Back to School Night

Back to School Night 2022

All about me, the class, and maybe some candy

• History

• ​Contact?

  • [e-mail]

  • 407.206.1900 x 2221​

​Me!

Multiple Choice

What did I do my undergraduate and graduate work in?

• anthropology

• classical archaeology

• medieval archaeology

• museum studies

Multiple Choice

Where did I do my field work?

• Italy

• Greece

• Spain

• Egypt

• Textbook

• Macbook

  • Charger​

• Writing tool

​Daily Needs

• AM Prime Time

• Some Directed Study Times

• By appoinment

• Tutors?

  • A.L.L. & US Latin Club ​

Need Help?

​The Class: Latin I

​The Class: Latin I

Cultural Goal

To become familiar with the people in the Roman world, and how they went about their daily lives; Rome's influence as a political and military entity across the world and across time.

​Language Goal

​Achieving mastery of vocabulary & basic an intermediate grammatical structures while reading authentic Latin literature.

​Assessing Student Progress

• Homework: most of the week

  • Practice & review

• Quizzes: small, formative tasks which cover one concept.

  • e.g. vocabulary, grammar, forms, culture, small translations

• Tests: comprehensive, summative assessments

  • focused on a passage for reading, grammar analysis, and comprehension​

• See the course syllabus on Canvas for more details.

​Assessing Student Progress

• Multiple Attempts

  • Vocabulary: 3

  • Language: 2

  • Highest score remains in the grade book.

​Second Chances

Multiple Choice

Where am I?

• Athens, Greece

• Pompeii, Italy

• Rome, Italy

• Corinth, Greece

Multiple Choice

Student have multiple chances to show their mastery?

• True

• False

​Upper School Classes

• Class appears on transcript.

• Part of GPA calculation.

• Not a part of graduation requirements.

  • Still requires 2 consecutive years of language in US.

• Start in Level II: AP track

• No credit for late homework or classwork.​

• Please see student handbook for late policies for major assignments like projects and assessments.

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Multiple Choice

Which cannot earn credit according to the student handbook for US classes and students?

• Make-up work from being absent.

• A late project.

• Late homework.

• A late submission on a quiz.

Multiple Choice

What's the best way to contact me?

• carrier pigeon

• phone call

• snail mail

• email

​valēte!

(goodbye!)​