This is our catalog of courses. We will occasionally adjust the course listing to reflect the addition of new courses and the retirement of others.
Students interested in continuing their Latin journey will find that Intermediate Latin is the right class for them! This fourteen-week course will focus on deepening students’ understanding of advanced Latin grammar, vocabulary, translation skills, and the history behind this beautiful language.
Total classes: 14
Prerequisite: Beginning Latin, Parts One and Two (live or recorded). If students haven’t taken Latin with Mrs. Henry, they will need a score of 70% or higher on the required entrance exam (email [email protected] for the exam).
Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th
Suggested credit: One full semester of Latin or Foreign Language
Note: This course was previously listed as Intermediate Latin (Wheelock), Part One
Description
Students interested in continuing their Latin journey will find that Intermediate Latin is the right class for them! This fourteen-week course will focus on deepening students’ understanding of advanced Latin grammar, vocabulary, translation skills, and the history behind this beautiful language. Breakout rooms, Quizlet, and other materials supplemented by the instructor will be utilized to encourage good study habits. The textbook, Wheelock’s Latin, will be our overarching guide for the course. Students will explore both Ecclesiastical and Classical pronunciations.
Outline
Lesson One: I-Stems Nouns, Ablative of Means, Accompaniment, & Manner, Caput XIV
Lesson Two: Genitive of the Whole, Ablative with Numerals and Time, Caput XV
Lesson Three: Third Declension Adjectives, Caput XVI
Lesson Four: The Relative Pronoun, Caput XVII
Lesson Five: The Passive Voice – Present System First and Second Conjugations, Ablative of Agent, Caput XVIII
Lesson Six: Practice Day! Review – Please note there is no PowerPoint for this week
Lesson Seven: Perfect Passive System – All Conjugations, Caput XIX. Additional Recorded Lesson: Interrogative Pronouns and Adjectives, Caput XIX
Lesson Eight: Fourth Declension, Ablatives of Place from Which and Separation, Caput XX
Lesson Nine: Present Passive System Third and Fourth Conjugations, Caput XXI
Lesson Ten: Fifth Declension, Ablative of Place Where and Summary of Ablatives, Vergil’s Messianic Eclogue (pg. 173), Caput XXII
Lesson Eleven: Participles, Part 1, Additional Recorded Lesson: Participles, Part 2, Caput XXIII
Lesson Twelve: Review & Final Exam
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 http://amzn.to/2BEmyg M ISBN #0877205612)
Homework: Students can expect to spend 30 minutes a day on their daily homework assignments. There will be weekly quizzes and exams.
