Colloquia familiara: a selection/Monitoria paedagogica: Questions about the text

• Name three things the boy is told to do when addressed by someone of high status. What are three things he should not do?
• When the boy is required to speak, what does his teacher say specifically about his diction?
• What is the boy told to do when he passes a church?
• When he is offered food at a party, what should he do?
• Should he stay up late at the party?
• Does the boy live with his parents? How do you know? Where do you think he lives?
• What's your opinion about the teacher? Does he seem like a nice or an unkind person?
• What do you think of the lessons the boy is getting?
• Make up your own dialogue between a grownup and a child, where the grownup is trying to teach the child good manners (be sure to act out the expressions and gestures!)
• Make up your own dialogue between two children, talking about a lesson in manners they just got from their teacher.