Unintended outcomes

I just ran into a parent and asked if his student had mentioned the Big Myth Project.  No? Oh, well, it's this.  Hmm...  Maybe I should at least post the due dates...  Here they are! 

15 November, 2013—Creation myth due

22 November, 2013— Ruler figure rough draft due

6 December, 2013— Warrior figure rough draft due

13 December, 2013— Love figure rough draft due

3 January, 2014— Trickster figure rough draft due

10 January, 2014— Second drafts for second quarter (creation, ruler, warrior, love and trickster) due

24 January, 2014— Death or underworld figure rough draft due

31 January, 2014—Nature/agricultural figure rough draft due

7 February, 2014—Mother or family figure rough draft due

14 February, 2014—Wild nature figure rough draft due

21 February, 2014—Crafting/building figure rough draft due

28 February, 2014—Teaching/learning figure rough draft due

7 March, 2014—Student’s choice figure rough draft due

21 March, 2014—Second drafts for third quarter (death/underworld, nature/agriculture, family, wild nature, crafting/building and teaching/learning) due

2 May, 2014—Final form due

Why you check your sources

The sentence in the NPR article reads: “The Romans and then the Christian Church hijacked Samhain and grafted on their own celebrations…” but the article cited says, “When the Romans conquered the Celtic lands… they both assimilated and added to ancient Celtic Samhain symbols and rituals. For example, the festival of Pomona, which celebrated the Roman Goddess of the harvest Pomona (or Pomorum) on November 1st, contributed the feast of nuts and fruits to Samhain’s own autumn celebrations.”

Uh.  Last I checked, ‘hijack’ and ‘assimilate’ were not synonyms. 

Check your sources people.

Make your own tomb--Latin 1

Apologies, I forgot to post this yesterday.  Your modern Roman-style tomb must include these four elements:

• Urn or ossuary?
• Size, shape?
• Offering spot--Little table, hole, etc.
• Epitaph--Remembrance and request

Due this Friday, 1 November

Manus, manus (fourth declension feminine noun)

"hand"

•Manufacture (+ facio, facere, feci, factus—to make or to do)

–To make (by hand)

•Manifest

–Obvious, at hand, plain

•Manuscript (+ scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptus--to write)

–A handwritten document

•Manumit (+ mitto, mittere, misi, missus)

–To send forth or release from one’s grasp (i.e a slave)

•Manual

–To operate by hand or the guide explaining how to operate

Iungo, iungere, iunxi, iunctus (third conj. verb)

“to join,” “to unite” or “to connect”

•Join

–To connect or fasten

•Joint

–A point of connection between two parts

•Conjugation

–A group of verbs or connecting verb stems to endings

•Conjunction

–A word joining two clauses of a sentence

•Disjointed (+ prefix dis- “apart” or “separate”)

–Unconnected

•Junction

–A connection or crossing

•Subjugate (+ preposition sub “under”)

–To join under duress or by force

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Iacio, iacere, ieci, iactus—“to throw” (third conj. verb)

•Eject (+ preposition e, ex “out”)

–To throw out

•Interject (+ preposition inter “between”)

–To throw between

•Object (+ preposition ob “against”)

–To throw against or oppose

•Project (+ preposition pro “in front of”)

–To throw ahead or forward

•Projectile

–Something thrown forward (i.e. an arrow, rock or bullet)

•Reject (+ prefix re “back” or “again”)

–To throw back

Pono, ponere, posui, positum—“to lay, to put, to place” (third conj. verb)

•Pose

–A position or attitude

•Post

–Fixed or established place (i.e. a military post)

•Postage

–Payment for messages sent from post to post

•Position

–An established place

•Deposit —(+ preposition de “down from” or “about”)

–To lay away, put down or put aside

•Repose—(+ prefix re “back” or “again”)

–To lie back, pause or rest

•Depose—(+ preposition de “down from” or “about”)

–To cast from office or throne

•Impose—(+ preposition in “in,” “on,” “into, “onto” or “upon”)

–To put upon

•Compose—(+ preposition cum “with” or “together”)

–To put together

•Postpone—(+ preposition post “after” or “behind”)

–To delay or put after