MARGINALIA

I began class the other day by reviewing (very briefly) the indirect command and then asking for a quick outline of the story we were transl...

A student came to see me after school recently and wanted to know if I had any suggestions for helping her complete her Latin homework assig...

A recent article posted on David Meadow's outstanding blog, rogueclassicism , offered wonderful and concise information on how we know h...

Today we reached the three-quarters mark of the school year. The weather is warm, the flowers are beginning to bloom, and the trees are star...

marginalia (MAR-je-NA-le-a) n. pl. Notes, thoughts, ideas, doodles, and the like written in the margins of a book or textbook. When I bega...

In the "The more things change, the more they stay the same" department, we have news out of Italy which reminds us (sadly) of an ...

I am very excited this year because, for the first time in years, I am not teaching Latin IV students and Advanced Placement students in the...

For so long the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina was the first site I visited after entering the Forum Romanum. Back in the day you had to e...

I hear repeatedly from my students that they have been taught that Latin word order does not matter. I gasp and reply that Latin word order ...

Experienced teachers report for duty on Wednesday, August 16. There will be a week of greetings, meetings, and crafting plans for the upcomi...

This is a picture of the tumbled columns from the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, Greece. It was taken by a student (Kimberly A.) on our trip in ...

I have given summer assignments this year for the very first time. I have done so with hesitation and still feel very uncomfortable about th...

The Flavian Amphitheater, looking good after a decent scrubbing, in July 2001. The first time or two I saw the Colosseum (early to middle 1...

My wife is a librarian and this makes for a dangerous combination for a marriage (an embarrassing and hopelessly out of touch combo, if you ...

My family and I took in a matinee of the latest Superman movie today ( Superman Returns ) and we thoroughly enjoyed it. I could not help but...

I had taken eight trips to Italy during what everyone would consider "the summer months" and had never experienced any rain. So, w...

I have just completed my 19th year of teaching and, to be sure, it was the hardest one to date. I attribute this difficulty to several chang...

I offered this poem to my Latin III students recently. They dutifully translated it, but, as it should be, they did not appreciate the mess...

Composition, the translation of English into Latin, has long been a chore for students learning Latin. I've always enjoyed the mental ex...

I attended a fundraiser for the Amy High Latin Foundation on Saturday, May 13. I decent event, all in all. One of the highlights was a demon...