Latin 1--"Quodmodo te vocant?" Be prepared to answer in Latin.
Latin 2--Compare the two Lucillae. Which do you think is more accurate to the historical woman?
Latin 3--Compare the two Commodii with specific focus on morality. Does Commodus fulfill any of our Roman virtues? Or does he, as he says in Gladiator, have "other virtues."
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Homework 28 September 2010
Latin 1--Conjugate "Habere" and translate.
Latin 2--Compare the two Marci Aurilii from Fall and Gladiator, or, to quote Chloe, "compare the stuff and yea."
Latin 3--Compare Lucilla in the two films and compare to this general description of her from Wikipedia.
And photos from the creation of the values wall are up on Facebook, thank you Chaira!
Latin 2--Compare the two Marci Aurilii from Fall and Gladiator, or, to quote Chloe, "compare the stuff and yea."
Latin 3--Compare Lucilla in the two films and compare to this general description of her from Wikipedia.
And photos from the creation of the values wall are up on Facebook, thank you Chaira!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Homework 27 September 2010
Homework for Latin 1 is to work on your rough draft, homework for Latin 2 is to work on your Latin name and Latin 3 needs to consider the three Marci Aurilii.
The Return of Odysseus by George Bilgere
When Odysseus finally does get home
he is understandably upset about the suitors,
who have been mooching off his wife for twenty years,
drinking his wine, eating his mutton, etc.
In a similar situation today he would seek legal counsel.
But those were different times. With the help
of his son Telemachus he slaughters roughly
one hundred and ten suitors
and quite a number of young ladies,
although in view of their behavior
I use the term loosely. Rivers of blood
course across the palace floor.
I too have come home in a bad mood.
Yesterday, for instance, after the department meeting,
when I ended up losing my choice parking spot
behind the library to the new provost.
I slammed the door. I threw down my book bag
in this particular way I have perfected over the years
that lets my wife understand
the contempt I have for my enemies,
which is prodigious. And then with great skill
she built a gin and tonic
that would have pleased the very gods,
and with epic patience she listened
as I told her of my wrath, and of what I intended to do
to so-and-so, and also to what's-his-name.
And then there was another gin and tonic
and presently my wrath abated and was forgotten,
and peace came to reign once more
in the great halls and courtyards of my house.
From today's Writer's Almanac.
he is understandably upset about the suitors,
who have been mooching off his wife for twenty years,
drinking his wine, eating his mutton, etc.
In a similar situation today he would seek legal counsel.
But those were different times. With the help
of his son Telemachus he slaughters roughly
one hundred and ten suitors
and quite a number of young ladies,
although in view of their behavior
I use the term loosely. Rivers of blood
course across the palace floor.
I too have come home in a bad mood.
Yesterday, for instance, after the department meeting,
when I ended up losing my choice parking spot
behind the library to the new provost.
I slammed the door. I threw down my book bag
in this particular way I have perfected over the years
that lets my wife understand
the contempt I have for my enemies,
which is prodigious. And then with great skill
she built a gin and tonic
that would have pleased the very gods,
and with epic patience she listened
as I told her of my wrath, and of what I intended to do
to so-and-so, and also to what's-his-name.
And then there was another gin and tonic
and presently my wrath abated and was forgotten,
and peace came to reign once more
in the great halls and courtyards of my house.
From today's Writer's Almanac.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Homework 23 September 2010
Latin 1: Composition notebooks and your second drafts (with rough drafts for comparison).
Latin 2: Consider what happened today... And be ready to discuss.
Latin 3: Quiz!
Latin 2: Consider what happened today... And be ready to discuss.
Latin 3: Quiz!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Homework 22 September 2010
Latin 1 and Latin 2 have their weekly quiz tomorrow but composition books are still not due until Friday. And speaking of Friday, Latin 1 has the Creation Myth second draft due. Latin 3 needs to be ready to draw on the wall...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Homework 21 September 2010
Latin 1: Formulate a complete Latin sentence.
Latin 2: Select one reason for the fall of Rome and prepare to defend. If you need to reference more information in preparation, you can start with the Wikipedia entry I adapted the reading from.
And here's the quote just for Robert: "Give me an underground lair, half a dozen atom smashers and a beautiful girl in a diaphanous veil willing to be transformed into a chimpanzee and I care not who writes the nations laws."--S.J. Pearlman
Also, remember the quiz is coming sooner than usual this week due to seminar. Thursday, not Friday, for Latin 1 and 2.
Apropos of nothing, Ms. Richardson (remember her?) has asked me to share her blog so that those of you interested may follow her ongoing adventures in progressive belly enhancement.
Latin 2: Select one reason for the fall of Rome and prepare to defend. If you need to reference more information in preparation, you can start with the Wikipedia entry I adapted the reading from.
And here's the quote just for Robert: "Give me an underground lair, half a dozen atom smashers and a beautiful girl in a diaphanous veil willing to be transformed into a chimpanzee and I care not who writes the nations laws."--S.J. Pearlman
Also, remember the quiz is coming sooner than usual this week due to seminar. Thursday, not Friday, for Latin 1 and 2.
Apropos of nothing, Ms. Richardson (remember her?) has asked me to share her blog so that those of you interested may follow her ongoing adventures in progressive belly enhancement.
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