Level: Form III (7th–9th grades), Form IV (10th–12th grades)
Subject(s): Languages—World & Classical, Latin
Description:
Students in this class will continue to read and study a novel written entirely in Latin. Students will enjoy reading about the antics and adventures of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D. while they learn an impressive amount of vocabulary and grammar through a natural language-learning approach.
Students will also read texts from sacred Scripture and learn about culture, history, technology, and other facets of Roman life. We will complete the second portion of Hans Orberg’s Lingua Latina: Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana book.
This course is intended to follow Latin 1; at least one year of high-school level Latin is 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
- 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 - Elementa II: Next Steps in Latin Student Textbook.
- 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 the text 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.