From John: Here is a Latin story loosely based on Talks Too Much. As you can see, the details got a bit out of hand, and I chose to include more details that I would have liked, but the kids – 7th grade Latin 1 students – responded well. Blaterat: Talks a Lot Ecce Mr. […]
He Talks Too Much (Matava) – Latin – John Piazza Read More »
From Brigitte: Hi, This is a reading based on a Matava script (the ever popular Refrigerator story). I used it for level one and it worked great. I was a bit concerned that the structures might be a bit too advanced but the kids absolutely surprised me – the have those structures down pat. There
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From Wikipedia: “An idée reçue is a received, or accepted, idea. This term was used by Gustave Flaubert in his work Le Dictionnaire des Idées Reçues to refer to a catch phrases and platitudes, most of which are as paradoxical as they are insipid. A platitude is a trite, meaningless, biased or prosaic statement that
Story scripts should be simple and emotional. Students are attracted to verbs and emotions. But too many verbs confuse them and stories lacking in emotion bore them. Amy Catania wrote a story about a waitress who lost her new ring and started jumping up and down on a table screaming, “Where is my ring?” Everybody looked
Got this from Michael today: Hi Ben, Here’s a counter perspective my buddy sent me that he ran into on StudySpanish.com: http://www.studyspanish.com/whyteachgrammar.htm I also included my response. Just thought it was hilarious to read this article and someone trying to defend the traditional approach to teaching Spanish. It’s a great site for anyone interested in
