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What we did this week 9/15-9/19 2008

September 18th, 2008 by April Spratley

Latin I– we learned how to decline a first declension noun; we practiced parsing sentences and learned the cases of nouns and their base functions YAY!Latin II — We practiced verbs; we learned synopsis form; and still more conversationLatin III– Verbs! Nouns! Ablatives!Latin IV– Verbs! Rhetorical Devices! Martial is mean!Latin V– Tree huggin’ and meter! ’nuff said.

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My Sententia #4

September 10th, 2008 by April Spratley

Aude Sapere — “Dare to be wise” — Horace, Epistulae I.2.40 We live in times where it is simply not fashionable to be smart. Olympic athletes boast of not having read much; sports stars make at least 100 times more than the average teacher. The number of people who are “readers” is diminishing each year. Cheating among students is an epidemic, and we as a nation are falling behind in math and science. So, it takes someone with real courage to buck the trend; to dare to be smart. Yet, book smarts are not all there is to it. The ancient Greek philosophers sought the answer to the question of the nature of wisdom; Socrates decided that he was the smartest because he knew that he knew nothing. Wisdom for the Greeks translated into a strong moral and ethical basis for life. However, we live in times where personal integrity and honor are not something that are much valued as we try to get ahead in this dog eat dog world. Consequently, daring to be wise is also daring to live a good life and to search for true wisdom. So, I ask you: do you have thr courage to be wise?

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Salvete, omnes!

September 9th, 2008 by April Spratley

Its the start of another school year. The smell of freshly sharpened pencils is in the air. You have decided to add Latin to your resume of all things academic (an excellent choice). You will need the following supplies for class:BinderPensPencilsPaperDividers (at least 4)Highlighters3×5 index cardsand a positive attitude!

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Homework 11/15 and 11/19

November 15th, 2007 by April Spratley

Latin 1: Study for Vocabulary and Derivatives Quiz Lesson 5; complete exercises ABC Lesson 6

Latin 2: Exercises AB L. 32; Study for Vocabulary and Derivatives Quiz Lessons 30-31

Latin 3: Translate Lesson 12

Latin 4: See Syllabus

Latin 5: Complete poems up through 27; Review notes; Pick Food dish to make.

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Homework 11/13 and 11/14

November 13th, 2007 by April Spratley

Latin I: Ex C. Lesson 5

Latin II: Study for Quiz on personal pronouns; Translate lesson 32

Latin III: Study for 4th declension/hic haec hoc quiz Finish translating lesson 11. Complete Derivatives Worksheet for Lesson 11 (including define and use in a sentence)

Latin IV: See syllabus

Latin V: Complete assigned poems up through #27

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My Sententiae #4

November 13th, 2007 by April Spratley

Mendacem memorem esse oportere

“A liar better have a good memory”

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria IV, 2, 91

Lying is tough work, and wrong. Lies tend to snowball; you start out with one lie then you have to tell another one to support the first lie, and so on and so forth. Soon, one has told so many lies that it is difficult to keep them straight. Consequently, it then becomes necessary to have an extremely good memory in order to keep all the lies straight. Moreover, there are probably slight variations on the lie that you tell yourself. Those, too, can be hard to keep track of. Yet, it seems that it would simply be much simpler to tell the truth. In my opinion, the greatest challenge facing my students today is the lack of integrity and ethics. We are surrounded everyday with the message that cheating, lying, etc are the easy way to get ahead in this world. But, as I’ve demonstrated above, they take much work and in the end are more work than simply living life in an upstanding fashion.

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