Two students hid paper boats in my room before the pandemic. I found another one today. It brought such joy to an already exciting day, the first day back on campus.

Using the International Baccalaureate Approaches to Learning to structure our reflection on #IBLatin1 and set goals for #IBLatin2 WPS High School #wpshs #wpsLatin

Running dictation on day 2 in #Latin3 to activate our language skills and get students collaborating #wpshs WPS High School #wpsLatin

Exploring the Areas of Exploration in the new IB Diploma Programme Classical languages course #IBLatin1 #wpshs WPS High School #conceptuallearning Windermere Preparatory School

#Latin2 students collaborate to solve clues related to the 12 Labors of Hercules in order to unlock Cerberus’ food before Cerberus gets so hungry he eats their souls #wpshs Breakout EDU Windermere Preparatory School WPS High School #wpsLatin

if only I could fly : if only I could walk ; if only I could swim : use utinam and the imperfect subjunctive to express a wish for something that isn’t so : the artist is Bang Ong from Singapore.

The Aeneid, book 2, lines 195-227, as illustrated by my #ibLatin1 Ss via play-doh Windermere Preparatory School WPS High School #wpshs #wpsLatin IB Diploma Programme

I love when I’m reading Vergil with #IBLatin students and they’re stuck on a word and I can quote a phrase with that word from a novella we read 2 or 3 years before and then I get to see the comprehension dawn on their faces.

I think we can all sympathize with the door. Qui quacumque aliquid reperitur non bene factum / omnes ad me clamant: Ianua, culpa tua est Catullus 67.13-14

Nymphs are usually being pursued by lascivious gods or satyrs, so instead here is one stepping into some water, which seems to be flowing over her toes. The statue is by Giovanni Battista Lombardi (1864) and can be found in Brescia. Mythological being of the week 💧

Senior Parking Paint Day! The newest tradition to WPS.

A little Vergil Aeneid book 6 Easter egg in Neil Gaiman’s #TheSandman

Everyone: If only walls could talk! Catullus: I have a door for that.

Today #Latin2 students were given these notecards (1 per person) and had to figure out how to separate themselves in five groups but I didn’t tell them what defined each group. They had to figure that out too. #wpshs WPS High School

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” ― Heraclitus • How are you changing this year?

For years, I’ve played around with timed writes but this year I’ve gotten serious about it so that my students have more consistent practice with it. It’s amazing how quickly students improve in output if you give them regular opportunities.

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