At 04:12 PM 7/30/2006, Elizabeth  Ward wrote: . . .
>Of course the basic S&S wouldn't have to be just boring rules and
>exercises. There are so many wonderful and exciting things about language
>that most kids are totally unaware of. . . .Fun stuff like that.
>Dear ATEG, please stop arguing and start teaching.

DD: Since I am a retired Latin teacher, I hesitate to intervene in 
the teachers of English domain. However you are so right, here. There 
are a whole set of books called such things as "Latin Is Fun," 
"German Is Fun." and so on. Well so is English. My fifth grade Latin 
I's had no problem with simple grammar, "Parts of Speech et al." I 
told them they weren't supposed to learn it and don't tell on me, and 
off we went. *
Magister: Partes orationis quot sunt?
Studens (Discipuli): Octo.
Magister: Quae?
Studens: Nomen, pronomen, verbum, adiectivum, adverbium, coniunctio, 
praepositio, interiectio.
and so forth.

* The full script is in John Traupman's, "Conversational Latin for 
Oral Proficiency."

Student like learning the responses, if they aren't shoved down their 
throats, and if you keep it simple. Particularly when they find out 
they are learning stuff they are not supposed to at their level. They 
will do the script for parental unit night. Make it fun, and 
challenging, not boring. Quick hit and move on, the attention span is 
not at adult level yet.

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