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Justin M. Schwamm, Jr., NBCT, has taught Latin in North Carolina since 1992.
In his classes (the "MHCHS Latin Family"), students are actively involved in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Latin -- but in class, the focus has always been on the "receptive" skills (reading and listening), and there has often not been enough time for students to practice writing in Latin. There is even less time for us to read, edit, and comment on each other's writing -- even though research shows that this type of "collaborative editing" is critical for developing writing skills in any language. | |
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With Trēs Columnae, we hope to "flip" the writing process by creating a Virtual Online Community of Latin writers.
Through the "magic" of the Internet, members of the Latin Family can now work together to
create their own Latin stories
read each other's stories
comment on each other's stories
practice grammar and vocabulary in context (in stories that you and your friends have written)
keep up a continuing "virtual seminar" about important ideas and values in these stories | | |
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