Fall Semester 2023: August 21 - December 15
Elementary & Middle School Latin Studies
Elementary Latin (Grades 3 -5) - Course #EL1
Course Description:
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the pronunciation, vocabulary and basic grammatical structure of ecclesiastical (Medieval) Latin used for centuries by the Roman Catholic Church as Her Sacred Liturgical Language. At the end of this course, students will have learned 125 words, the Latin numbers 1-10, 25 Latin expressions, and the basic grammar forms for Latin nouns and verbs.
Required Text:
Prima Latina - Student Book (Memoria Press)
ISBN #: 978-1930953512 (Second Edition)
MS Latin I (Grades 5 -7) - Course #LMS 1
Course Description:
This systematic study of Latin grammar is designed to serve either as an introduction to the language or to follow and expand upon the first year material covered in elementary grades. At the end of this course, students will have learned three noun declensions, three active tenses for 2 conjugations , and the use of the nominative case.
Required Text:
Latina Christiana (Memoria Press)
ISBN #: 978-1930953024 (Fourth Edition)
MS Latin II (Grades 7 - 8) - Course #LMS 3
Course Description:
This systematic study of Latin grammar is designed to serve either as an introduction to the language or to follow and expand upon the first year material covered in previous grades. At the end of this course, students will have learned all five noun declensions, some model principal parts for the four verb conjugations, six active tenses for 2 conjugations , and the use of the nominative and accusative cases.
Required Text:
First Form Latin - Student Text (Memoria Press, 2009 Edition)
ISBN #: 978-1615380022
First Form Latin - Student Workbook (Memoria Press, 2020 Edition)
ISBN #: 978-1547701674
MS Latin III (Grades 7 - 8) - Course #LMS 3
Course Description:
This systematic study of Latin grammar is designed to serve either as an introduction to the language or to follow and expand upon the first year material covered in previous grades. At the end of this course, students will have learned all five noun declensions, some model principal parts for the four verb conjugations, six active tenses for 2 conjugations , and the use of the nominative and accusative cases.
Required Text:
First Form Latin - Student Text (Memoria Press, 2009 Edition)
ISBN #: 978-1615380022
First Form Latin - Student Workbook (Memoria Press, 2020 Edition)
ISBN #: 978-1547701674
High School Latin Studies
HS Latin I Course # LHS1
Course Description:
This systematic study of Latin grammar is designed to follow and expand upon material covered in middle school level Latin courses. At the end of this course, students will have learned all five noun declensions, the principal parts for the four verb conjugations, four verb tenses, and the use of all five Latin cases. Additionally, will read and translate passages derived from Roman historical and literary works.
Please Note: Divided into Latin IA and Latin IB, this course fulfills a two-year language requirement.
Required Text:
Latin for Americans Book 1 (Glencoe Publishing)
ISBN # 978-0078742514
HS Latin II Course # LHS2
Course Description:
Providing a complete and concise review of the material covered in Latin I, this course will introduce more advanced grammatical concepts as the subjunctive mood, purpose and result clauses, and the use of gerunds. Building upon their translation skills acquired in the previous course, students will read and discuss the entirety of Caesar's De Bello Gallico (The Gallic Wars) as well as significant excerpts taken from the works of Livy, Pliny, Virgil, Ovid, and St. Jerome's Vulgate.
Please Note: Completion of this course will fulfill a third year language requirement.
Required Text:
Latin for Americans Book 2 (Glencoe Publishing)
ISBN # 978-0078281761
