Need help scheduling Latina Lingua

[SusanAR]

As we begin our second quarter, I am revamping a few things. We have been using LL and Henle, but each capitulum is taking us forever, so I ordered/received Exercita Latina and plan to use LL exclusively. I have Familia Romana and Colloquia Personarum.
Will someone share how you schedule?

Susan

[Beth in SW WA]

Hi Susan,

My kids are taking a Jr. High Latin online class using LL at The Potters School.

Each week they read/analyze about 20 lines of text.


Day 1: Read text aloud. Listen to Dr. Orberg read text. Do the Exercises & Pensum on the Mac cd.

Day 2: Read text aloud. Listen to Dr. Orberg read text. Do the Exercises orally w/ me (I have the TM).

Day 3: Repeat Day 1 & 2.

Day 4, 5: Weekend -- No Latin (my kids would say this: :party:)

Day 6: Read text. Listen to Dr. Orberg read text. Do exercises/quizzes/assignments on TPS Forum for an official grade.

Day 7: Class for 1.5 hours w/ Mr. Spotts. He reviews the past week's lesson, teaches new concepts, introduces/explains the next text/lesson. Kids do lots of reading aloud to classmates on mic. Students translate text.

I hope this helps. We love LL & can't imagine going back to the grammar method. The story line is wonderful.

[LisaNY]

Beth, does Mr. Spotts allow his students to do the exercitia "open book"? I know his is a big proponent of having his students read the stories a minimum of 10-15 times. I am wondering how proficient they will be at answering exercitia questions, especially the comprehension q. without looking back at the text - unless they have read the story several times.

And, what do you mean "translate" the text? I know there are some different schools of thought among LL teachers regarding translation, as it goes against the "natural" method to translate.

[KAR120C]

We spend one week just reading the text (read along silently while listening to the CD, read aloud to each other) and doing the exercitia that go with them (in the Exercitia Latina). Usually we divide it in the three parts they have it divided by already, one per day, with a second day if necessary to finish the exercitia. He does the exercitia "open book" and with discussion, and we re-read the text as necessary, and he copies down new words and tricky phrases/ new grammar.

The second week he does the Grammatica Latina and the exercitium that goes with that (by which time it's easy, so he's never had to refer back to the book for that... so far) and then the pensa. Generally he does one pensum per day, copying the text whole and filling in the missing bits... so if it's very long he might finish it over two days. He does those generally without referring back to the text, but if he had trouble with one we'll review after he's finished.

We don't have the Colloquia Personarum, but I'm probably just about to get it... DS keeps asking what happened to Medus after he stole all that money... ;) In fact, between starting this message and wandering away and getting a snack and coming back and opening a window to check Amazon... I ordered it. (ADD? What ADD? LOL) From what I can tell it's stories without exercises, so we'll probably just read it for fun "on the side" rather than scheduling anything particular. DS isn't a huge fan of the Pensa (or any writing, to be honest) but he doesn't mind the reading at all. :)

[Beth in SW WA]

Lisa,
My dc don't have trouble answering the questions w/o the text at hand. They read it many times btw classes. By the time they do it "for real" -- for the grade -- they know the text and the exercises upside down & backwards.

Mr. Spotts would not mind if they studied "open-book" during practice during the week. Quizzes are different. No Latin materials w/in 100 yards of the kids. :)

Granted, we are only on week 5 and it will get more challenging as they move forward. For now, it is coming very naturally. The grammar method w/ LC 1 & 2 last year came easily also.

Yes, Mr. Spotts asks the kids to read the exercises & then translate to English during his online lesson. My kids don't have troubling "thinking" in Latin, even though the English translation is discussed also.

We listen to the cd of the text in the car. I play a few lines and then hit 'pause' and have the kids translate for me. I have no idea if they are right or wrong, but they seem to know. We do this for each line of the week's lesson.

All in all, we are happy so far w/ this system. :)

[LisaNY]

Lisa,
My dc don't have trouble answering the questions w/o the text at hand. They read it many times btw classes. By the time they do it "for real" -- for the grade -- they know the text and the exercises upside down & backwards.

Mr. Spotts would not mind if they studied "open-book" during practice during the week. Quizzes are different. No Latin materials w/in 100 yards of the kids. :)

Granted, we are only on week 5 and it will get more challenging as they move forward. For now, it is coming very naturally. The grammar method w/ LC 1 & 2 last year came easily also.

Yes, Mr. Spotts asks the kids to read the exercises & then translate to English during his online lesson. My kids don't have troubling "thinking" in Latin, even though the English translation is discussed also.

We listen to the cd of the text in the car. I play a few lines and then hit 'pause' and have the kids translate for me. I have no idea if they are right or wrong, but they seem to know. We do this for each line of the week's lesson.

All in all, we are happy so far w/ this system. :)

Okay - I thought Mr. Spotts was changing his requirements for several readings. Now that you explained it, I see that they *are* reading several times before actually doing the exercitia.

Interesting about the translating, though. Is listening to the CD and then translating each line something that Mr. Spotts assigns, or is it just something you have elected to do w/your dc?

[Beth in SW WA]

Is listening to the CD and then translating each line something that Mr. Spotts assigns, or is it just something you have elected to do w/your dc?

He asks the kids to translate during class, so I'm doing my own version of it at home. He hasn't given any specifics on how to study or prepare for class. He gives the assignments and conducts class. The parent needs to be fairly involved on a daily basis to ensure success.

[LisaNY]

He asks the kids to translate during class, so I'm doing my own version of it at home. He hasn't given any specifics on how to study or prepare for class. He gives the assignments and conducts class. The parent needs to be fairly involved on a daily basis to ensure success.

Thanks, Beth! It's interesting to see how different teachers utilize LL. :001_smile: