Saturday, February 22, 2014
Latin I Class Notes -- Week 6 (February 20)
Salve!
We began our class by playing Hang Man with Latin words and English derivatives. Following that we took an in-class quiz. (For those who were not in class, the quiz is attached to this e-mail.)
With only an hour, we just got started on Chapter 16, "Why is Sextus a Pest?" We quickly read through the first few lines, but didn't have time to finish. We will pick up with Chapter 16 next week.
Due to the weather and the time change were missing a couple of students. With a class this small, I want us to stay together with the translation of the chapters, so I didn't assign any work from Chapter 16. Instead, I would like students to spend their "Latin time" reviewing vocabulary words, noun endings, and verb endings. I've given a long list of links to websites with games and reviews.
For the rest of the semester, we will have Short Weekly Quizzes. Next week's quiz: endings for 1st and 2nd declension nouns AND endings for 1st and 2nd conjugation verbs. In class I handed out some copies of the charts for noun and verb endings that are in the back of the book. I've attached those charts along with charts with specific columns circled -- these are the columns that you should study for the quiz.
We had shortened classes at CHAT
this week due to the impending blizzard. Since I had to travel south
into the "blizzard zone" after classes, I was glad to get an early start
for my ride home. Even with the shortened class, we were able to
accomplish quite a a bit. These are hard-working, conscientious
students.
We began our class by playing Hang Man with Latin words and English derivatives. Following that we took an in-class quiz. (For those who were not in class, the quiz is attached to this e-mail.)
With only an hour, we just got started on Chapter 16, "Why is Sextus a Pest?" We quickly read through the first few lines, but didn't have time to finish. We will pick up with Chapter 16 next week.
Due to the weather and the time change were missing a couple of students. With a class this small, I want us to stay together with the translation of the chapters, so I didn't assign any work from Chapter 16. Instead, I would like students to spend their "Latin time" reviewing vocabulary words, noun endings, and verb endings. I've given a long list of links to websites with games and reviews.
For the rest of the semester, we will have Short Weekly Quizzes. Next week's quiz: endings for 1st and 2nd declension nouns AND endings for 1st and 2nd conjugation verbs. In class I handed out some copies of the charts for noun and verb endings that are in the back of the book. I've attached those charts along with charts with specific columns circled -- these are the columns that you should study for the quiz.
Here's your Homework/Assignments for Next Week:
-- Catch up on making all of your vocabulary cards
-- Spend about 30 minutes doing practice exercises
-- Prepare for the weekly quiz
This week's blog
Class Notes
Have a great weekend! Stay safe and warm!
Mrs. Prichard
More Links for Ecce Romain
Class,
Meeting only once a week is a challenging way to teach any language. Thankfully, the internet provides us with some extra resources. Below are some that I've recently found that I think would be helpful.
Ecce Romani -- website by the publishers
-- Chapter by Chapter vocabulary and review
quizzes
Latin 1 by KET Distance Learning (This site has loads of good information. Take some time to explore it.)
-- Roman Culture
-- Roman History
-- How to Make Vocabulary Cards
Meeting only once a week is a challenging way to teach any language. Thankfully, the internet provides us with some extra resources. Below are some that I've recently found that I think would be helpful.
Ecce Romani -- website by the publishers
-- Chapter by Chapter vocabulary and review
quizzes
Latin 1 by KET Distance Learning (This site has loads of good information. Take some time to explore it.)
-- Roman Culture
-- Roman History
-- How to Make Vocabulary Cards
Quizlet Ecce Romani page (This site has too many quizzes, vocabulary games, reviews, etc. to link each individual one.)
Other games
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Latin I Class Notes -- Week 5 (February 13)
Greetings!
We had a good class this week. We continue to make progress in our endeavors to learn this wonderful language.
We began the class using an online "quiz." This was a matching game that we played with two players. These types of games help us to especially review our vocabulary.
In Chapter 15, we continued to work with the imperfect tense of Latin verbs. We translated a story that had multiple Roman vehicles. I have on the syllabus that the assignment for next week is 15b, 15c, and 15d. (I did not make a note about whether I had changed this. If it is different from what I had said in class, let me know.)
I told the class that we would have a quiz next week on vocabulary. This quiz will have on it words from Chapters 13, 14, and 15.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Exercises from Chapter 15
-- Correct your exercises
-- Review vocabulary from Chapters 13, 14, & 15.
This week's blog.
Class Notes
Have a great weekend! Make the most of our winter wonderland!
Mrs. Prichard
Homework, Quizzes, and Latin
Dear Parents & Students,
A short note with my thoughts about scores and grades:
As the students and I discussed the class at the beginning of this semester, we brainstormed a bit about ways to improve the class. From a teacher's perspective, teaching a language to a class that meets only once a week is a bit challenging. For example, students hand in work one week, and don't get it back until the next. In class, even though I hand back exercises, by the time that a week passes, students don't remember the assignment. After talking with a couple of other teachers, I decided that giving the students the answer key to the exercises would help. Now in class, students know exactly which sentences are causing trouble because they can be sure about which ones they got right and which ones they got wrong. These assignments from the book are meant to be learning opportunities; some students will learn as much (if not more) from getting them wrong and correcting their mistakes. The work that they do from the book won't necessarily be graded on their knowledge or unaided ability to remember vocabulary or to translate.
I don't have quizzes marked on the syllabus, but I will be giving them occasional in-class quizzes. Sometimes these will be about vocabulary and sometimes they will be about grammar and translating. For example, at the end of class this week, I told them that they would have a vocabulary quiz next week. These are not specifically on the schedule because I am trying to gauge where the students are at and how they are doing and am planning accordingly. When I sense that vocabulary is not at their finger tips and that it takes a while to translate because they're looking up words, then I have a quiz. If aspects of the grammar are not sinking in, then we have a quiz. From my point of view, the purpose of a test, quiz, or even homework is to evaluate what areas are mastered and what areas need more help. In other words, tests are as much for the teacher and for planning as they are for the student.
A short note with my thoughts about scores and grades:
As the students and I discussed the class at the beginning of this semester, we brainstormed a bit about ways to improve the class. From a teacher's perspective, teaching a language to a class that meets only once a week is a bit challenging. For example, students hand in work one week, and don't get it back until the next. In class, even though I hand back exercises, by the time that a week passes, students don't remember the assignment. After talking with a couple of other teachers, I decided that giving the students the answer key to the exercises would help. Now in class, students know exactly which sentences are causing trouble because they can be sure about which ones they got right and which ones they got wrong. These assignments from the book are meant to be learning opportunities; some students will learn as much (if not more) from getting them wrong and correcting their mistakes. The work that they do from the book won't necessarily be graded on their knowledge or unaided ability to remember vocabulary or to translate.
I don't have quizzes marked on the syllabus, but I will be giving them occasional in-class quizzes. Sometimes these will be about vocabulary and sometimes they will be about grammar and translating. For example, at the end of class this week, I told them that they would have a vocabulary quiz next week. These are not specifically on the schedule because I am trying to gauge where the students are at and how they are doing and am planning accordingly. When I sense that vocabulary is not at their finger tips and that it takes a while to translate because they're looking up words, then I have a quiz. If aspects of the grammar are not sinking in, then we have a quiz. From my point of view, the purpose of a test, quiz, or even homework is to evaluate what areas are mastered and what areas need more help. In other words, tests are as much for the teacher and for planning as they are for the student.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Latin I Class Notes -- Week 4 (February 6)
Greetings!
We
had a great class this week. Every week I see that more of the
vocabulary and grammar are sinking in. As we translate the stories,
they are putting the sentences together more and more quickly.
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