Teacher: Eugene Kobielnik Year: 2011-12
Course: Latin
Month: All Months
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The first marking period: The Greek World
Conversational Latin: greetings, politeness, permission, Latin names,
functional directives/responses, Happy Birthday, basic questions/answers,
spelling and pronunciation
Vocabulary: cardinal numbers and Roman numerals, 1-100,
classroom/school objects, geographical nouns & place names, subject
pronouns, adjectives describing oneself and others, linking verbs, names of
people.
Grammar: linking verbs (present tense), nominative and accusative case
nouns, predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives, noun/adjective
agreement, noun and adjective gender, conjugation chart, person & number,
endings, vocative case nouns.
Culture: definition and overview of Western civilization, Greek geography
(including southern Italy), Greek alphabet, Greek mythology, Greek art,
architecture, & literature, Greek history, culture, philosophy
Skill sets: basic pronunciation, maintenance of Latin binder, paper headings
for this class, spelling practice, definition and etymology from dictionary, verb
conjugation, labeling sentences, talk-to-the-text, answering reading
comprehension questions, summarizing and paraphrasing
Standards
Essential
Questions
WL-CS1.12.2.AKnow the
basic sound
system and
spelling
patterns of
classical
Latin or
Greek.
WL-CS1.12.2.BRecognize
What Latin
expressions do
I need to
understand
(read, write,
speak, hear,
and respond
to) in order to
succeed in
Latin class this
year?
What are the
basic spelling
Assessment
Skills
s
Hear and be able
to appropriately
respond to
greetings in the
Latin language.
Use expressions
of politeness and
ask for
permission
within the Latin
classroom.
Follow
functional
Content
Letters of the
Greek alphabet
Four major
stages of
Western
civilization
Latin vowels,
consonants, and
diphthongs.
Geography of
the
Mediterranean
world.
Lesson Resource
s
s
common
and
vocabulary pronunciation
terms
patterns of
through
classical
reading and Latin?
listening.
How do I
WL-CScount from
1.12.2.Cone to oneKnow
hundred in
common
Latin, and
vocabulary what English
forms and
words are
structures
derived from
used in basic these
speaking and vocabulary
writing.
items?
WL-CSWhat
1.12.2.Dgeographical
Know simple terms and
sentence and place names
question
do I need to
structures in know to
order to read meaningfully
and translate discuss the
classical
Greek world in
Latin or
the Latin
Greek.
language?
WL-CSWhat
1.12.2.Eadjectives do I
Identify
need to know
words from in order to
the classical describe
languages
myself and
that are
other
commonly classmates in
used in
the Latin
English.
language?
WL-CSWhat are the
1.12.2.F18 presentKnow how tense linking
the classical verbs I need to
languages
know in order
have
to create basic
influenced Latin
other school sentences
curriculum describing
classroom
Latin
directives in the expressions of
Latin language, politeness and
responding
greetings.
appropriately in Latin verb
Latin when
commands.
required.
Latin numbers,
Respond to basic one to oneLatin questions hundred.
in complete,
nouns of
appropriate Latin classroom
sentences.
objects.
Pronounce Latin Linking verbs in
vowels,
the imperfect,
consonants, and present, and
diphthongs with future tenses.
correct accepted Latin adjectives
classical Latin of selfvalues.
description.
Spell Latin
English
phrases and
vocabulary
words correctly, words derived
using the sound from Latin.
system and
Noun
macrons.
case: nominativ
Count from one e and
to one-hundred accusative.
in the Latin
The major
language aloud Greek deities
and in writing, and some
including the use primary Greek
of Roman
myths.
numerals.
Foreign
Identify
language study
classroom
techniques.
objects upon
request in the
Latin language.
Conjugate three
different linking
verbs: sum (I
am), absum (I
am absent),
adsum (I am
present).
Describe oneself
areas.
myself and
WL-CSothers in the
1.12.4.Cclass?
Describe
What are the
similarities ten subject
and
pronouns I
differences will need to
of daily life know in order
and social
to create basic
structures
sentences
between
describing
modern and myself and
Grecoothers in the
Roman
class?
culture.
What are the
WL-CSbasic forms of
2.12.2.Enouns and
Identify
adjectives I
words in
will need to
English that know in order
have origins to understand
in the
basic
classical
sentences in
languages. the Latin
WL-CSlanguage?
3.12.1.BHow do I
Know
conjugate a
advanced
verb?
vocabulary Why is it
and idiomatic beneficial for
expressions Americans to
used in
learn Latin?
speaking and What are two
writing.
basic sentence
WL-CSpatterns in any
3.12.4.Alanguage that
Explain a
employ linking
variety of
verbs?
historical
Why is the
events,
Greek world
products and important to
customs of Western
Grecocivilization,
Roman
and most
culture.
importantly, to
WL-CSmodern
in complete
Latin sentences
using correctly
declined
adjectives.
Identify and
label the
geography of the
Greek world
(including Italy).
Find the origin
of English words
derived from
Latin vocabulary
words in the
English
dictionary.
Agree nouns and
adjectives
according to
gender and noun
case.
Create the
accusative form
for any
nominative case
noun.
Identify and
label the subject,
linking verb, and
subject
complements for
basic Latin
sentences with
linking verbs.
Recite and
write the
classical Greek
alphabet.
Explain what is
meant by
"Western"
civilization, and
list its four major
phases, in correct
order.
3.12.4.CAmerican
Compare and culture?
contrast the What does the
similarities ancient Greek
and
world look
differences like
between
geographically
modern and , articstically,
Grecophilosophicall
Roman
y, historically,
culture.
and literarily?
WL-PSWhat
1.12.2.Aorganizational,
Recite the
reading, and
classical
practice
Latin or
mindset and
Greek
skills will be
alphabet and helpful for
associated
success in
sounds and Latin class?
words with
proper
accentuation.
WL-PS1.12.2.BComprehend
written
sentences
and spoken
conversation
s using
simple
vocabulary
and verbs of
being,
saying,
seeing.
Description
of dress and
color; Talk
between
friends or
family
members;
Talk between
persons of
Explain what a
"myth"
originally was
and has now
become.
Recount a few of
the most
important Greek
myths.
Name the major
gods from the
Greek pantheon,
and define them
by their spheres
of control (i.e.
Poseidon is the
god of the sea),
Explain why
Latin is studied
by Americans
today.
Respond to
reading
comprehension
questions about
Greek history
and culture in
complete
English sentence
s, using the
questions to help
form the
answers.
Talk-to-the-text
for full reading
engagement.
Organize the
binder and
journal for Latin
class, as well as
head papers with
Latin name, date,
and period.
Practice and
review for
assessments for
different
social classes
WL-PS1.12.2.D-Use
simple
sentence and
question
structures to
comprehend
simple
written
sentences
and
conversation
s. Parts of
speech in
Latin or
Greek and
English;
Conjugation
of simple
verbs in
present tense;
Basic
patterns of
noun,
adjective and
article
changes;
Nounadjective
agreement;
Basic
interrogative
words; Basic
case uses
WL-PS3.12.4.CRead,
interpret,
discuss and
write about
cultural
similarities
and
differences in
foreign language
vocabulary and
translations.
Greco
Roman
culture and
another
culture.
Gender roles;
Social status
WL-PS4.12.2.EDiscuss a
Greek or
Roman event
or cultural
phenomenon
that has
influenced
English.
“Achilles'
heel―;
Delphic
Oracle,
Sibyl;
Socratic
method
WL-PS1.12.4.ADiscuss the
fundamental
products and
customs of
GrecoRoman
culture.
Basic
classical
mythology;
Famous
people and
cities;
Roman
marketplace
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The Second marking period: The Roman World
Conversational Latin: most and least favorites, expressions of time, the calendar
(years, months, weeks, days), major roman festivals, fasti & nefasti, location of
people and objects (i.e. "where is..."), the pledge of allegiance, idiomatic vs.
b
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literal expressions,
Vocabulary: family and household nouns, action verbs (infinitives and verb
commands), prepositions, adverbs, ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.),
English derivations from Latin (legal terms).
Grammar: verb infinitives, negative verb commands, pronouns (nominative and
accusative), prepositional phrases, Miss Kelly's Rule, ablative case nouns, how
to pluralize nominative and accusative case nouns.
Culture: Roman interaction with Greek world, Roman gods, Roman foundation
legends, Revolution against the Etruscans and foundation of the Republic, Italian
Geography, Roman myths (poetry), the history of the alphabets, Latin alphabet,
refined Latin pronunciation rules, Roman history from the Etruscans to Julius
Caesar's dictatorship.
Skill Sets: how to create and effectively use foreign language flashcards;
sentence translation, regular syntax.
Standards
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Essential
Questions
Assessments Skills
Content
Lessons
Resources
The Third marking period: The Roman Empire
Conversational Latin: sports and other leisure activities, clothing and dress, daily
routines (dressing, washing, school, etc.), love.
Vocabulary: animals, more action verbs, prepositions, and adverbs, some
interjections, some conjunctions, Roman gods and heroes, nouns of love
Grammar: genitive/possession, present tense action verbs; how to translate
sentences with flexible syntax.
Culture: Julius Caesar's revolution and the Empire, history to 420's AD,
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Catullus' poetry, Was Caesar justified? What is
more important -- fixing problems with a dictator, or having
Skill sets: help kids determine what language they'd like to take in high school,
how to conjugate action verbs in the present tense,
Standards
Essential
Questions
Assessments Skills
Content
Lessons
Resources