Well here we are in the second week of a brand new school year.
All 42 (!) Latin I students are about ready to take their chapter 1 assessments. They are going for pie day and studying hard. We practice vocabulary every day.
The 26 Latin II students are mastering the dative case in one of our longest chapters - 22.
The 10 Latin III students are working on deponent verbs and finalizing the design of the new Latin Club t-shirt. Wait until you see it!
The 1 AP Latin student (first time ever) is fast and furiously translating sections of Caesar's De Bello Gallico. This class is quite intensive with about 18000 words to translate between now and the AP test on May 9th, 2013.
We already had Pompeii day and focused on a map of Pompeii and identifying 12 different buildings/mosaics. Of course, we had to have popcorn.
Don't forget to let me know if you are interested in our trip next year to Italy, France and Monaco. Deposits are due by October 31st.
Please post your extra credit as a comment to this blog. I count up the points at the end of the semester. Remember - don't get behind and let me know if you need anything. Latin students are absolutely the best!
Magistra Thomason
My mom listens to public radio, so when I was riding with her one time I heard a story about an art forger. They interviewed him about his book:
ReplyDeleteCaveat Emptur (I think that's how you spell it)
I think it means something like "buyer beware"
-Nic H, Pd 3
In my English class, there was a refrence to a quote by Rene Descartes "Contigo, ergo sum." translates into I think, therefor I am.
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I was reading Harry Potter for the Umpteenth time, and I came across the Hogwarts school moto "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus" which means never tickle a sleeping Dragon
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Thanks to Austin for the nicely decorated box of tissues!
ReplyDeleteThanks to Nada for the box of tissues! We welcome her to Lincoln from Morocco.
ReplyDeleteI've got an album by a band called Dir en grey (they're Japanese) and the album is called 'Dum spiro, spero,' which means 'While I breathe, I hope.'
ReplyDeleteNick C. and Alli Berry brought tissues! Allergy season has hit with great force and we are sure using the tissues. Take care of yourselves and get plenty of sleep! Latin I is now in Chapter II. Way to go Latin students.
ReplyDeletethe word vaccine comes from vacca the word for cow because the first "vaccine" was to use cow pox on humans to make them immune to small pox
ReplyDeleteKelsey brought tissues - hurray - we need them!
ReplyDeleteIn my World Geo class, we are talking about the earth rotation and the seasons. It says in the book; Equinox means "equal night" in Latin.
ReplyDelete-Kelsey Berger Period 1
hadrians wall or aelian wall or Vallum Aelium was built in 122A.D. as ordered by emporer hadrian and was one of the most heavily fortified in the region when it was in use.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading a book called 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,' by Rebecca Skloot. It's about the woman whose cancerous cells from a tumor in her cervix were cut out of her by by doctors for research without her consent. These cells multiplied over and over and have been shipped all around the world. They have helped make breakthroughs in regards to polio, cloning, gene mapping, chemotherapy, among others. These cells are now known as HeLa cells, and there are enough of them to go around the Earth more than 3 times. They are considered the first 'immortal' human cells, seeing as they've been alive since 1951, the year Henrietta died.
ReplyDeleteIn the book (on page 28 to be exact) Skloot makes a reference to the two types of cervical tumors, invasive and noninvasive. The official name for the noninvasive type is 'carcinoma in situ,' meaning 'cancer in its original place.'
It's me again! I was in chemistry yesterday, and Mrs. Wolf mentioned that the Latin name for iron was 'ferrum,' which is why it's symbol on the periodic table is 'Fe.'
ReplyDeleteHi! It's Rachel from Latin I 3rd period! I was reading Maximum Ride (by James Patterson) and it said that they were flying "in tandem". (?) Not sure if that's Latin, but it's on page 165 of School's Out-Forever for reference!
ReplyDeleteGreetings! (Salvete!)
ReplyDeleteI shall explain to you how Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca, was able to invade Italy through the Alps. According to Livy, a historian claims that Hannibal, with his army and elephants, passed through the Alps. However, he encountered many boulders on the path. Livy says that Hannibal used fire and vinegar (sour wine) on these boulders to clear them away.
So how does that work? Well, vinegar is acidic, and it could eat away at, say, limestone boulders. However, what if those boulders were not made of limestone? Hannibal probably started a fire to heat the rocks (and made the rocks softer), and then he used vinegar to quench them. The thermal shock of this would have made cracks in the rocks, or made previous cracks bigger. Then his men could have easily used to picks to rid of these friable rocks.
A thermal shock, which is defined when, due to a sudden change in temperature, the molecular bonds weaken. So, when Hannibal caused a sudden change of the temperature of the rocks (using HOT fire & COOL vinegar), this caused uneven expansion of rocks' molecular structure, which in effect, caused the rocks' molecular bonds to weaken. Weak molecular bonds cause weak molecular structure, which causes the substance to be weak. See a pattern here?
Paul C. (Period II)
I was at my grandparents' house this weekend and noticed that they had an old grandfather clock with the Latin words "tempus fugit" inscribed on it, meaning "time flies."
ReplyDelete-Jared B. (Period III)
At church, I heard that the church officially calls today "Gaudete Sunday." "Gaudete" is the plural imperative form of the 2nd conjugation verb "gaudēre," meaning "to be glad."
ReplyDelete-Jared B. (Period III)
Don't know if we're still supposed to post here for second semester, but I was recently at St. Joseph's Cathedral downtown and noticed the following inscription above the altar "Gloria in excelsis deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis," which means "Glory to God in the heavens and on earth, peace to people of good will."
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