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Please keep in mind the following general guidelines. You will be given more specific information throughout the school year.

1. During the class, all students should be prepared to take notes, check their assignments, and, when requested to do so, call in for a phone lesson. Broadcast time is generally 40 minutes each day. There will most likely be an additional 10 minutes or so during which attendance and homework may be checked. This time should be used by the students to reinforce their Latin skills by asking questions, working collaboratively with other students, or connecting to the Internet for related materials. On days when the Internet is to be accessed, additional time may be allocated. A daily participation grade is given to each student based on the facilitator's observation of his/her use of the class time. See the grade report forms at the back of this manual for clarification.
    
2. Quizzes and tests will be assigned throughout the school year. Quizzes will be on the Internet and will be generally short and objective. It is preferable that students take these quizzes on the Internet since our staff has developed a method for students to learn immediately of their success and the grades will be automatically entered in the computer grade book. I will grade any essay questions here at KET. I will also check short answer questions for any discrepancies, credit students when answers are correct but worded differently than my responses, and give partial credit will be given when appropriate. The program allows me to respond to each student's quiz response. If the class is too large to have all students participate in Internet quizzes, you may download the quiz and answer key. I will explain this during the first days of class.
   
   Tests will be assigned over one or two class days depending on the length of the test. There will be about 10 during the academic year. Mid-term and Final exams are also available to meet individual school requirements.
    
3. Encourage individual student involvement be it in optional assignments, using Latin resources to enhance other subject areas, decorating the school, taking the National Latin Exam, participating in contests, etc.
    
4. Create a positive classroom atmosphere by your interest and enthusiasm. Learn Latin along with your students. This will enable you to offer them more guidance and assistance. If you began to do this with the Latin I class, the transition will be easy. If you are starting fresh, you might review the Latin I text first... or try to pick up the pieces as we progress. Ask the students to explain the Latin I material to you-it will be a GREAT review for them! Also, designate some space in your room as a Latin corner, shelf, or bulletin board. Encourage students to add to this area with newspaper articles, photos, or other realia they might find.
    
5. Set Your VCR to record daily in the event school cancellations cause you to miss some or all of the broadcast. It also is useful to have a tape available for students who have been absent. We generally advise keeping the tapes for about one week, but use your own judgment according to attendance records. If you plan to take the block schedule class in Spring 2001, you will need to record from August 21.
    
6. Substitute facilitators should have clear instructions for class procedures. Give your coordinator/principal a copy of the procedures used to set up this class, and make sure that the substitute has access to the equipment (key and/or password). Designate a reliable student to help the substitute with the equipment, but please do not give students the facilitator password. The substitute should be advised that students must not have facilitator passwords lest the integrity of tests and quizzes be compromised.