English LAnguage arts - Middle
Learn Basic Latin!
In 2019-2020, Prof. Dominic Machado directed a group of Holy Cross students who designed and led an after-school program introducing the Latin language to students at City View Elementary School. In 2020-2021, the Holy Cross Classics Department launched a three-year project making working with elementary-school students in Worcester a central part of all sections of its introductory course sequence in Latin.
When Holy Cross and Worcester Public Schools shifted to remote learning, Holy Cross remained committed to this learning partnership. Holy Cross students worked in teams to develop short videos aimed at engaging fourth- to fifth-grade students in activities familiarizing them with Latin.
The complete collection of videos was the subject of panel discussions at Holy Cross' annual spring Academic Conference in April 2021. The videos included here are a selection that can be viewed independently, but taken together gradually introduce students to features of Latin that can provoke thought about how we use our own languages.
Chase, Bronagh, Deysi- Imperfect .mp4Conveying Active and Passive Voice in the Imperfect Tense (play jeopardy here)
The Perfect Active and Passive with Odysseus and Circe
Modifying Nouns
Introduction to the Genitive Case in Latin
The Perfect and Imperfect Tenses
ASL Alphabet
In this video you will learn about ASL and how to sign the alphabet
ASL Video 2: Sign your Name
In this video you will learn the alphabet in sign language
Copy of CORE Video.MOVBasic French
In this video you will learn a few basic words in French