Stepping Back and Taking Stock

October 25, 2019January 2, 2020 ~ magistraberg ~ Leave a comment

This week has been rough. Very rough. The students are far past comfortable with me and the class - now, they are pushing boundaries and limits to see where the line is drawn. If I'm honest with myself, they've gotten away with a bit of chaos. I haven't been 100% on script with the whole … Continue reading Stepping Back and Taking Stock

How MovieTalk Became Watch & Write

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 ~ magistraberg ~ 1 Comment

I have tried this CI staple - MovieTalk - five times now... the way it was originally supposed to be done (I understood it first from this post on The Comprehensible Classroom blog), an edited version of the way it was to be done (which for me was to script out my stops and my … Continue reading How MovieTalk Became Watch & Write

O di immortales! Carmina in Classe!

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 ~ magistraberg ~ Leave a comment

I wish I had known what to do with songs or just how awesome teaching with songs is... Before I delve into what we've been doing in Latin I this week or just how excited all my Latin classes are to do songs, I have to start by saying thanks to a few folks. Latin … Continue reading O di immortales! Carmina in Classe!