AP/Advanced Latin Class
Sarah Whipple
918-231-1566
Sarah.whipple@jenksps.org
sarahgr@sbcglobal.net
Grades
• Not weighted – a point is a point!
• Schedule for the year is posted online
• Tests
• Students have the opportunity to do test
corrections for credit back
• I enter the test grades, but I will not have them count
towards the overall grade until after I have entered test
corrections
• Tests are also curved (Advanced is on a separate
curve from AP)
Latin Club
• $8 by Sept 30; $10 after Oct 1; $20 after Jan 1
– Student led organization
– Activities depend on the interests of the students
• Range from meeting to see latest Classically themed movie
to dinner outings to Lazer Tag.
– Some activities will require membership to
participate, some will not
• E.g. student must be a member of Latin Club to participate in
Conventions.
– Best way to not have to worry about it:
• Join!!!
Events for the year
National Latin Exam
Some day in the week of March 11th.
• Jenks’ Latin curriculum based on NLE
• Everyone should take the NLE
– Students with an A or a B are expected to take NLE
• $4
• Why take the NLE?
– Cheap standardized test practice with no pressure
– Scholarship money and prizes for high scores
– Why not? They’ve been studying for it all year!
ACTFL Latin Interpretive Reading
Assessment (ALIRA)
• Computer-adaptive assessment of Latin students’
ability to read for comprehension Latin-language texts
• May or late April (depending on state testing)
• Format:
– One or two multiple-choice questions accompany each
text and gather evidence of understanding of main ideas,
supporting details, point-of-view, inferences, or text
purpose
– 50 minutes, taken during Latin class in school computer lab
• $10
Classics Day
Nov. 26 (Tuesday before Thanksgiving)
• At OU, Leave at 7am, return around 4pm
• Cost: around $35
• What is it?
– Half a day in Norman, 9-noon
– 30 minute sessions over history, mythology, Latin
in the real world (e.g. medicine, Harry Potter, law)
– We stop at Campus corner for lunch before we
come back (not included in price)
State Latin Convention
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March 28-29
Moore, Ok at West Moore High School
All Latin club members are eligible to attend
Competitions in
– Academics
– Athletics
– Arts
• Cost: $75-$100
– Will need chaperones! (1 chaperone per 10 students)
– Hoping to have fundraisers to help offset some of the costs
for chaperones and for students
National Latin Convention
• Like state, but bigger, longer, and on a college campus
• Students are not permitted to leave the college campus
• July 28-August 2, 2014
• Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
– Yes, parents can come too
• Competitions in
– Academics
– Athletics
– Arts
• Fun way to gear back up before school starts
• $600-$800, depending on travel costs
Europe Trip
***NOT SCHOOL SPONSORED***
• June 2014, 20 days
• London, Paris, Lucerne, Florence, Rome,
Pompeii, Sorrento, Kalambaka, Athens, Greek
Island Cruise (Mykonos, Kusadasi, Patmos,
Crete, Santorini)
• Eftours.com, tour # 1364099, click “view now”
– Mike Horn, a history teacher at the high school, is
the group leader
• Questions? Interested? Email at
sarahgr@sbcglobal.net