RE: VIRGIL: Latin and 12 year olds

[Michael Ehrman]

I attended a high school in Covington, Kentucky called Covington Latin 
School.  It is an accerlaterated college prep school, and thus most freshman 
(all of whom take Latin--2 years is required) are either 11 or 12 years old. 
 You might ask the freshman latin teachers there if they have any 
suggestions that you can use to make Latin an exciting subject to your 
students.

I seem to remember always looking forward to Friday's latin class, which was 
always a history/culture day/mythology day...

The school can be reached by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or on the WWW at 
http://home.fuse.com/cls/homepage.html

I believe the two latin teachers are still Ms. Kelly Kusch (who teachs  
Latin I, II, III-Cicero/Catullus, and IV-Vergil) and Mr. Dennis Whitehead 
(who teaches only Latin I).



>Dear all,
>
>I am a Classics graduate faced with a challenge.  I have recently agreed 
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>to tutor some very bright 12 year olds in Latin in order to boost =
>scholarship opportunities at various schools in GB.  The reason their =
>parents have sought outside help is that Latin at school has not proved =
>appealing enough!  My job would be to enthuse as well as to edify.  Do =
>any of the mantovani have any experience in teaching this age group or =
>have any ideas which might serve to catch the attention of a bunch of =
>kids convinced that Latin is uncool?  I have only a handful of ruses but 
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>I think I'm going to need a whole lot more.
>
>Thanks=20
>
>Jameel Jesani


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