Hello, my name is Jimmy Ainsworth. I am now on my 6th year teaching at Madison Central High School, and my 4th year at Rosa Scott. I teach Latin (1,2 and sometimes 3) and Mythology - collectively known as the Classics.
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Mythology = finish Labors of Heracles
-------------Cretan Bull, Mares of Diomedes, Girdle of Hippolyta, Cattle of Geryon, Apples of Hesperides, Cerberus (and freedom)
-------------fight with Acheolus over Deineira
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12-2-08
Latin I = review declension/conjugation basics
-------------review Exam
-------------introduce Perfect stem
-------------Perfect tense (endings)
HW: Ch.17 Vocab/Translation
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12-3-08
Latin II = Ch.36 Vocab Quiz (review trans.)
-------------Passive Conjugation review, Quiz
-------------Indicative Conjugation Test (Act/Pass)
HW: Ch.37 Vocab/Translation
Mythology = finish Heracles (Nessus/Death/Philoctetes)
-------------Disney "Hercules" movie
HW: Paper based on movie (diff.), study for Test
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12-4-08
Latin I = review (finish)
-------------Grammar Test (1-3 Dec./Pres-Future Conj.)
-------------Saturnalia discussion
HW: Ch.14 Vocab/Translation
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1-5-09
Latin I = review Semester Exam
HW: Ch. 15 (vocab, cards, translation)
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1-6-09
Latin II = review conj. (indicative active,passive)
-------------intro. to subjunctive conjugation
HW: Ch. 38(vocab, cards, translation)
Mythology = introduction to Myth.; themes, timeline
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1-7-09
Latin I = Ch.15 Vocab Quiz
-------------review translation, endings
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1-8-09
Latin II = Ch. 38 Vocab. Quiz
-------------review translation
-------------review conjugations
HW: Ch.37 vocab quiz
Mythology = begin Greco-Roman
-------------creation, early gods, titans, creation of earth, humans; Prometheus -fire, punishment; gift of Pandora/box, Lycaon, Flood (Deucalion, Pyrrha)
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1-9-09
Latin I = "Horatia Argum Servat" translation
HW: Ch. 11-15 Vocab. test
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1-12-09
Latin II = Ch.37 Vocab Quiz (cards)
--------------review conjugations; popquiz (iacio)
HW: Ch.33-36 Vocab Test
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1-13-09
Latin I = Vocabulary Test (11-15), finish translation
HW: Ch. 16 (vocab, cards, translation)
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1-14-09
Latin II = Vocabulary Test (33-36)
-------------conjugation quiz(zes)
HW: Ch.39 (vocab, cards, translation)
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