Session Summary
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
9am to 10:30am EDT
Topics covered:
Session Summary:
Jacob did just superbly today. He was eager to learn, friendly, outgoing, and a lot of fun to work with. We got *a lot* of work down in this, our first session. We did a *thorough* review of the entire Latin verb system (including a number of grammatical points Jacob said he had yet to be taught—I did find some of the gaps in his knowledge, well, curious—Jacob kept apologizing, and I told him not to, that each teacher has his own style and approach). We then did an equally thorough review of the Latin noun system. I then had Jacob do an impromptu declension exercise, at which he did a terrific job—he has a real leg up on his command of Latin, in that he has the endings memorized, which is half the battle when it comes to mastering the Latin language. We then worked with his initial work in the "Grammatical Justification" exercise, not only at which he did quite well, but also which gave him a chance to encounter and begin to master the passive voice, which Jacob said he hadn't been taught yet. I am very pleased with Jacob and how well he handled himself, and I very much look forward to our next session, which Jacob told me his father would schedule with me soon. Thank so much, Jacob, for your good, hard work today.
9am to 10:30am EDT
Topics covered:
- The Latin Verb System
- The Two System: The Present System and the Present System
- the six tenses
- The Five Characteristics of Latin Verbs
- The Four Principal Parts
- The Two System: The Present System and the Present System
- The Latin Noun System
- The Three Characteristics of Latin Nouns
- The Two Important Pieces of Information Derived from the Genitive Singular
- the true stem of any given Latin noun
- the declension to which any given Latin noun belongs
- First-Declension Nouns
Session Summary:
Jacob did just superbly today. He was eager to learn, friendly, outgoing, and a lot of fun to work with. We got *a lot* of work down in this, our first session. We did a *thorough* review of the entire Latin verb system (including a number of grammatical points Jacob said he had yet to be taught—I did find some of the gaps in his knowledge, well, curious—Jacob kept apologizing, and I told him not to, that each teacher has his own style and approach). We then did an equally thorough review of the Latin noun system. I then had Jacob do an impromptu declension exercise, at which he did a terrific job—he has a real leg up on his command of Latin, in that he has the endings memorized, which is half the battle when it comes to mastering the Latin language. We then worked with his initial work in the "Grammatical Justification" exercise, not only at which he did quite well, but also which gave him a chance to encounter and begin to master the passive voice, which Jacob said he hadn't been taught yet. I am very pleased with Jacob and how well he handled himself, and I very much look forward to our next session, which Jacob told me his father would schedule with me soon. Thank so much, Jacob, for your good, hard work today.