Grade
Level: 9 - 12
Course
Description:
This class introduces students to Latin, the language, its inflections
and basic sentence structures. Students also acquire some skills
in spoken Latin, e.g. greetings, dialogues, mottoes and common
phrases used in English, also numbers and colors. By the end of
the first semester the course covers the concepts of grammar and
sentence structure as found in their textbook, Ecce Romani
IA, chapters 1 through 17. Syntax study, and the required
memorization of both Latin vocabulary and English derivatives,
should help to improve overall vocabulary and performance on the
writing on the new SATs.
Course Objectives:
The students will
- develop an awareness
of the culture of the Romans, its historic significance, and
its contemporary relevance
- enhance general
language learning techniques and aptitudes, including facility
with English
- develop their
skills in deductive and analogous reasoning, interactive learning,
comparative analysis, and critical assessment
- be brought to
the point of reading Latin narrative and simpler adaptations
of classical authors.
Grading Scheme:
A total points
system for the following areas: class work, quizzes, unit tests
(usually based on four chapters) and designated homework assignments
(no more than 10% of total points). Reteaching and reassessing
is offered on predesignated quizzes/topics ( at least one per
quarter) but not for unit tests. There is also a creative semester
project on classical mythology.
Weekly Outline
(objectives based on chapters in Ecce Romani IA):
3 unit tests are given after Chapters 1-7, 8-12 and 13-17 (corresponding
to Weeks 5, 10 and 15 respectively).
| Week
1: |
Introduction
to course objectives, textbook readings, culture, geography,
terms used to describe parts of speech; English derivatives;
greetings, pronunciation; dialogues. (CHAPTER 1 completed.) |
| Week 2: |
Subjects, linking
verbs, complements: word order; verb/noun/adjective Agreement;
more terms to describe Latin nouns (case, number, gender,
declension) and verbs (conjugation, person, number, tense).
Roman names. |
| Week 3: |
Nouns and adjectives,
singular and plural; terms of Roman clothing;
More derivatives (English) and root words for word power (to
be continued throughout semester); direct objects –m;
transitive and intransitive verbs. |
| Week 4: |
Complementary
infinitives; additional greetings, commands; infinitive with
impersonal verbal phrase; gender of nouns and adjectives.
Introduction to mythology: Troy, Aeneas, Latium. |
| Week 5: |
Nouns and Adjectives:
the endings –as, -os, and –es; nominative, accusative;
Review; using abneyhomestead.com for Ecce
Romani. |
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UNIT TEST on chs. 1-7 including culture (e.g., slavery) |
| Week 6: |
Verbs, person,
nouns & adjectives; vocative case; prepositional phrases;
accusative and ablative cases: major gods and goddess (mythology).
MYTHOLOGY PROJECTS ASSIGNED |
| Week 7: |
Verbs: Conjugations,
present tense, imperative. Class commands; genitive and dative
cases; genitive singular or nominative plural?; foundation
myths of Rome. |
| Week 8: |
Ablative cases;
prepositions with ablative (“Sidspace”);
Review for second UNIT TEST (chapters 8-12). |
| Week 9: |
Nouns: 3rd declension
i-stems; Verbs: Imperfect tense. |
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END OF FIRST QUARTER |
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SECOND QUARTER |
| Week 10: |
Verbs, imperfect
tense II, verbs: irregular verbs I; Roman kings. |
| Week 11: |
Neuter nouns;
more review of numerals, numbers; noun and Adjective agreement;
review of Word Study sections (building English vocab.) |
| Week 12: |
Irregular Verbs
II; Review of Vocabulary, Forms, Translations |
| Weeks 13 &
14: |
Intensive Review
of Chapters 13-17: grammar, context, forms, etc. |
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UNIT TEST (Chapters 13-17) |
| Week 15: |
Mythology and
Culture supplements; Practice and Review. |
| Week 16: |
Memorization
Practice; various drills in class
MYTHOLOGY PROJECT PRESENTATIONS. |
| Week 17: |
Latin and the
5 C’s; recognizing Latin in modern times.(Io,
Saturnalia!)
(Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, Communities)
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| Week 18: |
Reading Latin
for comprehension; Games to increase word power. |
| Week 19: |
Review vocabulary,
grammar, reading, translation Chapters 1-17.
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| Review Day: |
January 11, 2007 |
| Semester Exams: |
January 12-19,
2007 |
Grading policy:
Grading guidelines will be consistent with the school-wide grading
policy available on the B-CC web-site.
90% of the marking period grade will be based on formative and
summative assessments which may include homework, class work,
quizzes, unit tests, projects, oral presentations, and writing
assignments. These assignments will be graded.
Assignments checked only for completion, such as homework, class
work and warm-ups, will account for 10% of the marking period
grade.
Each assignment will have a due date. This is the date by which
the student is expected to submit the assignment. Grades will
drop 10% if the assignment is not submitted by the due date.
The deadline is the last day that an assignment will be accepted.
In some cases the due date and the deadline will be the same.
Work not turned in by the deadline will be recorded as a zero.
Reassessment
procedures:
In some cases students will have an opportunity to redo and assignment/assessment.
There will be at least one opportunity per unit of study to redo
an assessment. Summative assessments (presentations, tests) may
not be redone. To qualify for a reassessment, students must complete
all practice activities assigned for HW and also complete the
required reteaching exercises offered by the teacher.
Please be advised there will be no opportunities for extra credit.
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