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So today during 7th period/teen leadership we had to clean out lockers. Thus I decided to make the remainder of class freetime/study hall.
Mind you, most of these kids are NOT Latin students. But they know I have cards in the room and if they aren't working on homework for other classes, they like to play cards.
So these two girls were about to play cards and one said that there were only 50 cards in the deck. Since this deck (fasciculus) was one of the decks I intend to take to the workshop on Saturday, I was a bit upset. I walked over, took the deck, and started separating the cards into suits (familia). So, with these two girls watching, one having had 9 weeks of exploratory Latin with me the year before, I start muttering CORDA, CORDA, RHOMBULI, PALAE, TRIFOLIA, PALAE, PALAE, RHOMBULI, etc. At first I had to *think* about it. But then I got on a roll and quickly separated the deck into suits.
I then grabbed the spades/palae and pulled out, in order and outloud, REX REGINA IACOBUS DENIO NOVENIO OCTONIO SEPTENIO SENIO QUINIO QUATERNIO TRINIO BINIO AS. I did this with each suit in turn to the amusement of the two girls. (Of course, one has to wonder WHY they were amused....)
I think picked up each stack and explained in Latin that there were 13 (tredecim) corda (hearts), 13 palae (spades), etc. After that I explained that viginti sex chartae sunt rubrae (holding the hearts and the diamonds) and viginti sex sunt atrae. Mind you, one girl didn't know six in Latin was sex. I think shuffled and explained ego chartas misceo and ego pontem facio when I made a bridge with the cards, etc.
TOO FUNNY.
So I handed the cards over. A few minutes later they wanted me to write down the terms--and I just handed them one of my sheets.
Mind you, most of these kids are NOT Latin students. But they know I have cards in the room and if they aren't working on homework for other classes, they like to play cards.
So these two girls were about to play cards and one said that there were only 50 cards in the deck. Since this deck (fasciculus) was one of the decks I intend to take to the workshop on Saturday, I was a bit upset. I walked over, took the deck, and started separating the cards into suits (familia). So, with these two girls watching, one having had 9 weeks of exploratory Latin with me the year before, I start muttering CORDA, CORDA, RHOMBULI, PALAE, TRIFOLIA, PALAE, PALAE, RHOMBULI, etc. At first I had to *think* about it. But then I got on a roll and quickly separated the deck into suits.
I then grabbed the spades/palae and pulled out, in order and outloud, REX REGINA IACOBUS DENIO NOVENIO OCTONIO SEPTENIO SENIO QUINIO QUATERNIO TRINIO BINIO AS. I did this with each suit in turn to the amusement of the two girls. (Of course, one has to wonder WHY they were amused....)
I think picked up each stack and explained in Latin that there were 13 (tredecim) corda (hearts), 13 palae (spades), etc. After that I explained that viginti sex chartae sunt rubrae (holding the hearts and the diamonds) and viginti sex sunt atrae. Mind you, one girl didn't know six in Latin was sex. I think shuffled and explained ego chartas misceo and ego pontem facio when I made a bridge with the cards, etc.
TOO FUNNY.
So I handed the cards over. A few minutes later they wanted me to write down the terms--and I just handed them one of my sheets.