MONDAY, October 15th, Day 45 Card Talk – Two Truths/Lie TOPIC: quid tu egisti hoc biduo? I prepared this PowerPoint presentation in order to give the students the support they needed to compose some basic sentences about themselves and their activities. I just used this to discuss the student's weekends and interests--we didn't play "Tria …
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Week 10 – Latin I
Monday Columbus Day Holiday - No School Tuesday, October 9th, Day 41 Discipulus Illustris Prep Time: 0 minutes Quick Quiz – verum an falsum (based on the information from the interview) Prep Time: 0 minutes Write and Discuss (a summary of the Interview) Prep Time: 0 minutes Total Prep Time: 0 minutes NB: I changed …
A Year in F7 – Week 9 (end of the first quarter)
Latin I Note: This was a very short week. Only three days of class. Monday, October 1st, Day 38 Calendar Talk Prep Time: 0 minutes Student Interview Prep Time: 0 minutes Quick Quiz: based on the student interviews Prep Time: 0 minutes Storytelling with Actors (introduction to the “Gladiator” Movie Talk) Prep Time: 10 minutes …
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A Week in F7 – Week 8
Latin I Monday, September 24th, Day 33 Calendar Talk Prep Time: 0 minutes Quick Quiz – True or False: “Dragonboy” ending Prep Time: 0 minutes OWI (inanimate object) Prep Time: 20 minutes I created a list of predetermined questions to ask to create the character. As we developed details of the story, I answered the …
A Year in F7 – Week 7 (Latin I)
password for this week: veni vidi vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) Monday, Sept. 17, Day 28 Calendar Talk Instead of just talking about the date, weather, birthdays, etc. and pointing to the calendar, I started class everyday filling out this sheet (which I wrote in OneNote as I projected the text) I then …
A Year in F7 – Week 6 (Latin I)
Monday, Sept. 10th – Day 23 Picture Matching Quiz An unexpected hit. I used pictures that the students drew last week. Prep Time: 20 minutes (choosing pictures and preparing them for presentation) end of Yoda Story – “Yoda est pater” Kindergarten/Storytelling with pictures (begin with the pictures from the quiz) This is simple drawing …
5-Minute Mysteries in L2
A novel way to provide engaging input and interaction in a meaningful communicative context. I’m a huge fan of mysteries and riddles. The more challenging, the better. They are highly engaging, interesting, and encourage creative thinking. When I was a kid I used to play a lot of Mind Trap. Well, play probably isn’t he …
A Year in F7 – Latin I (Week 5)
This week’s password: “tempus fugit” Inspired by Bryce Hedstrom's use of passwords. This is something I've been doing for over a year, and it has been a non-negotiable in my classroom. Monday, Sep. 3rd - Labor Day (no school) Tuesday, Sept 4th - Day 19 Calendar Talk discuss the day of the week (“dies …
A Year in F7 – Week 4
Lesson Plans - Latin I Monday - Day 14 Calendar Talk (5 minutes) Prep Time: 0 minutes Card Talk Targets: “placet” and “non placet” I devised this PowerPoint to give our conversation about likes and dislikes. We did not go through every picture, just enough until student interest waned, and then we moved …
A Year in F7 – Week 3 – Latin I
Lesson Plans Shlubi the isopod saves the day . . . Monday – Day 9 Calendar Talk (5 – 10 minutes) Targets: hodie, cras, heri, erit, erat, numbers (in context) Sing “felicem natalem tibi” as needed Prep Time: 0 minutes Ask-a-Story (in two 12-15 minute sections) assign new student jobs: scriba (scribe), custos temporis (time …
Comprehensible Classics 