Classics Club
Salve
Χαιρε
Khaire
‘ky-ray’
Today’s session
1. Course overview and survey
Making this course relevant
2. Name badges
No longer all Greek to you
3. You already know LOTS of Latin
Pairing up as word detectives
4. Language: Killer fish
Word order versus word ‘coding’
1. Course overview
L.O.
-Understand arc of course
-Contribute feedback
Each lesson, we will:
• explore Ancient Greek and Roman culture (topic work)
• learn the Latin language (grammar and vocabulary)
• draw parallels between classical and modern-day
society (are we so very different?)
= TOTAL BRAIN EXPERIENCE
1. Course overview: topics
Topics will include:
• Celebrity
• Magic & curses
• Parties, Roman style
• Predicting the future
• Sport & fandom
• Art & graffiti
• Fashion & looking sharp
1. Course overview: how we work
together
• Folders
o Vocab
o Language work
• Home tasks
o Vocab learning
o Research
• The Blog
1. Name Badges
English letter
a
b
g
d
Α
Β
Γ
Δ
Greek (capital)
α
β
γ
δ
short e Ε ε
z Ζ ζ
long e Η η
th Θ θ
L.O.
-Familiarisation with the Greek
alphabet
- understand concept of
transliteration
Greek (lower case)
i Ι ι
k (or hard c) Κ κ
l Λ λ
m Μ μ
n Ν ν
x Ξ ξ
short o Ο ο
p Π π
r Ρ ρ
s Σ ς
t Τ τ
u (or y) Υ υ
ph (or f) Φ ϕ
ch Χ χ
ps Ψ ψ
long o Ω ϖ
1. Name Badges
Μεσσι
Ωβαμα
Ριαννα
2. You already know Latin
Latin is all around us
L.O.
- Understand the organic
evolution of languages
- appreciate how many Latinderived words are in the
English language
2. You already know Latin
How Latin got to us
27 B.C.
476 A.D.
1066 A.D.
2. You already know Latin
Word detective task – spot the Latin
Villa
Finis
Schola
Pair up and take a worksheet…
3. Killer fish
‘Coding’ meaning in word endings
The boy eats
noun - subject
puer
verb
edit
L.O.
-understand the concept of
inflection rather than word
order in conveying sense
- know how to generate a
singular Latin imperative
the fish
noun - object
piscem
3. Killer fish
‘Coding’ meaning in word endings
The fish eats
noun - subject
puerum
verb
the boy
noun - object
edit
piscis
3. Killer fish
‘Coding’ meaning in word endings
puer edit piscem
puerum edit piscis
3. Killer fish
‘Coding’ commands
The special command ‘code’ in Latin:
Add ‘e’ to the main part
(“stem”) of the verb
3. Killer fish
Commands
fugere
to flee/ get out of here!
+e
‘command’ code
fuge!
3. Killer fish
Commands
verb stem
+e
‘command’ code
!
3. Killer fish
Commands
valere
bibere
to drink
to smile
to be well
currere
to run
ridere
sedere
tacere
to sit down
to hush/be quiet
legere
to read
expellere
to drive out
To recap
Now you….
… can write your name in Greek
… know how the Latin language infiltrated
English
… understand how Latin and Greek use ‘codes’
in word endings rather than word order to
communicate meaning
… can give orders in Latin
Home tasks
Your first vocab list
Nouns (‘thing’ words)
piscis – fish
puer – boy/kid
villa – house
finis – end/finish
Verbs (‘doing’ words)
Adjectives (‘describing’ words)
edit – he/she/it eats
felix – happy/lucky
tacere – to be quiet
expellere – to drive out
legere – to read
vale/valete – goodbye (“fare
well”)
Salve/salvete – hello (“be safe”)
Word detective
Find and bring in/take photo of a modern object with
Latin or a Latin-derived word on it
Vale
Χαιρε