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Nae tu rem istam mi Petre suavissime, et perspicis acute, et graviter, vereque iudicas . . .
August 19, 2023
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Nae tu rem istam mi Petre suavissime, et perspicis acute, et graviter, vereque iudicas . . .
Book 2 of Lorenzo Valla’s Latin Prose translation of the Iliad.
Book I of Lorenzo Valla’s Latin prose translation of the Iliad.
Had I simply given them a plain sheet of paper and asked them to quietly write out the answers to the same questions in a non-puzzle format, I guarantee that I would have met with a barrage of moans and rolled eyes.
What are assessments for, and how do they best achieve their purpose?
I have not had students memorize chapter vocabulary in a long time, not because I don’t think vocabulary is important, but because I think there is a more interesting, engaging, and robust method for beefing up the student vocab repository which I would like to share with you in this post.
There are numerous ways to fence with monotony, but one I have found to my liking and suited to my style as a teacher is a regular “Culture Day.”
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