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The context: I’m currently writing a paper about the effects of Comprehensible Input (CI)-based lessons on vocabulary acquisition for two different periods of 7th grade Latin, which I plan to publish. Note these key phrases—7th grade and publish.   The pain: Because of humanity’s questionable history of human experiments, a decent smattering of laws and …

The pain and fulfillment of conducting research involving middle schoolers: a vent Read More »

This weekend, the Georgia Junior Classical League held Fall Forum, a 1-day Latin convention originally kicked off to give JCLers across Georgia a taste of State Convention, which has since become a yearly tradition. Given the chance to host a variety of workshops we hadn’t been able to host in the past 2 online years, …

Speaking like Cicero: the problem with pronunciation Read More »

Mr. Jacob! Tall guy! Who are you? Are you replacing Mr. Mac? These are just a handful of the many names I’ve been greeted with on the first day I came to help out as a teaching aid for Mr. Mac’s 7th-grade Latin class. And for the record, I am not replacing Mr. Mac. A single …

My first two weeks of teaching Latin at a middle school: a reflection Read More »

My heart thrummed as I made my way to the rostra after Marcus Antonius, Grace, had made her opening senatorial remarks. I was Marcus Tullius Cicero, in charge of the Republican Party, preparing to release my fiery tongue against my political opponents and take no prisoners as I denounced the funeral of Caesar, which was …

Reacting to the Past: feasible for high school classrooms? Read More »

As much as taking Latin all throughout middle school and high school fostered in me a love for the language, it has also gotten me thinking about how Latin education can be improved. The following is something of a manifesto I’ve written about this topic inspired by case studies in Latin classrooms along with Stephen …

How to improve Latin education: a manifesto Read More »