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Key
Goals |
Units/Topics |
Time
Frame |
Activities |
Assessments |
Materials |
| Communication |
• Read age-appropriate Latin passages and texts
• Compose sentences and short paragraphs in Latin
• Use Latin orally in the classroom. |
• Review of Latin 1 grammar
• Relative pronouns and relative clauses
• Indefinite adjectives
• Interrogative pronouns and adjectives
• Passive voice in all six tenses
• Pronouns ipse & idem
• Participles: present active, perfect passive, future active
• Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs
• Deponent and semi-deponent verbs
• Cardinal and ordinal numbers
• Expressing dates, time, and place
• Infinitives: Present active, present passive, perfect active, perfect passive, future active
• Subjunctive mood in all 4 tenses, active and passive
• Subordinate clauses w/subjunctive (cum clauses, result clauses, indirect commands, indirect speech, purpose clauses)
• Sequence of tenses
• Ablative absolute
• Irregular verbs fio and malo
• Indirect questions
• Excerpts from poems by Catullus, Martial, Ovid, and Vergil |
Vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing are ongoing, cumulative skills that continue throughout the course. Individual units last roughly 1 week each. |
• Class discussion and oral activities
• Oral and written translations
• Group or paired assignments
• In-class curriculum-based games
• Oral, written, and computer-based grammar and vocabulary drills
• Conversational Latin, asking to do various things in Latin (sharpen a pencil, go to lavatory, etc.).
• Reciting short poems, singing songs, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Latin |
• Homework
• Ongoing in-class assessments
• Translations
• Tests, midterm and final exam
• Self/peer assessments
• Informal assessments of oral use and participation |
• Textbook: Ecce Romani 2
• Latin-English Dictionary
• Computer and Internet resources (quia.com and others)
• Teacher and student created materials
• Vocabulary flashcards
• Pictures as visual aids for vocabulary learning |
| Cultures |
| Demonstrate understanding of Roman culture, history, and Classical mythology |
• Clothing and hairstyles
• Houses and apartments
• Meals, dining, banquets
• Roman education
• Piracy
• The baths
• Roman games and entertainment
• Roman weddings and funerals
• Roman and Greek myth
• Famous Romans: The Gracchi, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Octavian/Augustus
• Roman history from the founding of Rome to the fall of the Empire |
Units on culture, history, and mythology are interwoven throughout the year. |
• Class reading and discussion
• Hands-on activities
• Creating and acting out skits
• Art and computer projects |
• Oral presentations
• Computer based presentations
• Creating and acting out skits or videos
• Ongoing in-class assessments
• Tests, midterm and final exam |
• Books on Roman culture, history, and mythology
• Computer and internet resources |
| Comparisons and Connections |
| Make connections to Latin and the Classical world in other disciplines |
• Sententiae (Latin phrases, quotations, and abbreviations that apply to various disciplines)
• Roman numerals
• Latin derivatives in English, common Latin roots and affixes
• Latin in medicine and law |
Sententiae and derivatives are covered weekly throughout the year. |
• Class discussions
• Finding Latin phrases and quotations in today’s world
• Art and Computer projects |
• Written assignments
• Self/peer assessments
• Projects
• Tests, midterm and final exam |
• Books on Latin phrases and quotations
• Computer and internet resources |
| Communities |
| Bring knowledge of Latin into the greater community |
• Participate in the National Latin Exam
• Display student work for parents and community
• Contribute to the school’s Latin website |
• The National Latin Exam takes place in Early March. |
• Students create materials to review for the NLE
• Students prepare audio, video, and print materials to display publicly and via the website |
• National Latin Exam (standardized)
• Assessment of projects based on rubrics (self, peer, teacher) |
• National Latin Exams
• Student and teacher created materials
• Computers, web publishing software |
