Latin I H Syllabus
Haddam-Killingworth High School
Unit
Unit I
Themes
Family life in a villa
rustica for an upper
class Roman family
Essential Questions
How do the roles of
individual family
members influence
daily life in the early
Roman Empire?
How does the plan of a
villa rustica reflect
Roman practices,
products, and
perspectives?
Unit II
Slavery in the Roman
world
Travel in the Roman
world
Nouns and adjectives:
nominative and
accusative cases;
gender
Verbs: present tense for
3rd person singular and
plural; present infinitive
What case forms are
needed to construct a
simple Latin sentence
e.g. subject, verb, direct
object?
Recognition of Latin
prefixes, roots, and
suffixes in English words
(derivatives)
What is the impact of
slavery on Roman
society?
Nouns: genitive and
ablative cases and their
uses; three declensions
How do case endings
(for all six cases) impact
the meaning of a Latin
sentence?
Verbs: present tense (all
forms)in four verb
conjugations; irregular
verb esse; infinitive
form and use;
imperative forms.
How does Latin form
the present tense for all
regular verbs?
Unit III
Linguistic Goals
Core elements of a Latin
sentence
In what way do the
advantages and
disadvantages of land
travel affect the life of a
Roman family?
How do Latin verbs
express the imperfect
tense?
How do adjectives
function in a Latin
sentence?
Recognition of Latin
prefixes, roots, and
suffixes in English words
(derivatives)
Nouns: neuter nouns
Adjectives : 1st and 2nd
declension; agreement
numbers;
Adverbs: formation
Verbs: Imperfect tense
for regular and irregular
verbs; present tense of
more irregular verbs
Recognition of Latin
prefixes, roots, and
suffixes in English words
(derivatives)
Unit IV
Accommodations and
Hospitality in the
Roman world
How does the Roman
concept of hospitium
(hospitality) influence
relationships?
How do Latin verbs
express the perfect
tense?
Unit V
Arrival in Rome
What differences are
there between life in
the city of Rome and
the country town of
Baiae?
How do Latin verbs
express the future
tense?
Noun/adjective
agreement
Verbs: perfect tense;
principal parts; uses of
the infinitive
Subordinate clauses
Recognition of Latin
prefixes, roots, and
suffixes in English words
(derivatives)
Nouns: dative case and
use
Adjectives as
substantives
Verbs: future tense of
regular and irregular
verbs
Recognition of Latin
prefixes, roots, and
suffixes in English words
(derivatives)