Monthly Archives: February 2014

Archaeology, Omens, and Fun Summer Work–Links for 6 Feb

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Archaeologists are using satellite imagery to understand and locate damaged ruins in Syria.  (My students LOVE links like this–talk archaeology with them!!)
An ancient Byzantine basilica has been found at the bottom of a lake!
New Sappho poems have been discovered!!!
Let’s talk about birds and omens in the Roman Empire!
Archaeologists have discovered what may be the Oldest Roman Temple!!
Youth employment on Archaeological Digs?
Would YOU like to work at Pompeii?  Check this out!  It’s a pretty cool project!

Individual Whiteboards: Games and more!

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Last week, Lydia did a great post on Individual Whiteboards.
You can do SO much with Individual Whiteboards.  I play tons of games with my students using these whiteboards.  (P.S.  If you don’t have cheap individual whiteboards available to you, you can make them easily by laminating cardstock!–You can even color code them into teams that way!!)
My students love the vocabulary review game in which I will split the class into 2 teams.  Give every student a whiteboard and a marker (and an eraser object).  Have two students from each team come up to the front and stand FACING the class.  Behind the heads of the two standers, you hold up a vocabulary word on your whiteboard.  The rest of the class must draw a picture of the word on your board.  (ALTERNATE VERSION: Have them write the first word in Latin that comes to their mind.  Or you can have them write the first word in English.)  When and ONLY WHEN you say “show!” the drawers/writers show the boards to the two standers.  The standers must use the pictures/words to guess the word on your board.  First student to yell the word correctly gets a point for their team.
You can also have students gather in groups and have them write definitions of specific animals, without putting the animal on the whiteboard.  Have groups trade tablets and guess the other groups’ animals.
Have students write one half of a Conditional statement on one board and the other half on a second board.  Mix up the Protases and Apodoses and make a bunch of ridiculous conditionals.
And you can keep going.  🙂  Play Taboo, play Battleship.
What are some ways that YOU use individual whiteboards in your classroom?
Happy Whiteboarding!!

Announcements for 2 February

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CANE

BEYOND CANE

  • CLIPEUS is running a Latin meetup in Boston. There will be a meeting 16 February at 3 PM. Both will take place at Uno Due Go.
  • The American Philological Association (APA) is accepting applications for three fellowship programs that may be of interest to CANE members. APA membership is not required to submit an application for any of these programs, two of which are named for long-time participants in CANE.
  • 2014 David D. and Rosemary H. Coffin Fellowship for Travel in Classical Lands: A fellowship to support overseas travel. APA membership is not required. Application deadline: February 14.
  • 2014 Pedagogy Awards. Fellowships to support professional development by both collegiate and precollegiate teachers. Application deadline: March 3.
  • 2014 Zeph Stewart Latin Teacher Training Award. Support for individuals seeking to obtain Latin teacher certification. Application deadline: March 3.
  • Ascanius is offering Latin Summer programs for elementary and middle school students this summer in Birmingham, Boston, and in Loudoun County, VA. They’re currently looking for staff for these programs. Click here for more information and to apply. Their deadline is February 15th.
  • 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.The Rose-Marie Lewent Conference at NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies will be held on Thursday and Friday, February 13-14, 2014. The conference is entitled, “Animals in Antiquity.” The event is co-sponsored by the NYU Center for Ancient Studies, the Animal Studies Initiative and the Department of Classics, and is free and open to the public. The conference will examine the role of animals in ancient culture, literature, and art; the full program may be viewed here:http://ancientstudies.fas.nyu.edu/object/Lewent_Conference_Animals_in_Antiquity.