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Latin II (ACP) 321
Course Description

TIME FRAME: One semester
GRADE: 9-12
CONTACT:

         MAP LEVEL: 1

30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE --- 30.0.1.9.6 --- 30.0.1.9.7 --- 30.0.9.9.5 --- 30.0.2.9.1 --- 30.0.2.9.5 --- 30.0.3.9.3
30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE --- 30.0.3.9.5 --- 30.0.4.9.1 --- 30.0.4.9.2 --- 30.0.4.9.4 --- 30.0.4.9.5 --- 30.0.4.9.6
30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE --- 30.0.5.9.1 --- 30.0.5.9.2 --- 30.0.5.9.3 --- 30.0.5.9.4 --- 30.0.6.9.1 --- 30.0.6.9.2
30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE --- 30.0.7.9.1 --- 30.0.7.9.2 --- 30.0.8.9.5 --- 30.0.8.9.6 --- 30.0.9.9.2 --- 30.0.9.9.3
08.1 SOCIAL STUDIES - HISTORY --- 08.1.1.9.2 --- 08.1.1.9.3 --- 08.1.1.9.5 --- 08.1.3.9.2 --- 08.1.3.9.4 --- 08.1.4.9.4



1. What is the relationship between Latin and other languages?
2. How does an inflected language work?
3. What are the grammatical and syntactical rules of Latin?
4. What are the parts of speech, and how does each function?
5. What influences shaped Rome's political and social development?
6. What were the cultural values of the Greeks and Romans?
7. How does Greco-Roman civilization continue to influence the world today?




Latin II continues where Latin I leaves off: more complex features of the grammar are learned. Students begin to read authentic, unadapted Latin literature toward the end of Latin II. The content of Latin II includes:

--vocabulary building,
--English derivatives and cognates,
--Romance language derivatives and cognates,
--active and passive voice,
--fourth declension,
--fifth declension,
--comparative and superlative adjectives,
--comparative and superlative adverbs,
--participles,
--gerunds/gerundives,
--passive periphrastic,
--ablative absolute,
--supines,
--infinitives,
--indirect statement,
--sequence of tense,
--deponent verbs,
--subjunctive mood,
--subjunctive usages,
--ancient Roman & Greek cultural practices,
--ancient Roman and Greek values,
--topics in Roman history (Silver Age, Nero),
--geography of the ancient Mediterranean world,
--classical mythology,
--ancient philosophy,
--classical literature,
--Roman satire,
--Satiricon of Petronius.





As stated in Connecticut's 2005 World Language Curriculum Framework, there are six domains and nine content standards which frame world language content:

COMMUNICATION
1. How do I use another language to communicate with others?
2. How do I understand what others are trying to communicate in another language?
3. How do I present information, concepts, and ideas in another language in a way
that is understood?

CULTURES
1. How do I use my understanding of culture to communicate and function
appropriately in another culture?

CONNECTIONS
1. How do I use my understanding of another language and culture to reinforce and
expand my knowledge of other disciplines and vice versa?
2. How do I use my understanding of another language and culture to broaden and
deepen my understanding of that language and culture and access and use
information that would otherwise be unavailable to me?

COMPARISONS AMONG LANGUAGES
1. How do I demonstrate an understanding of the similarities, differences, and interactions across languages?

COMPARISONS AMONG CULTURES
1. How do I demonstrate an understanding of the similarities, differences, and interactions across cultures?

COMMUNITIES
1. How do I use my knowledge of language and culture to enrich my life and
broaden my opportunities?

Additional skills specific to Latin include:

-- Attaining a novice level of profiency in reading, oral recitation, and writing.
-- Recognizing, identifying, and appropriately using the different parts of speech.
-- Increasing vocabulary and grammatical skills in English and Romance languages through Latin.
-- Using cultural knowledge to make inferences about written sources.
-- Translating accurately from Latin into English and from English into Latin.






All Latin I students will:

-- Participate in grammar and vocabulary-building activities.
-- Read and translate texts in both adapted and authentic Latin.
-- Compose sentences and brief paragraphs in Latin.
-- Grammatically parse sentences from Latin texts and student work.
-- Orally recite Latin from Latin texts.
-- Listen to the oral recitation of Latin texts.
-- Discuss (in English) aspects of Greek and Roman culture and civilization.





Latin II students will be assessed by means of the following:

Completion of daily assignments
quizzes (vocabulary and morphology)
Tests (vocabulary, morphology, translation, composition, cultural information)
Class presentations
Oral recitations
Latin compositions
Latin translations
CAPT-style essays (in English) on cultural and historical topics
Final examination (25% multiple choice, 75% translation, essay, and grammatical exegesis of an authentic (unadapted) Latin text)



Students may experience the following: occasional field trips, Italy trip (every 2-3 years),
appropriate movies.



library
computer labs
video/dvd collection
texts




The current texts book for Latin II are Wheelock's Latin Grammar, 6th edition, chapters 18-40 (with some omissions), and Petronius' Satiricon edited by Gilbert Lawall

Students who have maintained an A average in Latin I and II may apply to join the Latin Honor Society.

After-school tutoring is available for all Latin students on assigned days.