FREE Screening: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Tom Holland on the Paradox of Ancient Rome

Legiō XX to Visit at 412 South King Street, Leesburg VA 20175

In order to demonstrate Roman armor and a Roman groma (a road or building surveying tool).

WHEN: SATURDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2010
WHERE: Dr. Matteo's, 412 South King Street, Leesburg, VA 20175 vox mobile 703.568.8663

RSVP Dr Matteo ChrisAnn.Matteo@lcps.org

Please volunteer to bring a potluck entrée, or a potluck sidedish/salad, or a potluck dessert. MULTĀS GRATIĀS TIBI AGŌ!

Vesuvius' Rabbit Hole

Golden Sponge-Stick Contest

Cycling Celebration

Druidry Granted Religious Status in Britain

Latin Composition Contest

O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics :: Why Speaking Latin Makes a Difference!

Vicki Leon tells us What Day It Is...

Happy Harvest moon, birthday "boy" 2,073 and counting first Roman Emperor Augustus, autumn equinox, and!! the discovery of Neptune in 1846...plus Jupiter (the planet, not the god) is cuddling up to the full moon like mad.

A Lullaby, in Modern Greek

Quondam Abes :: a.d. quint. dec. Kal. Oct.

Secunda (2nd) / Latin II

I. INCIPIT. Roman Date.

II. NEGOTIUM
A. Princetoniensis = College Jersey Day. The Princeton Shield and Motto. Yale, Harvard, Brown, &.c
B. Pomegranates and fertility myths.

III. OTIUM: Roman Mysteries 1.1 (Vesuvius)


Tertia (3rd) / Latin III

I. INCIPIT. Roman Date.

II. NEGOTIUM
A. Princetoniensis = College Jersey Day. The Princeton Shield and Motto. Yale, Harvard, Brown, &.c
B. Friday grammar. Participles, esp perfect passive participles. Stage XXI, p. 12/E # 1, 3, 5

III. OTIUM: Roman Mysteries 1.1 (Vesuvius)





Quarta (4th) / Latin IV α (alpha)

I. INCIPIT. Princetoniensis.

II. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" Joan Baez, 1971 (cover of The Band, Robbie Robertson)


II. Exegesis. "Virgil Caine," Vergil & Cain - Abel; two songs of war -- patriotism or protest? Wonderful insights, esp Zach, Jeremy, Brianna. Incantations.


III. Guided Reading at the Promethean. Aen I.1-12.

III. OTIUM. La Boheme, Pente, Building the Colosseum.


Quinctia (5th) / Latin V β (beta) and AP Vergil

To be updated.

See latinstonebridge-advanced.blogspot.com



Octavia (8th) / Latin I

To be updated.

Quondam Abes :: ante diem septimum decimum Kal. Oct et ante diem sextum dec. Kal. Oct.

Secunda (2nd) / Latin II

I. PAX. What is a Peace-Out?
II. Dove Giovanni Matteo? Giovanni Matteo e a Roma!
III. Pronto! Giovanni Matteo!
IV. Roman Pantheon. Think-Pair-Share. March and Fornatora are scriptores...notes will be posted.
V. Largo Argentina. Dove i Panteone? A. Major Transportation Hub. B. Four Republican Temples. C. Assination of Julius Caesar. D. gatti communi.
VI. LOLCATS Latin prose composition.

Tertia (3rd) / Latin III

I. PAX. What is a Peace-Out?
II. Dove Giovanni Matteo? Giovanni Matteo e a Roma!III. Pronto! Giovanni Matteo!
IV. Roman Pantheon. Think-Pair-Share. March and Fornatora are scriptores...notes will be posted.
V. Largo Argentina. Dove i Panteone? A. Major Transportation Hub. B. Four Republican Temples. C. Assination of Julius Caesar. D. gatti communi.
VI. LOLCATS Latin prose composition.

Quarta (4th) / Latin IV α (alpha)

I. PAX. What is a Peace-Out?
II. Dove Giovanni Matteo? Giovanni Matteo e a Roma!III. Pronto! Giovanni Matteo!
IV. Largo Argentina. Dove i Panteone? A. Major Transportation Hub. B. Four Republican Temples. C. Assination of Julius Caesar. D. gatti communi.
VI. LOLCATS Latin prose composition. Contest and voting. Winner shall be announced shortly.
V. Translatio Stage 35, p. 3, l. 1.

Quinctia (5th) / Latin V β (beta) and AP Vergil

See latinstonebridge-advanced.blogspot.com

Octavia (8th) / Latin I

I. Returned Cerberus (CLC I Stage I); review Latin has no articles, and verbs have tense.

II. Clarification of grading--not by percentage.

III. Friday grammar. NOMINA et VERBA. Noun declensions, 1 & 2. Boardwork with Slides; circulated 4-page chart packet of Declensions 1-3.

LEVELS I-IV on the dock for Tuesday and Thursday: continue readings in stages, prepare for Q1 Stage Examinations (see rubrics).

LOLCATS

Eric W: felis est in lapis ponit. --> revise
Ben T, Steven: felis dormit super columnam.
Sam M-S: felix celat colonnam.--> revise
Michael: cachinnat magno voce felis
Jeremy: avis abfuit.
Drake: felis in columnam firma terra tollit.
Zach: felis optimus maximus.
Phoenix: felis in pedem impressam dormit.
Matt: felis commodus.
Nia: ignavus felis dormit
Lexie: fessus felis
Caitlin: in pedem.
Garrett: contraherabam.--> revise
John L.: in servarum leo nocte dormit.-- revise
Timmy: hic sedes est perrrrrrrfectum.
Noah: felis est super colonnam.
Eric B: felis e a Roma
Tanner: felis super statuam recumbit.
CJ: nemo potest videre mihi
Brianna: quis petasatus requiret? habeo colonnam
Helen: felis dormiebat in Largo Argentina.
Mariah: ille in pedem dormiens.

Venite, venite ad Latin Club: first meeting Wednesay 15 Sept

Latin Club First Meeting Wednesday 15 September 8:15 a.m. 212. If for some reason Dr. Matteo is late, the Officers will call things to order. Our slate of Officers is--

Co-Consuls: Jeremy Kim & Samuel Powell (NJLHS)
Praetores: Emma Reif & Megan Snyder (NJLHS)
Tribunus: Samuel Moore-Sobel (by committee appointment)
Aedile: Kyra Brower (NJLHS)
Quaestor: CJ Capace

NJLHS means that this student was inducted into the National Junior Latin Honor Society. She or he kept an 93% average or higher for three semesters prior to our Spring Induction, plus a couple of other requirements (enrolling in Latin 4, 5 or AP for example). They can wear honors cords at graduation...but I'm not rushing them out!

If for some reason Dr. Matteo is late AND 212 is locked, the meeting can proceed on the sunny landing at the 200 x 500 intersection.

NEGOTIUM:

I. T-shirts (carry over from last year)
II. Float--we win, traditionally. We also have a left-over volcano to work with (thx Powell family!)
III. Other new ideas.

Quondam Abes :: ante diem quintum Idus Septembres et ante diem quartum Idus Septembres et ante dies quartum Idus Septembres: Ludi Romani

Secunda (2nd) / Latin II

I. Pons Saxeus. Quid ago? (What should I do...?) Quondam Abes Demonstration. Roman Calendar Review.
II. Libri. CLC Blue / Stored in Classroom

III. Return Dracones. 5-point Rubric; Letter Grades and County Scales.

IV. Stage XIII: Model Sentences 1.

Tertia (3rd) / Latin III

I. Pons Saxeus. Quid ago? (What should I do...?) Quondam Abes Demonstration. Roman Calendar Review.II. Libri. CLC Green / Checked Out to Students

III. 5-point Rubric; Letter Grades and County Scales.

IV. Unseen Passage, "Portia and the Three Caskets.

A. Oral Presentation ll 1-7

B. Comprehension Questions, ll 1-3

C. Translatio ll 5-7 (final sentence of the paragraph)

V. Promethean Demonstration, "Reading with Anticipation."

A. quid video? ---> what do I see? (part of speech)

B. quid habeo? ---> what do I have? (function, parsing)

C. ergo, quid exspecto? ---> therefore, what do I exspect? (structure the possibilities of a
Latin sentence)

Quarta (4th) / Latin IV α (alpha)

I. Vigiles! We have our Fire Drill!II. Return Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 6: Arachne and Minerva "Change" prompts. Guided Reading of Latin text via Alpheios and the Latin Library had to be postponed.

III. Pons Saxeus. Quid ago? (What should I do...?) Quondam Abes Demonstration. Roman Calendar Review.

IV. Libri. CLC Purple / Checked Out to Students

Quinctia (5th) / Latin V β (beta) and AP Vergil

See latinstonebridge-advanced.blogspot.com

Octavia (8th) / Latin I

I. Pons Saxeus. Quid ago? (What should I do...?) Quondam Abes Demonstration. Roman Calendar Review.
II. The Macron ὁ μακρόν Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū . Semi-vowels: Y (Υ υ); I before another vowel = "J"
III. Cerberus (CLC I Stage I)
IV. Reading with Expectation.

A. quid video? ---> what do I see? (part of speech)

B. quid habeo? ---> what do I have? (function, parsing)

C. ergo, quid exspecto? ---> therefore, what do I exspect? (structure the possibilities of a
Latin sentence)

LEVELS I-IV on the dock for Monday and Tuesday: be ready for syllabi, vocabulary building, OTIUM projects, Friday Grammar/culture weekly planning.

Quondam Abes :: ante diem septimum Idus Septembres et ante diem sextum Idus Septembres

ante diem septimum Idus Septembres et ante diem sextum Idus Septembres

7 Sept '10

Secunda (2nd) / Latin II

I. Ave!
II. Nomen mihi/sibi est...
III. Dracones
IV. sententia scribenda

Tertia (3rd) / Latin III

I. Ave!
II. Nomen mihi/sibi est...
III. Colonnae
IV. Build the Colosseum! (5 min +...this is on film)
V. sententia scribenda

Quartia (4th) / Latin IV α (alpha)

I. Ave!
II. Nomen mihi/sibi est...
III. Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 6: Arachne and Minerva
A. Listen to Mandelbaum translation
B. Graphic Organizer (this is on videotape)
C. Semantic Clustering
IV. sententia scribenda

Quinctia (5th) / Latin V β (beta) and AP Vergil

See latinstonebridge-advanced.blogspot.com

Octavia (8th) / Latin I

I. Ave
II. Nomen mihi/sibi est...
III. Pompeii & Vesuvius
IV. Familia Caeciliana :: mirabile dictū!

ALL LEVELS on the dock: be ready for syllabi, books, rules and guidelines and reading assignments on Thursday and Friday.

Golden Sponge-Stick Fiction Competition

Remembering Vesuvius

North of Rome, first major discovery of an Etruscan residence

Roman Origins of St. Valentine's Day

VITRUVII DE ARCHITECTURA

A new blog that researches the built environment of the Roman empire and its conception of world's geography.

Ancient Roman "Swiss Army Knife" at Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge UK)

Codicology

Undecipherable code is at last pieced together...

Hellenistic Queen's Evidence of Cat-Worship: Berenike's temple to Bastet

LATIN SIGHT TRANSLATION

Spotted out in the public eye -- yes, it's a bona fide "Latin Moment"!...

LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION

Scribenda sententia in lingua latina:

Caveat Emptor for Reenactors

Legio XX warns would-be legionaires about poor investments in replica Roman armor!