Prae (prep. + abl. & adv.)

“Before”
•Predict (+ dico, dicere, dixi, dictum “to say”)
–To say beforehand or foretell
•Preamble (+ambulo, ambulare, ambulavi, ambulatus “to walk”)
–That which goes before
•Precaution (+ caveo, cavere, cavi, cautus “to beware”)
–To take steps before action
•Precursor (+ curro, currere, cucurri, cursus “to run”)
–The one who runs ahead
•Prefer (+ fero, ferre, tuli, latus “to carry”)
–To carry forward in rank or preference
•Pregnant (+ gigno, gignere, genui, genitus “to birth” or “to bring forth”)
–The condition before birth
•Prejudice (+ iudicium, iudicii “judgement”
–To make a judgment beforehand

Latin 2--Please read

Mea culpa, the Latin phrase for "aw nuts, I messed up." 

When I passed out progress reports this afternoon, I started getting many of the same questions from very different students.  That's usually a clue.  After school, I went back to my gradebook and started finding discrepancies which I am currently in the process of correcting. 

In other words, I handed y'all some bogus progress reports.  :\  For that I am sorry.  I could go on about how this or that had tripped me up but that's not what I teach.  I made a mistake, it's correctable and I am working to fix the error.  Mea culpa.

Pro (prep + abl.)

“In place/on behalf/in front of”

•Profess

–To admit or claim experience

•Problem

–Something thrown in front of you to solve

•Prologue

–The words before

•Proclaim (+ clamo, clamare, clamavi, clamatus “to shout” or “to scream”)

–To announce, publish or cry out

•Proceed (+ cedo, cedere, cessi, cessus “to move” or “to yield”)

–To move forward

•Pronoun (+ nomen, nomenis)

–A word that stands in place of a noun

•Project (+ iacio, iacere, ieci, iactus “to throw”)

–To throw forward

•Promise (+ mitto, mittere, misi, missus “to send”)

–To pledge something (to send one’s word forward)

Make a monster, build a beastie or create a cryptid

§Research a creature of mythic proportions

§Where does it come from?

§What does it do?

§What does it look like?

§Etcetera

§All creatures, great and small, which have that air of mystery or unreality are fair game

§Up to and including so-called ‘cryptids’ like Nessie and the Yeti

 

§Medium is your choice

§Prose description

§Scientific explanation

§2-D, 3-D

§Mixed media

§Instead of your composition book, I will expect a bibliography

§Must include one sentence about each source

§At least five sources

§An article from i09.com on the cryptid Blue or Burmese Tiger: http://io9.com/could-the-mythical-blue-tiger-actually-exist-1331164937

§The author E.B. Hudspeth’s webpage: http://ebhudspeth.com/

§Media Center and public library

§Kids books, comics, videos, etc.

 

 

Nomen, nomenis--third dec, neuter, noun

•Nominate

–To suggest a person’s name

•Nomination

–The adjective of nominate

•Nominal

–In name only; not actually real

•Nomenclature—(+ calo, calare, calavi, calatus “to call”)

–System of names; what names we call things

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

–Names for categories (e.g. religions, money)

•Denominator

–Part of the fraction below the line

•Noun

Verbum, verbi--second dec, neuter, noun

•Verb

–The “action word” in a sentence/clause

•Proverb (+ preposition pro “forward” or “on behalf of”)

–A wise saying

•Verbal

–Of, pertaining to, words

•Verbiage

–Use of too many words

•Verbose (+ suffix –osus “full of”)

–Wordy, full of words

•Verbatim

–Word-for-word copy

•Verbalize

–To express in words

Verbum, verbi--second dec, neuter, noun

•Verb

–The “action word” in a sentence/clause

•Proverb (+ preposition pro “forward” or “on behalf of”)

–A wise saying

•Verbal

–Of, pertaining to, words

•Verbiage

–Use of too many words

•Verbose (+ suffix –osus “full of”)

–Wordy, full of words

•Verbatim

–Word-for-word copy

•Verbalize

–To express in words

Myth project, 16-20 September, Heroic archetypes

Each of the seven groups will present on their assigned archetype on Friday, 20 September.

A good presentation will include three critical elements:

1. A summary of general information about the archetype
• From Vogler
• Other sources
2. Examples (both in popular culture and mythology)
• As supporting cast in another hero's journey
• As the hero themselves
• As both a mortal or a deity
3. Citation--EVERYTHING!!!
• Citations should appear either in the presentation itself or as a separate bibliography

Remember, you can cite sources, images, etc the hard way or the easy way; the easy way means going to CitationMachine.net and inputting the information it asks for.  The example below is the source for the handouts in class today:

Vogler, Christopher. The Writer's Journey: Mythic structure for writers. 3rd ed. Studio City, CA: Michael Weise Productions, 2007.

Chapter 1 power point link, now with verb endings! And some myth stuff too.

You should be able to access it via this link.

As for the Myth students, you might want to look back at the power point, find it here.

Homework for 9-13 September

Latin 1: All nouns; provide all forms for both case and number, plus an appropriate translation

• Fabula, fabulae (f)
• Terra, terrae (f)
• Aqua, aquae (f)

Latin  2: All verbs; provide the forms for the imperfect tense (both active and passive voices) and appropriate translation

• Aedificio, aedificiare
• Capio, capere
• Deleo, delere

Latin 3: Read, take notes and be ready to discuss

• Chapters 2.1 and 2.2
• Chapter 2.3
• Chapter 2.4