Aulus Anser is my newest Level A novella, joining company with Ego Polyphemus and Lars Romam Odit as an accessible to beginner-level readers of Latin. Like Lars, I turned my attention away from mythology to Roman culture. Specifically, the novel includes such cultural topics as the hills of Rome, the Capitoline geese, the Gallic invasion …
So, about those levels…
Frequent readers of my novellas may have notice a silent, subtle change in my most recent books: instead of listing my novellas in the order that they were published (which made sense when there were only three or four of them), I've decided to arrange and market them in a way that can be a …
Now Available: Digital Editions
Good news for educators facing distance learning this fall! I am partnering with Storylabs to bring you several of my most popular novellas on a completely digital platform! One annual subscription allows a teacher and up to 180 students access to a completely virtual edition of the novella of your choice. As a bonus, all …
iFLT Takeaway #2: It’s All About Structure
This is my fifth year teaching in a CI-centered language classroom. The first year was magical. I had students who were used to doing things the traditional way. I quickly changed the paradigm, and the students rejoiced. Latin class was fun. It was relevant. It was student-centered and student-driven. We were speaking, writing, reading, and …
Published: Pandora: A Latin Novella
After eight months of work, I have finally published my new novella: Pandora: A Latin Novella. The cast of characters includes Pandora and the Olympian gods (of course), but I have also included elements from other myths involving Circe, the golden apple, and Venus' relationship with Mars, among others. It's the third in the Familia …
iFLT Takeaway #1: TPR Gestures
I had the privilege of attending iFLT (the International Forum on Language Teaching) this summer in beautiful St. Petersburg, Florida, and though it has been a week or so since I’ve returned, I’m still reeling a bit from the amazing experience. I have a notebook full of quotes, observations, tweaks, ideas, book titles, links, etc. …
A Week in F7 – Week 33
Monday, April 22nd, Day 147 1.) Reader’s Theater/Storytelling: “Orpheus” Inspired by Magister Craft’s “Orpheus and Eurydice” video. I wanted to use the video, but the Latin is a bit dense for my Latin I students. So I adapted Magister Craft’s script at first, but ended up write my own (they may even be a good …
A Year in F7 – Week 32
Monday, April 15th, Day 143 through Wednesday, April 17th, Day 145 So, the week before Easter, I attempted the Storybook Project, as laid out in The Natural Approach to the Year (a book, by the way, that anyone trying to teach in a communicative way should have on their shelf). I struggled with this project …
A Year in F7: Week 31
Monday, April 8th, Day 138 Returning from a much needed Spring Break, which means . . . . 1.) Card Talk (Feriae Vernales – “Spring Break”) What? Again? Yes! Now no longer in the future tense, but now in the past tense (sadly, Spring Break has come and gone). The Card Talk was even better, …
A Year in F7 – Week 30
Monday, March 25th, Day 133 StoryListening/Narrate and Draw/Storytelling: “Tres Porcelli” (The Three Little Pigs) 1.) Storytelling/Narrate and Draw: So, not every day can be a success, right? I tried very hard to tell the story of the Three Little Pigs, drawing the pictures along with the story, and ask the students questions about what would …
Comprehensible Classics 