Latin III/IV
Greek and Roman Mythology
Approved February 2011
All students who have completed two years of Latin may choose any one or all four semesters of Latin courses
offered over a two year span, with .5 credit per semester. Mythology and Authors are offered together in one
academic year: Vergil and Medieval Latin are offered together in the following academic year. All courses
include review of grammar, vocabulary, and derivatives as needed by the students, as well as translation,
discussion, and supplementary and critical readings. The sophistication of grammar study within each course
will depend on whether students are completing the literature study during their third or fourth year of Latin.
Apuleius’ Cupid and Psyche
Essential Understandings:
1. Communicate in languages other than English.
2. Gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
3. Connect with other disciplines and acquire information.
4. Develop insight into the nature of language of culture.
5. Recognize how Latin grammar and syntax transform in the Classical period.
6. Connect how the development of Latin leads to a transformation into the Romance languages.
7. Gain an understanding of the products and perspectives expressed through the Latin literature of the time period.
Content Standards:
1.1 Students read, understand and interpret Latin or Greek.
1.2 Students use orally, listen to and write Latin or Greek as part of the language learning process.
2.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the practices of the Greek or Romans.
2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the products of the Greeks or Romans.
3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through their knowledge of classical languages.
3.2 Students expand their knowledge through the Latin and Greek and the study of ancient culture.
4.1 Students recognize and use elements of the Latin or Greek language to increase knowledge of their own language.
4.2 Students compare and contrast their own culture with that of the Greco-Roman world.
5.1 Student use their knowledge of Latin and Greek in a multilingual world.
Essential Question: What does the story of Cupid and Psyche teach us about the interrelationship between love, trust and persistence?
Learning Goals: Students will:
Describe the mythological context surrounding Cupid and Psyche and how it is represented in other works of art.
Understand the themes depicted in the story of Cupid and Psyche.
Create a full synopsis for regular and deponent verbs.
Recognize verbs from synopses in subjunctive clauses, ablative absolutes and indirect statements.
Increase their knowledge of grammar and syntax in Latin.
Improve their ability to read authentic Latin texts.
Discuss and write about the Latin text citing specific passages.
Read and discuss historical fiction to deepen their understanding of the Roman world.
Develop a deeper understanding of a specific Latin passage from the text and its context in Roman culture.
Suggested Strategies
Suggested Assessments
Suggested Resources
Suggested Tech Integration
Content Vocabulary
Lifelong Learning/21st Century
Skills
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Translation of Cupid and Psyche
Discuss grammatical and syntactical elements and translation choices
Create and participate in text specific vocabulary activities
Synopsis based tactile activities
Vocabulary, grammar and translation quizzes and tests
Synopses quizzes
Group PowerPoint to share specific passages and their later representation in art
Latin Readings: An Intermediate Rapid Reader by Gertrude Drake
Student PowerPoint Presentations
A Web of Latin Verb Synopses (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) http://web.utk.edu/~ehsuther/synop.html
Whittaker’s Words (Notre Dame) http://archives.nd.edu/words.html
www.nodictionaries.com
running vocabulary from the text
Productive Habits of Mind
Quality work
Read critically
Communicate effectively
Collaborate and cooperate
Access and process information
Core Ethical Values
Mythological Heroes
Essential Understandings:
1. Communicate in languages other than English.
2. Gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
3. Connect with other disciplines and acquire information.
4. Develop insight into the nature of language of culture.
5. Recognize how Latin grammar and syntax transform in the Classical period.
6. Connect how the development of Latin leads to a transformation into the Romance languages.
7. Gain an understanding of the products and perspectives expressed through the Latin literature of the time period.
Content Standards:
1.1 Students read, understand and interpret Latin or Greek.
1.2 Students use orally, listen to and write Latin or Greek as part of the language learning process.
2.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the practices of the Greek or Romans.
2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the products of the Greeks or Romans.
3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through their knowledge of classical languages.
3.2 Students expand their knowledge through the Latin and Greek and the study of ancient culture.
4.1 Students recognize and use elements of the Latin or Greek language to increase knowledge of their own language.
4.2 Students compare and contrast their own culture with that of the Greco-Roman world.
5.1 Student use their knowledge of Latin and Greek in a multilingual world.
Essential Question: How do heroes exceed human strengths and limitations?
Learning Goals: Students will:
Describe the mythological context surrounding stories of specific heroes and how those stories are represented in other works of art.
Know the characteristics of heroes in Roman culture.
Apply an understanding of the characteristics of Roman heroes to various historical and/or literary figures.
Compare the Roman view of heroism to our own.
Create a full synopsis for regular and deponent verbs.
Recognize verbs from synopses in subjunctive clauses, ablative absolutes and indirect statements.
Increase their knowledge of grammar and syntax in Latin.
Improve their ability to read Latin texts.
Discuss and write about the Latin text citing specific passages.
Read and discuss historical fiction to deepen their understanding of the Roman world.
Develop a deeper understanding of a specific Latin passage from the text and its context in Roman culture.
Suggested Strategies
Suggested Assessments
Suggested Resources
Suggested Tech Integration
Content Vocabulary
Lifelong Learning/21st Century
Skills
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Translation of stories about a Roman hero
Discuss grammatical and syntactical elements and translation choices
Create and participate in text specific vocabulary activities
Synopsis based tactile activities
Vocabulary, grammar and translation quizzes and tests
Synopses quizzes
Group PowerPoint to share specific passages and their later representation in art
Selections from Fabulae Graecae edited by Gilbert Lawall
Jason and the Argonauts / The Clash of the Titans / Hercules / Odyssey
Student PowerPoint Presentations
A Web of Latin Verb Synopses (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) http://web.utk.edu/~ehsuther/synop.html
Whittaker’s Words (Notre Dame) http://archives.nd.edu/words.html www.nodictionaries.com
running vocabulary from the text
Productive Habits of Mind
Quality work
Read critically
Communicate effectively
Collaborate and cooperate
Access and process information
Core Ethical Values
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Essential Understandings:
1. Communicate in languages other than English.
2. Gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
3. Connect with other disciplines and acquire information.
4. Develop insight into the nature of language of culture.
5. Recognize how Latin grammar and syntax transform in the Classical period.
6. Connect how the development of Latin leads to a transformation into the Romance languages.
7. Gain an understanding of the products and perspectives expressed through the Latin literature of the time period.
Content Standards:
1.1 Students read, understand and interpret Latin or Greek.
1.2 Students use orally, listen to and write Latin or Greek as part of the language learning process.
2.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the practices of the Greek or Romans.
2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the products of the Greeks or Romans.
3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through their knowledge of classical languages.
3.2 Students expand their knowledge through the Latin and Greek and the study of ancient culture.
4.1 Students recognize and use elements of the Latin or Greek language to increase knowledge of their own language.
4.2 Students compare and contrast their own culture with that of the Greco-Roman world.
5.1 Student use their knowledge of Latin and Greek in a multilingual world.
Essential Question: How are the themes of love and transformation connected?
Learning Goals: Students will:
Describe the mythological context surrounding selections from Ovid’s Metamorphoses and how those stories are represented in other works of art.
Understand how themes of love and transformation are depicted by Ovid.
Create a full synopsis for regular and deponent verbs.
Recognize verbs from synopses in subjunctive clauses, ablative absolutes and indirect statements.
Increase their knowledge of grammar and syntax in Latin.
Improve their ability to read Latin texts.
Discuss and write about the Latin text citing specific passages.
Read and discuss historical fiction to deepen their understanding of the Roman world.
Suggested Strategies
Suggested Assessments
Suggested Resources
Suggested Tech Integration
Content Vocabulary
Lifelong Learning/21st Century
Skills
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Translation of selections from Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Discuss grammatical and syntactical elements and translation choices
Create and participate in text specific vocabulary activities
Synopsis based tactile activities
Practice scansion of poetry
Discover and discuss figures of speech
Vocabulary, grammar and translation quizzes and tests.
Synopses quizzes.
Latin for Americans: Third Book
Ed Phinney Transparent Language audio tapes
Student PowerPoint Presenations
A Web of Latin Verb Synopses (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) http://web.utk.edu/~ehsuther/synop.html
Whittaker’s Words (Notre Dame) http://archives.nd.edu/words.html nodictionaries.com
running vocabulary from the text
Productive Habits of Mind
Quality work
Read critically
Communicate effectively
Collaborate and cooperate
Access and process information
Core Ethical Values
Latin III/IV
Authors
Approved February 2011
All students who have completed two years of Latin may choose any one or all four semesters of Latin courses
offered over a two year span, with .5 credit per semester. Mythology and Authors are offered together in one
academic year: Vergil and Medieval Latin are offered together in the following academic year. All courses
include review of grammar, vocabulary, and derivatives as needed by the students, as well as translation,
discussion, and supplementary and critical readings. The sophistication of grammar study within each course
will depend on whether students are completing the literature study during their third or fourth year of Latin.
Aesop’s Fables
Essential Understandings:
8. Communicate in languages other than English.
9. Gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
10. Connect with other disciplines and acquire information.
11. Develop insight into the nature of language of culture.
12. Recognize how Latin grammar and syntax transform in the Classical period.
13. Connect how the development of Latin leads to a transformation into the Romance languages.
14. Gain an understanding of the products and perspectives expressed through the Latin literature of the time period.
Content Standards:
1.1 Students read, understand and interpret Latin or Greek.
1.2 Students use orally, listen to and write Latin or Greek as part of the language learning process.
2.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the practices of the Greek or Romans.
2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the products of the Greeks or Romans.
3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through their knowledge of classical languages.
3.2 Students expand their knowledge through the Latin and Greek and the study of ancient culture.
4.1 Students recognize and use elements of the Latin or Greek language to increase knowledge of their own language.
4.2 Students compare and contrast their own culture with that of the Greco-Roman world.
5.1 Student use their knowledge of Latin and Greek in a multilingual world.
Essential Question: How do fables teach important lessons and values?
Learning Goals: Students will:
Identify the characteristics of fables in Latin
Know the characteristics and be able to interpret Aesop’s Fables
Create a full synopsis for regular and deponent verbs
Recognize verbs from synopses in subjunctive clauses, ablative absolutes and indirect statements
Increase their knowledge of grammar and syntax
Improve their ability to read authentic Latin texts
Discuss and write about the Latin text citing specific passages
Read and discuss historical fiction to deepen their understanding of the Roman world
Suggested Strategies
Suggested Assessments
Suggested Resources
Suggested Tech Integration
Content Vocabulary
Lifelong Learning/21st Century
Skills
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Translation of Latin versions of Aesop’s Fables
Discuss grammatical and syntactical elements and translation choices
Create and participate in text specific vocabulary activities
Synopsis based tactile activities
Vocabulary, grammar and translation quizzes and tests, written analysis of translated text
Synopses quizzes
Latin Readings: An Intermediate Rapid Reader by Gertrude Drake
A Web of Latin Verb Synopses (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Whittaker’s Words (Notre Dame) http://archives.nd.edu/words.html
www.nodictionaries.com
running vocabulary from the text
Productive Habits of Mind
Quality work
Communicate effectively
Read critically
Collaborate and cooperate
Core Ethical Values
Martial’s Epigrams
Essential Understandings:
1. Communicate in languages other than English.
2. Gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
3. Connect with other disciplines and acquire information.
4. Develop insight into the nature of language of culture.
5. Recognize how Latin grammar and syntax transform in the Classical period.
6. Connect how the development of Latin leads to a transformation into the Romance languages.
7. Gain an understanding of the products and perspectives expressed through the Latin literature of the time period.
Content Standards:
1.1 Students read, understand and interpret Latin or Greek.
1.2 Students use orally, listen to and write Latin or Greek as part of the language learning process.
2.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the practices of the Greek or Romans.
2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the products of the Greeks or Romans.
3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through their knowledge of classical languages.
3.2 Students expand their knowledge through the Latin and Greek and the study of ancient culture.
4.1 Students recognize and use elements of the Latin or Greek language to increase knowledge of their own language.
4.2 Students compare and contrast their own culture with that of the Greco-Roman world.
5.1 Student use their knowledge of Latin and Greek in a multilingual world.
Essential Question: How does satire encourage deeper reflection on a topic?
Learning Goals: Students will:
Develop close reading skills for deeper understanding of text.
Understand the characteristics of satire.
Apply an understanding of satire to Martial’s Epigrams.
Create a full synopsis for regular and deponent verbs.
Recognize verbs from synopses in subjunctive clauses, ablative absolutes and indirect statements.
Increase their knowledge of grammar and syntax.
Improve their ability to read authentic Latin texts.
Discuss and write about the Latin text citing specific passages.
Read and discuss historical fiction to deepen their understanding of the Roman world.
Suggested Strategies
Suggested Assessments
Suggested Resources
Suggested Tech Integration
Content Vocabulary
Lifelong Learning/21st Century
Skills
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Translation of Martial’s Epigrams
Discuss grammatical and syntactical elements and translation choices
Create and participate in text specific vocabulary activities
Synopsis based tactile activities
Vocabulary, grammar and translation quizzes and tests, written analysis of translated text
Synopses quizzes
Latin Readings: An Intermediate Rapid Reader by Gertrude Drake
A Web of Latin Verb Synopses (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) http://web.utk.edu/~ehsuther/synop.html
Whittaker’s Words (Notre Dame) http://archives.nd.edu/words.html
www.nodictionaries.com
running vocabulary from the text
Productive Habits of Mind
Quality work
Communicate effectively
Read critically
Collaborate and cooperate
Core Ethical Values
Selections from Livy
Essential Understandings:
1. Communicate in languages other than English.
2. Gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
3. Connect with other disciplines and acquire information.
4. Develop insight into the nature of language of culture.
5. Recognize how Latin grammar and syntax transform in the Classical period.
6. Connect how the development of Latin leads to a transformation into the Romance languages.
7. Gain an understanding of the products and perspectives expressed through the Latin literature of the time period.
Content Standards:
1.1 Students read, understand and interpret Latin or Greek.
1.2 Students use orally, listen to and write Latin or Greek as part of the language learning process.
2.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the practices of the Greek or Romans.
2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the products of the Greeks or Romans.
3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through their knowledge of classical languages.
3.2 Students expand their knowledge through the Latin and Greek and the study of ancient culture.
4.1 Students recognize and use elements of the Latin or Greek language to increase knowledge of their own language.
4.2 Students compare and contrast their own culture with that of the Greco-Roman world.
5.1 Student use their knowledge of Latin and Greek in a multilingual world.
Essential Question: How are history and legend interwoven?
Learning Goals: Students will:
Develop close reading skills for deeper understanding of text.
Understand the difference between history and legend.
Understand how history and legend can be interwoven in the same text.
Apply an understanding of history and legend to selections from Livy.
Create a full synopsis for regular and deponent verbs.
Recognize verbs from synopses in subjunctive clauses, ablative absolutes and indirect statements.
Increase their knowledge of grammar and syntax.
Improve their ability to read authentic Latin texts.
Discuss and write about the Latin text citing specific passages.
Read and discuss historical fiction to deepen their understanding of the Roman world.
Suggested Strategies
Suggested Assessments
Suggested Resources
Suggested Tech Integration
Content Vocabulary
Lifelong Learning/21st Century
Skills
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Translation of selections from Livy
Discuss grammatical and syntactical elements and translation choices
Create and participate in text specific vocabulary activities
Synopsis based tactile activities
Station activity on Etruscan culture
Game to accompany Ancient Rome: Rise to Power
Vocabulary, grammar and translation quizzes and tests, written analysis of translated text
Synopses quizzes
Reading and culture quiz
Fabulae Romanae, edited by Gilbert Lawall
Classical Calliope; volume 6, #2.
A History of Rome to A.D. 565; William G. Sinnegan & Arther E.R. Boak
Ancient Rome: Rise to Power (film)
A Web of Latin Verb Synopses (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) http://web.utk.edu/~ehsuther/synop.html
Whittaker’s Words (Notre Dame) http://archives.nd.edu/words.html
www.nodictionaries.com
running vocabulary from the text
Productive Habits of Mind
Quality work
Communicate effectively
Read critically
Collaborate and cooperate
Core Ethical Values
Latin III/IV
Latin in the Augustan Age
Approved February 2011
All students who have completed two years of Latin may choose any one or all four semesters of Latin courses
offered over a two year span, with .5 credit per semester. Mythology and Authors are offered together in one
academic year: Vergil and Medieval Latin are offered together in the following academic year. All courses
include review of grammar, vocabulary, and derivatives as needed by the students, as well as translation,
discussion, and supplementary and critical readings. The sophistication of grammar study within each course
will depend on whether students are completing the literature study during their third or fourth year of Latin.
Book I of The Aeneid
Essential Understandings:
15. Communicate in languages other than English.
16. Gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
17. Connect with other disciplines and acquire information.
18. Develop insight into the nature of language of culture.
19. Recognize how Latin grammar and syntax transform in the Classical period.
20. Connect how the development of Latin leads to a transformation into the Romance languages.
21. Gain an understanding of the products and perspectives expressed through the Latin literature of the time period.
Content Standards:
1.1 Students read, understand and interpret Latin or Greek.
1.2 Students use orally, listen to and write Latin or Greek as part of the language learning process.
2.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the practices of the Greek or Romans.
2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the products of the Greeks or Romans.
3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through their knowledge of classical languages.
3.2 Students expand their knowledge through the Latin and Greek and the study of ancient culture.
4.1 Students recognize and use elements of the Latin or Greek language to increase knowledge of their own language.
4.2 Students compare and contrast their own culture with that of the Greco-Roman world.
5.1 Student use their knowledge of Latin and Greek in a multilingual world.
Essential Question: What does Vergil’s Aeneid teach us about the Augustan age?
Learning Goals: Students will:
Identify the stylistic characteristics of epic Latin poetry.
Describe the historical context surrounding the writing and reception of the Aeneid.
Read and intepret Book I of the Aeneid.
Create a full synopsis for regular and deponent verbs.
Recognize verbs from synopses in subjunctive clauses, ablative absolutes and indirect statements.
Increase their knowledge of grammar and syntax in classical Latin poetry.
Improve their ability to read authentic Latin texts.
Discuss and write about Roman culture during the Augustan age.
Read and discuss historical fiction to deepen their understanding of the Roman world.
Discuss the connection between mythology, legend and history in the ancient world.
Suggested Strategies
Suggested Assessments
Suggested Resources
Suggested Tech Integration
Content Vocabulary
Lifelong Learning/21st Century
Skills
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Translation of book I of the Aeneid
Discuss grammatical and syntactical elements and translation choices
Create and participate in text specific vocabulary activities
Synopsis based tactile activities
Practice scansion of poetry
Discover and discuss figures of speech
Read the text in translation as well as the original language
Analyze readings, lectures, and research about the historical context
Listen to the Aeneid read in meter
Vocabulary, grammar and translation quizzes and tests
Synopses quizzes
Mobile project incorporating information from the translated text
Scansion assessments
Figure of speech identification quiz
Obituary for Vergil
Jenny’s 4th Year Latin, Prentice Hall
Review of 3rd and 4th Year of Latin, AMSCO
Mandlebaum’s Aeneid
recording of lines 1-11 by Dr. Edith M. Kovach
recordings by Dr. Phinney
Whittaker’s Words (Notre Dame) http://archives.nd.edu/words.html
No Dictionaries www.nodictionaries.com
Vergil vocabulary (from Review of 3rd and 4th Year Latin)
Productive Habits of Mind
Quality work
Communicate effectively
Read critically
Collaborate and cooperate
Access and process information
Core Ethical Values
Book II of the Aeneid
Essential Understandings:
1. Communicate in languages other than English.
2. Gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
3. Connect with other disciplines and acquire information.
4. Develop insight into the nature of language of culture.
5. Recognize how Latin grammar and syntax transform in the Classical period.
6. Connect how the development of Latin leads to a transformation into the Romance languages.
7. Gain an understanding of the products and perspectives expressed through the Latin literature of the time period.
Content Standards:
1.1 Students read, understand and interpret Latin or Greek.
1.2 Students use orally, listen to and write Latin or Greek as part of the language learning process.
2.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the practices of the Greek or Romans.
2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the products of the Greeks or Romans.
3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through their knowledge of classical languages.
3.2 Students expand their knowledge through the Latin and Greek and the study of ancient culture.
4.1 Students recognize and use elements of the Latin or Greek language to increase knowledge of their own language.
4.2 Students compare and contrast their own culture with that of the Greco-Roman world.
5.1 Student use their knowledge of Latin and Greek in a multilingual world.
Essential Question: What does Vergil’s Aeneid teach us about the Trojan War?
Learning Goals: Students will:
Identify the stylistic characteristics of epic Latin poetry.
Describe the historical and mythological context of the Trojan War.
Read and interpret Book II of the Aeneid.
Create a full synopsis for regular and deponent verbs.
Recognize verbs from synopses in subjunctive clauses, ablative absolutes and indirect statements.
Increase their knowledge of grammar and syntax in classical Latin poetry.
Improve their ability to read authentic Latin texts.
Discuss and write about the Roman perception of the Trojan War.
Discuss the connection between mythology, legend and history in the ancient world.
Suggested Strategies
Suggested Assessments
Suggested Resources
Suggested Tech Integration
Content Vocabulary
Lifelong Learning/21st Century
Skills
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Translation of book II of the Aeneid
Discuss grammatical and syntactical elements and translation choices
Create and participate in text specific vocabulary activities
Synopsis based tactile activities
Practice scansion of poetry
Discover and discuss figures of speech
Read the text in translation as well as the original language
Analyze readings, lectures, and research about the mythological context
Listen to the Aeneid read in meter
Vocabulary, grammar and translation quizzes and tests
Synopses quizzes
Mobile project incorporating information from the translated text
Scansion assessments.
Figure of speech identification quiz
Persuasive writing piece on the veracity of the Trojan War story
Jenny’s 4th Year Latin, Prentice Hall
Review of 3rd and 4th Year of Latin, AMSCO
National Geography essay on Troy
Mandlebaum’s Aeneid
recordings by Dr. Phinney
Troy with Brad Pitt
The Odyssey of Troy, A& E
Whittaker’s Words (Notre Dame) http://archives.nd.edu/words.html
No Dictionaries www.nodictionaries.com
Vergil vocabulary (from Review of 3rd and 4th Year Latin)
Productive Habits of Mind
Quality work
Communicate effectively
Read critically
Collaborate and cooperate
Access and process information
Core Ethical Values
Further Selections of the Aeneid
Essential Understandings:
1. Communicate in languages other than English.
2. Gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
3. Connect with other disciplines and acquire information.
4. Develop insight into the nature of language of culture.
5. Recognize how Latin grammar and syntax transform in the Classical period.
6. Connect how the development of Latin leads to a transformation into the Romance languages.
7. Gain an understanding of the products and perspectives expressed through the Latin literature of the time period.
Content Standards:
1.1 Students read, understand and interpret Latin or Greek.
1.2 Students use orally, listen to and write Latin or Greek as part of the language learning process.
2.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the practices of the Greek or Romans.
2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives of Greek or Roman culture as revealed in the products of the Greeks or Romans.
3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through their knowledge of classical languages.
3.2 Students expand their knowledge through the Latin and Greek and the study of ancient culture.
4.1 Students recognize and use elements of the Latin or Greek language to increase knowledge of their own language.
4.2 Students compare and contrast their own culture with that of the Greco-Roman world.
5.1 Student use their knowledge of Latin and Greek in a multilingual world.
Essential Question: How does Aeneas’ story resonate with modern readers?
Learning Goals: Students will:
Identify significant passages from books IV or VI of the Aeneid in English.
Utilize their grammatical and syntactical skills in analyzing individualized passages.
Describe the significance of these passages in the context of Roman culture.
Discuss the influence of these passages on later literature.
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Translation of selections from book IV and book VI of the Aeneid
Discuss grammatical and syntactical elements and translation choices
Create and participate in text specific vocabulary activities
Practice scansion of poetry
Discover and discuss figures of speech
Read the text in translation as well as the original language
Analyze readings, lectures, and research about the mythological context
Read passages from later literature influenced by the Aeneid
Vocabulary, grammar and translation quizzes and tests.
Synopses quizzes.
Scansion assessments.
Figure of speech identification quiz.
Persuasive writing piece justifying or condemning the choices characters make.
Jenny’s 4th Year Latin, Prentice Hall
Review of 3rd and 4th Year of Latin, AMSCO
Mandlebaum’s Aeneid
Passages from literature compiled from a variety of internet sources
Whittaker’s Words (Notre Dame) http://archives.nd.edu/words.html
No Dictionaries www.nodictionaries.com
Vergil vocabulary (from Review of 3rd and 4th Year Latin)
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Translation of Saint Jerome and the Lion
Discuss grammatical and syntactical elements and translation choices
Create and participate in text specific vocabulary activities
Synopsis based tactile activities
Examine paintings depicting Saint Jerome
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Selections from Saint Jerome and the Lion from the text Lively Latin
The Lion in Winter video (time permitting)
Whittaker’s Words (Notre Dame) http://archives.nd.edu/words.html
www.nodictionaries.com
running vocabulary from the text
Productive Habits of Mind
Quality work
Read critically
Collaborate and cooperate
Core Ethical Values