This is how homeschoolers really are.


Latin Club Week 9


This is a class report for week 9 of my Latin class at Homeschool Out of the Box co-op. Our textbook is Latin for Children Level A from Classical Academic Press.

Meet and greet. I collected homework and we took the quiz.

Songs. We sang our usual songs.

Translation: This week we worked on the third verse of Adeste Fideles. We discussed some of the difficulties of translating poetry -- this explains why our English verses do not match up to our Latin verses. The kids divided up the lines and are going to work on translating specific sections of the song. I'm not sure if they know which lines are assigned to which children, and honestly I'm not sure I do either. Here's the breakdown as I recall it:

Ben: En grege relicto, humiles ad cunas
Nicholas: Vocati pastores approperant:
Stephen: Et nos ovanti gradu festinemus.

Benny: Aeterni Parentis splendorem aeternum
Sarah: Velatum sub carne videbimus:
Shira: Deum infantem pannis involutum.

I'd like them to figure out what the words are, and whether they're nouns, verbs, adjectives etc based on the endings, if possible.

Stamp: Today's stamp was the second declension neuter nouns, the donum chant. Everybody got it perfectly! Very exciting!

Hot Seat: We had a hot seat upset today! One of our hot seat champions was incinerated in a surprise burst of flame, and was caught by his sister in the race for who can acquire the most hot seat survival stickers. What will happen next week?!?

Virgil: We practiced the first two lines of Virgil with correct pronunciations. We also discussed and practice the extreme importance of reciting Virgil with the appropriate tone of voice. We do not recite the Aeneid while slouching and thinking about our birthdays. We recite the Aeneid as if we intent to found a civilization. The assignment is to memorize the first two lines for next week.

Homework: Please do chapter 9 in the primer and activity book and be ready for that second declension neuter noun endings chant!

Labels:

Socialize this: del.icio.us | Digg | reddit | Google | StumbleUpon | Thank you

0 Responses to “Latin Club Week 9”

Post a Comment

Links to this post

Create a Link

About me


  • I'm Lostcheerio
  • From VA
  • My name is Lydia. I’m a homeschooling, minivan-driving, milk-pouring, child-wrangling, husband-pestering, dog-remonstrating mother of two. This blog will show you what homeschoolers are really like.
  • About Me


Visit the Norfolk Homeschooling Examiner







A Tumblr is a hyperblog of videos, links, photos, and quotes. My Tumblr pulls in my Twitter, my mobile phone pictures, instant links to posts from both my blogs, links I like, and is a finger on my pulse. Check it out.




Top Posts and Best Ideas: the Ethical Epicenter of the Little Blue School







Alltop, all the cool kids (and me)

    Follow me on Twitter!


    Free Booklet







    Science Fair Sponsors


  • Homeschool Science Fair
  • Moore Expressions
  • The Happy Scientist
  • Mariner's Museum
  • SKS Science
  • Norfolk Karate Academy
  • Brooks Systems
  • Virginia Air and Space
  • Book Exchange
  • eScienceLabs
  • Folkmanis Puppets
  • Mad Science
  • Green Olive Tree

  • If you would like to add this list to your blog, to support these homeschool-friendly businesses and the G.U.E.S.S. Science Fair, click here for the HTML to include in your post. After you've published the links, let me know and I'll include you in the list below.


    Science Fair Bloggers 2009

  • Everything and Nothing
  • I saw that!
  • Melina Thinks
  • Fertility Musings
  • Solar Powered Family
  • Little Blue School
  • Homeschoolers in the News
  • A PC Site
  • Homeschooled Twins
  • MT Bar Farm
  • Red Shoe Ramblings
  • Where I Go Reviews
  • Ardent Peace
  • Amuzon's Practical Magic
  • Where Learning Begins
  • The Threshing Floor
  • Faster Than Kudzu


  • Science Fair Bloggers 2008

  • Homeschooled Twins
  • Little Blue School
  • I Saw That
  • Ardent Peace
  • MT Bar Farm
  • Where Learning Begins
  • Melina Thinks
  • Red Shoe Ramblings
  • Discovering Together
  • Apron Strings
  • Rob's Cubicle
  • Life with a Southern Accent
  • Amuzon's Practical Magic
  • Crunchy not Hippie
  • Journey of 1000 Miles
  • The Time of Our Life
  • Black Belt Mama
  • Welcome to O-Ville
  • Faster Than Kudzu




  • Our Homeschool Co-Op