How to Use the Syllabus
The attached syllabus gives a lesson (Lectio) by lesson detail of the following:
*Please check the DENUNTIATIONËS (announcements) section of our Internet site for changes. When I receive student materials, feel the need to clarify something taught, or merely want to apprise you and the students of something exciting that has happened in the classics, I may broadcast on a non-broadcast day. I will try to give at least a 5-day warning that this is going to happen. I expect it to be an infrequent occurrence.
Please connect to the Internet daily for up dates on this material. As I develop more materials, they will be added to our Internet site. I will also use the Internet to post seasonal information. When there is material to download, I will post the data a couple of days previous to the holiday.
For example:
No broadcast lessons: You will be contacted by KET to set up specific telephone lesson days for the days indicated as "no broadcast." Please write those into the syllabus. You will need to work with your calendar to determine which lesson falls on the calendar day. In this manner, when you are contacted, you can tell us where you expect to be and I will be better able to address the topic.
Test I (Probatio I) is in the start-up material and should be mailed to me at KET for grading. The other tests will be posted on the Internet for you to download, copy and administer. I will try to post these tests at least 4 lessons prior to the test lesson. The key will be posted on the lesson when the test is scheduled. All tests unless noted should need about 45 minutes to complete.
All Latin students should complete the material through Test 9 (Probatio IX), lesson 164. The final exam covers the material taught through Ch. 35 and needs to be administered over two lessons.
Quizzes (Parva Probatio _ in the singular form) are all on the Internet. They may be downloaded and administered in the traditional manner, and thus graded by you, OR, they may be taken on the Internet, in which case the grading program will assign the grade and enter it. There is more about this in the Implementation section under "How to Use the Latin II Web Site."
Ungraded activities are practice materials on the Internet with which students
may work individually, or in groups. You may assign bonus points to encourage
students to work on these materials. Being ungraded allows students to access
the same exercise repeatedly, and thus reinforce their skills.
Optional activities are located only on the Internet as Opera Electionis. Students may earn either quiz or test grades when they complete the several activities in this section. Please encourage students to make use of these activities.
Fire drills, pep rallies, shortened classes, etc. Use the syllabus to determine what cultural material might be put aside so that the grammar, reading, vocabulary sections of the class take precedence. You might then run the tape of the missed portion during a no broadcast lesson or send the tape home with students to watch when there is no homework assigned. Highlight the area on the syllabus that has been skipped to ensure that at some time you do verify that students have watched the segment.
National Latin Exam study materials will be accessible via the Internet. This exam is traditionally administered the week of March 10. Applications for students can be downloaded in December and January from the Internet. Time is allocated on the syllabus for review for this exam, as well as for the exam itself. Reminder: the administrator of this exam needs to be someone not connected with the Latin class. I encourage everyone to take this exam. It can be a great boost to the student who does well, and it does not penalize the student who might not earn a commendation.
Spring Break (Intervallum Veris) presents almost as many variables as there are schools. Some have no spring break, others 2 or 3 days, yet others a week or more. When it occurs varies as well. Thus Latin II has no broadcasts for 10 lessons. Five of these lessons are lessons 151-155, during which students will work with the print packet Jason and the Argonauts. This packet is offered as material to be completed either in class on these lesson days, or as homework, should class time be needed to make up missed tapes. There will be further details on the Internet.
At the risk of being redundant, connect daily to the Internet, and note any changes on the syllabus.
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