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Halloween · Latin III

The Curse Tablet

A sheet of lead, scratched with dreadful words. A name, an enemy, a grudge. Someone knelt by the sacred spring, prayed to the goddess, and threw a curse into the water — a genuine Roman dēfīxiō. Curses like this one have survived two thousand years, still legible, still waiting to be read.

Fully self-contained, self-grading, and ready in seconds — just open the file and go. Perfect for a no-prep substitute lesson, a Halloween-week activity, or a stand-alone review day.

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Share the “Play” link with your class. It runs in the browser, with nothing to install. Sound adds to the atmosphere.

What's inside

  • 7 self-grading locks: crossword, anagrams, cipher, verb-form matching (active AND passive), picture count, odd-one-out story, final rebus
  • Original illustrated Halloween-Roman courtyard artwork for the picture-count puzzle
  • Instant self-grading — no accounts, no setup
Illustration used in the picture-count lock

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