by Dwane | Jul 27, 2024 | Tip of the Week
I have been teaching Latin for almost three decades. People often ask me, “If I want to learn Latin, how should I do it? To quote Hades’ minions in the movie Hercules, “If. If is good.” The truth is, you do not have to learn Latin. Do not let people bully you...
by Dwane | Jul 20, 2024 | Tip of the Week
If you are my age, you may remember Dilbert and his pointy-haired boss. Seventeen years ago, the author of the comic strip, Scott Adams, taught us how to become better writers. He did it, brilliantly, using only two hundred and sixty-four words. Here is what he said:...
by Dwane | Jul 13, 2024 | Tip of the Week
Writers of grammar books tell us to avoid the passive voice. Instead of writing, “The last piece of cake was eaten”, we should write “She ate the last piece of cake.” I agree, and I tell my students to do the same. Learn to write in the active...
by Dwane | Jul 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
If you have ever worked your way through the Henle Latin series, by Robert Henle, you know the author asks students to diagram sentences. The series was published around seventy years ago. Back then, kids new how to diagram. Schools still taught the skill. These...
by Dwane | Jul 12, 2024 | Education, Latin
In Visual Latin, we learned all of Latin grammar. The complicated Latin endings often overwhelm students. For this reason, I filmed a series of videos. In these videos, I show students exactly how to use the complicated Latin charts I created to explain the...
