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Boost English Skills with Latin!. (Instructor showcase).


Lively, innovative programs teach Latin roots of English. Six programs for grades 4-6 described In packet. Little or no prior Latin is needed by the teacher. Easy Latin readings feature Roman life or mythology. Students achieve higher scores on standardized test A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a standard manner. The tests are designed in such a way that the "questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent" [1]  of English skills. Some workshops are available. Order B911A (70 pages) Exemplary Latin Programs for elementary Schools $7.00 each. American Classical League The American Classical League, founded in 1919, is an organization devoted to promoting the ancient Roman, Greek, and classical language and culture. Though most of its members are teachers of Latin, Greek, and Classics at all levels of education, the league is open to any person , TMRC TMRC - /tmerk'/ The Tech Model Railroad Club at MIT, one of the wellsprings of hacker culture. The 1959 "Dictionary of the TMRC Language" compiled by Peter Samson included several terms that became basics of the hackish vocabulary (see especially foo, mung, and frob).  Miami University Miami University, main campus at Oxford, Ohio; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1809, opened 1824. The library has extensive collections in literature and American history, including the William Holmes McGuffey Library and Museum and the Edgar W. , Oxford Ohio 45056

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Date:Nov 1, 2001
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