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So, since I last wrote when my head was spinning with ideas and I was full of energy, I have apparently developed some weird heart arrhythmia. Yes, I am seeing a variety of doctors, have a stress echo scheduled and whatnot. The biggest problem is that it seems to be zapping my energy plus just feels damned weird. And it seems to be constant. This is week two of school and I don't know what I will do once I have a mess of quizzes and tests to deal with. Ah well, one thing at a time.
However, little things have been going well enough.
Today I filled 8 (I only have 8 Latin 4s) paper bags ("sacculi") with various things, but included plastic spiders/spiderweb, perfume (cheap stinky stuff), and a packet of salt--things that get mentioned in Catullus 13. The other bags had: little toy dinosaurs, pens, candy (Jolly Ranchers), plastic googly eyes, and cups. Sometimes I feel we work the most basic things orally which they would understand well enough if in print. But that's ok. I know that comprehending spoken Latin is a different beast. So we worked meus sacculus, tuus sacculus, eius sacculus; cuius coloris and some other things about whether what was in the bag was mollis aut durus; and then finally "sacculus meus est plenus__(gen)__" (which is in Catullus 13). Genitives seemed to get a fair bit of work.
We might have done a bit more but this was the first day that Bluebell Ice Cream was back on the market in central Texas and a student (not mine but friends with mine) had gone to the local HEB and bought a tub of vanilla and spoons. I had cups and napkins. We needed the ice cream break.
Anyway, I have a little PowerPoint (2 slides) with a picture of a wallet (crumena) and purse (perula) on the first slide with "quid est in crumena tua/perula tua?" and an indication that I want plenus to be incorporated in the reply. On the next slide is a picture of a Roman reenactor with a little money bag (true saccula) attached to his belt and another of a little bag and some coins (admittedly medieval). So before we read the Catullus we will make that further connection.
Tonight they are reading chapter 2 in Orberg's Lingua Latina and doing a short reading log. Tomorrow will be discussion about the story in Latin and then tying into their own families with the idea that they will make a family tree with proper terminology for homework. I may try to find a way to work in some adjectives for describing relatives (LOL) because I want to get venustus (charming) into their vocabulary before we meet it in Catullus 13. And perhaps work in some comments about family dinners. Wednesday is when I plan to use the PowerPoint mentioned above, and do some dictation to cover/reuse some vocabulary coming up in Catullus 13, especially affero. And then Thursday will be Catullus Day. Well, that's the plan. Wish me luck.
However, little things have been going well enough.
Today I filled 8 (I only have 8 Latin 4s) paper bags ("sacculi") with various things, but included plastic spiders/spiderweb, perfume (cheap stinky stuff), and a packet of salt--things that get mentioned in Catullus 13. The other bags had: little toy dinosaurs, pens, candy (Jolly Ranchers), plastic googly eyes, and cups. Sometimes I feel we work the most basic things orally which they would understand well enough if in print. But that's ok. I know that comprehending spoken Latin is a different beast. So we worked meus sacculus, tuus sacculus, eius sacculus; cuius coloris and some other things about whether what was in the bag was mollis aut durus; and then finally "sacculus meus est plenus__(gen)__" (which is in Catullus 13). Genitives seemed to get a fair bit of work.
We might have done a bit more but this was the first day that Bluebell Ice Cream was back on the market in central Texas and a student (not mine but friends with mine) had gone to the local HEB and bought a tub of vanilla and spoons. I had cups and napkins. We needed the ice cream break.
Anyway, I have a little PowerPoint (2 slides) with a picture of a wallet (crumena) and purse (perula) on the first slide with "quid est in crumena tua/perula tua?" and an indication that I want plenus to be incorporated in the reply. On the next slide is a picture of a Roman reenactor with a little money bag (true saccula) attached to his belt and another of a little bag and some coins (admittedly medieval). So before we read the Catullus we will make that further connection.
Tonight they are reading chapter 2 in Orberg's Lingua Latina and doing a short reading log. Tomorrow will be discussion about the story in Latin and then tying into their own families with the idea that they will make a family tree with proper terminology for homework. I may try to find a way to work in some adjectives for describing relatives (LOL) because I want to get venustus (charming) into their vocabulary before we meet it in Catullus 13. And perhaps work in some comments about family dinners. Wednesday is when I plan to use the PowerPoint mentioned above, and do some dictation to cover/reuse some vocabulary coming up in Catullus 13, especially affero. And then Thursday will be Catullus Day. Well, that's the plan. Wish me luck.
