Grade
Level: 10 - 12
Course
Description:
This
class reinforces the students’ prior knowledge of Latin,
further strengthens forms and sentence structures for more complex
Latin. Memorization of forms of all five declensions and six verb
tenses in the both indicative and subjunctive moods is reinforced.
The
students complete objectives from the textbook series Ecce
Romani.
The
students also research individual Latin authors, using the primary
(Latin) texts to supplement their knowledge of Caesar, Pliny,
Cicero, Virgil and Martial, among others. Aspects of Roman culture
and civilization are also investigated in tandem with reviving
traditional Latin Club certamina.
Course Objectives:
- to further develop
knowledge of Rome, its historic significance, and its contemporary
relevance
- to enhance general
language learning techniques and aptitudes, including facility
with English
- 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.
Grading Scheme:
A
total points system for the following areas: class work, quizzes,
unit tests (usually based on four chapters) and designated homework
assessments. Each student is responsible for researching two Roman
authors representing poetry and prose of a given period; these
semester projects will be presented in class prior to winter break.
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. Re-teaching and reassessing
opportunities are available once per quarter at the teacher's
discretion in accordance with MCPS 2007 guidelines.
Syllabus
This newly revised
course begins with by reinforcing objectives from fall semester:
objectives for the chapters 41 through 45 (end) before proceeding
with more advanced topics below as outlined in IIB chapters 46-54.
The course goal is to master the basics, particularly
relating to forms and grammar, from each consecutive chapter,
as preparation for reading Latin authors. There are frequent
smaller quizzes in addition to biweekly unit tests
listed below.
Weeks 1-2: Review
of vocabulary, forms, translation methods; perfect infinitive.
~ Subordinate
clauses w/subjunctive; imperfect & pluperfect
subjunctive
~ Building
reading momentum: subordinate clauses (review of subjunctive).
~ Verbs:
imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive passive:
linking qui and the perfect passive participle
~ more
on Ablative absolute constructions.
~ future
active participles
FIRST
UNIT TEST
Week3: Indirect
statements; forms of FIO; Early empire and Bread and Circuses.
Week 4: More
complex indirect statements, irregular verbs
(again), Gladiators, Androcles and the Lion followed
by
SECOND
UNIT TEST
on selections from Chapters 46, 47, 48, 49
Week 5: Verbs:
present and perfect subjunctives: sequence of tenses in
result clauses;
Week 6: Indirect
Commands; Roman Weddings and Ceremonies, Late Empire.
Week 7: Papirius
Praetextatus and Roman Religion; Impersonal Verbs
THIRD
UNIT TEST
Week 8: A Wedding.
Roman domestic law. Special unit: the Silent Women of Rome.
Week 9: A Wedding
and a Funeral; purpose clauses, using ut.
Week 10: Review
of grammar, syntax, culture, vocabulary;
FOURTH
UNIT TEST
on Chapters 50-54 selections.
Week 11: Additional
readings from Ecce Romani IIB.
Week 12: Additional
readings from Ecce Romani III
FIFTH
UNIT TEST
Week 13: Reworking
translations from various chapters.
Weeks14-19: Practice
Tests from National Latin Exam Reviews; National Standard for
Latin Objectives Review. Projects based on Latin Authors (topics
assigned earlier).
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