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Dies Mercurii, Februarius VIII, MMXII 

This week we will be finishing our "pictogram" cards and sharing them with our fellow students before taking Quiz I.  For the quiz, students need to know the Greek/Latin original words, their meanings, and be able to combine some of them to create English derivatives.  They need to understand the connection of the meanings of the original words with the meanings of the derivatives that contain them as root words.

Notate Bene: The schedule below has been changed for this week and next for the Orange and Yellow teams.  Quiz I has been pushed up to Feb. 15 for them.

Mea Culpa! I forgot to include the list of Top Latin Detectives for each class for second quarter. Below are those wonderful students:

Red Team:

Justin Duca (magna cum laude)

Riley Young (cum laude)

Blue Team:

Melissa Sharpe (magna cum laude)

Esha Shah (cum laude)

Purple Team:

Sarah Ho (magna cum laude)

Anna Doughty (cum laude)

Green Team:

Nora Pickering (magna cum laude)

Zeynep Tuncer (cum laude)

Yellow Team:

Maggie Bilinsky (magna cum laude)

Maggie Blake (cum laude)

Orange Team:

Jay Castro (magna cum laude)

Jaade Weisman (cum laude)

Below is the schedule of assignment/quiz dates for the third quarter:

 Dates to Remember for the Latin Course, third quarter:

January 25 - Awards, certificates given out for Latin detectives who found "extra clues" in each class

New word unit introduced - "See, Hear, Read, Write" words.  These are Latin/Greek words that have to do with how we learn!!

Report cards for second quarter distributed Monday, January 30.

February 1 - Homework sheet #1 is due (HW#1) 3rd Qtr Derivative Chart

Clue #1 for Latin Detectives Club Project (LDCP) due

Rebus/pictogram/graphs activity to learn new roots

February 8 - Finish pictograms/share/review

Quiz I - use study sheet #4 (Orange and Yellow teams next week.)

Yellow team - special speaker:  Mrs. Katherine Cottle, mother of James Cottle-Vinson and the chair of the English Department, Wilmington University, will share with the students her experience with the Latin language!

February 15 - Homework sheet #2 due - "ology" words (Orange and Yellow teams are exempt from HW sheet #2.)

Quiz I for Orange and Yellow teams

"Boggelus" activity

New words intro - "Sun, Moon, Stars, Earth" Latin/Greek words

February 22 - Clue #2 for LDCP due

"Word Commercials" activity

February 24 - midmarking period - Academic Deficiency Warnings will be sent home for those students whose performance is declining and/or whose grade average is 70% or below.

February 29 - "Very Excellent Sentences" activity

Quiz II - use study sheet #5

March 7 - LDCP due!  Parents please sign - gratias!

Tech lab, room 107 - Creating crossword puzzles (www.discoveryeducation.com) with our words

March 14 - Review activities stations!

March 21 - Final test - use study sheets #'s 4 and 5

March 23 - end of marking period 3

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REMINDERS FOR EVERY QUARTER (or marking period):

*Latin Detectives Club Project (LDCP):

Please remember throughout the quarter and the year, that students should constantly be on the "lookout" for Latin "clues" (either Latin words, cognates, and/or phrases, or English words- -derivatives-- that come from Latin). . .

     (Parents, please read over the information for this project when the folder is brought home if you have not already.)  One Latin Detectives Club Project will be due each quarter.  Parents must sign this project to confirm that they were aware of the project and that the clues their students found were "honestly" found clues.  Students may find more than the required three clues to earn bonus points which can be added to an assignment or assessment of choice (up to 2 points each).  There are also certificates, pins, and recognition given to those students who go above and beyond to acquire the most clues for each class, and a "Top NCS Latin Detective" is honored every year.  Looking for extra clues is purely a choice of the student, and is not required, but it is much appreciated (even if it is only one extra clue!)

LATE LATIN WORK/ABSENCE MAKE-UP WORK POLICY:

Students who are absent should check the schedule above for homework that is due and make sure they get the necessary sheets from the Latin room (ROOM 203).  Extra copies of worksheets they may have missed are in my "Labor Latinus" corner on top of the cubbies there, any day of the week.  They can also check with me on the Wednesday following their return to school for make-up work.  THIS IS THE STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY.  They have an extra week to turn in their make-up work.  Late work, early work, or absentee work should be turned in as soon as possible to the "LATIN WORK" bin of the correct team color, on top of my cubbies, any day of the week.  Students may do this during homeroom times with their teacher's permission, or in between classes.  This availability and access is to make the turning in of any work as convenient as possible, since I am only in the middle school building on Wednesdays.

"Trying to keep up with new technology" notes:

New "Study Blue" website offers apps with flashcards students can use for learning their Latin or Spanish vocabulary.

Kindle book readers who find Latin clues can document their "find" by including the number at the bottom of the screen of their Kindle. (State the title of the book, and then "Kindle screen #____.")

PACEM VOBIS!