Homework for Thursday - exercise 27d, ODD numbers only!! I don't expect your translations to be perfect but you need to do your best to determine the CASES needed for the missing pronouns.

If you are looking for more information on Hercules, or didn't take very good notes on Tuesday, here is a link to the website at Tufts University.

Homework for Tuesday: exercise 27a. This continues the work we did today on personal pronouns. Once you know the case of the missing word, you can find the correct pronoun easily on the chart above.

Today in class we went over the translation of chapter 27. Please make sure you have completed this! We began learning the personal pronouns for he, she and it (see chart on p. 254).

Your homework for next Monday is to complete the translation of the Chapter 27 story.

I've given you the option to retake PORTIONS of the last chapter test for a higher grade. I will NOT be at tutorial next Tuesday; I will come in for tutorial on Wednesday, instead. That would be the optimum time for you to do any re-testing.

There is NO HOMEWORK for Thursday! Use the time to catch up, if you have missing work. We will begin chapter 27 on Thursday and have plenty of time to work on your Hercules translations and presentations.

Once you have memorized the hic and ille charts, try these exercises:

Choose the correct form of hic or ille to accompany the nouns below, noticing that the cases of the nouns change. If you’re not sure of the declension number or gender of the noun, see the list below.

1. this city: ________ urbs                2. this city: ________ urbem

that boy: ________ puer                   4. that boy: ________ puerum

5. this heat: ________ aestus                6. this heat: ________ aestum

7. that vehicle: ________ vehiculum             8. that vehicle: ________ vehiculō (abl.)

9. this thing: ________ rēs (nom.)                10. these things: ________ rēs (nom.)

11. those people: ________ hominēs (nom.)        12. those people: ________ hominēs (acc.)

these forests: ________ silvae                         14. these forests: ________ silvās

15. of these forests: ________ silvārum          16. these forests: ________ silvīs


urbs, urbis, f., city
puer, puerī, m. boy
aestus, aestūs, m. heat
vehiculum, -ī, n., vehicle
rēs, rēī, f., day
homō, hominis, m., man
silva, -ae, f., forest



Click here to see the answers!

I will not see you on Monday (Wednesday schedule). We have a chapter test on Tuesday, on chapters 25-26. You should know:

noun declensions, especially 4th and 5th
declensions of hic and ille
principal parts and vocabulary for the two chapters
how to translate sentences with several verb tenses (especially future perfect/future combinations!).

Come back to the blog for some practice activities!

There is NO HOMEWORK for Thursday! Please take the time to study for the quiz (declensions of hic and ille and vocabulary from chapter 26). This would also be a good time to catch up on missing work!

In class today we completed the handout from the workbook (26d - on the other side of 26c). If you miss class, you should get the answers from Magistra - these sentences will be used on the test next Tuesday.

Homework for Tuesday is 26b in the textbook. Again, practice the forms of hic and ille first, then try the sentences without the chart!!

If you were absent on Monday, we worked on translating "Aurelia's Concern for Sextus" - the dialogue on page 243. You should start translating (we got to about line #17).

This Thursday: quiz on the declensions of hic and ille.
Next Tuesday: chapter test on chapters 25 & 26.

Your homework for Monday is to complete exercise 26c ON THE WORKSHEET (handed out in class on Thursday). Click here for a copy of the worksheet.

I strongly recommend that you start by studying the declensions of hic and ille, THEN try the homework. You will be tested next week on hic and ille and the sooner you begin to learn the forms the better you will know them.

Click here for the declension charts of hic and ille.

Don't forget on Monday to turn in your final draft of the translation of the chapter 26 story if you haven't already.

For homework on Thursday, please finish the chapter 26 translation to the bottom of page 239 (line 23). Also, we are having a QUIZ on Thursday. You will be tested on the 4th and 5th declensions and the vocabulary in chapter 25, INCLUDING principal parts of verbs!!!!

Homework for next TUESDAY (Monday follows a Friday schedule): translate 25d.

Sorry about no post yesterday - if you have been absent, the homework for today was to finish translating the story in chapter 25.

For Thursday, please translate the sentences in 25c, #2 and #3. You'll find that the sentences all go together but don't really tell a story. They offer a lot of practice with the 4th and 5th declensions.