Monthly Archives: January 2015

MT 01/05 to 01/09/15

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PLEASE GO HERE TO DO YOUR ELF WRITE UP. I will accept write up no later than Wednesday, January 7 11:59 pm. (LINK: https://mixlatin.org/2015/01/03/elf-write-up/)

Monday, January 5

QW 01/05: Regret

NOTES 01/05: Calliope, Muses, Thrace, Mt. Parnassus, Apollo, lyre

Read “Orpheus Pt. 1”

At Home

HW 01/05: Answer Questions

Research your mini-topic for sharing tomorrow through Thursday —

Tomorrow: 1) naiads 2) Mt. Rhodope 3)Taenarus 4) Styx 5) Tartarus 6)Tantalus, 7) Ixion 8) Tityus 9) Belides

Wednesday: 10) Sisyphus 11) Furies 11) Avernus, 12) Story of Odysseus’ descent into Underworld 13) Story of Aeneas’ descent into Underworld

Thursday: 14) Story of Hercules’ descent into Underworld 15) Story of Theseus’ descent into Underworld 16) Olenos and Lethaea 17) Haemus, 18) Pisces.

Tuesday, January 6

Share Mini-Research topics 1-9 (NOTES!)

Discuss Answers for “Orpheus Pt. 1”

NOTES 01/06: Hymen, Marriage Rituals, Realms of Hades/Underworld, Katabasis

Read Ovid’s Metamorphoses Bk X “Orpheus and Eurydice”

At Home 01/06:

HW 01/06: Answer Questions

Wednesday, January 7

Share Mini-Research topics 10-13 (NOTES!)

QW 01/07: Snakes (3 other examples)

Discuss Answers for Ovid’s “Orpheus”

Read Virgil’s Georgics “Orpheus”

Compare and contrast Ovid and Virgil’s versions

At Home 01/07

HW: Finish Compare/Contrast

Thursday, January 8

Share Mini-Research topics 14-18 (NOTES!)

JIGSAW Activity: Book 10 – Orpheus’ Songs

1) lines 143-219: Ganymede; Hyacinthus

2) lines 220-242: The Propoetides

3) lines 243-297: Pygmalion and the statue

4) lines 503-559: Venus and Adonis

5) lines 708-739: Death of Adonis

At Home 01/08:

REFLECTION 01/08 (left-hand side, if possible): What do all these stories have in common? Are all these stories tragic? How so?

Friday, January 9

Crossword Puzzle Friday: Orpheus

Discuss tonight’s HW and connection to “Theseus”

At Home 01/09

View trailer for “The Hunger Games” (available on YouTube –> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoUT7q2iTbQ)

Latin 1B Jan 5 – Jan 9, 2015

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LATIN 1B Weekly Agenda Jan 5-9, 2015

Mon, Jan 5, 2015 Derivatives and Jenney Lesson 11 (Review Perfect Active)

In Class

  • NOTES: History of Latin Roots
  • CW 01/05: VOCAB Lesson 01 p 3 — Come up with 5-10 English words that are derivatives of the NOUNS from Lesson 01 Latin Vocabulary (E.G., The English word aquatic is derived from the Latin word aqua)

At home

  • If you haven’t already, complete HW 12/19: CONJUGATE and TRANSLATE the Perfect Active Tense for the all Lesson 2 Verbs (FOLLOW MY ADVICE and USE CW 12/08: Worksheet for Principal Parts of 1st conjugation verbs.)

Tues, Jan 6, 2015 Derivatives and Jenney Lesson 11 (Review Perfect Active)

In Class

  • Discuss HW 12/19
  • NOTES and HANDOUT: Opposites I and II (Greek and Latin)
    • Goes in VOCAB section

At home

  • STUDY Notes from Dec 18, 2014 (Perfect Active) for quiz on Thursday.

Wed, Jan 7, 2015 Derivatives and Jenney Lesson 11 (Review Perfect Active)

In Class

  • NOTES and HANDOUT: Writing I (Greek and Latin)
    • Goes in VOCAB section
  • CW 01/07: VOCAB Lesson 02 p 11 — Come up with 5-10 English words that are derivatives of the VERBS from Lesson 02 Latin Vocabulary
    • E.G., The English adjective amorous is derived from the Latin verb amo

At home

  • STUDY Notes from Dec 18, 2014 (Perfect Active) for quiz on Thursday.

Thurs, Jan 8, 2015 – No School…

Fri, Jan 9, 2015 – Derivatives

In Class – Before Lunch

  • QUIZ: Perfect Active
  • NOTES and HANDOUT: Writing II (Greek and Latin)
    • Goes in VOCAB section

In Class – After Lunch

  • NOTES and HANDOUT: Doing I (Greek and Latin)
    • Goes in VOCAB section

At home

  • HW 01/09: Relating to VOCAB Lesson 04 p 16 — LOOK UP and WRITE OUT the English definitions for the following English derivatives: amicable, annual, deify, equestrian, filial, servile, virile

L2 Jan 5-9, 2015

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LATIN 2  Weekly Agenda Jan 5 – 9, 2015 Mon, Jan 5, 2015 LFA XVI – Cum Clauses (p. 88) In Class Review Cum Clauses SGS CW 01/05: COPY OUT the following sentences and FOLLOW all the steps for Cum Clauses from December’s Worksheet: 1) Cum ad hanc urbem accessissêmus, cupîvimus Parthenônem vidêre. 2) Cum in urbe multôs diês  fuissêmus, Stadium Olympeiumque vîdimus. 3) Scipiô cum in Âfricam missus esset exercitum Hannônis pepulit. (Hannô, Hannônis m. Hanno) 4) Cum Caesar in Romam vênisset, senatôrês permôtî sunt. 5) Cum multum frûmentum nôn habeâmus, tamen hostibus magnam partem dabimus. At Home SGS HW 01/05: STUDY and LEARN the following vocabulary thoroughly (prinicipal parts, conjugation information, genitive singulars, declensions, etc.) to prepare for Wednesday’s quiz on cum clauses: adj/pronoun –> hic, haec, hoc ~ ille, illa, illud ~ is, ea, id ~ magnus ~ multi ~ multus conjunction –> cum ~ tamen nouns –> audacia ~ celeritas ~ diês ~ dux ~ exercitus ~ flumen ~ frûmentum ~ hostis ~ miles ~ oppidum ~ pars  ~ urbs prep –> ab  ~ ad ~ ex ~ in + abl  ~ in + acc verbs –>accedo ~ cupio ~ discedo ~ do ~ habeo ~ maneo ~ mitto  ~ pello  ~ permoveo  ~ pugno ~ relinquo ~ sum ~ venio ~ video ~ vinco Tues, Jan 6, 2015 LFA XVI – Cum Clauses (p. 88) In Class – Before Lunch COPY OUT the following sentences and FOLLOW all the steps for Cum Clauses from December’s Worksheet: 1) Cum exercitus Caesaris hostes cum audacia pugnavisset, multa oppida vicit. 2) Tamen hostes ab urbe discesserunt cum milites Caesaris cum celeritate accesserent. In Class – After Lunch VOCABULARY Bingo At Home STUDY for quiz tomorrow on cum clauses Wed, Jan 7, 2015 LFA XVI – Cum Clauses (p. 88) In Class QUIZ 01/07: Cum Clauses TR CW 01/07 Holidays p 38: Neatly and carefully COPY OUT lines 1-5 (up to homines) At Home TR HW 01/07 Holidays p 38: LOOK UP VOCAB for lines 1-5 (up to homines) from LEFT to RIGHT; WRITE DOWN meanings for each word

Thurs, Jan 8, 2015 – COLD DAY

Fri, Jan 9, 2015 LFA VII – Holidays (p. 38)

In Class

1) TR CW 01/09 Holidays p 38: TRANSLATE lines 1-5 (up to homines) from LEFT to RIGHT; ANALYZE only when meaning of sentence remains unclear

2) TR CW 01/09 Holidays p 38: Neatly and carefully COPY OUT lines 5-9 (from alios to potest)

At Home

TR HW 01/09 Holidays p 38: LOOK UP VOCAB for lines 5-9 (from alios to potest) from LEFT to RIGHT;

Mon, Jan 12

CW 01/12: Holidays p 38 lines 5-9 (from alios to potest) TRANSLATING as you go; ANALYZE only when meaning of sentence remains unclear

At Home TR HW 01/07 Holidays p 38: Rewrite a CLEAN translation for 1-9 (up to potest) – STUDY for quiz on Tuesday

“Elf” Write Up

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Final Writing Assignment (Before 11:59 pm January 4, 2015)

WRITE a short letter (one paragraph) to a friend recommending or not recommending the movie Elf and POST IT on my website in the “Leave A Reply” field. Make sure you provide a reason for your opinion.

Please make sure to include your first name and section number at the top!