Latin

Standards:

Foundational Skills

Phonics and Word Recognition:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.X.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Fluency:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.X.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Speaking & Listening

Comprehension and Collaboration:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.X.1Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade X topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Language

Conventions of Standard English:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.X.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.X.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade X reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Understandings: Students will understand that…

Familiarity with Latin is an important foundation for an advanced understanding of the English language.
Studying the rules of a foreign grammar increases intellectual discipline.
Latin developed in a milieu that was critical in the evolution of Western civilization; its study ties-in fundamentally with an understanding of that development.

Students will know:

Nouns in Romance languages can be gendered; English nouns are not.
Many English words can be derived from Latin roots.
Sentences in Latin begin with capitals only in the case of proper nouns; English sentences typically always begin with a capital letter.
The Roman Empire, at its largest, spanned much of Europe, some of Asia, and some of Africa. The geography of the Roman Empire profoundly affected the future development of European culture(s).
Latin adjectives are gendered depending on the gender of the noun that they modify; English adjectives are not gendered.
Latin verbs show the subject with standardized endings; English sentences separate the subject and the verb.
Like English with –ly; many Latin adverbs have a standard ending: -ter.
In Minimus, imperatives/commands are indicated with an exclamation point. Commands to more than one person end in –te.
How prepositions function in Latin and English sentences.
How conjunctions function in Latin and English sentences.
In Latin, objects of the sentence are given an –m ending.
Roman culture was profoundly affected by Greek culture.

Students will be able to:

Translate simple Latin passages, using a variety of aids.
Translate Latin words in English; translate English words into Latin.
Pronounce Latin words correctly.
Summarize a sampling of important Greek and Roman mythological stories.
Recall all basic forms of the Latin verb “to be”.
Identify cognates, derive the meanings of Latin words based on English vocabulary and vice-versa.
Disaggregate Latin verbs into English subject and verb.
Distinguish between the use of a word as a verb and its use as a command.
Recite the most common English prepositions from memory.
Recite the most common English conjunctions from memory.
Identify the subject and object in English sentences.
Identify the subject and object in Latin sentences.