1. Salvete, Latin I! August 24, 2016
Learning Target: To acquire the vocabulary, structures, and cultural information in Stage 1 through personalized activities.
Activities:
Zone 1 – front: Video/audio work (today: RAM, writing online exercises, grammar video.
Zone 2 – east side of room, by hallway door: Group work (baseball and concentration)
Zone 3 – back of room on west side: Individualized work area.
Zone 4 – back east room: recording area (use your own device; sound files and oral quizzes, GV recordings)

2. Video Zone Schedule
8/24, first ten minutes: RAM (Reading Acceleration Machine practice)
8/24, 2nd ten minutes: Instruction in writing online exercises
8/24, last ten minutes: Grammar videos
8/25, first ten minutes: Oral Workbook exercises (1.2, 1.6, 1.7)
8/25, 2nd ten minutes: Online exercises
8/25, last ten minutes: Grammar videos
8/26, first ten minutes: Oral Workbook exercises
8/26 2nd ten minutes: Listen to the story in Latin

3. Group work zone 8/24, 1st half Vocabulary Baseball
8/24, 2nd half Vocabulary Concentration
8/25, 1st half Grammar Concentration (must make grammar cards)
8/25, 2nd half Vocabulary Hopscotch

4. Recording Zone 8/24, 1st half: Record sound files and oral quizzes
8/24, 2nd half: Google Voice recordings
8/25, 1st half: Dramatic story recording
8/25, 2nd half: Video re-enactment of a story
8/26, 1st half: Translate, sing, and post a pop song to Edmodo
8/26, 2nd half: 30-second Latin commercials

5. You may move between areas and sit in other seats than the one you were assigned.
You can use…
You should ignore…
Other people’s work/translations (very often, they fudge in the same places that confuse you…that doesn’t help you)
Computer-generated translations…they will not be good
Answer websites…
Use of these can lead to zero grades that cannot be retaken and/or disciplinary consequences
Textbooks…any textbooks
Online quiz sources (preferably written by teachers, at first)
Latin-English/English-Latin dictionaries (be careful…your book glossary is probably better for you at this stage)
Anything that helps you move the knowledge from short-term memory into long-term memory
If you find a good resource, please bring or me a link – I’ll put it on the website.

6. Make Flash Cards – Vocabulary, Grammar
Grammar flash cards do not have a set template. Read and analyze the material, and format according to your preferences.
Make Flash Cards – Vocabulary, Grammar
Front
Back
First word in vocabulary entry
(red=noun; orange=adj; yellow=pron. Green=verb; blue=adv; purple=prep. Black=conjunction; brown=interjection)
Full vocabulary entry
Stem
Meaning
Name, Period, Stage #
Culina
Culina, culinae f.
Culin-
Kitchen
Ima Student, Period 1, Stage 1

7. Sound files and oral quizzes
See example at /latin-i---red-book-resources.html
Play multiple times, and speak along with the tape until you feel like you know the list.
Like the sound file, but…
Say only the first word
Pause after the first word long enough to think through the whole vocab entry while the tape’s running
Then say the vocab entry
When you listen, try to say the entry in the blank space you left; check yourself as the tape plays.

8. Write the full vocabulary entry ten times.
Write each vocabulary entry ten times. If you need more, then do more…the point is to leverage your kinesthetic/verbal/visual skills to move the material into your long term memory.
Example:
1 culina, culinae, f. kitchen
1 via, viae f. road, street, way

9. Write sentences using word and meaning; English sentences with a Latin word…(Oops! I put the same thing twice, didn’t I? I’ll fix it. You can pick another if you want.)
Think of a snappy sentence using the word’s English meaning. Then write the sentence using the Latin word instead of the English. Use these to help you fill in the blanks. Do one for every word on the list.
Examples to get you started (don’t use these, please):
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the culina.
I took the via less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.

10. Vocabulary baseball: I need you to help me decide on “fouls” and “errors.”
Divide into two teams.
The side pitching gives the first word in the vocabulary entry.
The person at bat gives what they know of the vocabulary entry; for each part, they advance a base. If they don’t know any, they’re out.
If the batter doesn’t know and people are on base, a base (or more) can be stolen; one base for each part of the vocab entry.
3 outs? Switch sides.
Continue until you’ve gone through the list.
If there’s still time, play again. To make it harder, give the English meaning instead of the first word in the vocabulary entry.
If you miss a word, write it down, and be sure to study it tonight.

11. Vocabulary hopscotch See me for chalk and dice.
Draw this (or another grid) on the floor.
With each number from 2-9, write one vocabulary word.
Each player rolls the die. Jump that many spaces. Give the vocabulary entry for the word you land on. If you get it right you get a point.
When you’re bored, change the words on the floor or the shape.
Let me know what variants you think of – we’ll add them here!

12. Label things, pictures, videos; when you see it, say it out loud
This involves either searching out pictures or taking Latin into your daily life.
Either print or cut or cut/paste drawings or videos into a document or presentation, and label them with your vocabulary entry. Alternatively, you can cut real pictures from a magazine.
Especially in Stage 1, where the vocabulary includes the rooms of the house, make signs for the items you see every day.
When you look at or pass these things, say the vocabulary entry out loud. Are you in weightlifting? Put “laboro, laborare, laboravi, laboratus work” on your gym bag or at the gym. The more often you see and say the signs, the more effective this will be. Be creative!
Tell me what you’ve done, and the degree to which it helped you.

13. Look for patterns on lists and in word families. Vocabulary, Grammar
Sometimes there is a section called “Word Patterns” in your book.
Other times, you have to look for the pattern…
Are certain words always masculine or feminine or neuter? Do certain vocabulary entries tend to run the same way?
This is very much a “look and think” kind of activity. Tell me what you notice.

14. Make personal vocabulary lists
Initially, you can expand your vocabulary list by using the “glossed” vocabulary given to you in stories.
As we progress through the course, you can also add an old word that keeps giving you trouble back onto your list. (Many students put light pencil marks next to words when they have to look them up in the book’s glossary. When a word has three marks, it’s time to cycle it into your vocabulary reviews.)
You may add up to five words to any stage’s vocabulary quiz “pool” from your personal lists. You may or may not draw them, but at least there’s a possibility.

15. Illogical/funny pictures and associations
One of my Latin 2’s mentioned that she makes memes of the words.
You can also note spelling and other oddities…things like “tamen” means “nevertheless.” Tamen ends in “en” and “nevertheless” starts with “ne” – the same two letters backwards.
Different things work for different people.
Show me what you come up with!

16. Use derivatives and cognates, but be careful…
“Culina” looks like “culinary,” but they are not interchangeable, are they?
Make sure to provide yourself a “hook” into the word association…take a look at the sentences on the back of your Stage 1 Vocabulary list for inspiration.

17. RAM drills
Save the vocabulary list as a text file, with only the word or meaning on the odd- numbered line, and the full vocabulary on the even numbered line. (Don’t use long marks.)
Go to ml to download the Reading Acceleration Machine (RAM).
After the program’s installed, open your text file within it. Change the font, size, and color to suit your preferences.
Adjust the speed of display with the long slider bar.
Hit “auto-review.” Try to come up with the vocabulary entry as you see the questions (the odd-numbered lines) flash. As you get more confident, advance the lines more quickly.
(See if this sort of “line-by-line” focus has applications in your other classes…)

18. Concentration/memory Vocabulary OR Grammar
Video link coming soon for handclapping game. Basically, use the handclapping rhythm to set the pace at which you expect to recall the material.
You can also do this by jumping rope, hopping, playing catch…
With a partner, put down your flash cards and match the information. When you spot a match, pick it up.

19. Write/take online exercises Vocabulary, Grammar, Culture
Visit quizlet.com, quia.com, socrative.com, kahoot.it, classtools.net
Create quizzes that test
Vocabulary meanings
Genders of nouns
Declensions of nouns
Conjugations of verbs
Cultural material
Also see 4e/stage-1/
Send me the link. I want to see! I’ll post the best submissions to the weebly, so everyone can use them. 

20. Book, Workbook, and Derivatives Sheet Work (Vocabulary, Grammar, Offering, Story, Culture)
Back of Stage 1 list
Workbook 1.1, 1.4
Grammar
Practicing the Language, p. 7. This can be done online and printed at e/stage-1/
Offering/oral
Workbook 1.2, 1.6, 1.7
Culture
Workbook 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10

21. Watch/take notes on video
Sometimes this will be in Edpuzzle. Usually the videos are shorter than this one. (It was over the summer, and I missed my students.)
Watch three times. Watch more if you wish. It’s here for you.

22. Highlight/underline/color code Grammar, Story
As a grammar assignment, copy Model Sentences on pp. 2-5.
As a story assignment, copy the Cerberus story from p. 6.
In the upper left corner of your paper, write “nominative subject,” “verb,” “prepositional phrase.”
Highlight or mark the words you wrote at the top left the way you intend to mark them on your paper.
Now highlight/mark all the words on your paper accordingly.
When you’re reading/translating, always take the words in “subject-verb-other” order, even if they’re not in that order from left to right.
Example
Subject
Verb
Prepositional phrase
Caecilius in tablino sedet.
Caecilius is sitting in the office.

23. Grammar – PTL/WB
For Stage One, do p. 7. You may also complete it online and print your results. 1/
There are no workbook grammar exercises in this stage.

24. Ending Songs/Write, sing, and record better ending songs.
There aren’t any this stage. Please make another selection. You don’t have to tell me what your new selection is unless you just want to, or need advice.
Going forward, please post your work to Edmodo.

25. Make/use sorters, flip charts, mobiles, and other learning tools - grammar
Sort your flash cards by part of speech…or your nouns by gender…or your nouns by declension…
Put your verbs’ principal parts in order.
Label a Roman house with the vocabulary entries for each room. Please mater, pater, filius, canis, and servus icons where you wish them. Then practice saying the resulting sentence (Ex. – Mater est in horto – mother is in the garden.)

26. Write and translate full paradigms for all the words in this stage; Write and repeat mnemonics and acronyms to help you (grammar) Workbook exercises for the story
You really can’t do these yet. Please make another selection. I’m sorry I didn’t realize this sooner.

27. Drill forms aloud with a partner (grammar)
Have your partner give you a vocabulary word; you give the stem, declension, and/or gender.
Have your partner ask you questions about the model sentences. Who is each person? What is each likely to do? Answer in Latin if you can.

28. Google Voice Recording – Offering At this stage, this is pronunciation practice only. Later, we will work on emoting appropriately. This is the text for Latin Oratory at State and National Forum this year.
Do only the first sentence “Vos…reddid istis.”
If you want to hear the whole thing, here it is:

29. Read the story dramatically; listen to story - Offering, Story
If you are reading this as a libation, please post your recording to Edmodo.
If you are listening to help you gain story comprehension and pronunciation skills, here you are.

30. Write five Latin sentences about your life or the stories in this stage, or a picture.
Be creative! Do not copy sentences from the textbook or workbook.

31. Translate a verse, do a commercial (Offering); also, Latin/English story dialog (story)
Use the blue dictionaries from the shelf to the right of the door. Make sure you put them back.
Record either audio or video in the recording room. Post to Edmodo, along with a script and translation of it.
Let me know if you have questions – I’ll help!

32. Write the translation. (Story option)
Make sure you have correctly accounted for every Latin word.
Make sure every English word can be traced back to its Latin word.
You’re not responsible for the writing style; please do not try to improve it. (But do make sure your sentences are grammatically correct; use “subject-verb-rest” word order; add “a,” “an,” “the.”)

33. Illustrate the story
You may either do a scene or a comic strip.

34. Chronological exercise - story
If you did a comic strip, try copying it. Cut your copy into frames, and have a neighbor re-order it.
If you are more verbal, put the Latin sentences on strips of paper; have a neighbor re-order it. (You don’t have to use every sentence.)
Check each other’s work.

35. Analyze the character information
What conclusions can you draw about each character based on what you read in the Model Sentences and the Story?
A good template to use: “We see that ________ is ________ when he/she __________ on Page/Line _____ (put the Latin words and your translation of them here).”
Example: “We see that Quintus is a hard worker when he writes in the study on Page 6, Line 4 (“Quintus in tablino scribit,” Quintus is writing in the study).
What other conclusions can you draw? Consider keeping half a page for each character in the “work” section of your workbook. This is the only item which can have information from all the stages mixed together. It will be a work in progress.

36. Answer the following questions in Latin about all the stories in the stage.
Quae historia tibi est gratissima? Cur?
Quae person tibi est gratissima? Cur?
Quae persona tibi est minime grata? Cur?
Quid non exspectavisti?
Quid futurum est?
Vocabulary:
Quae- which; tibi – to you; gratissima – most pleasing; persona – character; minime – least; grata – pleasing; non exspectavisti – did you not expect; futurum – going to be

37. Work on your cultural exploration project/creative project (Culture)
This stage, you can work on these; feel free to use the reference books next to the phonekeeper. Just be sure to put them back neatly on the same shelf they came from before you leave the room. Thanks!
Visit Page 3, Sections IV-V. Pick something you’d like to research. This is a great option when you’re done with your cultural exploration project.
Read pp in your text. Answer 1.8, 1.9, 1.10 in complete sentences.

38. Formatives/Quizzes/Tests
Vocabulary Quiz 1 is available now. I need you to take it by Monday. Don’t be shy! Put your name on the board, and I’ll call you up. You can do this. 
Stage 1 Test will be Wednesday, 8/31 or Thursday, 9/1. I’ll let you know which.
By test day, I will ask you to staple all your work products to your to-do list in the order they are listed. Make sure your name, period, and the Stage Number at the top right of your packet.
If an item is missing because you submitted it electronically, please write me a note to that effect on your list.
If you did more than the required number of assignments, please highlight the extras on your list.