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First Form Latin, Year 2 for April 24th
Salvete! I don’t know if you have realized it or not yet, but there is no new material for the remainder of the year, only review!!! I know I don’t need to remind you, though, that review is critically important in Latin studies. We will be starting Lesson XXXIII this week. This is a review of Unit V. Your assignment is to complete the first 3 workbook pages of Lesson XXXIII. For the next three weeks you will be taking parts of your FINAL EXAM. Your TEST will be from Lesson XXXIV and some of Lessons XIV & XV. I will test you on all 6 tenses of the 1st…
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Shurley English 6 for April 17th
This week we tackle Chapter 27. Use References 77-79 to learn your way around a library. This is unfortunate timing since we can’t go to a library, but I will try to find an online video that can be helpful and send you the link.. I’ll also be sending your Vocabulary #1 worksheet later today. There is a Test B this week, but I do not require it. For composition this week, I would like you, with your parents’ permission, to send a friendly letter to two people- maybe a grandparent, elderly church member, Sunday school teacher, pastor, shut-in member, first responder, or friend. When you are finished have a…
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First Form Latin, Year 2 for April 17th
This week we will finish Lesson XXXII. Complete the workbook pages and continue reviewing the chart for the perfect system – 2nd conjugation. I will send a video via Facebook Live on Tuesday basically working through Drills B & C on pages 167 & 168. Your quiz will be to give the principal parts to the irregular verbs from Lessons XXXI & XXXII . For example you will see: timeo – you will need to give the other pp. Your answer should be: timere, timui, — . Or another example is: you will see: sedeo – you will need to give he other pp. Your answer should be: sedere, sedi, sessus. Also,…
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Shurley English 6 for April 10th
This week we start Chapter 26. I will send an email tomorrow with your Vocabulary List #1 Worksheet. Complete Lessons 1-3 and take the Test in Lesson 4. Study Reference 76 to learn the Parts of a Book. For Composition, write your final draft of Lesson 4, “The Hare and the Tortoise.” Don’t forget to underline your figures of descriptions and label them.
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First Form Latin, Year 2 for April 10th
This week we are starting Lesson XXXII. Work on memorizing the Second Conjugation – Perfect System Chart. I will post a video on the Excelsior Facebook page on Tuesday. To conjugate verbs in the Perfect System you need to start with the perfect stem which is based on the 3rd Principal Part. It’s very important from here on out that every time you memorize a new verb, you memorize it by its 4 Principal Parts. For example: the verb “love” = amo, amare, amavi, amatus. This lesson has six verbs that have irregular principal parts and must be memorized individually. Friday’s quiz will be on the chart. For extra credit,…
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First Form Latin, Year 2 for March 27th
This week we start Lesson XXXI. This lesson covers the four principal parts of the second conjugation. Read and study the lesson carefully and be able to give the regular 4PP for moneo, appareo, debeo, habeo, prohibeo, terreo, and taceo. For example: moneo, monere, monui, monitus. The four principal parts can be translated this way with moneo: moneo (I warn), monere (to warn), monui (I have warned), monitus (warned). The following verbs are have irregular PP and must be memorized individually: timeo, valeo, doceo, teneo, ardeo, jubeo, maneo. Their irregular PP are found on page 79 of your textbook. Please go back to Lesson VII and review the 4PP of…
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Shurley English 6 for March 27th
Good morning! Chapter 24 focuses on the business letter. As you work your way through Lessons 1-4, pay attention to References 71-73. Not the subtle differences between friendly letters and the more formal business letters. I sent your vocabulary worksheet via email for Vocabulary List #1. Your practice sentences focus on pattern 5, which have predicate adjectives. Remember: a linking verb will NEVER be followed by indirect/direct objects. After linking verbs you will be looking for predicate adjectives/nouns. Also, it is helpful to go ahead and mark all the prepositional phrases because the PrA’s and PrN’s will never be in prepositional phrases. Don’t forget the practice sections for Chapter 24 in your…
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Revised Syllabus 03.16.20
March 20 Rhetorica, Bk. IV, pp. 229-253. Read and outline our writer’s argument concerning the use of borrowed examples vs. one’s own examples. Prepare a 1-2 paragraph summary of the argument in your own words. March 27 Rhetorica, Bk. IV, pp. 253-269. Read and outline the teachings on Style. April 3 Rhetorica, Bk. IV, pp. 269-289. Read and outline the teachings on the three qualities of Style. April 10 Rhetorica, Bk. IV, pp. 289-301. Read and outline or provide definitions for the various figures of speech. April 17 …
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Shurley English 6 for March 20th
Hello! Things are working a little differently this week, but nothing we can’t handle! I urge you to be diligent, patient, and helpful to your parents (particularly with younger siblings). I am confident you will rise to the challenge and be a blessing to all those around you. This week, finish Chapter 23, Lessons 1-4. I will wait to collect your tests and papers until we meet again unless our “social distancing” continues for more than a week or two. For composition, your final draft is due this Friday. Some of you completed this last week, but perhaps skipped another section of the Lesson. If that is the case, please…
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First Form Latin, Year 2 for March 20th
Salvete discipuli! Things are working a little differently this week, but nothing we can’t handle! I urge you to be diligent, patient, and helpful to your parents (particularly with younger siblings). I am confident you will rise to the challenge and be a blessing to all those around you. This week for Latin we are continuing in Lesson XXX. Finish the workbook pages and prepare for the quiz that I will send to you on Thursday via email. Please complete the quiz and email it to me by the end of Friday. If emailing it is a problem, just take a legible picture of it and text it to me.…
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