This course introduces students to the basics of Latin vocabulary and grammar and discusses aspects of the history and culture of ancient Romans. It is designed to help students understand English better and make it easier for them to learn other foreign languages that are descended from Latin.

Gifted: This course is academically challenging. Any student who has an interest in the subject and has met the prerequisites (if any) may enroll.

Objectives:

Note: Not all of these objectives will occur in every lesson, but they are the basis for our study.

At the end of each of the lesson, students should be able to:

Lesson 1

1.1 pronounce all Latin consonants, vowels, and diphthongs;

1.2 translate simple Latin sentences;

1.3 translate and give answers to simple questions, orally, in Latin;

1.4 understand the interchangeable nature of word order in a Latin sentence;

1.5 understand the concept of inflections; and

1.6 answer questions about Horace and Rome during his lifetime.

Lesson 2

2.1 distinguish between nouns of the first and second declensions;

2.2 explain how gender is expressed in Latin;

2.3 describe how Latin verbs fall into different conjugations;

2.4 explain why Latin adjectives agree with the nouns they describe in case, gender, and number; and

2.5 briefly discuss facts in Roman history.

Lesson 3

3.1 distinguish among, translate, and use Latin verb endings which show what ‘person’ the subject is;

3.2 identify and translate forms of the irregular verb meaning to be: sum;

3.3 identify the ‘infinitive’ form of a Latin verb and be able to translate it correctly;

3.4 identify the few, but frequently used, -io verbs in Latin;

3.5 recognize and translate nouns in the vocative case;

3.6 identify and translate Latin interrogative words and interrogative particles; and

3.7 demonstrate knowledge of Roman culture by answering simple questions.

Lesson 4

4.1 identify and translate nouns of the third declension;

4.2 identify and translate a Latin verb in the imperative form;

4.3 identify and translate third declension adjectives;

4.4 identify and translate forms of the Latin verb possum (to be able);

4.5 understand how Latin verbs can be compounded to create a verb with a different emphasis or meaning; and

4.6 answer questions about the life of the poet Homer.

Required Materials

Oxford Latin Course, Part 1 (ISBN# 978-0-19-521203-7)
Cassell's Latin and English Dictionary (ISBN# 978-0-02-013340-7)

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