Grade
Level: 11 - 12
Course Description:
IB
Latin requires that the students read a wide breadth of authors,
both prose and poetry from various periods of Roman history. The
prescribed authors include (but are not limited to) Caesar, Cicero,
Pliny, Tacitus, and Livy (studied in that order, as in order of
difficulty) as well as the poets Vergil, Catullus, Horace, Ovid,
and Juvenal.
The
current cycle of curriculum for standard level focuses on the
prescribed author (Ovid); the two prescribed topics chosen are
from Roman Epic (Vergil, Aeneid Book 2) and Love Poetry
(selections from Horace and Catullus, also Ovid's Amores).
Students are required to participate in all internal and external
examinations, following the timeline as outlined on the IB Classical
Languages.
Students
are also expected to gain recognition of a variety of meters,
hone their scansion skills, be able to identify a number of common
poetical devices, and improve their reading and translation skills.
Short and long essay questions are required in practice exams,
so that students will have both take-home and classroom experience
in crafting essay responses to Latin poetry. Throughout the semester
there is also a necessity to expand on Greek mythology as well
as common themes in Latin poetry. Furthermore, the goal is to
develop a strong sense of contextualization for prose and poetry
through guided study of Roman culture and history of the Late
Republic and Augustan Age and Early Empire. Because this requires
strong background knowledge in Roman culture and Latin literary
traditions, outside readings are very helpful. Students are also
expected to become familiar with a variety of secondary sources
from the IB bibliographies that are specific to this course. Writing
samples from sample IB exams are also studied as models in preparation
for the student tests and exams. An IB website available to the
teacher continues to provide updated materials for Classical Languages
(Latin) curriculum. Please note that this course is designed as
part of a two year cycle wherein the Standard Level papers are
to be completed in May 2009. The course is not “coded”
and remains available only to students who show promise, dedication
and commitment as Latin 3Honors and 4Honors students.
Course Objectives:
- to further develop
knowledge of Rome, its historic significance, and its contemporary
relevance
- to develop the
students' full intellect by strengthening skills of deductive
and analogous reasoning, interactive learning, comparative analysis,
and critical assessment
- to bring students
quickly to the point where they can read the Latin of classical
authors with confidence
- to meet the required
IB standards for reading comprehension and recognition of a
variety of authors and styles of Latin
- N.B. The MYP objectives
for foreign languages incorporate, within the framework of the
areas of interaction, the four skills fundamental to language
learning: speaking, listening, reading and writing, as well
as intercultural awareness.
Grading Scheme:
A total points system for the following areas: class work, quizzes,
tests and designated homework assessments. Each semester concludes
with a written final exam, worth 25% of the overall grade, in
keeping with the MCPS foreign languages curriculum policy. No
exemptions are made. [ The final exam is designed to prepare for
standard level assessments given at given year’s end (May).]
Please note that additional tests may be added as the school calendar
year progresses in order to fulfill the requirements of the IB
calendar for testing with both internal and external assessments.
Reteaching and reassessing (e.g., retaking up to two quizzes per
quarter, not unit tests) as well as other grading and reporting
practices are identical to those outlined in the MCPS guidelines
for 2007.
Weekly Outline:
This weekly outline follows objectives for the Ecce Romani
chapters 43-54. From September review and memorization is required.
In addition, the course goal is to master objectives from each
chapter in preparation for reading four Latin authors, those required
for the I.B. standard level, e.g., Ovid (main author), Vergil
(Roman Epic) and some Catullus and Horace (Love poetry). The first
year I.B. students are thus required to simultaneously broaden
their reading experience by following specific I.B. Latin reading
lists.) As in all levels of Latin, throughout the semester this
course implements frequent smaller quizzes and tests on the special
I.B. authors in addition to those listed below (in tandem with
3AHonors curriculum).
Week 1: Review
of vocabulary, forms, translation methods; perfect infinitive.
Week 2: Subordinate clauses w/subjunctive;
imperfect & pluperfect subjunctive
FIRST
TEST on 43 and Review objectives
IB
Introduction to Roman authors: Vergil and Ovid
Week 3: Building reading momentum: subordinate clauses
(review of subjunctive).
Verbs:
imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive passive:
Roman Baths.
Week 4: Narrative as entertainment in Latin literature;
linking qui and p.p.p.
Ablative
absolute constructions
SECOND
TEST on Chapter 44
IB
readings from Vergil’s Aeneid
Week 5: Future Active Participles; Pyramus
and Thisbe special unit (ch. 45): Ovid.
Week 6: Indirect statements; forms of FIO; Early empire
and Bread and Circuses.
Week 7: More complex indirect statements,
irregular verbs (again), Gladiators,
Androcles
and the Lion followed by
THIRD
TEST on selections from Chapters 46, 47, 48, 49
IB
readings from Ovid’s Amores
Week 8: Verbs: present and perfect subjunctives: sequence
of tenses in result clauses;
Week 9: Indirect Commands; Roman Weddings and Ceremonies,
Late Empire.
Week 10: Papirius Praetextatus and Roman Religion; Impersonal
Verbs
Week 11: A Wedding. Roman domestic law. Special unit: the Silent
Women of Rome.
Week 12: A Wedding and a Funeral; purpose clauses,
using ut.
Week 13: Review of grammar, syntax, culture, vocabulary;
FOURTH
TEST Chapters 51 – end (selections)
IB:
poems by Catullus and Horace
Week 14: Additional readings from Ecce Romani IIB.
Week 15: Additional readings from Ecce Romani III (to continue
into following semester).
Week 16: Reworking translations for various chapters.
Week 17: Practice Tests from National Latin Exam Reviews; National
Standard for Latin Objectives Review.
Week 18: Mythology in Ovid unit: readings from the Metamorphoses
Week 19: FIFTH TEST on selected readings from weeks14-18.
IB
exam: Roman Epic, Lyric, and Ovid
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