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Lat 10: First Year Latin
The Latin 10 course introduces students to the fundamentals of classical language
study through vocabulary acquisition, grammar instruction, and translation
of culture-based passages. Students learn to compare the mechanics of the Latin
language with their native language and also develop a wider English vocabulary
through their exposure to Latin roots. The primary skill of reading is emphasized,
though pronunciation of the language and manipulation of the Latin language
support the overall goals of the course. Using a technology-based curriculum,
Latin students research and present aspects of Roman culture and history in
preparing to take the first level of the National Latin Exam.
Lat 20: Second Year Latin
Students continue their study of Latin grammar and Roman culture and begin
to translate longer and more complex prose. By reading and discussing interesting
authentic and graded texts, students develop their interests in mythology and
Republican and early imperial era Roman culture and become familiar with the
uses of the subjunctive, infinitives, and all case uses. Students learn to
break down and etymologize Latin words in order to expand their reading vocabulary.
Activities include web based practice and research, word derivation, and more
advanced presentation skills.
Lat 35: Intermediate Latin Prose
Students in the lyric class get a wide exposure to poetry and prose in Latin
from the imperial to later Latin, including medieval writing. Students enter
with a strong grammar background and review more advanced grammatical concepts
and forms including gerunds, subjunctive constructions, and indirect discourse.
Genres within Latin lierature are sampled and compared, but with an emphasis
on the lyric tradition and mock epics of Catullus and Ovid. Student learn
how to evaluate and recognize meter in poetry and its significance within
the poem, as well as how to recognize and comment on rhetorical devices used
by the authors. Students successfully completing the course will be well
prepared for the Catullus/Ovid AP course. A student may elect to continue
on to the epic poetry class (Latin 36) rather than Latin 50.
Lat 55AP: AP Latin-Vergil
This course follows the Vergil AP syllabus, studying the traditions of Latin
lyric and epic poetry in their historical and literary contexts. The course
relies on primary and secondary sources for critique and analysis of the literature
and stresses essay-writing skills and technical analysis of the text.