Passive Verbs and Active Verbs

My students in Lingua Latina classes just learned the difference between active and passive verbs. My students in Henle Latin are about to learn the difference. Hopefully, this video will help a...

Diagramming the sentences in Henle Latin…

I received this email: Hi there, I ran across your blog in  my internet search for “Henle Latin diagram answers” I am a Classical Conversations Challenge A tutor and learning Latin right along with my students this year.  I am struggling because the...

Oh, C’mon.

I received this email: Yesterday, a tutor talked to the parents about the importance of reviewing English grammar no matter what language they are studying.   She told us that our kids can’t give the ‘logical’ grammar terms. For example, verbs...

Words from porto.

I am up late grading student homework right now.   In one class, the vocabulary class, I told the students to use English words that came from the Latin word Porto.   Porto means “I carry”.   This student went above and beyond: 1.  The porter did not...

Beyond Word Up…

I received this inquiry: This looks like a great class. My high school daughters already have a full schedule, but are interested. What amount of homework will be included? Would you also suggest it for upper elementary? Here is my reply: I am still developing this...

Cabbage

Cabbage: a hard round vegetable with green or purple, lettuce-like leaves. Who knew cabbage could be so interesting?  Most of you thought of the definition above when you read the word cabbage.  You were right to do so.  Cabbage is one of the leafy foods your kids...