We all know the progymnasmata are great. There are many curricular options available, but have we unlocked the full potential? The purpose of the progymnasmata exercises was to prepare students to debate each other, but how can we achieve debate at high level, if they are not doing small levels of debate type practice early one? In this workshop we will look at how to use several progymnasmata exercises within one lesson to bring students from basic comprehension (what is the story) of the text to mastery (how should this change me? how can I use it?).

Joseph Roberts is the headmaster of Lewis Clark Christian School in Lewiston, ID. He is the department head of Latin and Humanities.