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The SSR Handbook: Chapter 3 Pilot Program.

18 Mar 201921 Jun 2019
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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. …
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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…
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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…
Communicative Context…

Iter Mirabile Dennis et Debrae: The ancient world meets modern in an intermediate level story.

11 Jun 20186 Apr 2020
Other intermediate Latin titles in level F Cupido et Psyche - The famous story that demonstrates the jealous the goddess Venus had for the mortal, but beautiful woman Psyche.  For…
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Lucia, Puella Mala

31 May 20186 Jul 2021
Level C books should be around the Novice high range.  Other titles in level C are: Coronis - An adaptation of Ovid's story about Coronis and Apollo.  Will Andromachus acquire…
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Pluto: fabula amoris – An introduction to Classical mythological characters for the Novice reader.

30 May 20186 Jul 2021
Level C books should be around the Novice high range.  Other titles in level C are: Coronis - An adaptation of Ovid's story about Coronis and Apollo.  Will Andromachus acquire…
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Creating Student Driven Input: GooseChase

17 May 201817 May 2018
GooseChase is an app that allows you to create scavenger hunt type games for groups.  I first experienced GooseChase in Katherine Gales' classroom at Xavier High School last year.  Here…

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Comprehensible Input Activities

  • Vocabulary Activities: Initial interactions with input.
  • Pre-Reading Activities: Focus their attention on a text before approaching it.
  • During Reading Activities: Create Novelty with Simple Adjustments
    • Self Directed Reading: My take on Free Voluntary Reading
  • Post Reading Activities: Reading Reps on the Path to Mastery of a Text.
  • Language Tasks: Data Processing in the Target Language.
  • Videos for Learning Latin
  • Latin Video Resources
  • Digital Products in Comprehensible Latin
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