by Dwane | Sep 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
In this video, I also recommend Lingua Latina by Hans Ørberg. Here is the free digital version on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/familia-romana/page/12/mode/2up...
by Dwane | Sep 11, 2024 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
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...
by Dwane | Sep 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Dwane | Aug 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
I used to lose my keys all the time. I can be a bit scatterbrained. Then, I started attaching my keys to lanyards. Honestly, I still lose my keys. But, not nearly as often as I used to. If you are having trouble keeping up with your keys, try attaching a bright...
by Dwane | Aug 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Etymology is the study of the history of words. It also happens to be a passion of mine. In fact, a few summers ago, Compass Classroom and I created a rather ridiculous etymology show called Word up. When you look up a word in a dictionary, you get its definition....
by Dwane | Aug 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Years ago, I learned this tip the hard way. If you ever rent a car, take a video of the vehicle before you drive it off the lot. I didn’t. And, I ended up paying for a scratch I don’t think I put on the car. Before you drive off with the rental...
by Dwane | Aug 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
This is not really a tip. This week, I am here to ask for some help. Several years ago, I read a book called Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement. I recommend it. In the book, the author mentions the average age of a new...
by Dwane | Aug 3, 2024 | Tip of the Week
Here’s a tip my wife taught me. If you are staying in a hotel in the U.S. and you want filtered, purified water, but don’t feel like paying for bottled water, take a water bottle to the hotel gym. You will almost always find free filtered water in the...
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...
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...
by Dwane | Jul 9, 2024 | Ebook, Healthy, Wealthy, Wise
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:...
by Dwane | Jul 9, 2024 | English, Latin
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 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Dwane | Jul 3, 2024 | Latin
by Dwane | May 13, 2024 | Education, French, Online Classes
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...
by Dwane | May 6, 2024 | 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...
by Dwane | May 6, 2024 | 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...
by Dwane | Mar 16, 2024 | 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, ...
by Dwane | Mar 16, 2024 | Visual Latin
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...
by Dwane | Mar 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
A local student is interested in jumping ahead in French. It’s possible. This is how to do...
