Visual Latin and the Latin Endings

From time to time I get questions about the complicated Latin endings.  Students want to know if there is a place to find them all.  Turns out, there is. If you go here, and scroll down, you will find some Latin charts I made some time ago.  The charts are free.  Here...

Word Spotlight #119: Malus

In a Latin class today, we talked about the word for bad, malus. From malus, English gets all kinds of bad words.  No.  Not that kind of bad words. The following English words trace their origins back to malus: Malice – the desire to do evil Malicious – intending to...

Word of the Day #118: Aestivate

I didn’t post all summer.  Maybe I should start calling this the “infrequent word of the day”. Anyway, now that school is back in I’m back. One of my favorite words is estivate, also spelled aestivate. To estivate is to sleep during the summer...

Diagramming Direct Objects

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...

How to Set and Hit your Goals: Free Series

During the month of July (2024) Compass Classroom and I are offering a series of free Webinars on Goal Setting.  Find out more right here: https://compassclassroom.com/shop/product/setting-goals-live-summer-2024/ To register for the next webinar, simply click here:...

Diagramming Henle Latin: First Year Latin – Chapter One

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...

How to Set and Hit Your Goals: Free Webinar

On Monday, July 8, 2024, I am offering a free webinar on setting and hitting goals.  Actually, I am starting a series of webinars.  We will meet every Monday morning in July of 2024 This is a free webinar organized by Compass Classroom.  Feel free to join.  Here is...

French

I began studying French in 2020. As I have studied French, I have discovered many useful resources.  Here, I share them with you.  I hope they help you as much as they have helped me. If you are learning French, here are my top recommendations: (Note: Some of the...

Spanish

I am attempting to level up in Spanish.  Compass Classroom and I want to produce something like Visual Latin, for Spanish.  It has been a dream for some time. Unfortunately, my Spanish skills are the hold up.  I still have much to learn. As I have studied Spanish, I...

German

German is the first foreign language I fell in love with. For nearly four years, I lived in Germany.  My family live this tiny little, hardly on the map town: Leideneck. After returning back to America, Latin distracted me.  I dropped German for a long time.  Now, I...

What happened to the Tip of the Week?

For about a decade, I sent out a “Tip of the Week”. Sometimes the “Tip of the Week” was something I found helpful for language study.   Often, it was just something I found helpful.  It could be about any topic, really. About a month ago, ...

Visual Latin and the Latin Endings 21-30

To help you with the complicated Latin endings, I am creating videos for each lesson of Visual Latin.  In these extra videos, I will show you exactly where on the charts to find the concepts and endings you are learning in Visual Latin. Here are the Latin charts I am...

Visual Latin and the Latin Endings 11-20

To help you with the complicated Latin endings, I am creating videos for each lesson of Visual Latin.  In these extra videos, I will show you exactly where on the charts to find the concepts and endings you are learning in Visual Latin. Here are the Latin charts I am...

How to learn a new language in 2024

In a January long ago, I sent out the first “Tip of the Week”.   One of the benefits of doing the same thing over and over again for a long time is this.  You begin to develop a reputation.  Back when I started doing this, I had to come up with my own tips.   These...

Goals: Latin to the Rescue

Last year I wrote a book on goal setting.  I am now in the process of editing that book.  As I edit, I will post excerpts here on my blog.  This is from chapter four: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Latin...

Word of the Day #117: Oubliette

In a French class this morning, my students and I learned the French word for forget: oublier. We spent a few minutes talking about the word.  Oublier, the French verb, comes from the Latin verb meaning the same thing, obliviscor.  Forgetful, in Latin, is oblitus....

Word of the Day #116: Apanthropy

Raining hard in Tennessee today.  On days like this my apanthropy usually kicks in. Apanthropy is the desire to be alone, a love of solitude.  Apanthropy comes from two Greek words.  The preposition ἀπό (apo) means “away from”.   Ἄνφροπος (anthropos), which you may...

Word of the Day #115: Fiancée

Someone once said, “English is a German language with a Latin vocabulary.” We can see the truth of that statement in the word fiancée.  This word came up this morning in a French class I teach. In French, a fiancée is a woman who has promised to marry. ...

Goals: One Meal a Day

Last year I wrote a book on goal setting.  I am now in the process of editing that book.  As I edit, I will post excerpts here on my blog.  This is from chapter four: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Why...