MMI (2001)
in
conjunction with ICTFL
(Illinois Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
Itaska,
Illinois
OCTOBER 19-20, 2001
8:00
a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Prescott
Dic
Mihi Latine
Presenter:
James Chochola, MAT Candidate, University of Massachusetts
Presider:
Alice Mulberry, Ray Elementary School and Kenwood Academy High School
A non-threatening, collaborative workshop in
spoken Latin. Participants will be
invited to engage in simple dialogues appropriate for the Latin classroom.
In addition, they will consider the Latin question/answer format
as a way to focus students' attention on morphology in Latin readings.
10:00
a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Carlyle
You, Too, Can be a Persona--in Any Language!
Presenters:
Lois Dion, A. A. Stagg and Carl Sandburg High School, ret., and Laurie
Jolicoeur Lyons Township High
School
Presider:
Marilyn Brusherd, ICC Augur Editor
We will explore the interests of participants
and ways in which they might elaborate those interests into
personae, ones that could be
used in the classroom or as formal presentations. We
will also explore ways in which students might use the persona as a vehicle for presenting research they have done.
Participants need not be actors to develop personae
or presentations
11:10
a.m.-12:10 a.m.
Prescott
I.
Ars Musica, Ars Historica, et Lingua Latina
Presenter:
Virginia Hellenga, Monmouth College
A presentation on using music in the Latin
classroom, focusing on music currently available on CD, including music sung in
Latin by Andrea Bocelli, Charlotte Church, and other artists; and Mozart's
Requiem. This presentation will
include overheads of the Latin texts, vocabulary, notes facilitating
translation, and sample tests.
II.
Teaching Cleopatra.
Presenter:
Anne Nelson, Monmouth College
In this illustrated presentation various ways to use the life of Cleopatra in
Latin class are discussed. Cleopatra's life allows students to focus on
important aspects of ancient Roman history and culture and to address important
issues in the modern world, including race and gender. Attention will be given
to both ancient and modern materials, including literature, artwork, cinema, and
cartoons. Based upon a course entitled "Cleopatra in the Ancient
World" currently being taught at Monmouth College.
Presider:
Virginia Anderson, Barrington Middle School
2:00
p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Prescott
Pardoning Plancina: Munatia
Plancina and Livia in the Senatus Consultum de
Presenter:
Thomas Watkins, Western Illinois University
Presider:
Antoinette Brazouski, Northern Illinois University
An opportunity to read an inscription with a
Roman historian. With the entire
176-line inscription in hand, we will rehearse a little legal Latin (highly
repetitive phrases, often convoluted) and then spend most of the time looking at
the issues that arise from such a new piece of evidence.
Plancina will be a case study.
3:10
p.m.-4:10 p.m.
Prescott
Classics
in the Medieval and Modern Worlds
I.
Fantastic Voyages: St. Brendan, the Medieval Argonaut on an Odyssey of
Faith
Presenter:
Joseph O'Neill, Archivist for the Archdiocese of Chicago
II.
Proba's Vergilian Cento: Vergil's
Influence in Early Christian Poetry
Presenter:
Zina Lewis, Graduate Student in Classics, University of Iowa
III.
From 'Stupid Cupid' to 'Achilles,
Agony and Ecstasy:' Classical Mythology and Pop/Rock Music of the 20th
Century
Presenter:
Thomas Sienkewicz , Monmouth College
Presider:
Virginia Hellenga, Monmouth College
4:20
p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Carlyle
ICC
Advisory Council Meeting
Saturday,
October 20, 2001
8:00
a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Prescott
Dual
Session for Teachers of Modern and Classical Languages
I. Don’t Just Sit There!
Presenters: Judith Hayes (Latin) and Stephanie Chase (Spanish), New Trier
High School
This presentation for teachers of both modern and classical languages will
feature activities designed to get
students out of their seats and actively engaged in language learning.
In this participatory workshop
teachers will sample a variety of activities structured to change the pace of
classroom instruction and actively involve the students in the learning process.
These activities, geared toward the first and second year classroom, may be
adapted for use in any language. Come prepared to get involved!
II.
Practicing the Latin Present Participle and Numbers
Presenter:
Amy
Cargill, Naperville North High School (15
minutes)
Presider:
Virginia Anderson, Barrington Middle School
9:10
a.m.-10:10 a.m.
Prescott
Balancing
Language Teaching and Literary Values in a Catullus Course
Presenter:
Daniel Garrison, Northwestern University
Presider:
Antoinette Brazouski, Northern Illinois University
A presentation that recommends balancing
language mechanics and poetic artistry when teaching Catullus. "Translation
is NOT what a Catullus course should be about."
10:20
a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Prescott
Roman
Vistas and Villas
Presenter:
Vicki Wine, Black Hawk College
Presider:
Marilyn Brusherd, ICC Augur Editor
Chocolate and Villas: A Trip Through Roman
Switzerland, a presentation combining a "travelogue" on a visit to
Roman sites in Switzerland with discussion of the purpose and role of the Roman
villa.
11:50
a.m.-1:20 p.m.
Carlyle
Technology
and Classics
Presenter:
James Betts, Monmouth College
Presider:
Virginia Hellenga, Monmouth College
A workshop on the basics of instructional
technology tools. Depending upon
the desires of potential participants (determined beforehand by polling), the
workshop might concentrate on Web page design and construction; use and
verification of Internet sources for research;
making CD's for class use; or some other topic.
N. B.
Please contact Jane Borelli (clborelli@augustana.edu), if you would like
to register a preference for one of these topics, or to suggest a more useful
one.
1:30
p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Prescott
Dual
Session on Latin Culture
I. Roman Vistas
Presenter:
Frances Newman, UIUC
New Sights in Old Rome. The Tabularium,
Montemartini, the Domus Aurea, a slide lecture.
II.
Seneca in the Classroom
Presenter:
J. K. Newman , UIUC
A look at the Younger Seneca's Letters
from the wonderful edition of Summers. The brilliant old man would have made a
fortune on his own television / radio show if he were alive today ("Dr.Laura"
with sugar). St. John of the Cross liked him, and one sees him as a popular
Jesuit preacher. His Epistulae Morales
address perennial problems: the pressure to conform, slavery, the
ever-lengthening Christmas shopping
season ("December est mensis, cum maxime civitas sudat"). His kind of
Latin is a good jumping-off point for humane education, and, as Summers points
out, the Renaissance worshiped him.
Presider:
Antoinette Brazouski, Northern Illinois University
2:40
p.m.-3:40 p.m.
Prescott
Illinois
Junior Classical League: the February Convention
Presenters:
Lanetta Warrenburg, Elgin and Larkin High Schools, and Virginia Anderson,
Barrington Middle School
Presenters will report to the Latin teachers
on the
3:50
p.m.-4:50 p.m. TBA
ICC
Business Meeting
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