Quarter 4 Project Details

Click for the requirements page  for each class.

Latin IV – Draft due April 25 /  final project due May 18

Latin II – Sketch due April 19 / Final city due May 16

Latin I – Sketch due April 18 / Final model due May 16

Online Noun Declining

Here is an excellent way to practice your noun declensions.  Simply choose the declension to be given a new word, use TAB to move through the cases and click Check Answers for results.

http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/decl.html

Hero Project

DUE DATES:

• Page 1 – Thursday, January 26
• Page 2 – Thursday, February 9
• Page 3 – Thursday, February 23
• Page 4 – Thursday, March 8
• Final Assembly – Week of March 12

Each group of three will be responsible for compiling a newspaper focused on one of the heroes listed below.  In the end, we will gather the articles and images and create a website for each hero in the style of a newspaper.  The sections, point values and due dates are below.  All items are to be turned in electronically.  Feel free to add more details/images etc.  Track individual’s contributions to the project as their will be a peer grade element in the end.

CHOICES:             PERSEUS              BELLEROPHON               ATALANTA

SECTIONS:

• Home page
  • Title (be creative, but connect to your hero)
  • Main Story (main adventures of hero)
  • Feature Story (another story that is relevant)
  • Photograph / Picture (at least 1 to go with main story)
  • Index (list of links, then fill it in for final copy)
• Page 2
  

   

  • Editorial / Blog (your opinion on any cultural issue dealing with your hero)
  • Police Report (hero’s crimes/deeds reported)
  • Sports (events in hero’s life with a sports theme)
  • The World / International Section (deals with any stories of your hero away from his/her homeland)
• Page 3
  

   

  • Advice Column (at least 2 letters or advice topics)
  • Lifestyle Section (be creative)
  • Food Section (meal/dish based on monster killed)
  • Classified Ads (at least 5 pertaining to jobs or items for sale based on the hero’s story)
• Page 4
  

   

  • Obituaries (Hero and any others s/he killed or who died in the stories)
  • Games and Puzzles (at least 2)
  • Comics (at least 3 – can be humor or adventure – at least two must have multiple panels)
  • Entertainment (be creative with something modernized based on your hero that would be appropriate for the world of entertainment)
• Final copy
  

   

  • After you turn in all sections, we will have time together to put it together as a webpage

GRADES:

Each section will be 10 points except Title and Index which are 5 each.  You will be graded on whether it fits the stlye of article, the accuracy of the information, and the grammar and spelling of the item.

In-class work days (if any) 10 pts each.

Final paper:

Layout (10 pts) 

Grammar (10 pts)

Appropriateness (10 pts)

Overall Appearance (10 pts)

Latin Vocabulary

If you need more vocab practice, go to www.smithohio.com/latin and click on the Vocabulary link.  You can download the practice program from the link at the top of that page.

If you lost your lists or didn’t get the words, links below have the vocab lists with English words.

Vocab List – Latin 1

Vocab List – Latin 2

Vocab List – Latin 4

Welcome to Latin

Welcome to Mr. Smith’s 2011 – 2012 Latin Class.

This is the initial entry for this class in the “Classroom Connections” blog. You can look forward to more communications from Mr. Smith throughout the year.