SCRIBO: Ideas for Using SCRIBO

Listed below are some ways that teachers are integrating SCRIBO into their classes. You may contact the teacher directly if you have any questions regarding the materials, if that teacher has made their email address available. We are interested in sharing how YOU are integrating SCRIBO - please contact us if you would like to submit your own materials!

Any Level

Suggested Timeline for Writing Entries
(Katherine Albee, The Westover School, Middlebury, CT)

This timeline provides a sample method for conducting a SCRIBO project over the course of a few months. Download (.doc)

Suggested Activities for Preparation for SCRIBO
(Bob Patrick and Caroline Miklosovic, Parkview HS, Lilburn, GA)

This document provides some ideas to use in class while preparing students to write an entry for SCRIBO. Download (.doc)

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Upper Level

Write Your Own Children's Book Project
(Matthew Webb, Milton Public Schools, MA)

In this review project, designed for the very beginning of the year, Latin IV students write a children's book in which they incorporate key review grammar concepts. Download (.doc)

Mythology Stories
(Jonathan Coker, South Carolina)

Students write stories about mythology using a wide variety of grammatical functions, including examples of subjunctive clauses and passive voice. Download (.doc)

Latin Story
(Jonathan Coker, South Carolina)

In this project, students employ a variety of grammatical structures, including demonstratives, participles, and subjunctive clauses. Download (.doc)

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Lower Level

Firsthand Account of the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
(Matthew Webb, Milton Public Schools, MA)

Students imagine that they are living the day that Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. They create comics electronically to depict their firsthand account of what happened on that fateful day. Download (.pdf)

Writing a Testamentum
(Diana Pai, St. Clement's School, Toronto, Ontario)

This project asks students to write a testamentum similar to that of Barbillus on pages 172-173 of Cambridge Latin Course Unit III. Download (.doc)

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Exploratory Level

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