BODY PARTS

ELE Syllabus Entry

[nominative singular, nominative plural]

auris corpus, corpora genu oculus
bracchium crus, crura humerus os, ora
caput, capita cubitum lingua pes, pedes
collum dens, dentes manus pollex, pollices
coma digitus nasus tergum

SECTION CONTENTS

Joe Body Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Paste Joe Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Body Parts Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Body Parts Song (song) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quo in Loco Pollex Celat? (song) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Body Parts Derivatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cubitum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Review Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Joe Body Parts Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Answer Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

GRAPHICS CD CONTENTS

Full-Color Large Joe

Body Parts Song Overhead
Quo in Loco Pollex Celat? Overhead

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Joe Body Parts

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Joe Body Parts (continued)

Cut out the pieces and put Joe Body Parts together.

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Body Parts Exercise

CAPUT (touch head)

CAPUT (touch head)

COLLUM (touch neck)

CAPUT (touch head)

COLLUM (touch neck)

HUMERI (touch shoulders)

(continue repeating and adding on...)

BRACCHIA (flap arms)

MANUS (clap)

DIGITI (wiggle fingers)

POLLICES (thumbs up)

CORPUS (bend over, touching belly)

FEMORA (pat thighs)

GENUA (touch knees)

TIBIAE (touch shins)

PEDES (stomp feet)

(continue in reverse order)

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Body Parts Song

(to the tune of “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)

Caput, humerus, genu, pes

genu, pes
Caput, humerus, genu, pes
genu, pes
Oculus, auris, nasus, os
Caput, humerus, genu, pes
genu, pes
Coma, bracchium, tergum, crus
tergum, crus
Coma, bracchium, tergum, crus
tergum, crus
Manus, digitus, lingua, dens
Coma, bracchium, tergum, crus
tergum, crus

Quo in Loco Pollex Celat?

(to the tune of “Where is Thumbkin?”)

Quo in loco
Pollex celat?
Hic adsum.
Hic adsum.
Hodie quid agis?
Optime, amice.
Effuge.
Effuge.

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Body Parts Derivatives

Many English words come from the Latin names for body parts. Using the clue in each sentence
as your guide, write the English name for the body parts on the line provided.

caput Murder is considered a capital crime because you can lose your ___________ for it.

corpus Alfred had become so corpulent that none of his clothes would fit his ___________.

manus The car’s manual transmission had to be operated by ___________.

os Stories related orally are communicated by ___________.

oculus Jake went to the oculist to have his __________ checked.

auris Dogs hear much better than humans; their aural superiority is possibly due to the
shape of their _________.

nasus Her voice had a nasal quality because her __________ was stopped up.

lingua The noted linguist was fluent in many languages or ___________.

dens She employed good dental hygiene when she brushed her __________ twice a day.

pes After walking around all day, the pedestrian’s ___________ were quite tired.

digitus Primitive man used his __________ rather than a calculator to keep track of digits.

collum Mary never had dirty collars because she always washed her ___________ quite well.

genu The lady-in-waiting genuflected as the queen passed by slightly bending her
__________.

bracchium The gibbon is a brachiate animal who swings from one branch to another using
its ___________.

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Cubitum
(elbow)

The cubit, an ancient measure, was actually a measure of length based on the distance from
the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It usually ranged, depending on the person, from 18 to
21 inches.

Measure your own cubit (distance between your elbow and tip of your middle finger) and record
your findings below. Then get the cubit measurements of four of your classmates and enter
those onto the chart also.

Yourself (name): ____________________________

Your cubit: ______________ inches

Classmate #1 (name): ________________________

His/her cubit: ______________ inches

Classmate #2 (name): ________________________

His/her cubit: ______________ inches

Classmate #3 (name): ________________________

His/her cubit: ______________ inches

Classmate #4 (name): ________________________

His/her cubit: ______________ inches

If you were given a rope of gold measuring 10 cubits long, how

long would your rope be in inches? _____________________

How long would your classmates’ ropes be?

________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

Can you see why cubits are NOT a good standard of measure? Explain. ___________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

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Review Crossword
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7 8

10 11

12 13

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ACROSS: DOWN:
1. thumb 2. eye
4. finger/toe 3. tongue
7. knee 4. tooth
8. ear 5. back
9. mouth 6. shoulder
10. arm 11. elbow
12. hand 13. nose
14. foot 15. body
15. leg 16. neck
16. hair
17. head

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Joe Body Parts Board Game

Create a board game to learn about body parts. You will use this game in conjunction with the
Joe Body Parts page.

Materials
Game board (See below.)
Dice
Index cards
Joe Body Parts cut-outs (See page 27.)

On a piece of posterboard, make a board game outline similar to

Monopoly with seven rectangles between the corner squares. See
illustration.

In two corners opposite one another, write GO and JAIL. Cut out the following words and paste
them randomly in the other spaces.

CAPUT GENU GENU MANUS MANUS

COLLUM CORPUS HUMERUS HUMERUS BRACCHIUM

BRACCHIUM DIGITUS DIGITUS DIGITUS DIGITUS

DIGITUS DIGITUS DIGITUS DIGITUS POLLEX

POLLEX FEMUR FEMUR PES PES

TIBIA TIBIA FORTUNA FORTUNA FORTUNA

Create a set of Fortuna Cards using questions like those on the following page which reflect
specific information that you think your students should know.

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Joe Body Parts Board Game (continued)

SUGGESTIONS FOR CARDS

HOW DO YOU SAY “HELLO” IN LATIN?

HOW DO YOU SAY “GOODBYE” IN LATIN?

SAY “MY NAME IS ______” IN LATIN.

WHAT IS THE ROMAN NUMERAL FOR ONE HUNDRED?

ASK A FRIEND WHAT HIS OR HER NAME IS IN LATIN.

WHAT DOES “TEMPUS FUGIT” MEAN?

IN WHAT COUNTRY IS ROME?

WHAT COUNTRY IS SHAPED LIKE A BOOT?

WHAT LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN IN ITALY TODAY?

WHAT SOUND DOES A VACCA MAKE?

WHAT LANGUAGE WAS SPOKEN ALL OVER THE ROMAN EMPIRE DURING THE FIRST CENTURY A.D.?

WHERE IS SICILY?

WHAT ISLAND IS THE “SOCCER BALL” AT THE TIP OF “THE BOOT?”

WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THE WORDS “E PLURIBUS UNUM?”

WHAT DOES “E PLURIBUS UNUM” MEAN?

GO TO JAIL

After the gameboard and cards have been prepared, students should bring their Joe Body Parts
cutouts so they can create Joe as they land on the different spaces.

Students take turns rolling the dice. The word on the space tells what body part can be added.
Fortuna spaces require drawing a card from the Fortuna pile. If the student can answer the
question, another turn can be taken. If the student draws the Go To Jail card, rolling doubles or
two missed turns will allow release.

At the end of a specified time limit, whoever has most of Joe completed is the winner.

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BODY PARTS ANSWER KEYS

p. 30 Derivatives

caput = head auris = ears digitus = finge rs

corpus = body nasus= nose collum = neck
manus = hand lingua = tongues genu = knee
os = mo uth dens = tee th bracchiu m = arms
oculus = eyes pes = feet

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