by Dwane | Jan 19, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Expert: a person with a particular skill, special knowledge, or a person who knows a lot about a particular subject. Expert derives from the Latin expertus (tried, tested, proven by experience). Expertus is the past participle of the verb experior (to test, to put to...
by Dwane | Jan 17, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, ScreenCasts
Ever wonder how to diagram a prepositional phrase? There really isn’t much to it. Find out how to do it in this...
by Dwane | Jan 15, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, ScreenCasts
The next video in the English diagramming series is here! I am slowly working my way through the famous First Year Latin text by Robert Henle. This is not my favorite Latin book (Lingua Latina, by Hans Orberg is.), but, I have quite a few students working their way...
by Dwane | Jan 14, 2015 | English, Latin, ScreenCasts
In one of my online Latin classes, the First Year Henle Latin class, we take a grammatical approach to learning Latin. Unfortunately, there is simply never enough time to cover all that we need to cover. With this in mind, I am launching a new Chalkboard series on...
by Dwane | Jan 10, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Motivation
You have already completed one language program. You spent the first few years of your life listening to your parents. Whether you knew it or not, you were enrolled in a language immersion school. For the first few years of your life you slept – a lot. You...
by Dwane | Jan 3, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Guys, I will not be around today. My grandfather turns 90 today. I will spend much of the day driving to a party for him. While I am on the road, here is a repost. Of course, if you have never read this… it is a new post. It is an answer to the most common...