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3 Simple IEW Skills that Enhance Your LTW Writing
I am so grateful for Andrew Pudewa, author of the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), and Andrew Kern, author of the Lost Tools of Writing (LTW). Both programs teach writing and complement one another so well. I’ve often heard people find wonderful success with IEW in elementary school, and then feel like their student’s writing is…
Read MoreBring Ideas to the Table with a Conversation Potluck
As I’ve prepared this summer for another year of directing a Classical Conversations challenge program, I have really loved contemplating the idea of our Challenge community days involving a feast of ideas to discuss. As tutors and students prepare the work, it is similar to them preparing for a lovely dinner party to enjoy together.…
Read MoreHenle 2 Resources on Latin with Andy
If learning Latin with my kids has taught me anything, it’s that you’re never too old to ask for help. I’ve had to do a lot of that. Thankfully, though, seeking help from each other is a wonderful way to build relationship—something that is especially important with highschool students. Today I want to share with…
Read MoreMental Horticulture: Writing an Original Story in Latin
I’ve joked with Andy over the last year as we’ve developed Latin with Andy that all along, my maniacal mom plan was to get Andy to work Henle’s First Year Latin book a fourth time—and you always learn something in a deeper way when you have to teach it. The training and toiling Andy invested in his…
Read MoreStrengthen Translation Skills with Latin Vocabulary Quizzes
The two things that make working through Latin translations faster are memorizing vocabulary and memorizing the paradigms (declensions of nouns and conjugations of verbs). I’ve seen this first hand as I have worked through Henle’s First Year Latin text with my son. He worked to memorize the vocabulary with flashcards, and I hoped that I could flip…
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