SALESIAN
QUOTE
OF THE YEAR:
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POLICIES
LATIN
IV
LATIN III
LATIN II
LATIN I
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER
JUNIOR
CLASSICAL
LEAGUE
NATIONAL LATIN HONOR SOCIETY
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Gaius
Julius Caesar
100 b.c. - 44 b.c.
LATIN II
This course delves more deeply
into the language, culture and literature of the Romans. Readings are
based increasingly on historical sources, principally Julius Caesar's
De Bello Gallico and St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate Bible.
Students are exposed to the passive voice for all tenses and introduced
to the subjunctive mood, along with participles and subordinate clauses.
SYLLABUS
KEY CONCEPTS:
Roman culture, law, religion, politics
Greco-Roman mythology and literature
Latin as base for Romance languages
Inflection: declensions and conjugations
Syntax: voice, mood, tense, agreement, word order
English derivatives from Latin and Greek
Medieval/Church Latin
Latin literature
Structural analysis of words: prefix, root, suffix
Latin constructions - passive periphrastic, etc.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
Build English vocabulary via Latin
prefixes, roots and suffixes
Translate Latin texts involving both voices, six tenses, indicative,
imperative and subjunctive moods
Distinguish translation from transliteration
Understand differences in
idiomatic expression in Latin and English
Ability to use resources - library, internet, media - to research topics
such as "The Military in Ancient Rome," "Christianity
and the Roman Empire," etc., and to make class presentations on
these topics
KNOWLEDGE:
Salient events and dates in Roman
history, e.g., ab urbe condita, Story of Rome's foundation
Monarchy, Republic and Empire dates
Medieval pronunciation of Latin
Etymology of Latin-based English words
Understanding of Roman culture, places, customs, mores, religion, social
institutions
Latin aphorisms and English equivalents
Prayers: Pater Noster, Ave Maria, Salve Regina
Myths: Twelve Labors of Hercules, Jason and the Argonauts, Icarus and
Daedalus
AFFECTIVE GOALS:
Appreciation of other cultures through
language, symbols, literature, history and cultural legacy
Enjoyment of imagination in stories of Hercules, Jason, et al.
Respect for values contained in Roman
culture and incorporated into our own culture;
Valuation of knowledge as "The Eighth Sacrament," congruent
with Salesian humanism
Familiarity with Gregorian Chant
TEXTBOOKS
Please consult Varsitybooks.com
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