Latin

End of Term Schedule

  • The term is nearing its end, with an upcoming exam week followed by a brief period of review and enrichment.
    • Exam Week: Students will have no classes and will stay in tutor groups while taking their exams, possibly with two to three exams scheduled each day.
    • Review Period: A week to go over exams and solidify learning for the curriculum.
    • Enrichment Week: Activities that enhance learning without traditional classroom structure.

Regular Study Habits

  • Due to the number of subjects and exams, it's important to establish a regular study program at home to ensure readiness for upcoming assessments.

Chapter Six Vocabulary and Concepts

  • Opening of Chapter Six in the study material focuses on concepts related to Latin language, specifically the word "cervicium".
    • Etymology:
    • "Cervicium" related to Latin word "servus", meaning slave.
    • Theme of the chapter explores ancient Roman slavery and its characteristics.
    • Discussion on the origins of becoming a slave, i.e., born into slavery or captured in war.

Big Ideas of Chapter Six

  1. The Ablative Case:
    • Introduces students to the concept of different cases in Latin, particularly the ablative case.
    • Purpose and use of prepositions that affect noun cases.
    • Explains expression of time in accusative and ablative cases.
  2. Prepositions:
    • Essential prepositions in Latin include terms like ( "in" ) (in/into), ( "ex" ) (from/out of), among others.
    • Relationship between prepositions and accusative/ablative cases discussed.
  3. Expressions of Time:
    • How Latin uses accusative and ablative cases to refer to time.

Understanding Cases

  • The distinctions between nominative, accusative, and ablative cases are highlighted through examples:
    • Nominative Case: Subject of a sentence (doing the action).
    • Accusative Case: Object of a sentence (receiving the action).
    • Ablative Case: Describes the means or manner of action (by, with, from).

Applying Vocabulary to Cases

  • Showed how nouns must be changed into the appropriate case depending on their role in the sentence.
    • Example of walking towards (( "ad" )) and away from (( "a" )) highlighted relationship with noun cases:
    • Example: "walking towards a table" → table in accusative case.
    • Example: "walking away from a table" → table in ablative case.

Group Activities and Engagement

  • Students encouraged to work together on vocabulary lists.
  • Some sentences were constructed using vocabulary derived from Latin to English.
  • Examples of words with English derivations were also discussed such as "inquire" from ( "inquit" ).