One of the best improvements to the new AP exam is the inclusion of a vocabulary list based on the most frequently occurring vocabulary in the required Vergil and Pliny texts. The complete is located in Appendix B of the AP Latin CED (Curriculum and Exam Description). The reason I love this new list is …
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Announcing a new classroom resource for the revised 2025-26 AP Latin Exam! Contents include: Pliny’s love letters to his wife Calpurnia (Epistulae 6.4 and 6.7) The two letters to Tacitus detailing Pliny’s eyewitness account of the infamous eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the death of his uncle Pliny the Elder (Epistulae 6.16 and 6.20) Pliny’s …
Recently, I've been experimenting with a new writing activity in my classes—something I’m calling Duae Linguae stories (or “bilingual” stories).. I first hinted at it in a previous post, assuming it was just a concept I’d picked up somewhere—from a blog, a podcast, or conversation.. But after some digging, I realized that I haven’t come …
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Aulus Anser is my newest Level A novella, joining company with Ego Polyphemus and Lars Romam Odit as an accessible to beginner-level readers of Latin. Like Lars, I turned my attention away from mythology to Roman culture. Specifically, the novel includes such cultural topics as the hills of Rome, the Capitoline geese, the Gallic invasion …
Good news for educators facing distance learning this fall! I am partnering with Storylabs to bring you several of my most popular novellas on a completely digital platform! One annual subscription allows a teacher and up to 180 students access to a completely virtual edition of the novella of your choice. As a bonus, all …
This is my fifth year teaching in a CI-centered language classroom. The first year was magical. I had students who were used to doing things the traditional way. I quickly changed the paradigm, and the students rejoiced. Latin class was fun. It was relevant. It was student-centered and student-driven. We were speaking, writing, reading, and …
After eight months of work, I have finally published my new novella: Pandora: A Latin Novella. The cast of characters includes Pandora and the Olympian gods (of course), but I have also included elements from other myths involving Circe, the golden apple, and Venus' relationship with Mars, among others. It's the third in the Familia …
I had the privilege of attending iFLT (the International Forum on Language Teaching) this summer in beautiful St. Petersburg, Florida, and though it has been a week or so since I’ve returned, I’m still reeling a bit from the amazing experience. I have a notebook full of quotes, observations, tweaks, ideas, book titles, links, etc. …
Monday, April 22nd, Day 147 1.) Reader’s Theater/Storytelling: “Orpheus” Inspired by Magister Craft’s “Orpheus and Eurydice” video. I wanted to use the video, but the Latin is a bit dense for my Latin I students. So I adapted Magister Craft’s script at first, but ended up write my own (they may even be a good …
Monday, April 15th, Day 143 through Wednesday, April 17th, Day 145 So, the week before Easter, I attempted the Storybook Project, as laid out in The Natural Approach to the Year (a book, by the way, that anyone trying to teach in a communicative way should have on their shelf). I struggled with this project …
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