Level: Form III (7th–9th grades), Form IV (10th–12th grades)
Subject(s): Languages—World & Classical, Latin
Description:
Advanced Latin is taught via a three-year cycle in which the same essential aspects of Latin vocabulary, grammar, rhetorical techniques, and literature are explored through different collections of works. Students will read primary sources from classical and medieval Latin, including portions of Sacred Scripture. Students will learn the fundamentals of Roman poetic meter and encounter a variety of texts including history, mythology, and epic poetry. We will revisit and build upon our understanding of Latin grammar while focusing primarily upon reading and discussing Latin texts.
This course is intended to follow Latin 2; at least two years of high school Latin are a prerequisite.
Materials:
Families purchase the following required supplies: (All non-consumable texts can be shared among siblings.)
- Lingua Latina: Pars 1, Familia Romana (2nd edition), paperback or hardcover
- Lingua Latina: A Companion to Familia Romana
- OR both books in a companion set
- Elementa II: Next Steps in Latin Student Textbook.
- Looking at Latin: A Grammar for Pre-College (used for ALL Form 3 and Form 4 Latin classes; one per family is sufficient).
- Shopping Option 1: Amazon
- Shopping Option 2: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
- Three-ring binder with lined paper, pencils, colored pencils, and erasers in a pencil pouch
Recommended Resources:
- The Bantam New College Latin & English Dictionary for home use.
Note:
The Elementa II Teacher’s Manual is available to purchase, but we do not recommend that most families purchase it because of the price and because the resource has much more than you will need for supporting your student in the class at home. (The classroom teacher will use several, but not all, of the activities from this resource in class.)
Instructor-Provided Resources:
Audio files to accompany selected texts will be available via Google Classroom; students will be invited to join Google Classroom upon the start of classes in order to listen to the audio files independently during the week.
Students in all Form 3 and 4 Latin classes will receive a complimentary subscription to Legentibus, an app which can be used on a smartphone or tablet. Legentibus is not currently available for the browser. The instructor will configure the student subscription, which will be tied to the student’s BHSC email account.
Students in Advanced Latin will be provided a reader of selected texts at the beginning of the school year, which they should keep in a designated section of their three ring binders.
