SPECIALTY SUBJECTS
LATIN

 

6th GRADE

Topics: Cognates, Home, Family, Parts of the Body, School, Food, Numbers Colors, Town, Animals

Grammar: Parts of Speech, Gender, Number Declensions and Cases, Agreement of Adjectives, Conjugation of Verbs, Interrogatives, Prepositions

Activities in Latin: Oral Reading in Latin, Oral Translation (into English), Oral Questions and Answers, Oral Dialogs, Skits Games, Crossword, Puzzles, Writing Exercises, Quizzes, Tests

Language Skills: Students will develop some proficiency in the four basic language skills---listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Culture: History, Geography, The Roman Army Art and Architecture, Family Life, Dress, Education, Entertainment

Materials: Textbooks: Latin Is Fun and Ecce Romani, Videos, Pictures, Flashcards

N.B. In Ecce Romani there are reading passages which offer students the opportunity to learn more vocabulary in a cultural context. They will also learn how the Latin language works through grammatical explanations and exercises.

Throughout the year students will learn Latin expressions which are used frequently in English. Some examples: carpe diem, non sequitur, excelsior, cum grano salis, per diem, quid pro quo, modus operandi, nota bene, in loco parentis, ad infinitum, habeas corpus, et cetera.

 

7th GRADE

Topics: Cognates, Home, Family, Parts of the Body, School   , Food, Numbers, Colors, Town, Animals

Grammar: Parts of Speech, Gender, Number, Declensions and Cases, Agreement of Adjectives, Conjugation of Verbs, Interrogatives, Prepositions

Activities in Latin:Oral Reading in Latin, Oral Translation (into English), Oral Questions and Answers, Oral Dialogs, Skits, Games, Crossword Puzzles, Writing Exercises, Quizzes, Tests

Language Skills: Students will develop some proficiency in the four basic language skills---listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Culture: History , Geography, The Roman Army, Art and Architecture, The Roman Villa, Roman Names, Education,   Entertainment, Mythology,  Slavery

Materials: Textbooks:  Latin Is Fun and Ecce Romani, Videos, Pictures, Flashcards

 N.B.   In Ecce Romani there are reading passages which offer students the opportunity to learn more vocabulary in a cultural context.  They will continue to learn how the language works through the study of more advanced grammar and the completion of oral and written grammatical exercises.

Throughout the year students will learn Latin expressions which are used frequently in English.
Some examples:  carpe diem,  non sequitur, excelsior, cum grano salis, per diem, quid pro quo, modus operandi, nota bene, in loco parentis, ad infinitum, habeas corpus,  et cetera.

 

 

8th GRADE

Topics: Cognates, Home, Family, Parts of the Body, School , Food, Numbers, Colors, Town, Animals

Grammar: Parts of Speech, Gender, Number Declensions and Cases, Agreement of Adjectives, Conjugation of Verbs, Interrogatives Prepositions

Activities in Latin: Oral Reading in Latin , Oral Translation (into English), Oral Questions and Answers , Oral Dialogs, Skits, Games, Crossword Puzzles, Writing Exercises, Quizzes, Tests

Language Skills: Students will develop some proficiency in the four basic language skills---listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Culture: History, Geography, The Roman Army, Art and Architecture, Roman Names, Slavery, Education, Entertainment, Mythology

Materials: Textbooks: Latin Is Fun and Ecce Romani, Videos, Pictures, Flashcards

N.B. In Ecce Romani there are reading passages which offer students the opportunity to learn more vocabulary in a cultural context. They will continue to learn how the language works through the study of more advanced grammar and the completion of oral and written grammatical exercises.

Throughout the year students will learn Latin expressions which are used frequently in English.
Some examples: carpe diem, non sequitur, excelsior, cum grano salis, per diem, quid pro quo, modus
operandi, nota bene, in loco parentis, ad infinitum, habeas corpus, et cetera