Road to Latin Chapter IV: reading the picture

​For this Quizizz, you will need:

Some text here about the topic of discussion

There are 28​ slides in the lesson, including multiple choice questions, typing questions, and some spoken responses. This assignment is

due at the end of class today!

​Most of our class time.

There are two questions you will write about in your notebook. They are part of this assignment.​

​Your notebook and stylus.

​In your notebook:

​Please write or draw your personal response

When you hear or think of the word "GOD," what comes to mind?

There are no right or wrong answers, just your personal view.

If you write, please write at least 3 complete and meaningful sentences.​

Please spend a few minutes on this before you move on: it is part of today's assignment.

This chapter raises the theme of ancient Roman religious practices.​ You are invited both to appreciate and to critique them.

​spectā pictūram, quaesō.

Multiple Choice

quis est?

• terra est.

• puella est.

• vīlla est.

• discipulae sunt.

Multiple Choice

quid est?

• casae sunt.

• agricola est.

• vīlla est.

• schola est.

Multiple Choice

What does the question word* "quālis" mean in English?

(*the technical term is interrogative adjective.)

• Who?

• What?

• What kind of?

• Why?

• expects a "no" answer

Multiple Select

quālis puella est?

• puella est parva.

• puella est Rōmāna.

• puella est bona.

• casae sunt parvae.

Please listen to the sound of this word so you can say it correctly.

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​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

​The next slide is a spoken response.

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Audio Response

respondē Latīnē (Speak your response in Latin):

quālis vīlla est?

(There are various possible responses: get creative! Make sure to pronounce the Latin correctly and to speak with expression.)

Open Audio Recorder

Multiple Choice

quālēs sunt casae?

(notice the plural form of "quālis.")

• terra nautās nōn dēlectat.

• casae sunt parvae.

• casa est magna.

• terra agricolās dēlectat.

Multiple Choice

quid est?

(Use process of elimination to rule out answers that make no sense.)

• casae sunt.

• aqua est.

• silva est.

• statua est.

Multiple Choice

quis est fēmina?

• fēmina est domina.

• fēmina est ancilla.

• fēmina est agricola.

• fēmina est magistra.

Multiple Choice

estne puella Americāna?

• puella est parva, sed vīlla Rōmāna pulchra est.

• puella nōn est Americāna. puella est Rōmāna.

• domina est magna, et domina pulchra est.

• certē, vīlla est longa et lāta.

Multiple Choice

Introduces a question that expects a yes or no answer:

• -ne

• nōnne

• num

Multiple Choice

nōnne vīlla est longa et lāta?

• puella est parva, sed vīlla Rōmāna pulchra est.

• puella nōn est Americāna. puella est Rōmāna.

• domina est magna, et domina pulchra est.

• certē, vīlla est longa et lāta.

Multiple Choice

Introduces a question that expects a "yes" answer:

• -ne

• nōnne

• num

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

What is the best response to the question you just wrote?

• domina puellam amat.

• certē, statua puellam dēlectat.

• puella terram nōn habet.

• puellae terram nōn habent.

Multiple Choice

num domina est parva?

• puella est parva, sed vīlla Rōmāna pulchra est.

• puella nōn est Americāna. puella est Rōmāna.

• domina nōn est parva, sed domina pulchra est.

• certē, vīlla est longa et lāta.

Multiple Choice

What does "cūr" mean in English?

• Who?

• What?

• Why?

• What kind of?

• expects a "yes" answer.

Multiple Choice

cūr pictūra nōn est bona?

• pictūra nōn est bona quod Rōmānae nōn sunt albae.

• pictūra est bona quod puella est pia.

as we know from their writings and their art, such as the Fayum portraits. Sadly, the pictures in our book misrepresent them.

​The ancient Romans were very diverse,

Poll

velisne tū pictūram bonam facere?

(There is no right or wrong answer, just your personal feeling.)

• certē, I would like to draw a better picture for this chapter.

• nōn, I do not want to make a picture, but I would like to see a better one.

​The next Quizizz will guide you through reading it, understanding its meaning, and responding to questions about it. You will also read it in your groups with magistra.

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​Here is the story about this picture.

​Please write at least 3 complete & meaningful sentences.

​Please write a response in your notebook:

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Based on what you already know about ancient Roman culture and beliefs, what do you infer the girl may be doing in this picture? Why do you think this? No right or wrong answer, just your thought process.​ grātiās!

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