LATIN I Accel.
Semesters 2
Foreign Language Credits 1
**Any student signing up for first year of a foreign
language must have a grade of "C" or better
in his/her last English class. This course is designed
to familiarize a student with the basics of the Latin
language. Translation from the Latin to English will
be stressed along with the study of English derivatives
and the history and culture of ancient Roman people.
LATIN II Accel. Semesters 2
Foreign Language Credits 1
This course will consist of completion of basic grammar
study and greater practice in translation. Selections
will be translated from the story of Hercules and Caesar’s
Commentaries on the Gallic Wars. Second semester we
will also read selections from Latin poetry and dramas.
Emphasis on English derivatives and Roman history and
culture will continue as integral parts of the course.
LATIN III Honors Semesters 2
Foreign Language Credits 1
Third year Latin is a course that will take students
beyond the elementary level of reading and understanding
Latin literature. Cicero’s Orations Against Catiline
provide the foundation for this course, for Latin without
Cicero is like English without Shakespeare. In addition
to Cicero, time will be spent translating post-classical
Latin, written between 400-1500 A.D. This section emphasizes
the continuing use of Latin as a means of communication
many centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire.
LATIN IV AP Semesters 2
Foreign Language Credits 1
Fourth year Latin is designed to prepare the student
for the Vergil AP Latin Exam. The basis of the course
will be Vergil’s epic poem, the Aeneid. Parts
of books I, II, IV, and VI will be translated from the
Latin, and the remainder of the epic will be read in
English. The student will also become familiar with
pertinent Roman culture, social, and political history,
as well as literary figures of speech and poetic scansion.
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