Curriculum Night Monday – 8/8/2016 I will post this to the GCA’s Website as soon as we are given the okay to create our faculty pages. Curriculum Night Monday – 8/8/2016

Education I have studied Latin for the last 11 years I have read many of the key classical logic texts in Latin Bachelor of Arts (Chinese, Economics, Latin)- University of Arizona Master of Arts (Classics – Latin Pedagogy)-University of Arizona

Teaching Experience This is my third year teaching and my first year at GCA Previous experience: University of Arizona – Latin 101, 102, 201, and 202 Student teaching at The Gregory School in Tucson

Google Classroom and Infinite Campus Students have access to EVERYTHING through GC. It can be used on ANY device. The codes/abbreviations HW-Homework Week 1.1 (Quarter 1, week 1) Daily Participation-5 points per day P1.1 = Participation Week 1.1 I update all the time

Structure of the Class Monday/Wednesday/Friday – Logic One part of the Trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric) Goals: develop critical thinking, formulate arguments, recognize sources of illogical thought Logic is light on homework, but is a real class

Structure of the Class Tuesday/Thursday – Academic Workshop Sophomore – Creative Writing/Academic Workshop Junior/Senior – Study Hall Daily Participation Points

Class Activities Logic Puzzles Two-on-two and one-on-one debates Fallacy project 12 Angry Men Socratic Seminars