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Stage 10 Review

Stage 10 Review. 1 st & 2 nd Person Plural Verb Endings Review of Pronouns Positive, Comparative, & Superlative Adjectives Roman Education!!!. Reading Comprehension. Quintus et Alexander 20 Questions (10) Multiple Choice / Comprehension (10) Assorted Grammar Special focus:

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Stage 10 Review

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  1. Stage 10 Review 1st & 2nd Person Plural Verb Endings Review of Pronouns Positive, Comparative, & Superlative Adjectives Roman Education!!!

  2. Reading Comprehension • Quintus et Alexander • 20 Questions • (10) Multiple Choice / Comprehension • (10) Assorted Grammar • Special focus: • Distinguishing Proper Noun Case • Knowledge of Adjectives (-us/-a/-um vs. –or vs. –issimus)

  3. Grammar • Case Recognition – 10 • Nominative/dative/accusative • Singular verbs have singular subjects; plural verbs have plural subjects • Adjective recognition – 7 • Positive/Comparative/Superlative • Choose the Correct Pronoun (ego, tu, nos, vos) that corresponds with the verb – 10 • Pronoun Case Recognition (nom./dat./acc.) • http://www.quia.com/jg/736320.html

  4. Select the Pronoun that Corresponds to the Verb Below: ego tunosvos • Manes • Laboro • Datis • Sum • Es • Videmus • habent

  5. Vocabulary • Vocabulary (MC) – 8 • Based on their meaning, select the Latin word that does NOT belong with the others - : • Pueriuvenisvirpuella • Uxor mater ancillavinum • Derivatives (Matching) – 5 • Derivatives (MC) - 10

  6. Vocabulary • VocabularyReview http://www.quia.com/jg/166465.html • Derivativeshttp://www.quia.com/cm/91361.html

  7. Culture • Multiple Choice - 15 • School Instruments – Identification • What did Roman children write with? • What did they write on? stilus Wax tabula or papyrus

  8. Culture • 3 Stages of Roman Education 1. Ludi magister (7 – 11) • reading, writing Greek & Latin • Basic arithmetic 2. Grammaticus (11-15/16) • Reading & memorizing Roman (Vergil & Horace) and Greek (Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus) literature 3. Rhetor (15/16+) • Training in rhetoric • Preparation for Public/Political Service http://www.the-romans.co.uk/education.htm • http://www.the-romans.co.uk/education.htm

  9. Let’s Review the Culture Worksheet! • 1.When did Roman children first go to school? • Until the age of 7, Roman children were educated at home by their mother. At age 7, boys were sent to school. Sometimes girls went too, but most often girls would finish their education at home. • 2 & 3. How large was the first school a Roman child would attend? • 30 pupils; the teacher was the ludi magister; teachers were typically slaves brought back from Greece. • 4 & 5. Did Roman children have to attend school? • No; education was not free. • 6. Why would children go to school? • The advantages of being able to read and write were great . They attended school so that they would be good citizens of Rome.

  10. Let’s Review the Culture Worksheet! • 8. Who took the children to school? • A slave known as a paedagogus • 10, 11, 12. Describe two ways Quintus could write his assignments. • a. tabulae – wooden tablet coated with wax; he inscribed into the wax with a tool called a stilus • b. papyrus was also used; it was a thin, rough paper made from the papyrus reed, a plant which grew on the Nile River. Writing that was to be permanent was done on papyrus. • 12 & 13. What was the writing instrument for papyrus? • A reed or goose-quill sharpened at one end. This would be dipped in ink made from soot and resin.

  11. Let’s Review the Culture Worksheet! • 14. Describe how the students worked in school. • Students sat in chairs and rested their books in their laps. • 15. What was classroom discipline like? • Strict & harsh • 16 & 17. How long was a school day? • It began early and lasted about 6 hours with a short break at midday. • Holidays were given on public festivals & every ninth day (which was a market day). During the hot summer months (July to October), fewer students attended & some school masters closed their schools.

  12. Let’s Review the Culture Worksheet! • 18. When did Quintus go to secondary school and what was his teacher called? • At age 11; his teacher was a grammaticuswho introduced his students to works of literature. • Many students finished their education at age 11; however, students from wealthier families could continue their education. • 19. In this part of his education, Quintus studied ancient literature. Know the significance of the following authors: • a. Homer wrote Greek poetry like the Iliad & the Odessey. • c. Vergil wrote Roman epic poetry like the Aeneid. • 21. What two other subjects were taught and for what reason • a. history b. geography • In order to understand references to famous people & places mentioned in literature

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