Email – Sept 10 2015
Salvete omnes (Hello all!)!
Welcome to Latin Exploratory. I am so glad that your student has decided
to learn Latin language this year. I am attaching the syllabus and the sheet
about the Latin exams and Latin trips. Please sign and return the syllabus if
you have not already done so. Please send in either a check (made out to
WA) or cash for $15.00 for the Latin exams we will be taking in the spring.
Your student has their first quiz tomorrow on the translation of the
chapter 1 story. I will select several sentences and questions from the story
for your student to translate on the quiz. Please ask your student to
translate the story for you several times tonight.
Your student has been learning about nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Please
ask your student to give a definition of the following:
1 What is a noun? (answer: names of persons, places, things, qualities, or
acts)
2 What is an adjective? (answer: words that describe persons, places,
things, qualities, or acts)
3 What is a verb? (answer: words that denote actions or existence)
Brainstorm examples in English of nouns, adjectives, and verbs with your
student. Ask your student to locate examples of nouns, adjectives, and
verbs in the Latin story.
Your student has also learned the three possible translations of present
tense verbs. Ask your student the following:
1 What do all Latin verbs (learned so far) end with? (answer: -t)
2 Translate “scribit” in 3 different ways. (answer: he/she/it is writing, does
write, writes)
3 Translate “habitat” in 3 different ways. (answer: he/she/it is living, does
live, lives)
Your student has learned that there are several differences between Latin
and English. Ask the following:
1 Where can a Latin verb USUALLY be found? (answer: at the end of the
sentence)
2 Latin does not have articles. Give three articles. (answer: a, an, the)
Your student bookmarked several pages on their I-pad to practice at home.
Please explore these websites at home with your student.
1 www.tabney.com (click on Ecce Romani)
2 Www.phschool.com (web code jfd-0001)
The student textbooks have arrived and they will be receiving them
tomorrow in class. This book should go home every night for HW and
review and to class each day. The students have a workbook as well.
You can help your student to be successful in Latin class this year by asking
them about their work in class (have them translate at home to you, make
flashcards together…). Please check their agendas and SPA for
assignments.
I am really looking forward to working with your student.
Magistra Kim