fifthgradelatintakingnotes

1) You should make a card for each word assigned in a chapter. These words will usually include all of the nouns, the verbs, adjectives, and maybe some of the other words. It may/may not include every word in the chapter list. 2) Assign a number to each of the words for which you are making a card. 3) You will need two cards for each word. You will also need colored pencils or crayons, a pen, and a pencil. Do not use flairs or markers that show through the card and are visible on the back of the card. 4) On the first card for each word, use a black or blue ink pen to write the number of the chapter and the number of the word in the list on the __unlined side of that card__. On the second card for each word, use a black or blue ink pen to write the number of the chapter and the number of the word in the list on the __lined side of that card__. Use Roman numerals and make the numbers about one inch tall, like this: ** CAP. I, Verbum I **. The abbreviation for chapter is CAP. and stands for the Latin word //capitulum//. The Latin word //verbum// means “word.” So this notation indicates that the vocabulary word is the very first word in the very first chapter. Please use a black or blue ink pen to number two cards for each word that you are assigned until you have cards with notations that show all of the chapter and word numbers. 5) Now, turn the first card over, and look at the lined side. You are going to write on this side of the card in Latin with a colored pencil. The color that you will use depends on the word’s gender and part of speech. If the vocabulary word is a Latin noun, it will be feminine, masculine, or neuter in its gender. If it is a feminine noun, then it will belong to the “insula” family because //insula// is the first feminine noun given in the textbook. If it is a masculine noun, then it will belong to the “fluvius” family because //fluvius// is the first masculine noun given in the textbook. If it is a neuter noun, then it will belong to the “oppidum” family because //oppidum// is the first neuter noun given in the textbook. Noun cards are written in colors that correspond to their genders. Thus, you write the words on a feminine noun card in some shade of pink. The words on a masculine noun card are written in a shade of blue, and the words on a neuter noun card are written in orange. Words that are not nouns are color coded according to their part of speech, and will probably not have a fixed gender. Adjective cards are written in brown, and adjectives correspond to the nouns that they modify in gender, case, and number. The cards for verbs are written in red. The cards for numbers are written in purple. The cards for “other” words (such as interrogative pronouns, prepositions, and Latin cases) are written in green. 6) On the top pink line of the first card, in the top right hand corner, you will write “insula” in pink colored pencil if the word is a feminine noun. “Insula” is the family name for feminine nouns. You will write “fluvius” in that spot in blue colored pencil if the word is a masculine noun because it is the family name for masculine nouns. You will write “oppidum” in that spot in orange colored pencil if the word is a neuter noun (family name for neuter nouns). If the word is not a noun, you will write its part of speech in that spot in the appropriate color (i. e. you would write “verb” in red in that corner if the word was a verb). 7) On the first blue line of the card, starting at the left hand margin, write the nominative singular form of the word in its appropriate color. If the word is a noun, follow the nominative singular form with a comma, then the proper genitive singular case ending, and then the gender of the noun. If the word is not a noun, but is an adjective that declines, write the masculine singular form, followed by a hyphen, then the feminine singular ending, then another hyphen, then the neuter singular ending. If the word does not decline, such as a verb, a preposition, or an interrogative pronoun, then write it in its given form in the appropriate color. 8) Skip down two blue lines. In the next space in about the center of the card, write the given form of the vocabulary word in its appropriate color. 9) Skip down two more blue lines. Copy a sentence out of the textbook lesson for that chapter that includes a form of the vocabulary word. The entire sentence should be in the appropriate color of the word. Then underline the vocabulary word for that card, still using the appropriate color. 10)Now, turn the second card over so that you are looking at the unlined back side of the card. On this unlined side, you need to draw and color, or cut out and paste on, a picture that represents to you the vocabulary word on the corresponding first card. For example, if the Latin word was “liber,” you might draw or paste on a picture of a book; or if the Latin word was “puella,” you might draw or paste on a picture of a girl. Thus, you create pictures that remind you of the vocabulary word on the blank side of the second card for each of the vocabulary words that are assigned. You may have to use your imagination to come up with reminder pictures. 11)When you have completed the cards for all of the assigned words, you should have two cards for each word. Both cards will have the same chapter and word number on one side. The first card for each word will have colored writing on the lined side. The second card for each word will have a picture that helps remind you of the word on the unlined side. 12) Now punch a hole in the top left hand corner of each card. Do not punch the hole too close to the edge of the card or it will tear. You can put a circular reinforcing sticker around the hole if you need one. Once you have holes in each of the cards in your chapter deck, I will give you a binder ring to insert through the holes so that you can keep all of the assigned vocabulary words for each chapter together on one ring. Every time we start a new chapter, I will assign vocabulary words to you from the chapter list. You will make a deck of cards for each chapter. As long as we are studying that chapter, keep your chapter deck of vocabulary words with you. When we start a new chapter, put the previous chapter’s deck of cards in a safe place (like your desk drawer at home) so that you can access it if you start to forget what a word means or its part of speech.
 * __ How to Make Latin Vocabulary Flashcards __**