I am SO excited. I taught 6th and 7th grade pronunciation today, and 8th grade I reviewed basic grammatical concepts. Apparently their last teacher had no idea how to teach Latin and tried to shove it down as quickly as he could without explaining things or attempting to make it fun/alive/relatable. He went through 3 declensions in 1 marking period (and they had the class 1x a week, so that's like 12 classes). The 8th grade was feeling demoralized because they always had done so poorly in Latin. Hopefully, I can turn that around.
Today went soooo well. I am having problems with people talking in class, but I am following my classroom management guide and I'm keeping track of who is talking/when per class. I'm starting to remember people's names, which makes it easier, but I still don't know enough names that I can't pinpoint which Jake* is talking. (* name which no student of mine has) I'm trying really hard to bring creativity into this subject, but it's really difficult with the boring stuff that's out there. What I'm thinking I may have them do for extra credit is to research Roman clothing and headgear/dress and come in on Halloween wearing them (when they have their test). I think that would work really well! I'm planning on having 1 extra credit project every marking period.
I think I have finally mastered google sites... that was such a pain. Blogger is much more user-friendly.
I have to tutor another student tonight (through Wyzant) for Latin. YAY
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