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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

CI/ADI Summer Conferences 2024

Is it that time of the year to post on my blog about possible 2024 summer virtual or in-person CI/ADI conferences? Summer is not that far off to be making plans!

Have I missed any? Consider attending one either in person or from the privacy of your own home. I hope you'll consider furthering your knowledge and training in CI/ADI pedagogy next summer!


Monday, November 20, 2023

Milestone - Thank You

As we look forward to celebrating Thanksgiving this week, I want to express my thanks to all of you for a blog milestone: last week I passed over a MILLION page views! I cannot even comprehend that.

Next month will mark the 10th year of this blog. When I first began blogging in December 2013, I primarily thought that there would be probably about 12 people who would read this blog and that they would only be Latin teachers - and I was perfectly fine with that! I have to admit that I am always self-conscious now when I meet people (especially non-Latin teachers) who tell me that they read my blog and use many of the activities which I have on it. Personally, I do not think that I am posting anything special here - if you look at the blog list on the right sidebar, THOSE are the blogs which you should be reading in my opinion! They are the ones who motivate me to become a better teacher.

As I always say, I profusely thank all of you who read my blog on a regular basis and for thinking that I have something of value to say. Thanks to all of you for joining me as I move forward in this CI/ADI journey - I am glad that you are coming along with me!

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Weather Story - Embedded Reading

I was cleaning out my Google Drive files, and I came across a story which I had written about 5-6 years ago that was related to weather talk. It was from the first week of school, and since I was introducing weather words as part of calendar talk to my Latin 2 classes, I felt that we needed a reading so that the words had "somewhere to go" and were not randomly introduced - plus, it also served as an easy review reading from the year before but with the new weather words. I also introduced this reading as an embedded reading.

Below is the reading in both Latin and English.

Tier 1
Sol non lucet, et pluit. Rhonda umbrellam non habet. Rhonda dicit, “Ubi est mea Mickey Mouse umbrella? Quis meam Mickeyem Mousem umbrellam habet?” Rhonda est madida (soaking wet). Rhonda est irata, quod pluit, et umbrellam non habet.

The sun is not shining, and it is raining. Rhonda does not have an umbrella. Rhonda says, "Where is my MIckey Mouse umbrella? Who has my Mickey Mouse umbrella?" Rhonda is soaking wet. Rhonda is angry, because it is raining, and she does not have an umbrella

Tier 2
Rhonda est tristis. Sol non lucet, et pluit. Rhonda est in domo. Rhonda umbrellam non habet. Rhonda dicit, “Ubi est mea Mickey Mouse umbrella? Mea Mickey Mouse umbrella non est in meo sacculo! Quis meam Mickeyem Mousem umbrellam habet?”

Pluit, sed Rhonda umbrellam non habet. Rhonda est madida (soaking wet). Quod Rhonda est madida (soaking wet), est irata! 

Rhonda Carolem videt. Carol Mickeyem Mousem umbrellam habet! Rhonda est irata, et dicit, “Carol meam Mickeyem Mousem umbrellam habet! Sol non lucet, et pluit, et madida sum (I am soaking wet)!”

Rhonda Carolem pulsat, et umbrellam capit! Rhonda est laeta, quod habet Mickey Mousem umbrellam! Carol est tristis. Rhonda ridet.

Rhonda is sad. The sun is not shining, and it is raining. Rhonda is in her home. Rhonda does not have an umbrella. Rhonda says, "Where is my MIckey Mouse umbrella? My Mickey Mouse umbrella is not in my bookbag. Who has my Mickey Mouse umbrella?" 

It is raining, and Rhonda does not have an umbrella. Rhonda is soaking wet. Because Rhonda is soaking wet, she is angry.

Rhonda sees Carol. Carol has a Mickey Mouse umbrella! Rhonda is angry, and she says, "Carol has my Mickey Mouse umbrella. The sun is not shining, and it is raining, and I am soaking wet!"

Rhonda punches Carol, and takes the umbrella. Rhonda is happy, because she has her Mickey Mouse umbrella. Carol is sad. Rhonda laughs.

Tier 3
Hodie est primus dies scholae. Rhonda est tristis. Sol non lucet, et pluit. Rhonda est in domo. Rhonda non vult ire ad scholam (to go to school), quod sol non lucet, et pluit. Rhonda umbrellam non habet. Rhonda dicit, “Ubi est mea Mickey Mouse umbrella? Mea Mickey Mouse umbrella non est in meo sacculo! Mea Mickey Mouse umbrella semper est in meo sacculo! Quis meam Mickeyem Mousem umbrellam habet? Sol non lucet, et pluit!”

Rhonda ad scholam ambulat. Pluit, sed Rhonda umbrellam non habet. Rhonda est madida (soaking wet). Quod Rhonda est madida (soaking wet), est irata! Rhonda dicit, “Hodie est primus dies scholae, et madida sum (I am soaking wet!). Sol non lucet, et pluit. Quis meam Mickey Mousem umbrellam habet?!”

Rhonda Carolem videt. Carol Mickeyem Mousem umbrellam habet! Rhonda est irata, et dicit, “Carol meam Mickeyem Mousem umbrellam habet! Sol non lucet, et pluit, et madida sum (I am soaking wet)!”

Rhonda Carolem pulsat, et umbrellam capit! Rhonda est laeta, quod habet Mickey Mousem umbrellam! Carol est tristis, et quod pluit, Carol est madida (soaking wet). Rhonda ridet, quod pluit, et Carol est madida (soaking wet).

Subito, Bob Rhondam videt, et dicit, “O Rhonda, habeo tuam Mickeyem Mousem umbrellam! Quod sol non lucet et pluit, cepi tuam (I took your) umbrellam!” Rhonda est laeta, quod habet DUAS Mickey Mouse umbrellas, sed Carol est irata, quod Rhonda cepit Mickey Mousem umbrellam. Carol displodit (explodes).

Today is the first day of school. Rhonda is sad. The sun is not shining, and it is raining. Rhonda is in her home. Rhonda does not want to go to school, because the sun is not shining, and it is raining. Rhonda does not have an umbrella. Rhonda says, "Where is my MIckey Mouse umbrella? My Mickey Mouse umbrella is not in my bookbag. My Mickey Mouse umbrella is always in my bookbag. Who has my Mickey Mouse umbrella? The sun is not shining, and it is raining!" 

Rhonda walks to school. It is raining, but Rhonda does not have an umbrella. Rhonda is soaking wet. Because Rhonda is soaking wet, she is angry. Rhonda says, "Today is the first day of school, and I am soaking wet! The sun is not shining, and it is raining. Who has my Mickey Mouse umbrella?!"

Rhonda sees Carol. Carol has a Mickey Mouse umbrella! Rhonda is angry, and she says, "Carol has my Mickey Mouse umbrella. The sun is not shining, and it is raining, and I am soaking wet!"

Rhonda punches Carol, and takes the umbrella. Rhonda is happy, because she has her Mickey Mouse umbrella. Carol is sad, and because it is raining, Carol is soaking wet. Rhonda laughs, because it is raining, and Carol is soaking wet.

Suddenly, Bob sees Rhonda, and he says, "O Rhonda, I have your Mickey Mouse umbrella! Because the sun is not shining, and it is raining, I took your umbrella!" Rhonda is happy, because she has TWO Mickey Mouse umbrellas, but Carol is angry, because Rhonda took her Mickey Mouse umbrella. Carol explodes.