This beginner/intermediate course attempts to cover much of the material learned by 7th and 8th grade Latin Academy students and thus prepare you for Latin 2B (or Latin 3A if necessary.)

As stated in our school’s Core Values and Belief Statement, this course will require students to:

• “be responsible and respectful to each other and to the larger community, as well as be actively engaged in building a safe, caring, and inclusive community”
• “analyze and synthesize content in order to access higher level thinking skills, using a variety of media.”

Content Learned in Latin 01B

Grammar and Syntax (items may be added or subtracted from this list)

• Nouns: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd i-stem, 4th, and 5th declensions
• Pronouns: personal, relative, interrogative, and reflexive
• Adjectives: Noun-adjective agreement, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd declensions; irregular forms of the 1st and 2nd declension; interrogative; demonstrative (hic, ille, is, idem, ipse); 3rd personal reflexive; comparison of regular and irregular adjectives
• Adverbs: Formed from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd declension adjectives; comparison of regular and irregular adverbs
• Verbs: Principal parts, Parsing a verb, Noun-verb agreement, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd i-stem, 4th, and 5th conjugations in all tenses and voices in the indicative mood, imperatives, infinitives, and participles; conjugation of irregular verbs sum and possum
• Case usage: nominative (subject, predicate, apposition); genitive (possession, objective, partitive); dative (indirect object, with special adjectives); accusative (apposition, direct object, place to which, duration of time, extent of space, as subject of infinitives); and ablative (place where, place from which, of mean/instrument, of manner, of accompaniment, of agent, of separation, of time, of comparison, of specification, of cause)

Latin sentence structure both simple and complex (i.e. subordinate clauses, indirect statement with the infinitive, relative clauses)

Reading and Translating Latin: The main textbook we shall use is Jenney’s First Year Latin. The book provides sentences and passages in Latin written by adapted from various authors that allow us to improve our ability to translate Latin into grammatically accurate English.

Vocabulary, Understanding Greek and Latin Roots

Fundamental History, Culture, and Mythology of the Ancient Roman World

Grading Policy for Terms 1-3:

65% =Quizzes and tests (tests count as two quiz grades; pop/mini quizzes count as half a quiz grade; quizzes occur once or twice weekly and are usually announced/planned. Tests occur at the end of units and are ALWAYS announced. )
10% = Term projects (at least four projects assigned throughout the year)
25% = Responsibility, Preparedness, and Participation (Includes completion of homework and classwork; coming to class prepared and ready to contribute)

Grading Policy for Term 4:

65% = quizzes and tests (see above)
10% = Responsibility, Preparedness, and Participation (see above)
25% = Final Exam

Materials Required

1) Jenney’s First Year Latin.  – lent to you by the school

3) a 3-ring binder at least 1 1/2 inches thick with 7 dividers (go here for breakdown and further instructions)

We must ALL strive to be…

Responsible.

Respectful — to everything and everyone.

Patient — with others and with yourself.

Positive.

Persistent.

Prepared.

Present (Physically and Mentally).

Prompt (i.e., On Time).

Organized.

Informed.

About Academic Integrity

Plagiarism is the practice of copying words, sentences, images, or ideas for use in written or oral assessments without giving proper credit to the source. Cheating is defined as the giving or receiving of external help on anything that has been determined by the teacher to be an individual effort. Both are considered serious offenses and will significantly affect your course grade. Please refer to the Student Code of Conduct for additional information.

Parent/Guardian(s):

Read through course expectations and assignments.

Visit and thoroughly read my website and complete the Parent/Student Contact Form. Completion of this form will indicate that you read and understand course expectations.

Monitor students’ progress by way of the Student Informational System.

Connect directly with the teacher when there is a concern or issue via phone or email.