Now, let's use what we have learned to talk about some monsters... I've written two short stories about monsters. Read the stories to the best of your ability, using the vocabulary we've already learned, Latin-English cognates (words that look or sound similar in both languages with similar or the same meaning), and the picture to … Continue reading Lesson #4

Let's start this lesson with a review of some words and phrases we've seen in the last few lessons. hic/hoc est - this is hi/haec sunt - these are hic/hoc non est - this is not magnus - big parvus - small carnem comedit - it eats meat herbam comedit - it eats grass celeriter … Continue reading Lesson #3

Building on the words and sentences from the previous lesson, what follows are short descriptive paragraphs and basic comprehension questions about each paragraph. Read the paragraphs and answer the questions. (Answer Key) Gray Wolfhoc est animal. animal est lupus. hic lupus est magnus. hic lupus carnem comedit. hic lupus non herbam comedit. hic lupus celeriter … Continue reading Lesson #2

In lesson one, we are going to look at opposites. Each opposite is underlined and in bold. Can you make an educated guess about what each opposite means? Use the pictures provided to help you. hic est dinosaurus.hic non est dinosaurus.magnus dinosaurus est.parvus dinosaurus est.hic dinosaurus carnem comedit.hic dinosaurus herbam comedit.hic dinosaurus lente it.hic dinosaurus … Continue reading Lesson #1

This is it! This is the beginning of my new undertaking - online Latin lessons. I decided to move away from blogging about my own classroom and teaching career for a variety of reasons - from knowing others who do so much more and so much better to actually leaving the classroom at the end … Continue reading Learning Latin