LATIN YEAR I COURSE SYLLABUS
LVLAD - Latin Year 1 - Mr. A. Wittmann
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Latin Year I
Mr. A. Wittmann
2009 - 2010
LATIN YEAR I COURSE SYLLABUS
LVLAD - Latin Year 1 - Mr. A. Wittmann
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Grade 10 Academic Latin Evaluation Profile & Outline
Earl Haig Secondary School
2012-2013
LVLAD1
Modern Languages
Course Description/Rationale/Overview: The study of Latin introduces students to the linguistic and cultural roots of Western societies. Students
become more aware of grammar in English and other modern languages. In addition, the study of Latin root words increases their vocabulary and
improves their spelling. As a consequence, students enrolled in Latin are able to speak, read, and write with greater proficiency, and are able to learn other
languages more readily. Moreover, the knowledge students gain of the literature, mythology, archaeology, and art, culture of Rome enables them to better
appreciate and respect their own heritage and that of others.
Class Requirements:
Materials/textbooks/equipment
Text 1:
Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1
Replacement cost: $40.00
Text 2:
Cambridge Latin Course Unit 2
Replacement: $40.00
Course Requirements/Department Policies
Late Assignments
Late assignments must be accompanied with a note signed by a parent or guardian stating the
reason for tardiness of the assignment. The note must list the due date of the assignment and
the actual date of submission.
If an assignment is handed in after it has been taken up/handed back, the student may not
receive a mark for it.
Missed Tests
It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements, ahead of time, for any tests/quizzes
that are missed. If a student misses a test/quiz for an unforeseen reason such as illness, the
student must bring a note signed by a parent or guardian and be prepared to write the
test/quiz immediately upon return to school.
Assessment Strategies
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Listening comprehension: As part of each unit test, students listen to pre-recorded questions, statements, etc. and select the correct answer.
Quizzes and tests: These cover the grammar studied in the unit.
Projects and Assignments: There are oral and written projects in many of the 5 units in the text.
Presentations: Students present their projects orally in several of the units of study
Sight passages: Students read sight passages and answer questions on at least one passage for each unit
Oral Reading: Students read out loud passages from the text or their own work
Achievement Categories
Knowledge/Understanding (25%)
Thinking/Inquiry (25%)
Communication (25%)
Application (25%)
Curriculum strands:
Oral Communication
Reading
Writing
Learning Skills:
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Works Independently
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Team work
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Organization
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Work Habits
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Initiative
(Note: The curriculum strands are used in French to determine
weighting, not the achievement categories)
FINAL MARK
Evaluation
The year’s work will be based on:
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listening comprehension
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grammar quizzes
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oral and written projects
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sight passages
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oral reading
Year’s Work; 70%
Stage Vocabulary quizzes
Translation Assignments
January Exam
Grammar tests
Final Summative Evaluation; 30%
Major Translation Assignment
Final Exam
LATIN YEAR I COURSE SYLLABUS
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What is a Syllabus?
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Etymology: Late Latin, alteration of Latin sillybus, label for a book, from Greek sillybos.
Definition: A summary outline of a discourse, treatise, or course of study or of examination requirements.
How this Course is Taught:
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This course introduces students to the achievements of the Classical world through the study of Latin.
Students will learn vocabulary and grammar essential for reading and translating Classical texts.
Students will explore such aspects of life in the ancient world as trade, commerce, education, entertainment, and social
customs while improving their language skills.
The Cambridge Latin Course, also introduces derivative study, mythology, Roman history, and archaeology.
There is no real conversational element in the study of Latin, students will however read Latin out loud in
class.
The focus of this course is on translation skills.
Texts:
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Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1, North American 4th Edition, Cambridge University Press
Cambridge Latin Course Unit 2, North American 4th Edition, Cambridge University Press
Course Hand out Materials:
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All course handout materials will be distributed in a package at the beginning of the school year.
Extra copies, along with a copy of this syllabus, will be available on line at
Tests & Assignments:
A) Formative Term work (70%):
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Quizzes
Homework
Assignments
Tests
B) Summative (30%):
1. Translation Assignment (after St.18)
2. Final Exam
Don’t lose this syllabus!
You will need to refer to it all year!
LATIN YEAR I COURSE SYLLABUS
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Unit 1-Stage 1
1. Cultural Reading: Caecilius (p.10-16)
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Read together in class and discuss.
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2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.52-57)
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Listen to CD and orally translated together in class.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.2-6)
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Listen to CD and orally translated together in class.
3. About the Language (p.59)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
4. Practicing the Language (p.60 only)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
3. About the Language (p.8)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
5. Written Translation: in basilica (p.58)
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Listen to CD and completed individually and taken up in class.
4. Practicing the Language (p.9)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
6. Word Study (p.67)
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Complete individually.
5. Oral Translation: Cerberus (p.7)
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Translate for homework and take next class.
7. Quiz: Checklist Vocabulary (p.68)
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Date: ________________
6. Word Study (p.17)
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Complete individually.
7. Project: St.1 Name Assignment.
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Due Date: ________________
Unit 1-Stage 2
Unit 1-Stage 5
1. Cultural Reading: The Theater at Pompeii (p.81-84)
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Read together in class and discuss.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.70-73)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
1. Cultural Reading: Daily Life (p.30-32)
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Read together in class and discuss.
3. About the Language I & II (p.75-76 & 78)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.20-23)
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Listen to CD, read and orally translated together in class.
4. Written Translation: actores (p.74)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
3. About the Language (p.26)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
5. Practicing the Language (p.79)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
4. Practicing the Language (p.27-28)
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Completed for homework and taken up next class.
6. Oral Translation: Poppaea (p.77)
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Listen to CD and orally translated together in class.
5. Oral Translation: mercātor (p.24)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
7. Word Study (p.85)
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Complete individually.
6. Written Translation: in tricliniō (p.25)
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Listen to CD and completed individually and taken up in class.
8. Play Verba
7. Word Study (p.33)
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Complete individually.
9. Project: St.5 Translation Assignment
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Due Date: _______________
Unit 1-Stage 6
8. Quiz: Checklist Vocabulary (p.34)
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Date: ________________
1. Cultural Reading: Slaves and Freedmen (p.97-100)
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Read together in class and discuss.
Unit 1-Stage 3
1. Cultural Reading: Town of Pompeii (p.43-48)
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Read together in class and discuss.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.37-38)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
3. About the Language (p.41)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
4. Practicing the Language (p.42)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
5. Written Translation: venalicus (p.40)
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Listen to CD and completed individually and taken up in class.
6. Word Study (p.49)
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Complete individually.
7. Quiz: Checklist Vocabulary (p.50)
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Date: ________________
Unit 1-Stage 4
1. Cultural Reading: The Forum (p.62-66)
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Read together in class and discuss.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.88-90)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
3. About the Language (p.93-94)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
4. Written Translation: Felix (p.91)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
5. Oral Translation: Felix et fur (p.92)
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Listen to CD and orally translated together in class.
6. Practicing the Language (p.96, B & D)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
7. Word Study (p.101)
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Complete individually.
8. Test: St.6 Grammar Test
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Date: ________________
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Unit 1-Stage 7
1. Cultural Reading: Roman Beliefs about Life after Death (p.115-118)
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Read together in class and discuss.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.104-105)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
3. About the Language I & II (p.107 & 111)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
4. Oral Translation: fabula mirabilis (p.106)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
5. Practicing the Language (p.112)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
6. Oral Translation: Decens (p.108)
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Listen to CD and orally translated together in class.
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4. Oral Translation: thermae (p.145)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
5. Practicing the Language (p.151)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
6. Written Translation: in tabernā (p.149-150)
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Translated individually and taken up in class.
7. Reading & Understanding: in palaestrā (p.146-147)
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Read the story and answer questions individually.
8. Word Study (p.159)
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Complete individually.
9. Project: St.9 Translation Assignment
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Due Date: _______________
Unit 1-Stage 10
7. Oral Translation: post cenam (p.110)
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Listen to CD and orally translated together in class.
1. Cultural Reading: Education (p.175-158)
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Read together in class and discuss.
8. Written Translation: animal ferox (p.113)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.162-165)
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Listen to CD and orally translated together in class.
9. Written Translation: Metella et Melissa (p.114)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
3. About the Language I & II (p.170-171)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
10. Word Study (p.119)
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Complete individually.
4. Oral Translation: contrōversia (p.166)
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Read and translated together in class
11. Quiz: Checklist Vocabulary (p.120)
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Date: ________________
5. Practicing the Language (p.151)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
Unit 1-Stage 8
1. Cultural Reading: Gladiatorial Shows (p.134-138)
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Read together in class and discuss.
2. Practice Sentences & Oral Translation (p.122-124)
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Listen to CD and translated together in class.
3. About the Language I & II (p.130 & 132)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
6. Written Translation: statuae (p.168)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
7. Word Study (p.179)
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Complete individually.
8. Quiz: Checklist Vocabulary (p.180)
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Date: ________________
Unit 1-Stage 11
4. Written Translation: gladiātōrēs (p.125)
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Optional translation assignment
1. Cultural Reading: Local Government & Elections (p.194-198)
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Read together in class and discuss.
5. Practicing the Language (p.133)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.182-183)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
6 Written Translation: in arēnā (p.127)
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Complete individually and taken up in class.
3. About the Language I & II (p.186-187 & 191)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
7. Reading & Understanding: vēnātiō (p.128-129)
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Read the story and answer questions .
4. Oral Translation: Marcus et Quārtus (p.184)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
5. Practicing the Language (p.192-193)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
8. Word Study (p.139)
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Complete individually.
9.. Play Verba
6. Written Translation: Sulla (p.185)
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Translated individually and taken up in class.
10. Quiz: Checklist Vocabulary (p.140)
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Date: ___________________
7. Listening and Understanding: Lūcius Spurius Pompōniānus (p.188-190)
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Listen to CD and translate in class.
Unit 1-Stage 9
1. Cultural Reading: The Baths (p.154-158)
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Read together in class and discuss.
2. Practice Sentences (p.142-144)
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Read and translated together in class.
3. About the Language (p.148-149)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
8. Word Study (p.199)
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Complete individually.
9. Test: St.11 Grammar Test
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Date: ________________
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Unit 1-Stage 12
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6. Oral Translation: Domitlla cubiculum parat I& II (p.32-33)
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Listen to CD and orally translated together in class.
1. Cultural Reading: The Destruction & Excavation of Pompeii (p.216-220)
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Read together in class and discuss.
7. Reading and Understanding: in tablino (p.36-37)
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Listen to CD and answer questions.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.202-204)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
8. Written Translation: tripodes argentei (p.41-42)
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Completed individually and taken up in class
3. Reading and Understanding: tremōrē (p.206-207)
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Listen to CD and individually and taken up in class.
9. Word Study (p.49)
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Complete individually.
4. About the Language (p.212-213)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
10. Test: St.14 Grammar Test
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Date: ________________
5. Oral Translation: ad urban (p.208)
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Listen to CD and orally translated together in class.
6. Practicing the Language (p.214 only)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
7. Written Translation: ad villam (p.2)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
8. Written Translation: finis (p.210)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
9. Word Study (p.221)
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Complete individually.
Unit 2-Stage 15
1. Cultural Reading: The Celts: Friend or Foe? (p.64-68)
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Read together in class and discuss.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.52-53)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
3. About the Language I & II (p.58-59)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
4. Practicing the Language (p.63)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
10. Play Verba
5. Written Translation: ad aulam (p.54-55)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
11. Quiz: Checklist Vocabulary (p.222)
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Date: ________________
6. Reading and Understanding: caerimonia (p.56-57)
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Read in class and answer questions.
Unit 2-Stage 13
1. Cultural Reading: Britannia (p.17-24)
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Read together in class and discuss.
7. Word Study (p.69)
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Complete individually.
8. Quiz: Checklist Vocabulary (p.70)
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Date: ________________
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences & tres servi (p.2-5)
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Listen to CD and orally translated together in class.
Unit 2-Stage 16
3. About the Language I & II (p.11-12 & 14)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
1. Cultural Reading: The Palace at Fishborne (p.83-88)
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Read together in class and discuss.
4. Practicing the Language (p.15-16)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.72-73)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
5. Written Translation: coniuratio (p.7)
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Listen to CD and completed individually and taken up in class.
3. About the Language I & II (p.78 & 80)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
6. Reading and Understanding: Bregans (p.8-10)
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Read in class and answer questions.
4. Practicing the Language (p.81-82)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
7. Word Study (p.25)
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Complete individually.
5. Written Translation: Belimicus ultor (p.74)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
8. Project: St.13 Translation Assignment
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Due Date: _______________
6. Reading and Understanding: rex spectaculum dat I & II (p.75-77)
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Listen to CD and answer questions.
Unit 2-Stage 14
1. Cultural Reading: Life in Roman Britian (p.44-48)
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Read together in class and discuss.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.28-29)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
3. About the Language I, II & III (p.34-35, 38, 40-41)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
4. Practicing the Language (p.43)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
5. Written Translation: Rufilla (p.30-31)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
7. Written Translation: Quintus de se (p.79)
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Completed individually and taken up in class
8. Word Study (p.89)
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Complete individually.
9. Project: St.16 Translation Assignment
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Due Date: _______________
11. Play Verba
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Unit 2-Stage 17
Unit 2-Stage 20
1. Cultural Reading: Alexandria (p.104-110)
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Read together in class and discuss.
1. Cultural Reading: Medicine and Science (176-180)
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Read together in class and discuss.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.92-93)
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Listen to CD and orally translated together in class.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences (p.162-163)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
3. About the Language (p.97)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
3. About the Language I & II (p.166-167 & 170)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
4. Practicing the Language (p.102-103)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
4. Practicing the Language (p.174-175)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
5. Reading and Understanding: tumultus I & II (p.94-96)
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Read in class and answer questions.
5. Oral Translation: remedium astrologi (p.163)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
6. Word Study (p.111)
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Complete individually.
6. Written Translation: Petro (p.164-165)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
7. Test: St.17 Grammar Test
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Date: ________________
7. Written Translation: astrologue victor (p.171)
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Listen CD and completed individually and taken up in class.
Unit 2-Stage 18
1. Cultural Reading: Glassmaking (p.127-134)
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Read together in class and discuss.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences & taberna (p.114)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
8. Reading and Understanding: testamentum (p.172-173)
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Listen to CD and answer questions.
10. Play Verba
Summative Evaluations
1. Translation and reading comprehension assignment (15%)
3. About the Language I & II (p.118 & 122)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
4. Practicing the Language (p.125-126)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
5. Written Translation: in officina Eutychi I & II (p.116-117)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
6. Written Translation: pro taberna Clementis (p.123)
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Listen to CD and completed individually and taken up in class.
7. Word Study (p.135)
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Complete individually.
8. Quiz: Checklist Vocabulary (p.136)
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Date: ________________
Unit 2-Stage 19
1. Cultural Reading: The Worship of Isis (p.154-158)
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Read together in class and discuss.
2. Oral Translation of Practice Sentences & Aristo (p.138-140)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
3. About the Language I, II & III (p.144, 147 & 151)
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Read, explained and practice together in class.
4. Practicing the Language (p.152-153)
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Completed individually and taken up in class.
5. Reading and Understanding: dies festus I & II (p.141-143)
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Read in class and answer questions.
6. Oral Translation of Pompa (p.145-146)
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Read and orally translated together in class.
7. Written Translation: venatio I & II (p.149-150)
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Listen to CD and completed individually and taken up in class.
8. Word Study (p.221)
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Complete individually.
2. Final examination schedule to be announced (15%)
Finis
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GRAMMATICAL INFORMATION GUIDE
Parts of Speech (Types of Words)
1)
Noun –person, place, thing, action, quality
2)
Pronoun –small word that assumes the function of a noun
3)
Adjective –modifies a noun
4)
Verb – action, occurrence
5)
Adverb –modifies a verb
6)
Preposition –small word that connects one concept to another
7)
Conjunction –connecting word
8)
Interjection –exclamation
Morphology (Formation of Words)
Noun:
1) Gender (masculine, feminine, neuter)
2) Number (singular, plural)
3) Case (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative, Vocative)
4) Proper noun (yes, no?)
Pronoun:
1) Demonstrative, Indefinite, Intensive, Interrogative, Personal, Reflexive, Relative, Possessive
2) Gender (masculine, feminine, neuter)
3) Number (singular, plural)
4) Case (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative, Vocative)
Adjective:
1) Positive, Comparative, Superlative
2) Gender (masculine, feminine, neuter)
3) Number (singular, plural)
4) Case (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative, Vocative)
Adverb:
1) Positive, Comparative, Superlative
Verb:
1) 1st principle part
2) Tense (present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect)
3) Person (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
4) Number (singular, plural)
5) Voice (active, passive, deponent)
6) Mood {Indicative, Subjunctive, Imperative, Infinitive, Gerund (case), Gerundive (gender, number, case), Participle
(gender, number, case)}
Preposition:
1) Case (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative, Vocative)
Conjunction:
1) Coordinating, Subordinating