Monday
Columbus Day Holiday/Teacher Workday

Tuesday
start up: transfer anglice has sententias: 1. Dum amicus Caecilium visitabat, amicus Quintum salutavit. 2. Dum centuriones in urbe stabant, ancillas spectaverunt. 3. Postquam puella pulchra cenavit, vinum gustavit. 4. Postquam mercator fabulam narravit, argentarius et uxor terruerunt.
5. Postquam amici plauserunt, surrexerunt et e villa exierunt.
elicit the standard -v- rule for perfect tense.... now what else do these sentences tell us?... S, X, U also used. Biberunt is an example of how we can lengthen the vowel too (this is common in English - see, saw).
show SUperman has X-ray Vision
small digression on how little kids learn the -ed rule and then apply it to everything.. so, "see" and "see-ed", which isn't right. How do little kids learn the other rules? They become familiar with what sounds right and wrong. We'll do the same, but through our vocab checklists.
turn to vocab checklist and discuss new look of verbs.
read fabula mirabilis expressively (turn lights out, etc.) - is it a mirabilis strange or mirabilis marvelous story?
ask 5 comp. questions about first half of story (1-7): 1. ubi erant Caecilius et multi amici? 2. Cur omnes erant laeti? 3. Cur Clemens e villa exit? 4. Quis est Decens? 5. Quis est libertus?
coach them through finding answer and discuss performance assessments (they did not do well)
extra credit for performance assessment: p. 95 avarus story
write 5 comprehension questions about lines 8-15
Homework: comp. questions

Wednesday
PSAT TESTING TODAY
start up: 7.3
continue with 7.2 and segue to comp. questions from last night
write questions on board and go over
now, come up with summary of that last paragraph out loud extemporaneously
with a little time left, add derivatives to flashcards
homework: p. 107: read A-C, complete Ex. D

Thursday
start up:

homework: study

Friday
start up: clear desks
STAGE 7 VOCABULARY QUIZ