Our Forum

"The Study of Latin will make you an heir to a treasure that neither moth nor rust can corrupt nor thieves break in and steal."

(taken from First Year Latin, by Jenney)

I hope you are as excited about this new year as I am. This blog, a new addition to the Latin program at GWA, will be a sort of new age forum for us to share.

For the Romans, the forum was an open square or market-place that combined political, judicial, and commercial functions. It was the center of the city, both literally and figuratively. Our forum will serve much the same purpose. Like the Romans, we will gather here to exchange ideas, share news, and learn from one another.

Though this is an open forum, I expect you to respect one another's ideas and comments. No nonsense. I look forward to hearing from each of you.

And in the words of MCS, Welcome to the New Year!

The Boston Globe

Their words, unleashed by wiki - Web tool opens brave new world for young writers, The Boston Globe

In the traditional approach to writing instruction, the student writes for the teacher only, Kulick said, “like a soloist with an audience of one.’’
But when a student publishes on a wiki? “The audience includes not just the teacher but all of the other students, too,’’ he explained. “And each student can ‘hear’ every other student - now there is a symphony.’’
And what’s miraculous, he said, is that even the shiest of students, who wouldn’t dream of raising a hand to share writing, now feel empowered to post work online and participate in the exchanges.
“The wiki is an equalizer in classroom participation,’’ he said. “Everyone has a role. It’s a way to showcase their comments and their give-and-take in a medium they take to like a duck to water.’’

http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/12/03/young_writers_in_westwood_unleash_their_best_words_with_web_tool/

A Singing Sheep and The Imperfect Tense

Meet Ed here:

http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=47006&title=Imperfect_Sheep

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welcome to the latin forum at George Walton Academy. if you're looking for latin learning, this is the place.

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