Educational Objectives

• learn about gladiator culture
• learn, recognize/translate deponent verbs
• know vocabulary
• derivatives and cognates

Schedule

1st Day -

• Go over the vocabulary with the class.   There are many excellent ways to do this.  For starters, try asking the class what they think the word means.  Then ask for derivatives, principal parts, declension, whether or not it is a cognate, etc.
• Assign grammar points.  This is a good way to see what your class remembers from previous lessons.  Go ahead and discuss the new grammar learned in the section, in this lesson, tell them about the deponent verb.
• Do some sentences on the board, and then assign practice patterns for homework.  Before the end of class, try to see if the class can parse the deponent verb by themselves.

2nd Day -

• Review homework from last night and vocabulary flashcard review.  We would like to reccomend making color coded flash cards.  For a change, trying using different colored markers for different types of words.  Like, all the nouns could be written in blue.
• Get a small story, and have the class translate it.  During the story, you can introuce culture into the lesson.   Start off by asking if anyone knows anything about gladiatorial combat, and let the class discuss.
• For homework have the students finish the story, and review vocabulary.

3rd Day -

• Review the story.   Evaluate.

Vocabulary

Gladius
Scutum
Arena
Pugno
Ludus
Laedo
Mors
Trident
Galea
Certamen
Aedile
Leo
Beastiare
Venetiones
Vulnero
Saluto
Servus
Caedes
A, Ab
Gladiator

We would like to reccomend basing most of the lesson on the vocabulary.  So bring certain grammar points as review, and as with this unit, incorporate new vocabulary terms.  In this case, we have the deponent verb.  For the grammar in this lesson, we suggest going over the three cognates, all the derivatives, and parts of the words (declensoin, principal parts)

Grammatical Points

• Deponent Verb (explanation of meaning and use)
• Review of passive verbs

Practice

• There are many things you can do here.   For example, you might have 7 students up to the board to practice some grammar.   You could split the class into small groups and have them conjugate verbs.   Also, as a class, try doing a synopsis of a verb.  In this lesson, we suggest doing the deponent verb.

Culture and History

• Here is where the teacher has to make the call.  We suggest that for this section, you give a translation on the topic of gladiatorial combat.  If desired, you can have a story that doesn't have anything to do with the lesson, but it would take away from the lesson.