The German Sektor

Throughout our main Latin topics where we build vocabulary, learn grammar, and read Latin texts, I frequently bring in different mythologica...

For our level 1 students, my department does daily drills that each focus on a different theme. This is something they started doing last ye...

This year our department got the opportunity to revise our 7th Grade Flex curriculum. Instead of doing three 12 week rotations, we transitio...

This year as I continue to adjust to my new role as a middle school language teacher, I've been taking a cue from my department members ...

The middle school where I work has three 12 week sessions of 7th grade classes that cycle through the three languages we offer here (French,...

In my last post I talked about using a social studies History Alive technique, Visual Discovery, as a way of introducing culture and histor...

At the beginning of the summer, I attended a TCi Workshop that showed teachers strategies for teaching Social Studies.  While obviously not...

The school year is still quickly approaching, and one of the big things that comes up every year is student names.  Unfortunately, I don...

In my last post I mentioned I'd have other Ice-Breakers for Day One, so here I am with some activities for each level of German! GERM...