Tirones
Public Group active 8 months, 3 weeks agoWelcome to the Amicitia group for the National Committee for Latin and Greek’s online resource for new Latin teachers. The Tirones group is dedicated to helping new Latin teachers become effective in their classrooms and leaders in their field.
For more updates, check out our website at Romae.org/Tirones.
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jricard started the forum topic Aligning to Standards in the group
Tirones 8 months, 3 weeks agoI’m curious, what standards are everyone using for their courses? We in Florida are currently aligning to the World Languages standards. I am trying to figure all of this out.
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jricard replied to the forum topic Building an AP Latin Program in the group
Tirones 8 months, 3 weeks agoI am going to use those four resources, but I am still waiting for them to arrive.
In the meantime, I directed my students towards Perseus in order to get used to the tools there. I also need to require them […]
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jricard replied to the forum topic Promoting Latin in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week ago@katierobinson Thanks for that information! Here is the link to that resource:
http://www.promotelatin.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=63
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jricard replied to the forum topic Building an AP Latin Program in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week agoI also like the A Caesar Workbook (http://www.bolchazy.com/prod.php?cat=latin&id=7532) and the A Vergil Workbook (http://www.bolchazy.com/prod.php?cat=latin&id=7745) as supplements. I haven’t see these workbooks […]
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jricard replied to the forum topic Building an AP Latin Program in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week agoI think the main thing is to find reliable texts to start with. Beyond the obvious, of course, you need to make sure your students read both Vergil and Caesar’s selected texts. There are tons of resources online […]
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caroline.kelly posted an update in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week agoGlad be here – and wishing new teachers (and all others in this group!) a really great year. I’d be happy to be available as a mentor to anyone in the Charlotte, NC area.
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katierobinson replied to the forum topic Promoting Latin in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week agoThese are all great videos to promote Latin and Latin teaching as a career! For those considering teaching younger students, please check out promotelatin.org and click on Why Latin? The NCLG Middle School […]
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jricard replied to the forum topic Building an AP Latin Program in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week agoIf you want to know more about the example syllabi, I see that @klake is now on Amicitia – so hit her up and ask her about her syllabus! I know I will!
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jricard replied to the forum topic Promoting Latin in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week ago@mlbpendergraft – Great job, too! I just watched the video and I want to use it to promote JCL at my school. I am going to post it on our club site!
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mlbpendergraft replied to the forum topic Promoting Latin in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week agoThank you!
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jricard replied to the forum topic Recommended Resources for Mythology for Middle School in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week agoI’ve come across those sites, but forgot about them. Thanks @magistrazee! I think I will find a solution for sharing links within groups, too, so this way members of groups can share links!
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jricard replied to the forum topic Promoting Latin in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week ago@magistrazee – Yes, I watched the UK video before. You posted it elsewhere on the Amicitia and it is a pretty good video.
I think any kind of videos we can put together to help kids to see the value – and fun! […]
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jricard replied to the forum topic Promoting Latin in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week ago@mlbpendergraft – I am just reposting your YouTube video. You can just copy and paste the URL in the text area when posting in a forum discussion and the video will magically appear!
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jricard replied to the forum topic Ideas for Teaching Etymology in the group
Tirones 9 months, 1 week agoI’ve never heard of that @infinitum17. It is geared towards Middle school students? I’m curious to learn more about it, I will have to take a look. Any suggestions in how to roll it out?
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Awesome! Salve @caroline.kelly!