Latin I > Week I

Monday
put seating assignments on board and place notecard on each desk
Find assigned seat and begin on Start Up
Start Up: Complete notecard with the following: 1. What do you prefer to be called? 2. What is your parents' email address? (please write clearly) 3. Why did you decide to take Latin? 4. Provide one unique fact about yourself that you want me to know
Fill out notecard and turn in to Colosseum; return to seat
Syllabus - syllabus needs to be signed by Wednesday
Get book covered by Wednesday
Tour of book
Tardy Policy; Start Ups; Late work policy; Absence policy; Homework procedure; Web page
Latin Club discussion - dues $15 ($20 after August 22nd)
Roman History introduction
Explain how to complete notecards and how to study them (use coquus as example) - don't forget derivatives
Homework: 1. get syllabus signed, book covered, and notebook(due Wednesday for 100% HW grade) 2. Stage 1 flashcards due tomorrow (English meaning on one side, Latin word on the other; also, look at Ex. B on p. 17 - include the derivatives on the appropriate cards [show example on board]

Check for syllabi, notebooks, and book covers; Latin Club dues
Start Up: What do you think 1-6 mean on p. 2?
First, explain 'familia' in Latin and repeat everything with great emphasis, using all the words used in MS and use as much TPR and visuals as possible
Go over Model Sentences with overhead or cue cards; a lot of repetite, then quis est pater in pictura prima? etc. Then quis est in pictura? without books open
Class repeats, check for pronunciation / Move to individuals and check for pronunciation
Moving to 7-9 - reinforce 1-6, but now add emphasis to 'in ___' part - use overhead/transparency of modern single story house to give meaning to tablinum, etc. - Ubi est Caecilius, Metella, etc.? (should have done through 12, but didn't get to it)

Homework: Answer the following questions in Latin about the story "Cerberus" from Stage 1: 1. Give all the actions Cerberus performs in lines 5-8 2. What is the name of the cook? 3. What is the cook doing until the middle of line 7? 4. What interrupts him? 5. How does the cook feel about this interruption? 6. What does Cerberus do at the end of the story?

Start Up: complete first homework exercise; Ex. 1.1 in omnibus workbook
Moving to 10-12 (review of characters and est, in); 13-18
Again, work on pronunciation first through a dialogue and then have kids repeat. Then, move to question and answers (solum Latine). Quis sedet in tablino? Quis sedet in horto? Etc. IMPORTANT to call on everybody at least once!!
Cerberus - read through first paragraph once with emphasis and good pronunciation - now, take the overhead transparency and label where Caecilius, servus, Metella, Cerberus, and Quintus are
Read through 2nd paragraph and label where coquus is and where Cerberus moves to
Go over homework questions
Use character cards and place 'in house' on overhead and ask 'Ubi est?' must answer 'est in...'
About the Language: go through A, B, C (especially C)
Use Cerberus story for additional work - translating sentences into English (focus on verbs and that they are using present tense)

Thursday
In lab, show website (register on message board and tour yaggyslatin and cambridge sites)
Start Up: clear desks for vocabulary quiz (pen/pencil and cover sheet from under desk)
STAGE 1 VOCABULARY QUIZ

When done with quiz: Practicing the Language: Complete A and B on own
tour of yaggyslatin.com, starting with log in to message board and test post.
tour of Cambridge site, take vocab quiz and 'matching' quiz
Review Latin with same type of conversational stuff as on Tuesday
Homework: read 'Houses in Pompeii' pp. 13-16 and answer 1.10 in OW

Friday
Start Up: 1.8 in workbook (Caecilius reading)
Go over homework
Discuss Caecilius on pp. 10-11 and answer 1.8 in OW
and continue with Metella and go through questions together
go over PTL A and B from yesterday
Complete practice test - go through together - how would you have done?
Stages tests will look exactly like this every time (just as the vocabulary quizzes will)
Homework: vocab cards for Stage 2 with derivatives added from Ex. A on p. 33