A Tree Grows in Latin

Students were asked to create a derivative tree with roots in the four principal parts of a verb, particularly the fourth principal part, of a verb of their choosing. Requirements were: a minimum of ten derivatives that were not just slight alterations of the same word, a minimum of three parts of speech, a clear method for how the tree was constructed or the derivatives found, and aesthetics. Spelling counted, too! One student came up with thirty-eight different words, a few came up with connections of which their Magistra was unaware, one sorted his derivatives by language of occurrence, and so on. Finally, since they had completed the strike of their set, the seventh grade drama class created the veritable forest of arbores which decorates Room 319.