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Welcome back, everybody!

I am excited for another crazy year at WPS! Check out this site for up-to-date information and fun tidbits of trivia.

FYI: "SEPTIMI (VII)" are the 7th graders; "OCTAVI (VIII)" are the 8th graders.

NOTE: The 7th grade vocabulary quiz is moved to FRIDAY!!!

Check out these web sites for vocabulary/language exercises and games: http://www.tabney.com/Ecce1.html
http://latinresources.homestead.com/Ecce1workbookTOC.html

7th grade Latin Final

Salvete omnes!

The final exam is coming up, so here are the details: 60 multiple-choice questions; you only need to answer 50 of them (yes, I am too nice). Each question is worth two points (making the exam worth 100 points). This counts for 20% of your end-of-the-year grade, so take it seriously!

I e-mailed everybody all of the information that they need: the outline, study questions, study sheets, and where to find useful information in the textbooks. SO...there are no excuses for not having all of the information (we even copied the answers down for the practice questions IN CLASS, so EVERYBODY is up-to-date!).

The questions are general and are mostly about culture, mythology, history, and derivatives (only a few grammar and translation questions), so do not freak out if you do not remember the tiny details. Besides, you do not have to answer TEN of the questions so that is also a good safety net.

Feel free to ask questions!

7th Grade HW tonight!

Write definitions for derivatives that you DO know (from study guide), and bold/change color of words you DON'T know -- due THURSDAY, May 17th.

HW -- Week of 5/14

Septimi (VII): Quiz on Chapter 17 vocab (see below) and irregular verb forms + translations (present tense ONLY -- see page 128).
Chapter 17: caelum; aedificium; caupona; caupo; periculosus; custodire
Irregular verb part: ONLY PRESENT TENSE!!! There will be a word bank with all of the forms (out of order) and you will have to put them back into the correct order (based on the chart on page 128) -- you also have to translate them correctly into English "e.g. "volo = I want; vis = you want; vult = he/she/it wants; volumus = we want; vultis = y'all want; volunt = they want."

*N.B. The imperfect tense quiz for irregular verbs will be next week (same style) --> eugepae! Easy points!

Octavi (VIII): Quiz on 1st & 2nd person personal pronouns on TUESDAY; Quiz on 3rd person presonal pronouns on FRIDAY.

Nota Bene: If you need to make up quizzes/tests, they MUST be made up by Friday -- or else it is a ZERO!!!! (please make an appointment to take the quiz/test)

HW -- week of 5/8

Septimi (VII): Quiz on Tuesday, May 8th - 3rd declension NEUTER endings (different than the "regular" 3rd declension endings)
Quiz on Friday, May 11th - noun-adjective pair Quest (similar to exercises 16b & d in textbook). If you would like to see me before/during/after school for help, please make an appointment so I can ensure that everybody gets seen!!!

Homework:

Due Monday (should have been completed in class on Wednesday - Friday): ex. 16 b, c, & d in TB; Word Study IV (pg. 123-125 in TB); Chapter 17 translation (alone!) - focus on translating the VERBS correctly!; ex. 17b & c in TB.
There is no excuse for this work to be late. There was plenty of time to work on it in class; in addition, many students e-mailed me for help, so one cannot use the excuse of my absence. It was not on the blog site as homework because it should have been finished in class.

Octavi (VIII):
Quiz on Wednesday, May 9th - ille, illa, illud quiz
Dialogues due on Thursday, May 10th!!!!

Recent Grades

I apologize for the lack of grades in PowerSchool -- I have been ill with severe bronchitis. I have graded everything up until this past Friday's quiz and it will all be in by the end of the day on Monday. Thank you for your patience!

HW -- Week of 4/30

SEPTIMI (VII):
Tuesday: Quiz on 3rd declension noun endings.
Wednesday: Chapter 16 due today.
Friday: Quiz on 2nd declension NEUTER noun endings and Chapter 16 vocabulary words *You MUST know ALL forms that the glossary supplies (e.g.: "aperio, aperire: to open") -- I have only supplied one form on this list. (aperire; pila; visne; ludere; excipere; alter...alterum; iocus; vertere; animus; apud; relinquere; itaque; hospes; de; ut; scire; mortuus)

OCTAVI (VIII):
Tuesday: "hic, haec, hoc" quiz.