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[1] PRIMA FALL / WINTER 2013 Volume 17, Issue 1 Newsletter for the Excellence Through Classics (ETC), a standing committee of the American Classical League (ACL) SIXTH-GRADER ZOË CLOUD FINDS MINERVA AS HER MUSE Cloud awarded one of two prestigious 2012 Julia K. Petrino awards. Teacher notes Cloud’s longtime interest, enthusiasm has blossomed in the classroom with her first-year undertaking of Latin, Classical Studies. Zoë Cloud was one of two recipients of the 2012 Julia K. Petrino book award. Blaise Millman from the Classical Homeschool Academy of Princeton of Princeton, NJ was also selected for this honor. Cloud received flawless scores on subject tests of Greco-Roman mythology, Iliad and Norse mythology. Cloud’s teacher, Melissa Cannata, relayed that Zoë is overjoyed that her dedication in the field of Classics has been merited. Cloud is currently in the sixth grade at Science & Arts Academy, a private school for gifted learners in Des Plaines, IL. Although Cloud has just begun taking classes in Latin last year, her interest in mythology and Classics goes back to Kindergarten, when she created a series called “Athena and Pals.” “Her story was about the daily life of the young goddess of wisdom, her annoying younger brother Ares, her best friend Artemis and other members of the Greek pantheon,” Cannata relayed. In her nomination letter to the Excellence Through Classics (ETC) award committee, Cannata relayed that “Cloud’s scripts and illustrations are remarkably creative and spirited by the stories that inspire her writing.” Cloud stated, “I’m really interested in creative writing, and a lot of my inspiration comes from Greek, Norse and sometimes Native American mythology. I have created my own pantheon in my stories.” In more recent years, Cloud has written a number of short stories in Latin, including a more feminist rendition of the women’s lives in the textbook series Ecce Romanī. Cloud said that she thinks Classics “helps us understand the modern world. It’s true when they say that the past is the key to the future.” Cloud has already finished reading the Odyssey (Lattimore translation) in its entirety and began reading the Iliad in preparation for her NME test last year. 2012 Petrino Award winner, Zoë Cloud (left) and her Latin teacher, Melissa Cannata (right). Story continues on page 7

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PRIMAFALL / WINTER 2013

Volume 17, Issue 1Newsletter for the Excellence Through Classics (ETC), a standing committee of the American Classical League (ACL)

SIXTH-GRADER ZOË CLOUD FINDS MINERVA AS HER MUSECloud awarded one of two prestigious 2012 Julia K. Petrino awards. Teacher notes Cloud’s longtime interest, enthusiasm has blossomed in the classroom with her first-year undertaking of Latin, Classical Studies.

Zoë Cloud was one of two recipients of the 2012 Julia K. Petrino book award. Blaise Millman from the Classical Homeschool Academy of Princeton of Princeton, NJ was also selected for this honor.

Cloud received flawless scores on subject tests of Greco-Roman mythology, Iliad and Norse mythology. Cloud’s teacher, Melissa Cannata, relayed that Zoë is overjoyed that her dedication in the field of Classics has been merited.

Cloud is currently in the sixth grade at Science & Arts Academy, a private school for gifted learners in Des Plaines, IL. Although Cloud has just begun taking classes in Latin last year, her interest in mythology and Classics goes back to Kindergarten, when she created a series called “Athena and Pals.”

“Her story was about the daily life of the young goddess of wisdom, her annoying younger brother Ares, her best friend Artemis and other members of the Greek pantheon,” Cannata relayed.

In her nomination letter to the Excellence Through Classics (ETC) award committee, Cannata relayed that “Cloud’s scripts and illustrations are remarkably creative and spirited by the stories that inspire her writing.”

Cloud stated, “I’m really interested in creative writing, and a lot of my inspiration comes from Greek, Norse and sometimes Native American mythology. I have created my own pantheon in my stories.”

In more recent years, Cloud has written a number of short stories in Latin, including a more feminist rendition of the women’s lives in the textbook series Ecce Romanī.

Cloud said that she thinks Classics “helps us understand the modern world. It’s true when they say that the past is the key to the future.”

Cloud has already finished reading the Odyssey (Lattimore translation) in its entirety and began reading the Iliad in preparation for her NME test last year.  

2012 Petrino Award

winner, Zoë Cloud (left) and her Latin teacher, Melissa Cannata (right).

Story continues on page 7

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ASCANIUS, ETC AWARD GRANT-PAGE 5Third grade teacher April Buckmaster from Elkton, VA, participates in grant to attend an Ascanius Roman Explorer’s workshop.

CLASSICAL HOMESCHOOL ACADEMY STUDENT FÊTED-PAGE 7Princeton, NJ student Blaise Millman’s zeal for mythology leads to 2012 Julia K. Petrino Memorial Book Award.

TIPS AND TRICKS FOR THE FL CLASSROOM -PAGE 8Nancy Boudreau, a World Language peer, distills class tips gleaned from 26+ years of teaching.

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013 Nos morituri te

salutamus — A view from Rome’s famous Colosseum.

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From the Chair: Focus on outreach, social media

Salvēte Omnēs!

First off, thank you for picking up a copy of PRIMA.

It demonstrates your strong interest in the Excellence Through Classics Committee (ETC), the Classics, the field of education and the young people who are about to make the future theirs.

It also means that you may understand and even share my passion for those

things and the importance of the work that ETC does. To that end, it is my sincere hope that this newsletter serves to inform and inspire you.

Second, I am proud to follow Rachel Ash in steering the ETC ship. She has led well and I hope to continue the fantastic momentum we have going.

Michelle Ramahlo is moving into the position of Vice Chair (while welcoming a little one to her family), and Christine Hahn is coming on as our new secretary. And with a productive spring and summer behind us, including the fabulous 65th American Classical League Institute in Las Vegas, NV, the committee is hard at work on some exciting things, both new and old.

As you may have noted, ETC’s redesigned website is running well and looking good. Hopefully it works for you as nicely as it does for us.

If you find anything missing or difficult to find, don’t hesitate to contact me. At the same t ime, i f you find anything particularly useful or well-done, get in touch about those items as well.

Also, this year the Classics Club program, or ‘little’ Junior Classical League (JCL), for grades 2-6, is being piloted. Its aim is to bring the enthusiasm for the Classics and club camaraderie found in JCL to younger students.

If you would like your students to get involved with Classics Clubs, check out our Classics Club web-page and complete an interest survey, or simply get in touch with Classics Club chair Zee Ann Poerio.

And I continue to be excited about ETC’s outreach in the world of social media of Twitter and Facebook. Perhaps it was even a connection there that led to you to read this issue of PRIMA.

Please follow us on Twitter @etclassics or like us on Facebook to get updates on things ETC and ACL, connect with friends of ETC like Ascanius Youth Classics Institute and Roman Mysteries’ author Carol ine Lawrence , and generally interesting Classics/education news from around the internet.

In the coming months, I hope to be sharing more exciting news about the programs ETC is developing, both through those social media outlets, as well more traditionally on our website.

And in the meantime, enjoy this issue of PRIMA , sk i l l f u l l y ed i ted by the extraordinary Micheal Posey, and best of luck inspiring the leaders of tomorrow with the  wisdom of the past.

Cura ut valeas,

K.C. KlessChair, ETC

[email protected]

ETC’s newly-minted chair, K.C. Kless, is a Latin and Leadership Teacher at Indian Hill Middle and High Schools in Cincinnati, OH.

STAY IN TOUCH WITH ETC! ETC WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER

To keep up with ETC news, check out our site

ETCLASSICS.ORG

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @etclassics

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Thus, I was thrilled when Nancy Boudreau, a German teacher and World Language chair at Classen School of Advanced Studies in Oklahoma City, OK, agreed to share her 26+ years of sage experience with our readers in this issue of PRIMA. Her wonderful literary offering gives invaluable tips that will benefit any teacher’s toolbox. Who knew that there is a place for tennis balls! I challenge you to incorporate some of Boudreau’s games in your lesson plans and sit back and watch the energy they create.

In addition to learning from a World Language peer, PRIMA hopes to make thinking about and planning the second half of your academic year easier. We have a great bevy of articles from colleagues in this fall/winter issue.

This issue highlights our two 2012 Julia K. Petrino Memorial Book Award winners, a review of a recent translation of the

Iliad by Dr. Cliff Broeniman, a teacher of the Classics at the Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies in Richmond, VA, and a report from a grant participant, April Buckmaster, a third-grade teacher at Elkton Elementary School in Elkton, VA.

I would like to personally thank all that have contributed to this issue and those who volunteer their time, energy and efforts to pen articles for PRIMA.

Finally, I thank all of you for everything that you do to promote the Classics. Keep up the good work. All the best!

Micheal A. PoseyEditor, PRIMA

[email protected]

FL peers to the rescue! As a teacher of both modern and classical languages, I’m always intrigued by how distant some of my colleagues who teach the Classics are from their world language peers. In

attending professional conferences on both sides of the linguistic aisle, I’ve discovered a

myriad of activities and information that benefit both of my academic pursuits — that go-to

game of Jeopardy works equally as well in my Spanish class as it does for chapter review for my Latin classes. Everyone loves a little competition and a change from the mundane.

From the Editor:

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T h r o u g h a grant from the A s c a n i u s Y o u t h C l a s s i c s Institute and E x c e l l e n c e T h r o u g h C l a s s i c s (ETC), the third g r a d e r s a t E l k t o n E l e m e n t a r y S c h o o l i n E l k t o n , VA , were given the opportunity to be immersed in the culture of ancient Rome for the day this past May.

Linda Doherty, the challenge teacher at Elkton Elementary school was awarded the grant and chose to have the school’s third grade participate.

This was both an interesting introduction to Latin and a review of Virginia’s History Standards of Learning for the ancient civilization of Rome. Third grade is a state testing year for the Standards of Learning.

During the Roman Explorers outreach program, our nine-year-olds first were give instruction in basic conversational Latin.

The students enjoyed learning how to ask and respond to “How are you?” In fact, “Quid agis?” became a commonly heard phrase throughout the remainder of the school year!

Next, students learned about Roman gods and goddesses. How excited they were to hunt through the room for symbols and

pictures that belonged to their god or goddess!

The Roman culture sessions were the favorites of the students, however. The children enjoyed using food to create edible mosaics and roads!

As the day came to an end, the program concluded with an authentic Roman banquet. Students were thrilled to be dressed in togas to sample cheese, olives, and grape juice.

The Roman Explorers outreach program helped to bring our history curriculum to life. It was enjoyable for our third graders, and it gave me a wealth of new ideas for teaching my ancient Rome unit for next year!

According to the Ascanius’ website, “elementary school students delve into the Latin language, Roman culture, ancient mythology, and English word study based on Latin roots” during the Roman Explorer’s workshop.

“Experienced and award-winning faculty who have spearheaded the drive to incorporate Classics in the elementary grades serve as the instructors, working with a tried-and-true curriculum.

[The Roman Explorer’s] workshop helps to strengthen academic knowledge and better prepare students to meet standards and to succeed on assessments.”

Contact Ms. Buckmaster [email protected]

Contact the Ascanius Youth Classics Institute at

[email protected]

Third grade teacher, April Buckmaster (above) participated in a grant sponsored by the Ascanius Youth Classics Institute and Excellence Through Classics to attend a Roman Explorers Program.

“I As the day came to an end, the program concluded

with an authentic Roman banquet. Students were

thrilled to be dressed in togas to sample cheese, olives, and grape juice.”

Buckmaster Granted Opp to Review Testing BenchmarksRoman Explorers Program Brings History to Life for Third Graders

“This was both an interesting introduction to

Latin and a review of Virginia’s History Standards

of Learning for the ancient civilization of Rome.”

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Reviewer Lends Insights into Recent Iliad Translation

Mitchell’s translation deserves praise for its rhythmical fluency which results from “minimally” a 5 beat iambic line. Priam asks Helen about the identities of the warriors:

“Tell me now, what is the name of that splendid man / who is standing down there, so powerful and so tall.”

Mitchell writes that [this line] “has from 12 to 14 syllables…the extra syllables give it something of the sound of Greek verse.

I have also worked at keeping the rhythms from becoming too regular and have varied them so that no two consecutive lines have the identical rhythm.…I have tried to sound natural…n e i t h e r t o o f o r m a l n o r t o o colloquial” (lix).

I concur. Mitchell has not produced a line by line translation. The l e n g t h o f t h e translation, book by book, mostly falls within 60 lines of the Greek.

Mitchell’s introduction reveals his passion for the epic, and focuses on major themes like honor, fate, and major characters.

H i s o v e r v i e w i s insightful and reveals the Iliad’s complex humanity.

Appendices cover Iliad 1 0 , i n t r o d u c t o r y sections, translation, G r e e k t e x t a n d pronunciation. There are no endnote marks to prompt readers.

M i t c h e l l f o l l o w s Martin West’s edition of the Iliad which results in the omission of suspected passages.

About 1000 verses have been omitted which includes Book 10 (S. Butler’s prosaic translation (1898) is located in the appendix).

A translator should err on the side of inclusion, not exclusion.

Mitchell’s liberal omission or changes of patronymics and stock epithets disguise the language of Homer.

If you wish to read a gracefully modern translation of Homer’s Iliad after its slight diet, you will thoroughly enjoy Mitchell’s Iliad.

A review copy of Stephen Mitchell’s Iliad was provided by the book’s publisher, Free Press.

Contact Mr. Broeniman at [email protected]

Stephen Mitchell’s recent translation of Homer’s Iliad has been heralded by the Wall Street Journal as “a daring new version of the epic poem.” This 560-page tome was published by Free Press in August 2012.

Stephen Mitchell has rendered a gracefully flowing and splendidly sounding translation of Homer’s Iliad (Free Press, 2011) complete with introduction and appendices to help new and experienced readers.

Our book reviewer, Dr. Cliff Broeniman (above), teaches Classics at the Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies in Richmond, VA.

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When asked why Classics inspires her, Cloud said, “Greek mythology entices me. When you think of a god, you think of someone all-powerful. In the Classics, the gods seem really human. It helps me make sense of things.”

Aside from Classical literature, Zoë is mostly interested in science-fiction and fantasy. “I’m generally more interested in the less realistic reaches of fiction,” she explained.

Cannata relayed in Cloud’s recommendation that Cloud’s interest has been evident in her Latin and Classical Studies classroom. Not only has she advanced through the Ecce Romani I textbook independently, but Cloud has worked on outside Latin written projects using the Minimus Latin series.

Last year, Cloud worked on a class project in which she wrote a script in the voice of the Roman poet Vergil. While most students wrote their scripts in English, Cloud chose to write her composition in Latin, a challenging task for any fifth-grader.

Cloud would like to grow up to become an author and biologist.

Information provided by Melissa Cannata, Science and Arts Academy, Des Plaines, IL.

RECENT PETRINO BOOK

AWARD WINNERS:

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2012: Zoe Cloud from Science and Arts Academy; teacher Melissa Cannata

2012: Blaise Millman from Classical Homeschool Academy; teacher Amy Mandelker

2011: Anna Schoeck from Master's Academy; teacher Sherrie Madden

2011: Ariel Silver from Crossroads Academy; teacher Jessica Lahey

2010: Divya Ramakrishnan from the Meadows School; teacher Kimberly Kemtes

2009: Vickie Williams from The Wilson School; teacher Joana Ocros-Ritter

2009: Evan Robert Draim from St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School; nominator Ian Hochberg

2008: Lucy Cabell Ross from Aletheum School; teacher Elizabeth Pyle Ross

2008: Brandon Chawner from The Chawner Academy; teacher Robyn Chawner

Cloud (above), dresses as Vergil for a Roman banquet.

Millman Earns Accolades as 2012 Julia K. Petrino Memorial Book Award WinnerBlaise Millman, an 8th grader at the Classical Homeschool Academy of Princeton in Princeton, NJ, was also selected as a 2012 Julia K. Petrino Memorial Book Award Winner.

His nominator, Dr. Amy Mandelker noted Millman’s passion in his study of mythology in her nominating letter to ETC.

“Millman has, since second grade, been so passionate about mythology, and over the years has built such extensive, even prodigious knowledge of his subject, that the other member of [his] Junior Classical League chapter felt it necessary to create a special office for [him]: Oracle-Mythographer.”

Also in 2012, Millman won First Place in the National mythology essay contest sponsored by the MEDUSA Mythology Exam for his story about the Lernean Hydra. Although Blaise entered the contest as an 8th grader,

his perfect score on the MEDUSA Mythology exam and his essay garnered him the top prize nationally, winning over High School entrants. The Minerva Achievement Award includes a cash prize of $750 which Millman will use to buy more mythology books.

In addition to Millman’s zeal for all things classical. Mandelker noted that he is involved in his county’s Youth Leadership program and participates regularly in community project through his church.

The recipients of the Petrino award are selected based on their performance on the NME and other activities in the field of Classics. Applications for consideration for the Petrino award can be downloaded here: www.etclassics.org/files/petrino.pdf.

Information provided by Dr. Amy Mandelker, Faculty Sponsor, JCL Chapter, Classical Homeschool Academy of Princeton, Princeton, NJ.

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Meet the Teacher:Nancy Boudreau is a German teacher and World Language chair at Classen School of Advanced Studies in Oklahoma City, OK. !!!!!!!

A 26+ year veteran in the classroom, she has a myriad of classroom materials and ideas. She encourages teachers to contact her with questions. She teaches German 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

GERMAN TEACHER, WORLD LANGUAGE CHAIR, BOUDREAU, UNVEILS TIPS, TRICKS FOR ANY LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

Organizational Ideas

To keep students focused and involved, have assigned seats that change at the start of every chapter or unit. The teacher can eliminate problems, create better groups and best of all, no more whining.

Seating Chart: Keep student names arranged on Post-it Notes inside a sleeve protector to make rearranging easier. Tennis balls on the legs of chairs enable them to be moved around quickly and QUIETLY.

Bell Ringers keep students busy at the beginning of class for 5 minutes or less so that the teacher can take role, count homework or just deal with whatever requires attention.

The Verb-of-the-day requires students to conjugate a verb per day using the tenses they know.

To choose a leader for group activities: On the count of 3, everyone in the group points to one person. That person stands and points at the group leader.

Group roles: Leader – keeps people on task, Secretary – takes notes and reads back, Timekeeper – keeps track of how long to end of task, Gofer – goes and gets anything needed by group

Ring a bell (Pavlov) or a timer to signal the end of an activity.

Teaching is easier if the students are organized, focused and motivated.

Here are just ten ideas to help you get your students in the right frame of mind to learn.

GET ORGANIZED! ASSIGNED SEATING BELL RINGER VERB-OF-THE-DAY

“Teaching is easier if the students are

organized, focused and motivated.”

Change seating at the start of every chapter or unit!

Include a bell-ringer activity to allow time to deal with

classroom obligations.

Conjuguemos.com is an Internet resource for language students to

conjugate a verb a day.

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Vocabulary Activities

WORD BINGO: Students make a 5 x 5 grid. They put the words (in target language only – NO ENGLISH) one to a box, in the center is free. Drawing pictures is optional.

To play: Teacher says the word in English, they mark the board. When they get 5 in a row, say “Bingo.” They read back in target language. When verified, they become “the teacher.”

Lotto is the same but just 4 x 4 grid. Can do 3 x 4 grid, but then no diagonal wins.

TIC TAC TOE – Play with a partner; play multiple games - as finish one, go on to new grid. Student A puts marker on grid. Teacher says a word (or asks a question or gives a verb…).

Student A WHISPERS answer to B. Teacher says correct answer.

If A was right, gets to mark the spot. If not, then don’t. Student B repeats process.

SEIZE THE DOG — Can be used with vocabulary words or questions on content or who said that or who lives where or … two student desks are put “nose to nose.” Stuffed toy is in the middle.

One student from each team sits in chairs with HANDS IN THE LAP. Teacher says word or asks question. Student who grabs toy first is allowed to answer.

If correct, point for the team. If wrong, point subtracted and other person may answer.

If right, point for team. If wrong, point subtracted. Next person from the team takes each seat. Continue.

POISON OR PRESENT? — Have four prepared cards with presents (a piece of candy, one bonus point) or poison (sing a song, count from 1-30, describe someone in the room). Randomly pick a card and put it in a box with a ribbon on it. Set timer for 2 minutes.

Ask students in turn a question (or have them illustrate a grammar point). If they answer correctly, they pass the box to the next student.

If they make an error, they hold the box until someone else makes an error and then passes the box to them. (S)He with the box at the end of 2 minutes opens it and gets a “present or poison.”

Contact Ms. Boudreau at [email protected]

Continued from page 8

POISON OR PRESENT? — Have four prepared

cards with presents (a piece of candy, one bonus point)

or poison (sing a song, count from 1-30, describe

someone in the room).

WORD BINGO: Students make a 5 x 5 grid. They put

the words (in target language only – NO

ENGLISH) one to a box, in the center is free. Drawing

pictures is optional.

Excellence Through Classics (ETC) is proud to honor Diana Nixon with this year’s Calliope Award.

Nixon, who teaches ancient history at Wichita Collegiate School in Wichita, KS, has served in several leadership positions on ETC and has been a tireless worker for the advancement of classics both inside and outside of the classroom.

During her career Diana has served ETC in the positions of secretary (twice), vice-chair, and chair, and created the Julia K. Petrino and Calliope Awards to honor both students and teachers who go above and beyond in the Classics.

In addition, Nixon has been part of the National Mythology Exam (NME) committee for over twenty years. Her

service on the NME committee includes serving as chair. Nixon also envisioned the development, creation and distribution of NME activity packets, the official teaching materials for the exam.

Dixon has served as secretary of the American Classical League (ACL) and as a member of its Finance Committee. Additionally, Nixon has been a frequent presenter at ACL Summer Institutes.

Naming Nixon as this year’s Calliope Award recipient was a means to laud her for her tireless dedication to the cause of the Classics.

Awarded every two years by ETC, The Calliope Award is designed to recognize individuals who have

demonstrated long-term commitment to the promotion and advancement of Classical studies in elementary and middle schools.

ETC honors Diana Nixon with Callliope Award

Nixon (left) receives her award from National Mythology Exam Chair, Allison Feigel (right).

Boudreau offers vocabulary activities to spice up any class

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With the advent of the Common Core State Standards2 and continued emphasis on standardized tests, there is increasing pressure on teachers of all subjects to clarify the contributions their course curricula make to improving literacy and numeracy skills.

In Latin classrooms, the connections to language arts standards are plain, but the associations with mathematics standards may be less immediately apparent.

The inclusion of numeracy building exercises in the language classroom need not be forced with such activities as tedious mathematical word problems (at best tenuously related to our subject), but rather requires that we acknowledge and augment the precision, reasoning, and argumentation skills that are already integral to many Latin curricula.

The challenge for Latin teachers is twofold: first, to identify what elements of existing instruction foster mathematical thought, and second, to create additional opportunities for students to cultivate their quantitative reasoning skills.

Numbers, Hours, and Coins, Oh My!

Units on Roman numerals, time-telling, and currency lend themselves well to arithmetic activities and symbolic representations of quantities.

Exploration into relative values of one coin against another can be especially he lp fu l i n r e in fo rc ing add i t i on , subtraction, and multiplication of fractions.

Liven up pecuniary studies by having students exchange coins as part of a (shortened) game of Monopoly or (where permitted) as bets on a rousing game of Latin Scrabble (tiles may be printed or ordered online3).

Hit the Road

Map-reading affords another opportunity for discussions of quantity. Take any travel story (Catullus in Carmen 101, Aeneas and company in the Aeneid, a character in your textbook, etc.) and have students research the distances between each destination along the journey and

estimate the length of time it would take on foot, on horseback, or on sea.

Explore how the time taken changes if a winter storm reduces ship speed by 25%, or highway robbers make off with the horses halfway along. Use online mapping sites to determine modern-day travel times for the same trips and calculate the percent increase in speed. The distance and percentage calculations align well with learning objectives in algebra I and geometry.

Every Word Counts

Statistics students who are studying Latin literature will find many occasions for data collection and analysis with regard to scansion and word choice. Compare the relative frequencies of dactyls or spondees and consult, for instance, the word frequency tools at the Perseus Digital Library4 or the concordances in the Vergil Project5 and have students analyze the effects that an author’s metrical and lexical choices have on the overall feel of a work.

Literature about Math

My favorite “mathematical” Latin activity is to assign reading passages with mathematical content. For several centuries Latin was the lingua franca of mathematicians.

Students may be surprised to find that the text they are reading turns out to be a description of Fibonacci’s sequence6, Boethius’ treatise on arithmetic7 or a Vitruvian how-to manual for building siege engines.

For more hands-on approaches, combine forces with a geometry teacher to turn a traditional mosaic project into a study of symmetries, transformations, and surface tiling.

If assigning a model project on a famous monument, require it to be a scale representation.

Bring Roman engineering to life by applying geometric concepts to a class reconstruction of an aqueduct. The possibilities are endless.

In general, keep an eye out for any appearance of numbers, amounts, or measurements already present in your Latin lessons.

The inclusion of mathematical thought adds yet another layer of richness to our subject.

1Gratias to Laura Higley whose query on the Latinteach listserv provided the impetus for this article.

2http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf

3http://www.larkvi.com/latin_scrabble/

4http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/

5http://vergil.classics.upenn.edu/

6 h t t p : / / w w w. r o s e r w i l l i a m s . c o m /teachingaids.html

7http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=math;idno=cdl274

Contact Ms. Henry at [email protected].

Henry Advocates How to Foster Numeracy Skills in the Latin Classroom1

Our author, Ms. Kelly Henry (above), teaches Latin and math at Holyoke Catholic High School in Chicopee, MA.As an undergraduate, Henry attended Kenyon College where she majored in both mathematics and Classics. Henry also has a master’s degree in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto.

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National Mythology ExamExploratory Latin Exam

sponsored by theAmerican Classical League

Excellence Through Classics Committee www.etclassics.org

and the

The National Association of Secondary School Principalshas placed the National Mythology Exam on the NASSP

National Advisory List of Contests and Activities for 2010-2011.

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Deadline for 2013

PRIMA SUMMER submissions is

May 15!

ETC Executive Committee

K.C. [email protected]

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Allison FiegelNME [email protected]

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Andrew CarrollExam Activity Packet [email protected]

Geri DutraAdministrative [email protected]

Zee Ann PoerioClassics Club [email protected]

Micheal A. PoseyPRIMA [email protected]

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