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This course is the next step for students who have taken Intermediate Latin and are ready to implement their knowledge through translation. Advanced Latin – Loci Antiqui will focus on implementing both grammar and vocabulary along with mastery of translation. Students will work primarily out of the Loci Antiqui section of Wheelock’s Latin.
Total classes: 12
Prerequisite: Intermediate Latin, Part Two or the equivalent
Suggested grade level: 10th grade and up
Suggested credit: One full semester of Latin or Foreign Language
Note: This course was previously listed as Advanced Latin – Loci Antiqui, Part One
Description
This course is the next step for students who have taken Intermediate Latin and are ready to implement their knowledge through translation. Advanced Latin – Loci Antiqui will focus on implementing both grammar and vocabulary along with mastery of translation. Students will work primarily out of the Loci Antiqui section of Wheelock’s Latin. The goal of this course is to help students gradually transition from being students of grammar to becoming students of translation. Students will begin to hone and sharpen their knowledge of Latin syntax, grammar, and vocabulary. Students will discover by the end of this course that they are more confident in their translation abilities, can identify syntax and grammar, and are comfortable with a great deal of vocabulary.
Outline
Week One: Loci Antiqui
Introduction & Review
Week Two: II. How Demosthenes Overcame his Handicaps
Week Two: II. How Demosthenes Overcame his Handicaps
Week Three: Demosthenes and Damocles Passages:
Week Four: IV. The Sword of Damocles – Continued
Week Five: VI. Cicero on the Value and the Nature of Friendship, 1-11
Week Six: VI. Cicero on the Value and the Nature of Friendship 12-25
Chapter XXXVI – Fio
Week Seven: Finish Cicero. VIII. Hannibal; The Second Punic War.
Midterm Exam Week
Week Eight: VIII. Hannibal; The Second Punic War (Continued…) Chapter XXXII – Volo, Malo, Nolo
Week Nine: XI. Autobiographical Notes by Horace
Week Ten: X. Horace Longs for the Simple, Peaceful Country Life on His Sabine Farm
Chapter XL – Fear Clauses
Week Eleven: XI. Why No Letters
XII. What Pliny Thinks of the Races
XIV. Large Gifts -Yes, But Only Bait
Week Twelve: XVI. Caedmon’s Anglo-Saxon Verses And the Difficulties of Translation
Materials and Homework
Course Materials: Wheelock’s Latin 7th Edition, ISBN# 0061997226 (http://amzn.to/2EmRAfV). A Latin dictionary with Latin to English and English to Latin sections (such as ISBN #0-87720-561-2, http://amzn.to/2BEmygM)
Homework: Students can expect to spend 1 hour a day on homework assignments
