by Dwane | May 4, 2016 | Education, Latin
Schedule update: I have decided not to teach Henle Latin 3 next year. Henle Latin 1 and Henle Latin 2 are torture enough. I can’t even imagine the thought of adding Henle Latin 3. Just typing the paragraph above released truckloads of endorphins into my system...
by Dwane | May 3, 2016 | Education, Latin
I received this question: Hi, My son took a Henle Latin class last year. He really struggled with Henle. If I purchase the monthly subscription for $25 will that give me access to the videos for Henle for my oldest son and the Lingua Latina videos for my 2nd and 3rd...
by Dwane | May 3, 2016 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
Students ask me all the time. “Should I memorize the Latin endings?” I say what no Latin teacher ever says. “Maybe.” There is nothing at all wrong with memorizing all of the Latin endings. Some of my best students are from the Classical...
by Dwane | Apr 30, 2016 | Education, Tip of the Week, Travel
I am a little disappointed. I have been in Greece for a month now. I am here to learn modern Greek as rapidly as I can. The “rapid” part? It isn’t happening. One problem is, I am just not finding much to listen to. I am an auditory learner....
by Dwane | Apr 29, 2016 | Education, Tip of the Week
The other day, my daughters received some advice from their piano teacher. “Practice piano just before bed,” she told them. She then explained that their brains would review the skill while they slept. You can use the same technique while learning Latin....
by Dwane | Apr 28, 2016 | Education, Greek, Latin
Warning: For the first time ever, due to popularity, I am limiting the number of students whose work I will grade.
by Dwane | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Hello, I am wondering about students who may require extra time completing Latin I… Specifically, my son, who has quite a high learning potential, also has to deal with some learning challenges (processing speed/ability, made more...
by Dwane | Apr 27, 2016 | Education, English, Vocabulary
In class yesterday, we looked at the Greek word for fear, phobia. There are, of course, so many English words derived from this Greek word. This one, though, I found particularly fascinating. Toxicophobia: the fear of poison; A morbid fear of poisons, or the fear of...
by Dwane | Apr 26, 2016 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: fear of long words. 🙂 From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, an extension of sesquipedalian with monstrum (monster) and a misspelled form of hippopotamus. The hippo and monstro part were added to exaggerate the length of the word...
by Dwane | Apr 23, 2016 | Education, Latin, Tip of the Week
This is more of a rant than a “tip of the week”. Every year I take students through Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars. Every year I ask myself, “Why am I doing this to these poor students? And, Why am I doing this to myself?” I personally am...
by Dwane | Apr 20, 2016 | Latin, Visual Latin
I received this question: We are trying to decide between Visual Latin and Henle. Can you tell me how they are alike/different? Are they comparable in difficulty? Does Visual 1 and Henle 1 cover the same ground? Any comparisons you can give me that would be...
by Dwane | Apr 18, 2016 | Errata
I received this comment: On Visual Latin quiz 57 problem number 43 the word Vinum is translated as vine in the answer key. We wondered if the correct translation would possibly be wine? Here is my reply: You found a mistake. Thank you! 43. Vinum A) vine B)...
by Dwane | Apr 18, 2016 | Education, Motivation, Van on the Run
Let me ask a question. Did you take a bunch of tests and quizzes in school? Here is another question. Did those tests and quizzes prepare you for life? I took a bunch of tests and quizzes in school. Over time, I became quite good at taking tests. Then, I graduated....
by Dwane | Apr 16, 2016 | Motivation, Tip of the Week, Travel, Van on the Run
This may take a minute, but hang in there with me. I am going to try to make this one worthwhile. As you probably know, I moved my family to a Greek island about a month ago. I have wanted to reach fluency in Greek for some time now. It just was not happening in...
by Dwane | Apr 13, 2016 | Latin
I received this series of questions: I want to sign my son up for next year’s Henle Latin class with grading. I have a couple of questions: I want to sign my son up for next year’s Henle Latin class with grading. I have a couple of questions: 1. When do...
by Dwane | Apr 9, 2016 | Education, Motivation
After three weeks of travel, my family and I are finally in Greece. I am exhausted from travel and will keep this short. My tip for this week is simple. Check out this site: http://sourceflix.com/ Because of European border laws, my family was not able to enter...
by Dwane | Apr 9, 2016 | Education, Greek, Tip of the Week
In about three weeks, Duo Lingo will release Greek. I can’t wait. Meanwhile, I guess I’ll just have to wait. This week, one of my students told me about an alternative. Memrise is an online language training course that looks promising. They have a lot...
by Dwane | Apr 8, 2016 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
I received the following questions: Does the $25 and $50 per month class include the live classes too or just recorded? It also states all classes. Does this mean Lingua Latina as well? I’m trying to figure out if we should try and finish Henle 1 over the...
by Dwane | Apr 6, 2016 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
I received this comment: Hello….I have 2 students in 9th grade and we are finishing Henle 1 through the Classical Conversations program. We have had to pare down the workload considerably just to be able to keep up. We will not be in the CC program next year and...
by Dwane | Apr 4, 2016 | Education, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
If you are not in one of my current online classes, feel free to ignore this blog. It feels good to ignore unimportant stuff. I can help you feel good. If you are in one of my current online classes, this message is for you. Well, snap. It has happened. What I...
by Dwane | Mar 28, 2016 | Education, Latin
I received this question: Let me clarify. You mean that if my homeschool student has gotten through Visual Latin 1 and 2, she can then use Lingua Latina for her third year Latin. Right? Starting with the first book? The one you use for First year Latin? My daughter is...
by Dwane | Mar 28, 2016 | Latin, Visual Latin
I received this question: Hi there! My Kiddos (grades 4 & 6) will be starting Visual Latin I (with Lingua Latina) this August and will continue with Visual Latin II. I wonder if you could point me in the direction of where to go once Visual Latin II is completed?...
by Dwane | Mar 28, 2016 | Latin
I received this question: My husband was mentioning Latin comic books. Do you know of any that you would recommend? Our oldest is 13 (if that influences what you’d recommend). Thanks! We enjoy the Visual Latin series…I have learned so much, and I...
by Dwane | Mar 26, 2016 | Errata
I received this comment: We have a question about Visual Latin I Quiz 23, number 19. We expected the answer to be “D”, but it is marked “C” in the key. Doesn’t “illi” mean “those”? My 4th-grade daughter and I...
by Dwane | Mar 26, 2016 | Tip of the Week
My family and I are overseas for a while. I am here to work. We are currently in Jerusalem. In my profession, I use a lot of books. I need these books for work. Lots and lots of Latin and Greek books. To move overseas, each of us carried one backpack. We also...
