FOR THE NATIONAL LATIN EXAM BY GIVING 4$ TO MS. WILLIAMSON!

Latin I: Homework is to complete the worksheet on verb conjugation you received in class today (on the back of the warm-up). Click here for a link to the homework sheet.

Latin II: Exercise 22d, using the dative case. There is an explanation of the dative case on pg. 189, if you need help. Click here for a list of the principal parts you need to know by this FRIDAY.

*** National Latin Exam Registration***

Please bring 4$ to Magistra by January 15 to sign up for the NLE. The exam will be held during the second week of March.

Benefits of taking the test: If you do well, you can include your award under Academic Awards and Achievements in a college application or on a job application. Also, you will gain experience with standardized testing.


Latin I:
Homework is to translate Aeneas Leaves Troy (pg. 50). You must translate at least through line 13, but finish it if you can.

We will be starting to work on the god and goddess project next week, as well as starting work on Chapter 8.

Latin II:
Homework is to translate the story in chapter 22. I recommend you begin to learn the principal parts of the verbs in chapter 22, as well.

Latin I: There is NO homework for Friday but we are having a QUIZ. It is just vocabulary, on the words you were given today. Here is a list of the words:

Nouns: lupus, puella, servus, ancilla, hortus, silva, rāmus, arbor, clāmor, vōx
Verbs: arripit, est, parat, timent, volō, vult, adveniunt, petit, cōnspicit, spectant, audiunt, docet
terrēre, repellere, vidēre, sunt, inquit, trādunt, cūrāre,  portāre, reprehendere, surgere

Click here for quia.com activities with these words.

Latin II: There is NO homework for Friday but you should be reviewing verb conjugations in the present, imperfect and perfect tenses. It would be helpful to review principal parts of verbs, as well.

Extra credit opportunities due on Friday: translate 21g (Early the Next Morning) on page 180 and translate Mucius Gives a Lesson in Roman Virtue on page 182 (2 separate assignments).

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

This Winter Break turned out to be a real vacation, including a vacation from teaching and Latin. Sorry about that - hope you all had a great vacation, too.

Latin I and Latin II students - see you on Wednesday (remember it's a Monday schedule). We'll be reviewing a LOT!

Latin III folks - I'll see you on Friday after school. I'm hoping to get a post up here for you before that. . .