Friday, September 28, 2012

Latin Inspires Quizlet!

Bill Jennings, a middle school Latin teacher, inspired Quizlet to expand its game modes, to be able to accept several correct answers (for example, "via, -ae (f)" could be correctly translated "road," "street," or "way").

Read more!

Friday, September 7, 2012

1st Latin Club Meeting!

Our first 2012-2013 Latin Club meeting will take place on Friday, September 28th in the ARGS auditorium.  We will immediately begin discussing plans for attending the VJCL Latin Convention in late November!



2012-2013 Latin Club Leadership:

Co-Consuls: Hannah Rae Bracey & Maryam Ansari
Praetor: Candy Hicks
Tribune: Katie Britt

Friday, June 15, 2012

Alicia in Terra MIrabilis

World Language Week, April 2012

Latin III/IV Puppet Show in Blackbox Theater

Stay Fresh! Latin Summer Practice

Want to keep your Latin knowledge fresh over the summer? Great choice!  I hope you will find some of the websites below to be a helpful resource to you.

Vocab
Latin for Americans Student Website: Each unit has vocabulary practice games (and occasionally some grammar practice too) 
Classical Roots Practice: Practice exercises asking the reader to drag & match English word parts
with their ancient Latin or Greek root.
Word Information: A wonderful, searchable database for finding the word parts of an English or Latin word.
Wheelock's Practice Exercises (including vocab crossword puzzles, matching, etc.)

Grammar
See the Exam review posts below for further practice links!
Wildcards
Scribax: Random Latin sentence generator, for translation practice
Gilbo: Online Latin storybook
Online Etymology Dictionary: Use this search engine to find English derivatives of our Latin vocabulary--instant mnemonic devices for vocabulary studying (not to mention you'll improve your English vocab!)

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