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My students are having trouble translating Latin passives, especially between perfect and present tenses! Any tips for them & me?

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Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Think you're good at making decisions? How and why you decide may surprise you. Take the quiz to find out: http://t.co/uFg22C5tCG via @DukeU

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This stunning ancient Greek floor mosaic was just excavated in southern Turkey, near the Syrian border. http://t.co/0tbzPvZUWR

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#archaeology Stunning Roman mosaic revealed in ancient Plotinopolis (northeastern Greece) http://t.co/DQpgUE27Vh

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It's getting cold out here. How did ancient Romans & Greeks keep warm? Any ideas? Teach us! #TeachClassics

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@orpheus22 we could not have done this without all your efforts!!

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"Content isn't king. Design courses based on what skills you want your students to apply" last wisdom from @thmggwfu

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"Have a 2-year plan for yourself. Keep yourself accountable for research." On balancing research, service, and teaching as a new faculty.

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"Student-centered" teaching=have basic points & questions/activities that draw those points out-> get focus onto the students.#TeachClassics

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"Give meaningful feedback that students will actually respond to! Give formative feedbacks rather than summative ones!" -@thmggwfu

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"First time teaching, it doesn't have to be good. It just has to be good enough!" -@thmggwfu

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"Learn the art of taking something positive from a student and repeating it back to them in a more sophisticated way." #TeachClassics

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@HdaleClassics! Thank you for lending us Prof. Ward for this wknd! She's giving us invaluable advices to be awesome teachers! #TeachClassics

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"Scaffolding=if you want someone to bake, don't just give recipe. You have to help out with each step" Do the same with teaching! @thmggwfu

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"First day of class sets the tone for your work load. Plan so that you can sustain it for the rest of the semester!" -Prof. Ward

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"Even if you give them your all, you are still not giving your students' their all. So always give you all when you're teaching."-@thmggwfu

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"Learn to lecture with less. Being able to lecture from bullet points is a skill that you want to work on now." -Prof. Ward

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"It's much easier to modify a course than to start de novo. Use syllabi from other instructors as a starting point." #TeachClassics

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"Asking people to clarify their questions is a strength, not a weakness. It shows that you're engaged." -@thmggwfu