Latin III:
Click here for a translation of Dinner Preparations, the chapter 32 story.

Latin I:
Complete the last page of the study guide you received today in class. We will quickly correct the questions, then go right to the chapter test. Don't forget that quia.com is a great study tool! Link is on the left.

Latin II:
Click here tonight for answers to the study guide. Test on Friday. Don't forget to use flashcards for the principal parts of verbs and quia.com (link to left).

Latin I:  your homework is to complete the chart on Greek and Roman gods and goddesses using the information on p. 69 of your textbook. Click here for a copy of the chart.

Remember: there is a test on Friday on chapters 6 & 7. There is a link to quia.com at the right of the blog page.

Latin II:

Test on Friday! Optional extra credit translation: story in Review IV.

Latin I:

Your homework is to finish the translation of the chapter 7 story. Remember, we have learned some new accusative case endings (used for direct objects):

The plural of puellam is puellas.
The plural of servum is servos.
The plural of arborem is arbores.

Also, many of the sentences in this story begin with the direct object. You will have to figure out what the whole sentence means in English before you begin to write; otherwise you will end up with a sentence that doesn't make sense!

Latin II:

Your homework is to translate the story Sextus Can't Sleep.

There is also a quiz on Friday on principal parts of verbs. Here is an activity on quia.com to help you study!

Latin I:

The homework for Wed. is to complete the handout (on the back of Monday's warm-up). Here is a link to the homework and here is a link to the warm-up, including the chart showing adjective endings. It can help you with the assignment!

Latin II:

Work on memorizing principal parts of verbs for the quiz on Friday.

Latin III:

We are meeting regularly on Tuesday (lunch) and Friday (after school). We will revisit this schedule after Winter Break and adjust, if needed. I do have one schedule change: on Dec. 14, the last school day before Winter Break, we will meet at lunch instead of after school.

Last week we concentrated on verb conjugation, active voice, the 6 tenses. We translated several passages. Click here for a translation of In Via Sacra.

This week we are looking at the passive voice, all 6 tenses. We will also be translating.

Latin I:

Homework for Monday is exercise 6a. Please write a complete sentence in Latin to answer the each question. Remember that you are a) practicing the question words in Latin and b) practicing the vocabulary in chapter 6.

We will begin working on chapter 7 next week. The test before Winter Break (Friday, Dec. 18) will cover chapters 6 & 7.

Latin II:

Homework for Monday is the translation of the main story in chapter 21. There is no new grammar in Chapter 21. We are practicing the perfect tense and memorizing more principal parts of verbs.

Latin I: Quiz on Friday! Know all the vocabulary from Chapter 6 (there is a list in the packet you got on Monday). Use quia.com, make flashcards, have someone test you. . . . .  No homework for Friday.

Latin II: Quiz on Friday! Know all the vocabulary from pp.159-161, and all the principal parts you were given on Monday (link here). If you would like to work with some flashcards, stop by Room 101 on Thursday, either at lunch or after school.

Latin I: There is NO homework for Wednesday! We will finish going over the translation of chapter 6, so if you haven't finished it yet, here is your chance. You can begin to learn the chapter 6 vocabulary, as we have a QUIZ on FRIDAY on vocab.

Latin II: There is NO homework for Wednesday! We will finish going over the translation of chapter 20 on Wednesday. Please finish it if you haven't already. You should begin learning the principal parts of verbs for the quiz on Friday (we will work on this also on Wed.). I will have an activity up on quia.com ASAP for you to use.

Latin I:
Please translate the story in chapter 6 for homework over the break. It is a long story and some of the sentences are complex. If you get stuck, copy out the sentence in Latin and use these techniques:
     pause after every verb and translate what  you have so far;
     put an S over every subject (nominative case) and a DO over every direct object (accusative case). Remember that a noun in the accusative case that has a preposition before it is not a direct object, it is part of a prepositional phrase. Prepositions we have learned are: sub, in, ad, sub, e or ex, prope.
     then translate!

The Thanksgiving break would be a good time to practice any vocabulary you didn't know on the chapter test today. Vocabulary never goes away. . . . . . it just keeps showing up in subsequent chapters!

Click  here for quia.com exercises. There are vocabulary activities for chapter 6, as well as an activity to practice subjects/direct objects.

Latin II:
Please translate the story in chapter 20 for homework over the break. Pay close attention to verb tenses! Notice that the expression "licet" takes the dative: it is allowed for someone to do something.

You should be practicing the cases of Latin nouns, if that is an area of difficulty for you. I have put a new activity on quia under chapter 20: finding the subject in a Latin sentence. I will be adding different variations: finding the direct object, etc., as the week goes on.

Latin I:
There is no homework for Friday as there is a Chapter Test Friday on chapters 4 & 5. Click here for quia.com activities. Click here for the Chapter 4/5 Review.

Latin II:

We will start chapter 20 on Friday. There are quia exercises here to help you learn the material.

Latin II Declension practice:

noster pater - our father        and brevis via - the short road. Click here to correct your work. Happy Veterans Day!

Sorry for the delay - I was at Reed College for the Latin Forum. I was happy to see so many Grant students there!

Latin II declension practice for today:
  decline the undamaged carriage - raeda incolumis   and a short silence - breve silentium. Click here to correct your work.

Latin II:

Noun/adjective declension for today: 
  breve baculum - short stick and puella fortis - brave/strong girl. Click here for the correct declensions.

Latin I:

If you are new to quia.com and haven't yet used the on-line exercises, here is a link to the chapter 4/5 folder. There are vocabulary activities and a couple of others. Stop by later this weekend, as I will be putting more practice activities into this folder! Click here for that link.

Latin II:

If you are working on learning the declensions: here are your declensions for today:
omne iter (each journey) and brevis arbor (short tree). Click here for the correct declensions.

There was a mistake earlier in this declension - did you catch it? It has been corrected.

Latin I:

There is no homework until the TEST next FRIDAY! Use this time to review your study guide and to learn vocabulary. REreading the stories in chapters 4 and 5 will help you with the translation part of the test. You can use the vocabulary handouts to make flashcards for yourself - find the words that are tricky to remember and put the English on one side, the Latin on the other. A few minutes (10 or less) with them every day will yield amazing results!!!

Click here for a copy of the vocabulary handouts.

Latin II:

There is a test next Wednesday on chapters 18 & 19. Main areas to study: 3rd declension adjectives, perfect tense forms (3rd person only) and vocabulary. Click here for the vocabulary handouts for chapters 18 & 19.

If you are someone who is working on declensions, your task tonight is to decline soror molesta and nostra ancilla.  Click here to check your work. 

Latin I:
We will have a chapter test next Friday on chapters 4 & 5. I will give you more specific information this Wednesday.
Homework for Wednesday: 5h (handout). You need to do 4 things:
     1)read story
     2) underline or circle infinitive forms of verbs
     3) put a small DO over each direct object. Remember: not ALL nouns ending with -m are direct objects! If they come right after prepositions, they are part of a prepositional phrase.
     4)answer the questions in complete Latin sentences.

Latin II:
We will have a chapter test next Wednesday on chapters 16 & 17.
Homework for Wednesday: handout on perfect tense verb forms. Click here for a copy of the handout.

DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER ON-LINE FOR THE REED COLLEGE LATIN FORUM ON NOVEMBER 10 (9:30 - 3:00). Here is a link.

ALL FIRST QUARTER WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY 3:15 ON WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7!

Latin I:
Short homework assignment for Monday: Exercise 5d, pick any THREE sentences to translate. Also, you should continue to learn the vocabulary for chapter 5 - ALL words on the handout. Click here to access quia.com activities, including electronic flashcards.

Latin II:
Homework: finish translating 19c (double-spaced). You may do 19d for extra credit.
Start to memorize the forms in 19b (present and perfect forms, 3rd person). Click here for a quia.com activity to help you!

Don't forget to register on-line for the Reed College Latin Forum!! Link is below.
Latin I:
Homework is to finish 5c, if you did not do it in class. Remember these verb endings:
    -o (curro, amo, volo) means I = subject (I run, I like, I want)
    -s (curris, amas) means you = subject (you run, you like)
    -t (currit, amat, vult) means he/she/it = subject (he runs, she likes, he wants)
   -nt (currunt, amant, volunt) means they = subject (they run, they like, they want)

    -re = infinitive
    amare = to like
    currere = to run
    ambulare = to walk

There is a QUIZ on Friday covering:
    the starred words on the chapter 5 vocabulary handout
    being able to find the direct object
     being able to tell what "nominative case" and "accusative case" means (part of today's warm up)

Latin II:
Homework is 19b on page 152.
Remember, EVERY verb ends in -it in the 3rd person singular and -erunt (with a macron over the e) in the third person plural, no matter what the conjugation.
If you don't know what the infinitive is, look in the glossary at the end of the book and skim the verbs beginning with that letter. You will find it!

Latin I:
Homework is to translate the story in chapter 5 to the bottom of the page. The story continues on the next page but we will work on that in class on Wed.

Latin II:
Homework is to finish the chapter 19 translation. Pay attention to verb tenses!! The first and last parts of the story are told in the perfect tense; the middle parts (the conversations) are primarily in the present tense.

Registration is open for the Reed College Latin Forum! I handed out the schedule and description today; here is the link to register on-line.

Latin I:
We took a quiz today on Chapter 4. We will start Chapter 5 on Monday.
There is no homework over the weekend but I recommend spending 10-15 minutes going over any vocabulary you didn't know on the quiz.

Latin II:
We took a quiz today on Chapter 18. We will start Chapter 18 on Monday. We will also be studying the Four Heroes of Early Rome. No homework over the weekend.

Latin I:
There is no homework for Friday, as long as you finished handout 4j in class. There is a QUIZ on Friday on Chapter Four vocabulary. Click here for an on-line activity on quia.com. Once you're on quia, you can try other activities in the Chapter 4-5 folder.

You will also need to be able to distinguish between subjects and direct objects on the quiz.

Latin II:
There is no homework for Friday. There is a quiz on Friday on Chapter 18, covering vocabulary and forms of adjectives. here is a link to the quia.com page.

Latin I:
Homework is a handout (both sides). For more information about linking verbs and complements, look at pg. 8 in your textbook. Transitive and intransitive verbs are explained a) in the handout you received today and b) in the textbook in chapter 4.

Latin II:
Exercise 18c - all steps!! But, you only have to do # 1,3,4,6,8,10

Latin I:
We corrected the translation of chapter 4 and exercise 4a. We worked on subject endings vs. direct object endings for 3 families of Latin nouns:

           Nominative case (Subject)                                         Accusative case (Direct Object)


1)       puella, Cornelia                                                            puellam, Corneliam

2)       puer, Marcus, servus                                                    puerum, Marcum, servum


3)       vox, fragor, arbor                                                          vocem, fragorem, arborem

No homework over the weekend. Edbox will be updated this weekend!

Latin II:
Homework is a set of noun/adjective declensions - handout.

Latin I:

Today we began to work on translating the story in Chapter 4. The BIG IDEA of Chapter 4 is DIRECT OBJECTS. Direct objects are what is being operated on by a verb.

 "Cornelia likes Flavia." Cornelia is the subject and Flavia is the direct object.

"Sextus climbs a tree." Sextus is the subject and a tree is the direct object.

Singular direct objects end with an -m in Latin.

Homework: finish translating the story in Chapter 4 and answer the questions at the bottom of the page in COMPLETE LATIN SENTENCES.  (exercise 4a)

 Latin II:
Homework: finish writing out the translation for chapter 18 and answer the questions in 18a. Read pp. 138-139 and bring any questions to class!

There is no homework over the weekend for either Latin I or Latin II students. Latin I students can prepare for the TEST NEXT WEDNESDAY by memorizing vocabulary in chapters 1-3. Latin II students should work on learning the conjugations of the 6 irregular verbs in the present tense. Here's a link to my quia.com page for all of you!!

Latin I
Homework for Friday: Read the story in the handout and answer the questions in complete LATIN sentences.

Latin II
Homework for Friday: Review III, exercises b and d. The review pages specified above each exercise are very helpful! If you need help with the neuter nouns, pp. 114-115 list the nouns and how to decline them.

Latin I:
Homework is exercises 3b and 3c. The information at the top of page 14 is very helpful! Remember that adjectives have to change to match the nouns they modify. If the noun is singular, the adjective is singular. If the noun is masculine, the adjective must be masculine.

Latin II:
The homework is 17b (all) and 17d (just odd-numbered sentences). Focus on irregular verb forms!!

Latin I:
We took a quiz on chapters 1-2.

We began to translate A Summer Afternoon - the story in chapter 3.

There are some new nouns in chapter 3 with different endings. Just as puella turns to puellae in the plural, puer turns to pueri in the plural. Puer, vir, servus and hortus are all words in this noun family that take an i in the plural.

The word statua is not defined for you in the story. It means statue.

Homework for Monday is to finish the translation for chapter 3. If you have difficulties, skip that part of the translation and try the next sentence. There are a couple of confusing sentences in this story but we will go over them carefully on Monday!

Latin II:
There will be a quiz on Monday on regular verb conjugations in the present and imperfect tenses, as well as chapter 16 vocabulary.  Here is a link to the quia.com page for chapter 16 vocabulary. Go to my profile page for activities with verb  conjugations.

We translated most or all of chapter 17 in class. A few students finished it. If you did not, try your best to finish it over the weekend. Your first priority, though, should be preparing for the quiz.

Latin I:
We practiced for the QUIZ today! QUIZ on FRIDAY includes:
     - vocabulary chapters 1 & 2 (handout from Monday)
     - sentences from the stories to translate, as well as sentences LIKE those in the stories
     - going back and forth between singular forms and plural forms:
          Puellae sub arbore sedent. (The girls are sitting under a tree.)
          Puella sub arbore sedet.  (The girl is sitting under a tree.)

No homework for Friday. Please prepare for the quiz!
Here  is a link to a set of on-line activities that can help you with vocabulary.

Latin II:
We went over the Regal Period in Roman history, discussing each of the 7 kings.
We corrected exercise 16c

Homework for Friday: Word Study IV, exercises 1-3 (pp. 123-124) 

Monday, September 24

Latin I:
Homework is 2d on page 9. Do your best to translate into Latin, using what you already know about nouns and verbs. The story in chapter two will help you, as well.

Link  here for some practice activities with vocabulary.

Latin II:
Homework is exercise 16c. Remember: you need to WRITE 2 things: a translation of the sentence and the noun/adjective pair(s). Each sentence has at least one; some have more than one. You don't have to write down the case, number and gender of the pairs but you will need to the case, at least, in order to translate the sentences.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Latin I:  Today we corrected the translation of A Summer Afternoon in chapter two. We worked on distinguishing the singular and plural forms of verbs: habitat = she lives; habitant = they live. Students completed exercise 2b in class.

We went over the beginning of the timeline of Ancient Rome (found on pg. 323 of your textbook), up to the end of the Republic. This wasn't very detailed, but focused on the change from a system of government set up around a king, to a democracy, called the Republic. Maintaining an army was the most important role of the government, because Rome was constantly expanding and defending its borders. We watched the first part of Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire.

There is no homework over the weekend. If you are feeling shaky about what we've covered so far, spend some time with your textbook over the weekend! I am available at lunch and during tutorial on Tuesday.

Latin II:  Today we correct the translation of Why is Sextus a Pest? in chapter 16. We also answered the questions after the story. Important phrases from this story:  nihil facere Sextum taedebat; in animo habebat; visne pila ludere?

We began to study the Regal Period in Roman history: 753 - 509 BC, a time during which Rome was ruled by a series of 7 kings. There is information about them on pp. 109-111 of your book. We will be doing further readings about the kings next week.

There is no homework over the weekend. This would be an excellent time to become very comfortable with the first declension (puella, puellae. . . ). Can you quickly recognize the case of a 1st declension noun? Here is a quia.com exercise to help you.

Wednesday, September 19

Latin I: today we began to work on chapter 2. The 5th period class needs to spend 20 minutes translating the chapter for Friday. Please make them STRONG AND FOCUSED 20 minutes - no texting, watching YouTube, TV, etc. The 6th period class needs to finish the chapter for homework (you all had more time to work in class).

We also went over the question words we've learned:

     Cur? = Why?
     Quis? = Who?
     Ubi? = Where?
     Quid facit? = What is she doing?

Latin II: today we worked on noun/adjective agreement where the adjective belongs to the 1st/2nd declension family. I gave a handout on this (when I learn to link documents to this blog I will!!!!).
Homework:  either finish the translation of chapter 16 or, if you have finished it, decline
     magna arbor      and     strenuus pater

Monday, 9/17

Latin I:
Homework:
  Exercises 1b and 1c on pg. 5 of your book. Exercise 1b asks you to name the part of speech for some Latin words from the story. Parts of speech include: verb, noun, adjective. Exercise 1c will be a little bit challenging but I DO NOT expect you to do it perfectly! Just use the story for help and do your best.

Latin II:
Homework:
Spend 20 minutes working on a translation of the chapter 16 story. The story continues onto the second page.

September 12

Latin I
We went over the translation of the story in Chapter One. Students wrote out the translation, double-spaced, and handed it in. We worked on posters illustrating the mottoes about Rome. I urged everyone to make flashcards for new vocabulary!

No assignment for Friday.

Latin II
We practiced the conjugations of sum and possum, present and imperfect tenses. Small groups worked on chapter summaries of chapters 8-13 and presented them.

Assignment for Friday: summarize chapter 14, in Latin, with a minimum of 5 sentences.

Latin I - Sept. 10

Motto work: we read articles about our mottoes and discussed them in small groups. Each group answered some questions and brainstormed content for a poster. You will have time to work on posters on Wed.

5th period - on Wed. we will work on translations of chapter one story.
6th period - on Wed. we will organize binders with dividers

Latin II - Sept. 10

We reviewed present and imperfect tenses of regular verbs.
I assigned each student a chapter between 8 -13. Your assignment for Wed. is to read your chapter CAREFULLY, bringing any comprehension questions to class. There is nothing to hand in.