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Latin I 1 Credit Grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: None 531005
In Latin I, students will focus on reading Latin. As Latin is no longer a spoken language, this focus will continue through AP Latin. Latin grammar and vocabulary will be two main building blocks for this endeavor. English derivatives, reading skills, and basic translation skills will contribute as well. In addition to the Latin language study, Latin I students will learn Roman life and culture, with particular attention to clothing, farm life, family life, travel, slavery, mythology and ancient geography.
Latin II 1 Credit Grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in Latin I
In Latin II, students will continue to develop reading and translation skills in pursuit of the program goal of reading Latin. Latin II continues the grammar and vocabulary development of Latin I with an emphasis on new verb tenses and voices. Students will expand their knowledge of Roman life and culture through the study of travel, city life, food, entertainment, history and government.
Latin III 1 Credit Grades: 10-12 Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in Latin II 533005
Latin grammar and vocabulary study continues in Latin III, with the inclusion of the last major verb mood and a variety of subordinate clauses, but the focus shifts increasingly to reading for content over reading for skill as students approach the goal of reading Latin. Gladiators and games, weddings and funerals, religion, politics and the Roman military are parts of Roman life and culture studied in this class.
Latin IV 1 Credit Grades: 10-12 Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in Latin III 534005
This course focuses on the reading of Latin literature. The advanced grammar and vocabulary included in it will help students to read, translate and analyze prose and poetry by a variety of Latin authors, such as Pliny the Younger, Cicero, Vergil, Caesar, Ovid, Catullus, Martial, Plautus and Horace. Students will develop a deeper understanding of both the individual readings and of Romans in general, through these authors’ works.
Latin IV Honors 1 Credit Grades: 11-12 Prerequisite: Grade C or better in Latin III 534007
Students in the honors section study more advanced Latin grammar, vocabulary and Latin literature. In analyzing the authors of the Latin IV curriculum, honors students will demonstrate a higher degree of proficiency in translation, greater depth of understanding of the historical context, style and content of the authors studied. Projects of individual interest with respect to Roman life and literature are required in addition to the basic Latin IV projects.
Latin AP Vergil 1 Credit Grades: 11-12 Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in Latin IV or Latin IV Honors 537008
Students will prepare for the AP Vergil exam by reading the complete Aeneid in English and translating the Latin excerpts required by the Advanced Placement Syllabus. Their comprehension of Roman poetry will broaden and deepen as this course focuses on Vergil’s epic poem. Roman history, culture, religion and mythology will also be used to supplement understanding of this poem. Oral and written analysis will also be required as preparation for the AP Vergil exam.
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