stephanie Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Ds will be starting this in August,and I was wondering what kind of a schedule everyone uses...like how many times per week/how long per lesson? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I'd just look at the book and see how many exercises there are, then divide it up over however much time you want it to last. We did two exercises a week in the first book, but we didn't much care how long it took us. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 We "do Latin" 4 to 5 times a week, aiming for daily. Our typical Latin session is 20-30 min, with occasionally needing 45 min for the longer translation passages that we like to take our time with and talk about. On each day, we read any new Text material, do one exercise and do our flashcards. Now that we have audio, we also listen to any translations on audio if we're on a translation that day (two per chapter +/-). When we finish a chapter in the text, we move onto the corresponding chapter in the workbook -- again one exercise a day (plus flashcards). One could go faster if desired (it would be particularly easy to speed up the pace when you're on the workbook, as there is no new material there), but my dc are young, do multiple languages and I'm in no hurry right now. I think we're going at about a chapter a month at this pace. On any days we don't have time for an exercise, we still do flashcards. If you wanted to do Latin on just 2 or 3 days a week, I think that could work just fine if your dc are a bit older than mine (say 12+) and won't get tired with writing out 2 or 3 exercises on a day. If you do that, I'd suggest daily flashcard review (5-10 min) to help with memorization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janis in DE Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 My daughter will be starting Latin Prep in August too. We will be using the workbook also. I planned out the year for 4 days a week for 32 weeks using Homeschool Tracker. I would be more than happy to email you the schedule if you would like. Just email me at Jmene811@aol.com Janis in DE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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