Monthly Archives: December 2013
Games roundup
It’s starting to get to the time of year when weather, field trips, and holiday events combine to make some classes unexpectedly short, others unexpectedly long, and others missing half their students.
To give you backup material for those days, here’s a roundup of CANEns posts about games you can play in class:
- Rota: This is a board game that reconstructs an ancient Roman game. It requires photocopying beforehand.
- Review Battleship: A way to review concepts and grammar.
- The Latin Dictionary Game: no prep required.
- A roundup of online games. Computer and projector required.
1 December Announcements: Extended Deadlines
CANE
Some CANE deadlines have been extended.
December 1st –
• applications for the Barker Scholarship
• the winter quarterly CANE Discretionary Funds application deadline
• the Means Scholarship application
December 15th
• Extended! Submission deadline for the Call for Papers for the CANE Annual Meeting.
December 31st
* deadline to nominate a teacher for the Weincke Award for Teaching
BEYOND CANE
The Ascanius SCRIBO student writing competition an extended due date of December 6th! See the link for more details, including past entrees and detailed rules. They are also looking for judges for the contest.
The Massachusetts Junior Classical League will hold their annual Classics Day on Friday, Dec. 6th at Boston University.
Brown University’s Annual Latin Carol Celebration is Dec. 9th.
The deadline for the Iris Art and Fiction Competitions is Dec. 20th.
The Pioneer Valley Classical Association is holding its own Classics Day on Friday, Jan. 17th. See the Classics Day Website for more details.
SALVI’s Rusticatio Latin July 2014 immersion weeks and pedagogy seminars are now open for registration. Sign up by Feb. 15th for a discount. See link for details. If a whole week is too much, you could sign up for their Biduum, Feb. 21-23.
The Vergilian Society is holding its first annual Vergil translation contest for students in K-12. To register, sign up here by 18 February. The contest will be the week of 24-28 February.