Latin for the New Millennium Level 2. (329 words)

 

Marie Carducci Bolchazy has been a formidable presence at Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers! Whether sharing cake in celebration of a colleague's birthday, asking insightful questions about a new book proposal, or promoting the Latin for the New Millennium series, Marie has sedulously sought the best. That best means fostering a "family feel" among her B-C colleagues and through B-C providing a special service to classics students and instructors across the United States.

Marie's formidable presence stretches back almost forty years to founding the company with her late husband, Lou Bolchazy, PhD. When she retired from a successful career as a reading and language arts specialist and coordinator, Marie joined B-C full time and thoroughly enjoyed overseeing marketing and promotion efforts as well as spearheading the effectiveness of a digital* Artes Latinae program for independent study and the homeschool community. Upon Lou's death five years ago, Marie assumed the company's leadership as president and, as she readies for retirement in January, she is pleased to leave a "well-oiled machine" staffed by a capable, committed, and conscientious team of colleagues whom she has encouraged, nurtured, and trained. Part of that training has been directed at managing editor Bridget Dean, PhD, who has been transitioning much of the past year in anticipation of becoming the company's new president when Marie retires in January.

Marie leaves Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers in a position of strength to serve the classics community. As chair of the board of directors, she will continue to provide inspiration and leadership for the company while enjoying a much deserved retirement.

The Bolchazy-Carducci family wishes Marie the very best pursuing her many interests from Rotary International to table tennis and tai chi to civic involvement and public engagement activities. Brava, good friend and nurturing boss. Ad multos annos!

*Editor's Note: B-C is in the process of again updating the digital version of this Latin textbook series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the weeks before final exams, I often find myself looking for additional practice opportunities for my students. Some of them need more vocabulary work, others need to practice forms and grammar structures, and still others want more practice with reading comprehension. Wizer.me is an interactive worksheet platform that is really easy to use to generate lots of different types of practice opportunities. Within a few minutes, using the wizer.me web interface, teachers can create worksheets that contain many different types of questions and activities to share with students.

 

I find a couple of types of activities particularly useful. For example, I can upload an image and have students label that image with Latin words. Using the same process, I could also have students practice geography rather than vocabulary by uploading a map. My students have found the sorting activity beneficial. We've used it to practice various kinds of groupings—e.g., tense, voice, mood. For vocabulary practice, I like the matching activity. I input either synonym pairs or antonym pairs for students to practice with. The students have to click on the first word and drag a virtual string to connect it to its pair.

 

Giving students access to the worksheets simply requires sharing a link or code with them. Wizer.me also integrates nicely with Google Classroom, Microsoft OneNote, and other learning management systems. To try it for yourself, go to www.wizer.me.

Lynne West
Latin Teacher and Instructional Specialist
Bellarmine Jesuit College Prep
San Jose, CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the occasion of ACTFL coming to Nashville, Montgomery Bell Academy hosted a special dinner for the Tennessee Classical Association. TCA's annual meeting includes the presentation of the Tennessee Latin Teacher of the Year Award. Congratulations to Reagan Ryder, who is in her ninth year teaching at White Station High School in Memphis and at East High School where she teaches Latin as a founding faculty of the T-STEM school. She has also taught online Latin for the Shelby County school system. Previously, Ryder has taught at the Maret School in the metropolitan DC area. Currently, this award-winning teacher serves as publicity director for the Tennessee Junior Classical League. Ryder earned a masters in curriculum and instruction from the University of Memphis and a BA in anthropology and classics from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. As an undergrad, she studied archaeology, classics, and Celtic studies for a year at University College Cork, Ireland.

 

 

 

 

We are happy to recommend the newly published Roman Temple: A Story of its Origins and Construction by Jessie Craft, Latin teacher in Kernersville, NC. An enthusiastic proponent of employing Minecraft in the Latin classroom, Craft takes due pride in his reconstructions of the Roman world. Craft's richly illustrated text presents the development of the Roman temple from its Etruscan and Greek predecessors. Craft uses a narrative about the Augustan-age architect Vitruvius to present the history of Roman temple building.

 

We also recommend Craft's videos designed for CI/TPRS language activities in the Latin classroom. The videos use spoken Latin to introduce students to Roman architecture. Check out Divus Magister Craft.

 

 

What's new in the classical world? Archaeology regularly brings us the "new"—an amazing tomb in Luxor, images of Baiae under the sea, and the newly restored Barberini tomb outside Rome.

 

 

 

Odysseus's adventures and the peoples he encounters provides engaging material for a study of "the other."

 

On another note, the Odyssey inspired a father and son's own odyssey.

 

 

 

 

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