SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY THE following devices and games are offered as practical aids to the study of Latin. The devices of the notched card and of the trellises will be of service to the pupil in the preparation of the lesson, while the word and sentence games can be made to vary the method of recitation and enliven the interest in the classroom. THE NOTCHED CARD A helpful device in learning declensions, conjugations, and vocabularies is the notched card: 1. To learn a declension: place the card over the declension so that NOMINATIVE will appear in the notch, and the form of the Nominative will be covered; pronounce the Nominative and give its meaning; then move the card down, and as each case appears in the notch pronounce the Latin form and give its meaning; in the same way test yourself on the plural forms. 2. To learn a tense of a verb: place the card so that the first English meaning will appear in the notch and the Latin forms will be covered; moving the card down, give in order each Latin form. 3. To learn a vocabulary: (a) Place the card so that the first Latin word of the vocabulary appears in the notch, the English meaning being hidden; then ask yourself, "What is the English meaning?" Move the card down the vocabulary, and test yourself on each Latin word. (b) Place the card so that the first English meaning appears within the notch, the Latin word being hidden; then ask yourself, "What is the Latin word?" Say the Latin word aloud, and, if it is a noun, give its Genitive and its gender; if it is a verb, give its principal parts. (c) Place the card, with the long unbroken edge at the top, across both the “English Meanings " and the "Latin Words," leaving the "Related English Words" in full view; look at the first line of related English words and ask yourself, "To what Latin word are these related?" "Do I know the exact meaning of these related English words?" TRELLISES 66 Another useful device for learning declensions and conjugations is a simple framework that may be called a trellis." Pupils can make the diagram on a sheet of paper and fill it in while preparing the lesson. The following suggestions are offered: 1. Noun Trellis. (a) Write upon the trellis all the forms of the noun to be learned (terra, hortus, templum, puer, etc.), marking long vowels and the accent, and give after each case its meaning. (b) Compare your written work with the book and correct any errors. (c) With the book closed and the written work put aside, form a mental picture of the trellis and decline the noun aloud, associating with each case its meaning. for accuracy and speed. Practice SING. PLUR. Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl. 2. Verb Trellis. (a) Write upon the trellis the present tense of the verb to be learned (vocō, moneō, regō, etc.), marking xvi SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY long vowels and accent, and give after each form its meaning. (b) Compare your written work with the book and correct 1. 2. 3. SING. PLUR. any errors. (c) With the book closed and the trellis put aside, form a mental picture of the trellis and conjugate the tense aloud, associating with each form its person and meaning. (This trellis should be enlarged upon as additional tenses and moods of the verb are studied.) 3. Adjective Trellis. — (a) Write upon the trellis, first, all forms of the Nominative singular; then all forms of the this framework and decline the adjective aloud, associating with each case its three genders, and having in your mind a clear picture of these forms in their proper place on the framework. (c) Repeat rapidly several times the endings alone, thus: Nom. -us, -a, -um; Gen. -i, -ae, -i; Dat. -ō, -ae, -ō, etc. THE GAME OF RELATED ENGLISH WORDS An interesting game may be played as follows: The teacher divides the class into two groups (A and B), then selects a Latin word from the word list and asks, for example, "Can you give an English word related to specto?" If group A has the "first inning," all in the group who can give one or more English words related to spectō at once raise the hand. Then the teacher asks different pupils of group A |