Several of you have expressed a forum for sharing and mentoring. This was the easiest that I could imagine. A little bit about me. CCES became an IB school in 1997 and I have been teaching IB Latin ever since, both Standard and Higher Levels. We have read: Ovid, Vergil, Love Poetry, Juvenal, Livy and some Cicero (from the old syllabus). When the new syllabus takes affect for 2010, I am not sure what we will read. I may just let students decide. I am relieved to know that Livy will depart even though I have finally collected out of print books from all over the world. My students usually score quite well on the exams and internal assessment. I have also supervised numerous extended essays with a classical theme. If I can help in any way, please just ask; otherwise, feel free to share among yourselves.
Ellie Rhodes
Christ Church Episcopal School
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I am happy that this thread has begun since I see IB as having "arrived" here in the U.S. I need some clarification. I seem to be in the unenviable position of having taught middle school Latin in a school that is in the candidacy phase of IB choosing to teach Mandarin as the modern language. Some parents have balked at the loss of Latin but I feel that the change is inevitable given the requirements of the MYP. What I don't understand is that student can elect Latin at the DP level ab initio. From what I have gleaned from various sources is that the IB exam at this level requires a similar mastery of the language as the AP exam. My former school district had AP Latin that many students advanced to but indeed they had at least 4+ yrs. under their belt. Among some of the threads has been talk of pre-IB Latin. My basic question is that I don't understand how students can in their junior and senior years develop the mastery needed for an exam similar to what I know AP to be.
Is Latin taught in some school districts concurrent with another language?
Help! I don't see how I can continue to teach Latin in this earlier grades without seeking a job in an non-IB district.
To respond to Nancy, my kids have four years of Latin before the IB. (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th). It's only in the 3rd & 4th year that it is designated as IB Latin.
Since I haven't been to training yet, I have a question.
3rd declension, accusative pl -
m/f nouns - es or is
m/f adjs - es or is
which does the test use?
Thanks!
When is the standard level Latin I.B. exam given in 2008?
Is there a teacher-graded component?
What Ovid selections are required--the ones in Embers or additional ones?
I am a tutor so cannot access the IB official site, since I have no school affiliation.
Pat
It is usually the date as the Higher Level which this year is on Monday afternoon, May 19th for paper one and Tuesday morning, May 20th for paper 2.
For Higher Level, the teacher graded component is an Internal Assessmen.
All poems are in the Embers book. I had to edit this book because it was so bad but it does have all the poems and is better than nothing.
A new curriculum will begin for the 2010 exams. I do not yet have all the details.
Until recently, IB used the Oxford text with the -is and the "u" "v" switch. That is what I have always taught my students but on last years exam, they went with the traditional format.
My son is going to do IB at a school which doesn't have a lot of Latin support. He will be following an "individualized" schedule of largely self study I am told. I am a classics major and want to help him. How can I find the resources I need? What is the IB Latin Curriculum? Is it freely available someplace? Thank you,
Barbara
Hello, I would appreciate if someone could help me. I would like to know what is the assessment for Latin IB standard level. Is there an internal and external like modern languages?
I really appreciate some help!
Thanks
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