Dear Colleagues,

Recently, I have been reminded of the significant impact that collaborations bring to one’s formation as a teacher. When I started teaching back in 1977 at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, IL, I was blessed to have been able to reach out to the classics faculty at our brother Jesuit high school in Chicago—St. Ignatius College Prep. The late, legendary Frank Raispis and Don Hoffman taught Latin and Greek and ancient history to thousands of students over their decades of service. These talented teachers welcomed me and shared their wisdom and enthusiasm with me. I enjoyed my day visiting classes and beginning a colleagueship that enriched my teaching for decades. Frank died several years back and I’ve learned Don did a few weeks ago. I am ever grateful for their colleagueship, their wisdom, and their willingness to share their insights.

 

Bill Burke, longtime Latin teacher at my alma mater, Boston College High School, also served as a model teacher for me. While I never had him for class, when visiting as an alum, Bill always enthusiastically welcomed me and regaled me with stories from the classroom and the department goings on. Such was the case just last May when he attended my golden jubilee high school reunion. These three giants of the Latin classroom are now sharing stories from their heavenly home.

These classics collaborators provided me with inspiration, encouragement, and examples that I could adapt to my classroom. Don and Frank were stalwarts of the Illinois State Latin Tournament and the Illinois Classics Conference. They taught me the importance of participating in such statewide gatherings. I encourage you to celebrate your colleagues both at your school and at other schools and to join with them in the regular gatherings of your state organization. Newcomers reach out! Veterans welcome those newcomers! Lots to learn. Lots to share.

On a different note, may I call your attention to this month’s set of links in Teaching Tips & Resources? To those naysayers who goad with the perennial “so, what’s new in classics (with subtle, unspoken “hah, hah!”), you can share the recent discovery of magnificent Trojan War frescoes in Pompeii! A broad range of publications have featured this treasure.

All good wishes as you prep for the AP Latin Exam and the IB Exams, as you build enrollments for next year, and as you work your way to the end of the semester.

Don

 

 

PS
Don Hoffman collaborated with Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers on several projects. He prepared Latin Readings for Review: Elementary Latin Translation Book by Hillard and Botting for a new expanded edition. He also contributed to B-C’s reprints of Kaegi’s Greek titles.

This is the fifth in a series of five stories to accompany the five review units of Latin for the New Millennium, Level 2. While complementary to LNM, the stories can serve all second-year Latin students.

 

 

 

 

Vocabula Nova
Anglia, -ae, f. – England
ānulus, -ī, m. – ring
auctoritās, auctōritātis, f. – authority
copia, -ae, f. – resources
Gallicus, -a, -um – French
littera, -ae, f. – in plural, literature
Ludovicus, -ī, m. – Louis
Lutetia, -ae, f. – Paris
musica, -ae, f. – music
nātus, -ūs, f. – birth
potestās, potestātem, f. – power
rūsticus, -a, -um – rustic, country
sanctus, -ī, m. – saint
solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtus – loosen; here, the marriage had been annulled

 

Editor’s Note: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is pleased to provide this Latin story for Latin teacher subscribers to use with their own classes only. The PDF version includes a full-color illustration and caption.

About the Author
Emma Vanderpool has taught Latin at the university, middle school, and high school levels—currently at Goffstown High School in New Hampshire. Vanderpool earned her Bachelor of Arts in Latin, Classics, and History from Monmouth College in Illinois and her Master of Arts in Teaching Classical Humanities from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She serves as a state rep for CANE, as an executive board member of Ascanius, and as an organizer for Our Voices and Lupercal. Vanderpool is the recipient of a Distinguished Teaching Award from UMASS Amherst and was honored as the Lincoln Laureate for Monmouth College. She has self-published ten novellae. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is pleased to have had Vanderpool launch our novella series with Explore Latin: Aves and the first three titles for the Encounter Latin series—Augury is for the Birds: Marcus de Avibus Discit, Under His Father's Wing: Marcus de Auguribus Discit, and Princess, Priestess, Mother, Wolf: Fabula de Romulo et Remo (forthcoming).

 

The University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH, warmly welcomed one hundred and seventy eager attendees to the Classical Association of New England’s one hundred eighteenth meeting. Wintry weather complete with a few inches of snow did not deter folks and local host R. Scott Smith, Classics Chair at UNH, and the department’s hardworking administrative assistant Lisa Hartford worked sedulously to ensure a successful meeting.

 

 

B-C rep Don Sprague spread a treasure of learning materials across four extra-large tables in the spacious exhibit room. He enjoyed chatting with Sally Teague, who authored B-C’s latest series, New Testament Greek: A Reading Course, with a student text, teacher’s manual, student workbook, and workbook teacher’s edition, for Level 1 and Level 2. Teague is a proud author whose classroom experience teaching at both the high school and seminary level informed her desire to pen a text that made learning Greek a less daunting undertaking. The CANE gathering also afforded Don the opportunity to talk with Jacqui Carlon, David Pellegrino, and Gregory Stringer who are all working on texts for the new AP Latin curriculum. Carlon enthusiastically shared her rationale for set of additional Pliny selections as well as passages from other authors that will be published in B-C’s forthcoming text for the new AP Latin curriculum.

 

 

 

UNH President James Dean delivered a heartfelt welcome at the Friday evening banquet. His sense of humor, appreciation for teachers, and commitment to the liberal arts were well received by a capacity dinner crowd. The evening’s program included a video tribute to much-beloved UNH professor John Rouman. Matthew Snodgrass of New Hampshire’s Pinkerton Academy impressed the audience with the reading of his CANE prize-winning essay. Deborah Boedeker humbly accepted the Barlow Beach Distinguished Service Award given posthumously to her husband the late Kurt Raaflaub. It was my privilege to collaborate with Professor Raaflaub who gave a terrific B-C webinar on Julius Caesar.

 

 

CANE’s annual meeting is a testament to the New England classics community’s commitment to community building, collaboration, and camaraderie. Next year, Yale University will host the 2025 gathering.

 

 

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is pleased to be working on a full lineup of new texts to align with the College Board's announced AP Latin curriculum changes. We will offer our acclaimed Pharr-style student textbooks, comprehensive workbooks, notebooks, and an online component (LUMINA) to help teachers and students prepare for the exam. Our books will include all of the required readings and additional selections chosen by expert teacher-scholars. Usability features, such as glossaries, frequent-vocabulary lists, a rhetorical device appendix, and more will help teachers and students move quickly and with confidence through the readings.

 

Watch here for updates and previews of the new materials. If you would like to receive email updates announcing finalized book contents, print dates, and exam copy releases, please fill out this form.

 

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is thrilled with the very positive response from students and instructors alike about this Lumina content: online exercises to accompany the Caesar and Vergil selections on the AP Latin syllabus! With its comprehensive, completely original content, Lumina: Caesar and Vergil Selections is a perfect complement to Bolchazy-Carducci's print and eBook resources for AP Latin. Better yet, Lumina: Caesar and Vergil Selections works on any internet-enabled device!

Features

• Hundreds of automatically-graded multiple choice questions promote close reading of all syllabus selections and provide students with immediate feedback

• Veteran AP Latin teacher Patrick Yaggy has carefully constructed Lumina to model the formatting, terminology, and question-type frequency of the AP Latin exam.

• Multiple choice questions cover every single line of Caesar and Vergil in the AP Latin syllabus.

• Copious AP-style free response questions ensure that students develop the necessary skills to thoroughly analyze and respond to all passages on the syllabus

• Thorough practice exams prepare students for the format of the AP Latin exam

• Vocabulary and figures of speech flashcards allow for additional review.

The current version reflects additions and revisions, as well as some corrections, made in response to student and teacher feedback.

An ideal learning tool, for online or in person classes, that provides exceptional AP Exam prep!

To learn more, visit the Lumina: Caesar and Vergil Selections product page and watch the overview video.

 

 

Booths 69/70
Bolchazy-Carducci Representative: Donald Sprague

 

 

Plenary
Opening Keynote, Craig Williams, author, A Martial Reader: Selections from the Epigrams

 

Session 2
“Teaching Latin through Song” David Pellegrino, author, forthcoming Lumina: Pliny and Vergil Selections, Catullus Vocabulary Cards for AP Selections, Cicero and Horace Vocabulary Frequency Lists for AP Selections, and coauthor with Dennis De Young of Caesar and Vergil AP Vocabulary Cards

 

Saturday, June 29, 2024
Session 8
“An Asynchronous Resource for AP Latin” Live and Virtual, Bridget Dean PhD, President, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc.

 

 

By Emma Vanderpool