In this issue:

Look for Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers' Exhibit at Conferences in 2011

AIA-APA Joint Annual Meeting - Archaeological Institute of America and American Philological Association

January 6–9, 2011

San Antonio, TX

Representatives: Lou, Marie, and Allan Bolchazy

Round Table discussion on Latin for the New Millennium on January 8.

Athens v Sparta, January 8, 8:00 p.m. at 

Casbeers, 1150 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, 78210

CANE - Classical Association of New England

March 18–19, 2011

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA

Representative: Donald Sprague

SCOLT-LFLTA – Southern Conference on Language Teaching-Louisiana Foreign Language Teachers Association

March 10–12, 2011

Baton Rouge, LA

Representative: Donald Sprague

Dickinson Latin Workshop Spring 2011

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

Julius Caesar in his Time: The General as Historian

Hans-Friedrich Mueller, Union College

Author of BCP AP* Caesar Text and coauthor of Caesar: A Transitional LEGAMUS Reader

Dickinson College, Tome 115, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

This workshop considers Caesar both as a historical figure and as an author. It will include strategies for teaching Caesar in a sophisticated and interesting way, and updates on how scholars and historians have reevaluated his career and works in recent years. Special attention will be given to themes shared with the Aeneid.

For more information click here.

CAMWS – Classical Association of the Middle West and South

April 6–9, 2011

Grand Rapids, MI

Amway Grand Plaza at the invitation of Grand Valley State and Calvin College

Representatives: Lou, Marie, and Allan Bolchazy

Panel: “Latin in Small Packages: Expanding and Varying Advanced Latin Curricular Options” organized by BC Readers Series Editor Ronnie Ancona.

Series authors will explore the BC Latin Readers’ “small package” approach to Latin curricula, which has as one of its aims to expand and vary what can be taught at the advanced level.

SWCOLT – Southwestern Conference on Language Teaching

April 7–9, 2011

Fort Worth, Texas

Representatives: Donald Sprague and Rose Williams

Rose Williams will give a talk entitled “Latin and Roman Ideals in the Hispanic New World.”

The 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies

May 12–15, 2011

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI

Representatives: Allan Bolchazy and Betty Brendel

ACL - American Classical League

64th Annual Institute

June 25–27, 2011

University of Minnesota

Radisson University Hotel

Minneapolis, MN

Representatives: Drs. Lou and Marie Bolchazy, and Allan Bolchazy

National Junior Classical League Annual Convention

July 25–30, 2011

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond KY

Representative: Allan Bolchazy

Other 2011 meetings will be announced in a future issue.

FREE Webinars for Latin for the New Millennium

Tuesday, January 25 and Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 6:00-8:00 ET – An Overview Look at Latin for the New Millennium and Its Components by Donald E. Sprague, editor.

For more information about and to register for LNM Free webinars click here

Latin for the New Millennium, Level 3

When I wrote this section of eLitterae in November, I thought that surely we (Helena Dettmer and I) would be done with Cicero and on to Vergil, one of my favorite authors, by December. Well, not so. Just as snowstorms hit the east coast, here in sunny Phoenix, I was slowed down and snowed in by Cicero. The draft of the section on De Amicitia is now complete and we are solidly on schedule. But let me tell you why I was so bogged down by this section of Cicero.

I really don’t want to tell the whole eLitterae world how old I am and if I told you how long I taught Latin, you could make a good guess at my actual age. Let’s just say that I taught Latin for a long time before I got into the newsletter writing business. And during my years of teaching, I taught all or at least most of Cicero’s In Catilinam I just about every year. So as we worked on four different selections from the First Catilinarian, although they were not short sections and although they were not necessarily easy sections, I was content with the work I was doing and confident that everything could be finished on time.

Then we started a selection from De Amicitia, a work I had not read since I was an undergraduate. What I realized  was the philosophical thoughts in De Amicitia were more difficult to comprehend than Cicero’s many entreaties to Catiline to leave Rome in the First Catlinarian. I also discovered that Cicero used many more gapped words in De Amicitia. I had to check or look up just about everything. And to make a long story short, Cicero’s style was different and because I had not been totally grounded in this particular essay through years of teaching, I felt compelled to confirm my work with research.

Now that I have completed the first draft of the section from De Amicitia and am able to reflect about this recent experience, I am considering how a student’s experience with changing to a different genre, different author, or different period of Latin must be akin to what happened to me. When we are able to start working on selections from Vergil’s Aeneid, a very different genre from Cicero’s orations and essays, I will be sure to consider difficulties the students may have as they switch to reading Latin in the epic genre.

LeaAnn Osburn

Bolchazy-Carducci Offers Summer Professional Development Opportunity

Latin teachers of all levels are invited to join Bolchazy-Carducci's Latin Teachers Tour 2011. From July 1 to July 12, this tour will offer teachers the opportunity to experience firsthand significant Roman and post-antique sites in Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul. While expanding our knowledge of things Roman, we'll be enjoying the fine cuisine of northern Italy and Provence. The tour qualifies for ACL,  APA  scholarship funding, CAMWS awards, and CAES Rexine Award.

Check out the day-by-day itinerary.

National Exam Application/Registration Deadlines

National Mythology Exam

January 15, 2011 - Postmark

www.etclassics.org/nme.html

2011 NJCL On-Line Exam

National Roman Civilization Exam

January 15, 2011

website: www.njcl.org

January 18, 2011 - Postmark

National Latin Exam

University of Mary Washington

1301 College Avenue

Fredericksburg VA 22401

website: www.nle.org

2011 National Greek Exam

January 18, 2011 - Postmark

website: nge.aclclassics.org

March 1, 2011 - Postmark

website: www.etclassics.org/ele.html

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Welcome

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

From sunny and warm Phoenix (yes, I know this is rubbing it in), I send all of you this issue packed full of goodies to enjoy. New to Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers are eBooks. Read on to learn about these technologically-savvy books. You will also find in this issue the sections you have come to expect: “Classics Corner” with its reproducible exercise, “A Fun Tidbit” about Latin in our world, the “Latin for the New Millennium Teaching Tip” of the month, the continuing tale about writing Level 3 of Latin for the New Millennium, and a calendar of 2011 conferences at which you will find a Bolchazy-Carducci exhibit. There is also a special discount offered to eLitterae subscribers.

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Donald Sprague, and I send all of you holiday greetings.

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Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers Offers eBooks

Even though Latin is an ancient language, students can enhance their study of Latin via today’s modern technology. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers now offers eBooks, electronic versions of our books in print. You can read your eBooks on a Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, Android or a variety of eReaders. The eBooks have the same content as our traditional books in print, but you can search, bookmark, and annotate your text. We have an eLearning mission to utilize all of these media and more to bring this ancient language into the styles of learning that today’s students are demanding. We give students access to methods of learning in ways that are familiar. One of the big things is its convenience. Latin anywhere, anytime. You can literally get it out of your pocket. Right at your fingertips.

We have some of your favorite titles available now (e.g., The Original Dysfunctional Family by Rose Williams) with more to come soon. We are currently offering our eBooks through Google ebookstore. Other eBook distributors will be offering our books soon. Each eBook distributor offers a variety of tools to enhance the learning process.

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Classics Corner

The Life of Hercules

In each issue, the Classics Corner presents an item of pedagogical interest to classicists. In this issue, an exercise that might suit the needs of your students at some time during the curriculum they follow is given.

Challenge your students to find the answers to this exercise. Publisher’s permission is granted to reproduce this one exercise for classroom use only.

This exercise has been taken from Bolchazy-Carducci’s 2007 Classical Mythology and More by Marianthe Colakis and Mary Joan Masello. In nineteen chapters, this reader workbook contains retellings of the myths based on ancient sources, mythological exercises such as the one below, vocabulary exercises (based on words from the myths), sections entitled “Musings” that feature thought questions, and sections that show how mythology continues to live on in modern life. The book features a comprehensive set of mythological images through the ages. This particular exercise is from Chapter 9.

Who am I?

From the word bank given below, select the name that best fits the person described in each of the phrases following the word bank. Fill in the blank with the name that best matches the description. One name will be used twice.

a. ______________  Heracles’ nephew, who proved invaluable in assisting with the destruction of the Hydra; he cauterized each stump with a torch.

b. ______________  The blind seer who foretold Heracles’ struggles with human and beast and prophesied his eventual welcome to Mount Olympus

c. ______________  She tried twice to prevent Heracles’ birth.

d. ______________  Stepfather to Heracles

e. ______________  Goddess of childbirth, ordered to delay the birth of Heracles

f. ______________ Heracles’ mother

g. ______________  The Roman name for Heracles

h. ______________  Heracles’ fraternal twin

i. ______________  Heracles killed this teacher of his by hurling a lyre at him.

j. ______________  Although Amphitryon appeared to be father to Heracles, this one was his actual father.

k. ______________  Her jealousy over her spouse’s infidelity caused her to plague Alcmena and Heracles.

l. ______________  The king of Thebes’ daughter who became the first wife of Heracles

m. ______________ Cousin to Heracles and the one whom Heracles served for twelve years

(click here to download a printable PDF of this exercise for classroom use)

Fun Tidbits to Share

We will share our fun tidbits with eLitterae subscribers whenever we can. We welcome tidbits that eLitterae readers would like to share. Send them to me at Leaannbhs@aol.com

Latin and Southwest Airlines

Sarcinae Volant Gratis (Bags Fly Free) is the Latin motto of Southwest Airlines. After reading about this on the Latinteach list, I contacted Ginny Lindzey for further details.

Ginny wrote back to me, “Here's the story. About the time school started a student of mine in Latin 2 asked me what the Latin would be for ‘Bags Fly Free.’ I said, ‘like SW Airlines?’ Yes, he had said, explaining that his dad was involved in a new advertisement for SW Airlines. I asked whether his father worked for GSD&M/Idea City [editor’s note: this is the name of the advertising firm that has the Southwest account]. For some reason I knew they handled SW Airlines. Anyway, of course the student's father did work there.

So, I came up with the Latin, wanting it to be clear to the "barely-remember-my-Latin" public. I'll be getting a tour around GSD&M/Idea City one of these days as payment. Really, it was a pay-it-forward sort of thing. For karma. “

The Latin phrase sarcinae volant gratis is written very small, on the shield of the “bag cop badge” right under the yellow part.

Latin for the New Millennium Teaching Tip

This teaching tip is for Chapter 13 of LNM 1.

The Latin reading on p. 220 that is based on Horace 1.9 is written with the conversation between Horace and the Boor taking center stage. The words that Horace supposedly said and those that the Boor uttered can easily become a playlet that students can perform in class in Latin.

First instruct the students to rewrite the Latin on pp. 220–221 in the form of a script. The script might start in this fashion with the narrator’s words (these will need to be put in the third person) in italics.

Horatius ambulabat in via Sacra et de nugis cogitabat. Accurit homo tantum nomine notus. Is bracchium Horatii capit atque dicit:

Importunus Vir: “Quid agis, dulcissime rerum?”

Horatius: “Bene et cupio omnia quae tu cupis.”

This script, once completed, will allow four students to be actors in this playlet. There will be a narrator, the boorish man, Horace, the unnamed man who saves Horace.

Students will enjoy seeing this humorous scene acted out by their fellow classmates while this exercise gives the teacher a chance to evaluate their students’ understanding of the Latin and their pronunciation.

Latin for the New Millennium Audio Recordings

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is pleased to announce the publication of MP3 recordings in Latin of each chapter reading for Latin for the New Millennium Levels 1 and 2. Master teachers and oral Latin enthusiasts, Anna Andresian of the Sage School, Reno, Nevada and Professor E. Del Chrol of Marshall University, West Virginia provide a professionally recorded reading in the restored classical pronunciation of Latin. Andresian is the author of BCP’s Looking at Latin and has been a regular Conventiculum participant. Del Chrol is appreciated for his enthusiastic teaching and his commitment to oral Latin. This set of recordings is a sine qua non for every Latin for the New Millennium classroom and for meeting oral Latin classroom standards.

These audio readings will be available January 2011.

Special Holiday Gift List Suggestion

As you check off the list of gifts you’ve prepared, don’t forget yourself. The brisk winter weather for many of us suggests a sweet summer respite. Why don’t you treat yourself to the beautiful landscapes of northern Italy and Provence and their palate-pleasing cuisines this summer? Join Bolchazy-Carducci’s Latin Teachers Tour of Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul, July 2011. Click here for information.