Latin Resources
Active and Passive: Who Knows What This Means?
In today’s feature post, regular blog contributor Ruth Breindel shares resources for helping students understand active vs. passive voice. I find that students have no
Teaching Tenses
In today’s feature post, regular blog contributor Ruth Breindel shares two resources for helping students understand tenses. Teaching tenses and their meaning is a difficult
Trucks and the Subjunctive in PowerPoint
Since students don’t know how to use the subjunctive in English, explaining the constructions in Latin is complicated. The presentations linked in this blog post
Valentine’s Day Resources
It’s that time of year again, and valentines are a wonderful way to get students thinking about Latin phrases. Even half a class period devoted
The Moving Sentence
Latin sentence structure is so difficult for students, since they are used to word order as the defining characteristic. I found it best to start
Teaching Scansion
Strategy One: “quick and dirty” rules Example: a) last 5 syllables marked off submissoque humiles intrarunt vērtĭcĕ pōstēs b) remove ue and h, as they