I’ve gone through and updated Special Person with 21 questions that my students were most interested in this year. Also, a new format now includes just the question, and a short response starter (but not 3rd person). Download and enjoy!
Adriana Ramirez shared videos of her and her students doing Picture Talk on Facebook. I apologize if you can’t see them, but the reality is that most of my professional groups have now migrated to FB, which is becoming THE way to remain current in the field, apparently. Adriana used old family photos for Picture Talk … Continue reading Picture Talk: A Discipulus Illustris Follow-Up
**Read about DISCIPVLVS ILLVSTRIS, and Sabrina’s variation for some context** Should we assess what students remember about their classmates, or should we assess whether students understand Latin? Although the former has social benefits, let’s face it…we use student details as our understandable messages in Latin. It’s great to know that Johnny’s birthday is in April, but it’s better … Continue reading Discipulus Illustris: Those Quizzes
**See a more recent post with some changes to the Quizzes** Last week at TCI Maine ’15, Sabrina Janczak discussed and demoed Star of the Week, her process for student interviews. Although I first discovered a practical interview process from Bryce Hedstrom’s, word has it that original credit goes to Jody Noble, along with Krashen’s 1983 … Continue reading Discipulus Illustris: Updated Materials and Variation
After a most terrible teaching experience (i.e., remote year 2020-21), I wrote about wanting to double my storytelling efforts for the next year. In 2021-22, it didn’t really happen, with us creating only 10 class stories total, all very short, amounting to something like 700 total words of Latin. Come this year, we made just … Continue reading No More Stories
I’ve been using the basic Talk & Read class structure for a while (i.e., a greeting, quick discussion, and/or some activity “by ear” for about 5 to 20 minutes, then reading, reading, reading for the remainder). That was when I had 40 to 60 minute classes for years. However, switching to an 85-minute block schedule … Continue reading Talk, Read & Reread
In August of 2020, I wrote 0 To 70: Five Years Of Latin Novellas. Well, here we are just two years later having nearly doubled that number!!!! I’ve got two more coming out this year as well, so I’m betting it won’t be long until we hit that 140 mark. Novellas are no joke. While … Continue reading 0 To 130: Seven Years Of Latin Novellas
In a Latin Best Practices Facebook group discussion months back, I shared that I wasn’t sure I do any pre- or post-reading. I just have a bunch of…activities. While I still think that’s true, I’ve decided to consolidate and organize everything under the pre/dum(during)/post categories to make planning even easier. I almost can’t believe I … Continue reading Pre-, Dum-, and Post-Reading Cycles
**Updated 5.9.22 with a new Whodunnit and its folder** My students have had a decent time playing our RPG lite “The Game” series, so I went looking for something else with more interaction and collaboration that first year language students could handle on their own without me leading it like The Game. I stumbled across … Continue reading MYSTĒRIUM: A Whodunnit Game In Latin
Like usual, it took me a matter of minutes the other day to create the next day’s class agenda. Oh, you wanna know the trick to that? There are lots of them, but it all starts with a good grading system and ends with the basic Talk & Read format. Then, I try not to … Continue reading Low-Prep Doesn’t Always Mean EZ
Magister P. 