by Dwane | Apr 21, 2015 | Errata, Visual Latin
A user pointed out a mistake I had made in Visual Latin test 39. In question 23, students are to give the correct translation for the italicized words: Ii videbantur. A) I will be warned B) I will warn C) You will be warned D) We will be warned E)...
by Dwane | Apr 21, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Latin in Literature, Motivation, Q&A, Visual Latin
Yesterday was a long day. Just before I fell asleep, I posted a quick note about alternative Latin reading material. Here it is: https://dwanethomas.com/instead-of-caesar/ A few days ago, I publicly declared that reading Caesar’s commentary on the Gallic Wars...
by Dwane | Apr 20, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Latin in Literature, Visual Latin
On Saturday, I took a whack at a hornet’s nest. I suggested that perhaps there was something better to read than hundreds of pages of history of hundreds of headless Gauls. Several people contacted me. Among other things, they wanted to know… well, what...
by Dwane | Apr 18, 2015 | Latin, Latin in Literature, Motivation, Visual Latin
Last night I watched the new Penguins of Madagascar movie. I have five kids. I watch a lot of kid movies. In fact, I have four daughters. I have seen all of the princess movies. Anyway, as I was saying, I watched the new Penguin movie last night. It was okay. The...
by Dwane | Apr 18, 2015 | Latin, Tip of the Week, Visual Latin
Think Outside the Border Tip #15 – Free help with Latin! If you are learning Latin, you know all about those complicated Latin endings! I actively teach Latin and Greek for over 20 hours a week, every week. I spend another 10 hours a week grading. My students...
by Dwane | Apr 17, 2015 | English, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Pedicure: care for the feet. From the Latin words pes, (the genitive is pedis), and the verb curare, which means, to care for. Some time ago, one of my high school students held her hands out in front of herself for a long time. She was clearly not paying attention in...
