Latin Everywhere, Everyday: A Latin Phrase Workbook
...This Latin phrasebook is indeed 'a fountain overflowing with what students need:-one Latin phrase for every day of the school year, with 5 on a page so that a week's work can be viewed at one time-a reservoir of explanations, examples, translations, and accompanying exercises-an abundance of derivatives that flows through the explanations of the phrases-a profusion of Latin abbreviations and mottoes-a steady stream of projects and games to keep the students engaged in the learning process-a bubbling source of unique historical facts and of the ubiquity of Latin in our everyday lives.'-EDITORS NOTE: This is an excellent source for Latin students of all levels: beginning, intermediate, advanced. A survey course would find it invaluable. English teachers would find this workbook an especially rich connection to Latin phrases found in many branches of literature. The references to the history of our nation and to the world in general, increase the student's vocabulary and knowledge. --June Stillwell, Classical Association of Western New York NewsletterLET'S READThis book contains 276 Latin phrases or abbreviations, including federal and state mottoes. It has a lot of explanations, examples, transitions, and accompanying exercises. An abundance of derivatives that flows through the explanations of the phrases. There are projects and games to keep one engaged in the learning process. It is a source of unique historical facts and of the ubiquity of Latin in our everyday lives. This book has everything in it to help you learn Latin.Elizabeth Heimbach wrote this workbook in a way that it could be completed in one year. She did this book to make it easier for people to learn Latin. --Mary Barrett, The Nashville New'Some people say that Latin is a dead language, but Latin is not dead; it is everywhere!' Designed for beginning students who want to learn Latin phrases, this practical workbook is filled with exercises, projects and games for students in grades 7-10, but would also be useful for home-schooling families. The three sections - sententiae, abbreviations and mottos- are filled with interesting derivatives, engaging information, facts and exercises. There are five phrases on each page so that students can see a whole week's work at once. The motto section includes colorful phrases such as 'alis volat propriis' (she flies by her own wings, Oregon's state motto), and 'descende ad terram' (descend to earth, the motto of the 507th Parachute Regiment). The teacher's edition comes with a CD to aid in pronunciation. Heimbach ends her introduction with; 'So, tempus fugit (time flies), carpe diem (seize the day), but festina lente (make haste slowly), and most of all, have fun!' --Elizabeth Heimbach, Bryn Mawr