Matt Wellenbach

Teacher and ⚽️ coach @shipleyschool 🐊

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@Cerenz @Ea1785 Congrats and welcome (back) to the Philly area!

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@AfroFranco2 One thing I did as chair that got positive feedback was start some meetings with a teacher doing a short demo lesson of an activity from class.

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Read the bee simile in Aeneid 1 today. When I asked students what this suggested about the Carthaginians, one immediately said they won’t live for long, like bees. Someone must have made this point before, but I had never heard it.

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And the Union just finished first in the Eastern conference. Kids these days don’t know how good they have it.

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My 6.5 month old daughter has had a great run of Philly sports in her short lifetime:

-Never seen the Phillies miss the postseason

-Never seen the Eagles lose

-Never seen Ben Simmons in a Sixers jersey

-Never seen the Flyers

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Had some fun with DALL-E in class yesterday. Read description of natural harbor in Libya at Aeneid 1.159-170. Students drew an image on the board. Then we put the info into DALL-E to see what it gave us. Here were the two favorites.

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Inspired by @MagisterCraft, some students made their own Minecraft video in Latin. Watch and enjoy!
https://t.co/GPZoGhzTAd

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Proud of what our students have accomplished this year!
https://t.co/rT5RNbL06V

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@toutovlepo Students were very interested in discussing Stoicism's appeal and shortcomings after reading these articles

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@toutovlepo https://t.co/RGnRU1rxI1

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@toutovlepo I returned to that article again and again when I started making tiered readings for my classes.

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@MagisterConway Trying to build up the novella library in my class. Following

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@FSSLatin Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s video for Apeshit. Helen Morales also has a great chapter in Antigone Rising Anaya analyzing the video. https://t.co/NVfYiz22Fi

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@MrVaccaro1 And I can confirm I’d definitely respond like I was back at 17th and Girard

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Hence all Matts at my high school were known by their last name. My class alone included:
Matt M
Matt M
Matt M
Matt T
Mat T
Matt W (me)
(it’s very possible I’m forgetting others)

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Cicero: "Who of us do you think is ignorant about what you did last night, or the night before, where you were, the friends you invited, what plan you made?"

Student: "Cicero sounds just like my dad"