Date of webinar: Recorded on October 22, 2022, at 12 noon EST (duration of approximately 1 hour)

Presenter: Chris Buczek, East Syracuse Minoa Central School District, NY

Level: middle school--university

Track: Standards Based Instructional Design:  focuses on models of curriculum design, strategies to support the modes of communication, the implementation of culturally authentic resources, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity in the teaching of Latin and Greek.

Description: In this presentation, I will discuss my Latin 2 curriculum, which is based on comprehensible input, extensive reading, and specific themes: comparison, hubris, entertainment, life and death, and relationships. Throughout these curricular units, students will read stories from mythology, history, and historical fiction (mainly through my own novella Fabula Dioclis et Florae), and make relevant connections between ancient and modern society. I will also discuss my modes of assessment and grading based on proficiency, which portray an accurate reflection of the student’s understanding of the material. Furthermore, I will explain briefly in the beginning what students learn in Latin 1, and how Latin 2’s subject.

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Dr. Christopher Buczek received his BA in Classics from Siena College and his MA and Ph.D. in Classics from the University at Buffalo. Dr. Buczek is the Latin teacher in the East Syracuse Minoa Central School District in East Syracuse, New York, and he teaches all five levels of the language, grades 8-12, in an engaging and comprehensible manner. He has published three Latin novellas on Amazon and is always at work writing new stories with his students.