Tali et Tituli: Roleplaying with Wheelock
By Mitchell Parks
Switching to the grammar/translation textbook Wheelock’s Latin provided me with the freedom, and students with the skills, to engage in a long-term roleplaying game.
Transitioning from a Grammar-Translation Approach to Active Latin via Ørberg’s Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata: How One Latin Program is Making the Shift
By MaryLiz Williamson and Diane Beste
Two speakers will share their successes and challenges replacing Wheelock’s Latin with Ørberg. Participants will gain an understanding of Choate’s revised Latin program, including a scope and sequence map, discussion of how authentic texts get layered into the curriculum, and various assessments, including project-based units. The presenters will also address how the new program adapts to the online platform.
Eleanor Dickey’s Learn Latin from the Romans
By Ashley Weed
As an intermediate Latin instructor, I have the privilege of finishing the final chapters of our program’s textbook, Eleanor Dickey’s Learn Latin from the Romans, as well as observing its efficacy as our students move into reading literature.
Greek Troublesome and Troubling: Teaching Greek with Textbooks by the Joint Association of Classical Teachers
By Douglas Hill
My students and I have encountered serious problems with these textbooks. I hope our experience will prepare educators who intend to use Reading Greek for the challenges they will face. Students are frustrated by the numerous errors, but more disturbing is Reading Greek’s approach to Athenian history. Often, careless phrasing normalizes the treatment of women as commodities.
The Changeling: From Alpha to Omega and Modern Language Students
By Karen Rosenbecker
Like many small colleges, Loyola New Orleans has undergone rapid change, and most students now coming to beginning Greek possess skills shaped by modern languages, rather than by traditional Latin instruction.
Pharr’s Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners
By Walter M. Roberts
I will consider Pharr’s Homeric Greek. Consideration will include his article “A Year. Or More. Of Greek” (CJ 1918), Wright’s revision (1959), Debnar’s 4th edition (2012), and my own series of video expository lectures on YouTube (2019-20): A Complete Course in Ancient Greek (Homeric, Ionic, Attic and NT) based Pharr (1959) – a virtual tour through Smyth’s Greek Grammar.