Latin I – Curriculum Alignment

Term I

 

Preliminary through Chapter 10

 

Preliminary - Greetings, numbers 1 – 10, syllabication, pronunciation, geography, weeks, months, zodiac, vocative case, imperatives

Chapter 1 - Basic interrogatives, sentence structure(contrast of Latin to English structures), lack of articles in Latin, vocabulary memorization, derivatives, fluid English sentences, listening to tapes, introduction to translation smoothness, study of pictures, oral reading; Culture: writing utensils; History: Roman Forum, pp 235-237

Chapter 2 - Subject-verb agreement, person, singular and plural of verbs, linking verbs, complements, gender; Culture: introduction to the Roman family, history of the Cornelii and Grachii, selection of Roman names

Chapter 3 - Singular and plural of nouns and adjectives, addition of masculine gender, “yes” and “no” concept, enclitics; Culture: Roman dress

Chapter 4 – Review of adjective-noun agreement, introduction of accusative singular direct object, transitive and intransitive verbs, Word Study I (derivation and use of dictionary); Culture: Seven hills of Rome, p 206

Chapter 5 – Review of accusative case --- direct object, introduction of infinitive, complementary infinitive; Culture: Introduction of Aeneas and family; Geography:

Emphasizing directions

Chapter 6 – Infinitive with impersonal verbal phrase, agreement of adjectives with their nouns, association of gender with declension, identification of gender of a noun by its modifier; Culture: Relationship of dominus with servus and ancilla

Chapter 7 – Plural accusative case endings, cases and declensions (1, 2, and 3) of nouns with emphasis on nominative and accusative cases; History: Aesop and his fables; Culture: Roman villa, Pompeii, and Aeneas' departure from Troy

Chapter 8 - Introduction of present tense of first conjugation( all persons and numbers) and sum and possum , vocative case, Word Study II (bases of nouns and adjectives);

Culture: Morning conventions and personal hygiene and Patria Potestas

Chapter 9 – Prepositional phrases using the accusative and ablative cases, prepositional- phrase worksheets, introduction of ablative case endings, review vocatives,

Culture: Major gods and goddesses

Chapter 10 –Review all conjugations: -are,-ere,-ire verbs in present tense, imperatives,

introduce imperfect and future tenses of all conjugations, memorization of importance of sentence patterns, accusative case with the infinitives, useful Latin expressions; Culture: Treatment of servants

Term 2

 

Chapter 11 – Introduction of uses for genitive (possession) and dative (indirect object), review of imperatives and vocatives, emphasis on third-declension, genitive stem, review of first, second, and third declensions, unscrambling similar case endings; Culture: family members and genealogy of family, introduction of Geta, complete appellation --- Gaius Iulius Caesar; History: Founding date of Rome

Chapter 12 – Captiva ---Specific applications of prepositional phrases using the ablative case, agreement of adjectives and nouns; Culture: Mosaics; History: Discovery of Romulus and Remus by Faustulus

Chapter 13 – Calamitas ---Idioms, review imperfect tense for all conjugations and of irregular verbs esse and posse , third declension i-stem nouns, formation of adverbs, Word Study III (suffixes and Latin mottoes)

Chapter 14 –Additional review of imperfect tense for all conjugations, review future tense for all conjugations, complete conjugations of future tense of irregular verbs esse and posse ; History: Monarchy, Lucretia; Culture: Cloaca Maxima

Chapter 15 – Introduction of neuter nouns of second and third declensions, declensions of numbers 1, 2, and 3, Roman numerals, interrogatives using quot , differentiation of uses of neuter's nominative and accusative cases; Culture: Frontier Life---Rome Northern Europe

Chapter 16 – Agreement of nouns and adjectives, introduction of perfect, plu-perfect, and future perfect tenses, Word Study IV (numbers and the Roman number system); Culture: Roman milestone, road from Rome to Brundisium

Chapter 17 – Review of regular verbs of all conjugations, introduction of irregular verbs velle , nolle , ferre , ire , more adverbs; Culture: Horatii and Curiatii

Chapter 18 – Adjectives of first/second and third declensions, noun-adjective agreement, substantives; History: Legendary heroes of early Rome, Word Study V (Latin suffixes and derivatives)

Chapter 19 – Review of perfect, plu-perfect, and future perfect tenses with emphases of translations and usage; Culture: Travel, maps, aqueducts, and graffiti

Chapter 20 – Additional review of perfect, plu-perfect, and future perfect tenses, subordinate clauses and conjunction dum , consolidation of the uses of the infinitive, review of principal parts of verbs; Culture: Hospitality; History: Early Republic

Chapter 21 – Caedes ---Review present, imperfect, perfect tenses, review infinitives;

Culture: Eavesdropping, Cultural Assimiliation; History: Mucius Scaevola, Frontier Life: North Africa,

Latin II

 

Term 1

Chapter 27 – Need entire lesson

Chapter 28 – History: First and Second Punic Wars, p 216

Chapter 29 – History: Rome Becomes a World Leader, p. 244