Communicative Context… Sacri Pulli: A Tale of War on Chickens. A Novice Level text centered in the Intercultural Standard 17 Jan 202013 Jan 2020 Sacri Pulli: a Tale of War and Chickens by Emma Vanderpool offers students novice level reading material centered around superstitious practices from ancient Rome. I am excited for this title…
Communicative Context Word Sort Tables – When you allow it, students will show you what is compelling. 13 Jun 201914 Jun 2019 The most difficult part of making the switch from a grammar syllabus based course to a comprehension based course is the discovery of what is compelling to students. When teachers…
Activities that create input… Difficult versus easy: A simple add on to continue the flow of input. 4 Apr 2019 We recently returned to school after a 10 day Spring break. I always find this the hardest Break from which to restart classes. Central Iowa tends to warm up over…
Communicative Context The SSR Handbook: Chapter 3 Pilot Program. 18 Mar 201921 Jun 2019 “Comprehensibleantiquity is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking…
Communicative Context A critical year for Iowa public schools. 12 Mar 2019 First off, I want to make it clear that the following words are my own thoughts and reflections as I observe the discussion over education happening in state level politics…
Communicative Context Move your teacher self out of the way: It’s blocking your view of the human beings in front of you. 31 Dec 201828 Dec 2018 Recently there was a debate in a teacher group about the use of Classical dictionaries. Passions were vibrant. I debated within myself wondering where I stood. My guess is about…
Communicative Context… Novice High ACTFL Performance Benchmarks: The basics without visual support and a little detail. 27 Dec 201822 Dec 2018 I continue exploring ACTFL's can do statements which started as my colleagues and I began to explore the new ACTFL performance indicators and can do statements. Read those posts here. …
Communicative Context… Black Out Poetry: Create compelling class discussion centered in a new text. 16 Dec 201814 Dec 2018 I find it difficult to approach new texts in upper level courses. Last week I was searching the web for inspiration on a new way to introduce text to level…
Communicative Context Why I think “Active” versus “Grammar-Translation” misses the point. 7 Dec 2018 I'm burnt out today. Lately, the Active Latin versus Grammar-Translation debate has popped up in my social media feeds. I need to do something different so I watched a lecture…
Communicative Context… Quis me amat?: An introductory Latin reading. 14 Jun 201815 Jun 2018 As my classes completed a first semester of Self Directed Reading there were still some students who fought the idea of reading or who read begrudgingly. Even though I attempted…
