"Teaching Latin in Elementary and Middle School"
CAMWS Southern Section, Athens, Georgia
Saturday, October 28, 2000 at 10
A.M.
The CAMWS Committee for the Promotion of Latin sponsors this pedagogy panel on teaching Latin to students in elementary and middle schools. The presenters bring together a wide variety of experiences working with such students. Each presenter will speak for ten minutes. Ample time will be allotted for discussion and input from the audience.
Moderator:
Tom Sienkewicz, Chair of CAMWS Committee for
the Promotion of Latin
Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
toms@monm.edu
Partitipants: Please
click on their names to read about their presentations.
Alice Mulberry of the Ray Elementary School in
Chicago, Illinois
Patrice Reaves of Murphey Elementary School in
Greesboro, North Carolina
Barbara Bell, Head of the Classics Department, Clifton High School, in Bristol,
England
Elizabeth Gildrie Kann, Classics Dept.,
University of Georgia
"Lingua Latina Liberis"
Alice Mulberry of the Ray Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois
latinlives@aol.com
A brief history of the Latin program at Ray Elementary will be
followed by a description of the second and third grade programs. In addition some
of the special features of the reading program for grades 4 and up, such as the Latin
Olympics and the annual Latin play, will be presented in the form of a videotape or a
classroom scene.
"Achieving Literacy Through the Study of Latin"
Patrice Reaves of Murphey Elementary School
in Greesboro, North Carolina
spreaves@sprynet.com
"A brief overview
describing the program for third, fourth, and fifth grades at Murphey will be followed an
explanation of what is traditionally covered in this program. The challenges
with literacy problems will be explained. Some research on diagnosing and correcting
literacy problems will be used to explain how Latin study can help students with
these problems. Some strategies, both effective and ineffective, will be described
in order to generate some discussion as to how similar strategies might be applied to middle and
high school students who have literacy problems.
"MINIMUS"
Barbara Bell, Head of
the Classics Department, Clifton High School, in Bristol, England
BMBellMINI@aol.com
The author of this colourful, fun introduction to Latin in cartoon
format, designed for children aged 7 - 10, will suggest some ways that this book can be
used effectively to teach Latin in the elementary classroom.
"Piloting
Latin to the Gifted and Talented in Elementary School"
Elizabeth Gildrie Kann, Classics Dept.,
University of Georgia
egkann@arches.uga.edu
This presentation will describe the introductory Latin program piloted by two graduate
students under the auspices of the UGA Classics Department, in a 5th grade gifted and
talented class in Athens, GA. A brief overview of how the program was developed will
be followed by a description of the format of the class, the topics covered and the
materials used. Particular
emphasis will be placed upon the interaction between the graduate student volunteers and
the classroom teacher and upon the positive impact volunteering in this class had upon the
graduate students involved and upon other members of university communities who might
consider participating in similar informal partnerships with local schools.
NOTE: This website is maintained by CPL Chair, Tom Sienkewicz, at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois. If you have any questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.