by Dwane | Dec 10, 2014 | Education, Latin, Vocabulary
December: the twelfth month of the year. December follows November, and precedes January. In the ancient Roman calendar, December was the tenth month of the year. Naturally, the ancient Romans wanted a creative name for the month, so, they named the month December…...
by Dwane | Dec 5, 2014 | Latin
Found this note in an old email from a student. “Also, for the girls (I doubt boys’ll be interested) who’ve watched Frozen in your Latin class(es), this is an awesome video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guZxkqIBbp4. Someone translated and sang the...
by Dwane | Dec 4, 2014 | Grammar, Latin, Visual Latin
Recently, I received this question: When an adjective governs case and is followed by a prepositional phrase, where is it placed in the sentence? Here is my reply: As for adjectives, watch the nouns and the prepositions closely. If there is no preposition, the noun...
by Dwane | Dec 3, 2014 | Education, Latin
I received this question this week: “I am hoping to find a midterm and a final exam for this curriculum to use for a high schooler. Any recommendations?” Here is my reply: Hi, I need to create those two tests. This is actually on my list of things to do....
by Dwane | Dec 1, 2014 | Latin
For those of you in the Lingua Latina online class… you know I have had issues with the recordings lately. There is a fall-back plan. Spend some time on this website: http://llpsi.blogspot.com/ As stated in the heading, this is an “unofficial” blog...
by Dwane | Nov 15, 2014 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
Received this comment in my inbox this week. Have to admit. It made me happy. “If you want your child to make a good start in Latin we recommend this curriculum. Dwane is a fantastic teacher, with a great sense of humor, my son enjoys the Visual Latin lessons...
