by Dwane | Feb 4, 2015 | Education, English, German, Italian, Latin, Tip of the Week, Visual Latin
Hey, everyone! I will be talking here about one of my favorite subjects in a few weeks. So… you know… if you have nothing to do for Valentines… http://www.ihomeschoolstudio.com/2015/01/06/foreign-language/
by Dwane | Feb 2, 2015 | Education, English, Latin
This year, I am teaching a Latin course for students in Classical Conversations. We are reading through the text First Year Latin, by Robert Henle. In his series, particularly in the first book, Mr. Henle requires students to diagram some of the Latin sentences. ...
by Dwane | Jan 30, 2015 | Education, English, Greek
Chromatophore: A pigment-bearing cell found in some fish, reptiles, cephalopods, and other animals. From Greek χρωμα (color) φέρειν (to carry). Remember this guy from Tangled? He could change the color of his skin since his skin contained chromatophores. Or, maybe...
by Dwane | Jan 30, 2015 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Deportment: behavior; demeanor; conduct; how someone behaves in company. The word deportment took a familiar road on its way into the English language. It started out as a few Latin words. The preposition de, in Latin, means: away. The verb portare, means: to...
by Dwane | Jan 29, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Anaphora: the same word or phrase at the beginning of a series of sentences or clauses. Anaphora comes from the Greek word ἀναφορά (carrying back). Αναφορά derives from the preposition ἀνά (up) and φέρω (I carry). This, of course, gives us the literal translation,...
by Dwane | Jan 28, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Porter: the doorkeeper, or gate keeper. This word comes from Latin porta (door). When the doorkeeper helps you carry the luggage, he becomes another kind of porter. He becomes a carrier of burdens. The second usage of the word comes from the Latin verb portare...
