Lacie has done a little vocabulary in Latin. Her grammar is weak. Tomorrow, I’ll give her some more vocab and have her write first declension nouns. I had two years of Latin in High School a looonnnng time ago. I’m relearning Latin. Henle Latin is replete with grammar and translations. I need to know the declensions, grammar, and vocabulary. This means writing out the declensions and learning the vocabulary right along with Lacie. I’m working through the translations and diagramming a few of the sentences. Lacie will need to diagram many of these phrases.
Unless you are using a tutor or an online program, I don’t see how a parent could teach Latin without learning it along with the child. I can hear you screaming. I work on Latin while Lacie is struggling through a study guide or history questions. I think the best time to lesson plan is when the kids are working. I’m working through Lesson 2 exercises and translations. I think it’s important initially to do all of the exercises—especially the diagramming and identification of the noun case. That is a gap in the Latin 1 answer key; the answer is to consult the grammar book.
The grammar doesn’t bother me; but, grammar is one of the biggest hurtles to mastering any language. As you learn the first and second declension nouns, write the meaning of the cases and the translations. Write out the declension for bellum, nominative case, subject, the war, belli, genitive case, of the war, etc. Write out nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, over and over until you know the cases. It takes ten or more times to learn the noun declensions.
Leave out your declensions as you translate. One skill is recognizing the case, another is its meaning—before you can translate the phrase or sentence. Do the whole exercise and check your answers.
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