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Certamen Scribendi

Certamen Winner (June 15) + New Prompt

We had some solid entries this week, and choosing a winner has proven challenging. Last week’s prompt was to translate the following into Latin: Why did the chicken. . .

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For Teachers

20 Animal Sounds in Latin

Below you will find all of the animal sounds that I have collected reading through Erasmus’ Adagia, Colloquia, Epistles, and other works. Some of them are proper verbs associated . . .

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Certamen Scribendi

Certamen (June 7th) New Prompt

We are getting back into the swing of things, now, so to speak, with another Certamen Scribendi. This week, we would like participants to render the following classic joke and punchline into Latin: . . .

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For Teachers

Teaching Lingua Latina Part I: The Introduction

This series of posts is intended to address methods for making the best use of this book in the classroom. The aim of this post in particular is to observe, first, the challenges of teaching languages in a school setting, and then in turn, of choosing Familia Romana as a classroom text for accomplishing your goal.

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May 23 Update

The end of the year draws to a close and its attendant responsibilities have purloined much of the energy and time that would normally be allocated to the Mellarium maintenance. My hope is that we get right back on schedule this week with a new post on Saturday along with a new Certamen for the following Wednesday

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