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CLOZE: The school of Flavius
The blanks in the cloze exercise are filled in with bold text below.
Quintus walks to school slowly and stops often, but Horatia proceeds quickly; she
reaches the school first and greets the girls who are waiting near the door; she has a
long conversation with Iulia, a very pretty girl. Quintus sees a friend named Gaius in the
road; he calls him. Gaius is hurrying to school, but when he hears Quintus, he stops
and says, ‘What are you doing, Quintus? You ought to hurry. You are coming to school
late. I am hurrying.’ Quintus answers: ‘We are not coming to school late, Gaius.’ He
tells Gaius to wait. He is anxious, but he does wait. And so Quintus and Gaius slowly go
to school.
The other children are already there. The master goes out of the door and tells
them to enter and sit; the boys want to play, the girls want to work. When the master
does not see Quintus or Gaius, he is angry, and he shouts: ‘Why are Quintus and Gaius
not here? Why are they coming late?’ Finally Quintus and Gaius enter and greet the
master. But he shouts: ‘Why do you come late? You are bad boys. He orders them to sit
down quickly.
For a long time the children sit and listen to the master; for a long time the master
shouts and teaches letters. The children write letters in their tablets; the master looks at
the tablets and corrects the letters.
Decimus, a big and foolish boy, is learning letters with difficulty. The master
orders him to bring his tablet to him; he looks at the tablet. ‘Decimus,’ he says, ‘you
are an ass; you are writing the letters incorrectly.’ Decimus says, ‘You are wrong,
master; I am not an ass. I am writing the letters correctly. Look!’ He writes the letters
again. But Flavius says, ‘you are impudent, Decimus, and an ass; you are writing the
letters incorrectly.’
The children work for a long time. Finally Iulia says, ‘We are working hard,
master; we are writing letters well; we are tired. And so you ought to send us off home.’
Flavius looks at her kindly. ‘Yes,’ he says; ‘you are working hard, children. And
so I order you to go home.’ The others hurry home happily, but Flavius orders Decimus
to remain at the school. He says, ‘You, Decimus, must write the letters again.’ And so
Decimus sits in the school miserably while the others play in the road.
Respondē Latinē
The correct choices for each question are in bold below.
1. Cūr prior (first) ad lūdum advenit Horātia?
Quod Horātia iēiūna est.
Quod Horātia parva est.
Quod Horātia celeriter prōcēdit; Quīntus ad lūdum lentē ambulat et saepe
cōnsistit.
Quod Quīntus lūdum odit (hates).
2. Ubi Quīntus et Gāius adveniunt, cūr īrātus est magister?
Quod sērō ad lūdum veniunt.
Quod magister semper (always) īrātus est.
Quod Quīntus et Gāius stultī sunt.
Quod Quīntus et Gāius asinī sunt.
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3. Cūr dīcit magister: ‘Decime, asinus es?’
Quod magister semper (always) īrātus est.
Quod Decimus sērō ad lūdum venit.
Quod Decimus nōn adest.
Quod Decimus litterās nōn rectē scrībit.
4. Quid respondet Decimus?
‘Gratiās, magister; vērē (truly) asinus sum.
‘Errās, magister; asinus nōn sum. Litterās scrībō rectē.’
‘Tū, magister, asinus es.’
‘Odi (I hate) litterās et lūdum.’
SENTENCE MATCHING: Flavius decides to tell a story
All ten English sentences are matched with their Latin counterpart below.
1.
Itaque dēbēs fābulam nōbīs nārrāre.’
And so you should tell us a story.’
2.
Decimus respondet: ‘errās, magister. Ego nōn sērō veniō. Cēterī mātūrius
adveniunt.’
Decimus replies: ‘you are wrong, master. I am not coming late. The others are
coming too early.’
3.
Iubet eōs attendere et sē audīre.
He orders them to pay attention and listen to him.
4.
Flāvius ‘cūr sērō ad lūdum venīs, Decime?’ inquit.
Flavius says, ‘Why are you coming to school late, Decimus?’
5.
Quod bonī puerī estis, volō fābulam nārrāre.’
Because you are good children, I want to tell you a story.’
6.
Postrīdiē Quīntus et Horātia et Gāius mātūrē ad lūdum adveniunt, sed Decimus
sērō advenit.
The next day Quintus, Horatia, and Gaius arrive at school early, but Decimus
arrives late.
7.
Tandem Horātia ‘magister,’ inquit ‘diligenter labōrāmus et litterās diū scrībimus.
Fessī sumus.
At last Horatia says, ‘Master, we are working hard, and we write letters for a long
time. We are tired.’
8.
Flāvius valdē īrātus est; ‘impudēns est, Decime,’ inquit; iubet eum sedēre et
diligenter labōrāre.
Flavius is very angry; ‘You are impudent, Decimus,’ he says; he orders him to sit
and to work hard.
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9.
Flāvius ‘ita vērō,’ inquit, ‘diligenter labōrātis.
‘Yes,’ Flavius says, ‘you are working hard.
10.
Mox puerī litterās scrībunt. Diligenter labōrānt.
Soon the children are writing letters. They are working hard.
CHUNKING: The school of Flavius
Each sentence in the story is chunked and translated below. Students may translate
phrases in the story differently from the way they appear below, but their chunking
should look very similar to this.
Quīntus ad lūdum lentē ambulat et saepe cōnsistit, sed Horātia celeriter prōcēdit;
prior ad lūdum advenit et puellās salūtat quae prope iānuam manent; longum
colloquium cum Iūliā facit, puellā valdē pulchrā.
Quīntus … lentē ambulat
Quintus slowly walks
ad lūdum
to school
et saepe cōnsistit,
and stops often,
sed Horātia celeriter prōcēdit;
but Horatia goes along quickly;
prior … advenit
she arrives first
ad lūdum
at school
et puellās salūtat quae … manent; and greets the girls who are waiting
prope iānuam
near the door;
longum colloquium … facit,
she has a long conversations
cum Iūliā
with Iulia,
puellā valdē pulchrā.
a very pretty girl.
Quīntus in viā amīcum videt, nōmine Gāium; eum vocat.
Quīntus … amīcum videt,
Quintus sees a friend
in viā
in the road,
nōmine Gāium;
named Gaius;
eum vocat.
he calls him.
Gāius ad lūdum festīnat sed ubi Quīntum audit, cōnsistit et ‘quid facis, Quīnte?’
inquit; ‘festīnāre dēbēs.
Gāius … festīnat
Gaius is hurrying
ad lūdum
to school,
sed ubi Quīntum audit,
but when he hears Quintus,
cōnsistit
he stops
et ‘quid facis, Quīnte?’ inquit;
and says, ‘What are you doing, Quintus?
‘festīnāre dēbēs.
You ought to hurry.’
Sērō ad lūdum venīs.
Sērō … venīs.
ad lūdum
You are coming late
to school.
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Ego festīnō.’
Ego festīnō.’
I am hurrying.
Quīntus respondet: ‘nōn sērō venīmus, Gāī.’
Quīntus respondet:
Quintus answers:
‘nōn sērō venīmus, Gāī.’
‘We are not coming late, Gaius.’
Gāium iubet manēre.
Gāium iubet manēre.
He tells Gaius to wait.
Ille ānxius est sed manet.
Ille ānxius est
sed manet.
That one is anxious,
but he waits.
Itaque Quīntus et Gāius lentē ad lūdum prōcēdunt.
Itaque Quīntus
And so Quintus
et Gāius lentē … prōcēdunt.
and Gaius proceed slowly
ad lūdum
to school.
Cēterī puerī iam adsunt.
Cēterī puerī iam adsunt.
The other children are there already.
Magister ē iānuā exit et eōs iubet intrāre et sedēre; puerī lūdere cupiunt, puellae
labōrāre.
Magister … exit
The master goes out
ē iānuā
from the door
et eōs iubet intrāre
and orders them to enter
et sedēre;
and to sit;
puerī lūdere cupiunt,
the boys want to play,
puellae labōrāre.
the girls want to work.
Magister ubi nec Quīntum nec Gāium videt, īrātus est et clāmat: ‘cūr nōn adsunt
Quīntus et Gāius? Cūr sērō veniunt?’
Magister ubi
When the master
nec Quīntum nec Gāium videt,
does not see Quintus or Gaius,
īrātus est
he is angry
et clāmat:
and shouts:
‘cūr nōn adsunt Quīntus
‘Why aren’t Quintus
et Gāius?
and Gaius here?
Cūr sērō veniunt?’
Why are they coming late?’
Tandem intrant Quīntus et Gāius et magistrum salūtant.
Tandem intrant Quīntus et Gāius
Finally Quintus and Gaius enter
et magistrum salūtant.
and greet the master.
Sed ille clāmat: ‘cūr sērō venītis? Malī puerī estis.’
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Sed ille clāmat:
‘cūr sērō venītis?
Malī puerī estis.’
Iubet eōs celeriter sedēre.
Iubet eōs celeriter sedēre.
But that one shouts:
‘Why are you coming late?
You are bad boys.’
He orders them to sit quickly.
Diū sedent puerī et magistrum audiunt; diū clāmat magister et litterās docet.
Diū sedent puerī
The children sit for a long time
et magistrum audiunt;
and listen to the master;
diū clāmat magister
the master shouts for a long time
et litterās docet.
and teaches letters.
Puerī litterās in tabulīs scrībunt; magister tabulās spectat et litterās corrigit.
Puerī litterās … scrībunt;
The children write letters
in tabulīs
in the tablets;
magister tabulās spectat
the master looks at the tablets
et litterās corrigit.
and corrects the letters.
Decimus, puer magnus et stultus, litterās aegrē discit.
Decimus,
Decimus,
puer magnus et stultus,
a big and stupid boy
litterās aegrē discit.
is learning letters with difficulty.
Magister eum iubet tabulam ad sē ferre; tabulam spectat.
Magister eum iubet tabulam … ferre;
The master orders him to bring his tablet
ad sē
tabulam spectat.
to him;
he looks at the tablet.
‘Decime,’ inquit, ‘asinus es; litterās nōn rēctē scrībis.’
‘Decime,’ inquit, ‘asinus es;
‘Decimus,’ he says, ‘you are an ass;
litterās nōn rēctē scrībis.’
you are not writing the letters correctly.’
Decimus ‘errās, magister’ inquit; ‘asinus nōn sum.
Decimus ‘errās, magister’ inquit;
Decimus says, ‘you are wrong, master;
‘asinus nōn sum.
I am not an ass.
Litterās rēctē scrībō. Ecce!’
Litterās rēctē scrībō.
Ecce!’
Litterās iterum scrībit.
Litterās iterum scrībit.
I am writing the letters correctly. Look!’
He writes the letters correctly.
Sed Flāvius ‘impudēns es, Decime,’ inquit ‘et asinus; litterās nōn rēctē scrībis.’
Sed Flāvius … inquit
But Flavius says,
‘impudēns es, Decime,’
‘You are impudent, Decimus,
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‘et asinus;
litterās nōn rēctē scrībis.’
Diū labōrānt puerī.
Diū labōrānt puerī.
and an ass;
you are writing the letters incorrectly.’
The children work for a long time.
Tandem Iūlia ‘diligenter labōrāmus, magister,’ inquit; ‘litterās bene scrībimus; fessī
sumus.
Tandem Iūlia … inquit;
Finally Iulia says
‘diligenter labōrāmus, magister,’
‘we are working hard, master;
‘litterās bene scrībimus;
we write letters well;
fessī sumus.
we are tired.
Itaque dēbēs nōs domum dimittere.’
Itaque dēbēs nōs domum dimittere.’ And so you ought to send us home.’
Flāvius eam benigne spectat.
Flāvius eam benigne spectat.
Flavius looks at her kindly.
‘Ita vērō,’ inquit; ‘diligenter labōrātis, puerī.
‘Ita vērō,’ inquit;
‘Yes,’ he says;
‘diligenter labōrātis, puerī.
‘you are working hard, children.’
Itaque vōs iubeō domum abīre.’
Itaque vōs iubeō domum abīre.’
And so I order you to go home.’
Cēterī laetī domum festīnant, sed Flāvius Decimum iubet in lūdō manēre.
Cēterī laetī domum festīnant,
The others hurry home happily,
sed Flāvius Decimum iubet … manēre.
but Flavius orders Decimus to stay
in lūdō
at the school.
‘Tū, Decime,’ inquit, ‘dēbēs litterās iterum scrībere.’
‘Tū, Decime,’ inquit,
‘You, Decimus,’ he says,
‘dēbēs litterās iterum scrībere.’
‘must write letters again.’
Itaque Decimus in lūdō miser sedet dum cēterī in viā lūdunt.
Itaque Decimus … miser sedet
And so Decimus sits miserably
in lūdō
in the school
dum cēterī … lūdunt.
while the others play
in viā
in the road.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE: Education
Below are the answers to the chapter 6 crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
2. ARITHMETIC
DOWN
1. BILINGUAL
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3. LITERATE
5. POLITICS
7. GRAMMAR
8. EIGHTH
12. SLAVE
13. ABACUS
4. RHETORIC
5. PRIMARY
6. SUMMER
9. GREEK
10. TABULAE
11. STYLUS
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