Beware the Ides of March!

It's March 15th, the day on which Julius Caesar was assassinated.

In remembrance, National Public Radio ran this rather amusing story about how the Roman senators might have celebrated aftewards.

It's National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week!

National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week is always the first full week in March. Sponsored by both the American Classical League and the American Philological Society, this week is dedicated to encouraging those who study Latin to consider teaching it.

If you need materials to promote Latin, there's quite a bit of free material available.

• Materials Useful for Promoting Latin from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South Committee for the Promotion of Latin
  

• Downloadable Posters from the National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week Site

• SAT Score Brochure and Other Latin Advantage Materials from Bolchazy-Carducci

Rules for Reading Latin

When you read Latin, do you first look for the verb, then try to find the subject, and then try to piece together the rest of the sentence? This method works well enough when you're still reading Latin from a textbook. However, once you start reading real Latin, you'll find that it is a slow and laborious process.

Several years ago, Dexter Hoyos, a professor of Latin at the University of Sydney introduced his Rules for Reading Latin Prose. Ginny Lindzey has designed a wonderful poster where you can download these rules for easy reference. You can find this poster as well as many other printable classroom materials on the Downloadable Materials page the National Committee to Promote Greek and Latin website. You'll understand these rules even better if you get Professor Hoyos' manual, which available from CANE Instructional Materials for less than $10!