Word Up: Live (Day two)

As some of you know, I am running a ridiculous experiment. Late this year, I lost the ability (okay, okay… the will) to rise early.  I wanted to pick the habit up once again but wasn’t quite certain how to motivate myself to do. So, I decided to...

Not all English words come from Latin…

Many of my students often have the misconception that all languages, including English, come from Latin. Nope.  Not true.  A lot of languages come from Latin, but English is not one of them.  English is a Germanic language. We have borrowed a ton of vocabulary from...

Which meaning?

I received this question: My son came across a problem on Visual Latin 1 Lesson 15. On the answer sheet it says that the word “feminam” means wife and “feminas” means wives but on the vocabulary list, it is not listed. It is listed as woman....

How to diagram a simple sentence

In the book First Year Latin by Robert Henle, the author requires students to diagram sentences from time to time.  Unfortunately, there is not always sufficient explanation on how to do this. This summer, I have started a series of videos explaining how to diagram...

The Rudiments of Anglo-Saxon

Years ago, I think in Surprised by Joy, I read about the English education of C.S. Lewis.   Unfortunately, Evernote didn’t exist at the time.  As a result, I can’t source what I am about to say. Anyway, at some point, and somewhere, I read about the...