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...
by Dwane | Jul 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
This summer (2024), I am working my way through First Year Latin by Robert Henle. I am showing students how to parse and diagram sentences from each chapter. This is the third video from chapter...
by Dwane | Jul 10, 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...
