Latin 3 Over the break you will need to read the selections concerning Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus from Chronicle of the Roman Republic.  Please take at least 2 pages of notes. There are extra copies on my desk for those who missed class on Friday. Remember that Mr. Johnson takes over when you come back! [...]

Latin 3 Have all your homework organized and tabulated (0 point if missing, 0.5 point for finished but unstamped, and 1 point for stamped) on your homework log.  If I call your name tomorrow and you are not ready, I will deduct one homework from your grade. Latin Poetry You will be receiving your first [...]

REMEMBER Latin 3 and Myth Tradition Students: unless you have a Dr.’s note explaining your absence this Thursday or Friday to give to Mr. Johnson, your teacher while I am on leave, after February break, all work is due to me by this FRIDAY. Latin 3 Tomorrow you have your exam on the Second Punic War.  [...]

Latin 3 Tonight you will read your LAST ASSIGNMENT from Eutropius Breviarium concerning the Second Punic War.  Look up vocabulary and identify subordinate clauses for reading #11, paragraphs 22-23: Interim Hannibale veniente ad Africam pax turbata est, multa hostilia ab Afris facta sunt. Legati tamen eorum ex urbe venientes a Romanis capti sunt, sed iubente [...]

Latin 3 We’re nearly there with the Eutropius!  Tonight you should read assignment #10, paragraphs 20-21, bracketing clauses and looking up vocabulary you don’t know: Anno quarto decimo posteaquam in Italiam Hannibal venerat, Scipio, qui multa bene in Hispania egerat, consul est factus et in Africam missus. Cui viro divinum quiddam inesse existimabatur, adeo ut [...]

Latin 3 You have two things you need to do this weekend: (1) review Eutropius assignments 7-9 (paragraphs 14-19) for a reading quiz on Monday, and (2) finish your Roman or Carthaginian ship model.  Here is the presentation for the past three assignments: Eutropius #7-#9 Latin Poetry Remember your Latin Poem Composition projects are due [...]

Latin 3 Tonight’s homework is to identify clauses and look up vocabulary for reading #9, paragraphs 17-19: Tertio anno postquam Scipio ad Hispanias profectus fuerat, rursus res inclutas gerit. Regem Hispaniarum magno proelio victum in amicitiam accepit et primus omnium a victo obsides non poposcit. Desperans Hannibal Hispanias contra Scipionem diutius posse retineri, fratrem suum [...]

Latin 3 Tonight’s homework is to identify clauses and look up vocabulary for reading #8, paragraphs 15 & 16: Interea ad Hispanias, ubi occisis duobus Scipionibus nullus Romanus dux erat, P. Cornelius Scipio mittitur, filius P. Scipionis, qui ibidem bellum gesserat, annos natus quattuor et viginti, vir Romanorum omnium et sua aetate et posteriore tempore [...]

Latin 3 Some of you have already signed up for the National Myth Exam.  There is another Mythology exam available to those who interested called the Medusa Mythology Exam (http://www.medusaexam.org/). If you are interested in taking this exam $3 is due to me by Friday. Tonight’s homework is to identify clauses and look up vocabulary [...]

Latin 3 You will be quizzed tomorrow on two things from readings #4-#6: Numbers in Latin: how to spell out roman numerals and how to translate.  You may find this site helpful: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/romannumerals/a/LatinNumbers.htm Subordinate clauses: I will give you a couple sentences and label which parts are subordinate clauses, then you will need to identify [...]