LATIN I Red Book - Unit 1(Revised August 1, 2012)

LATIN I Red Book - Unit 1(Revised August 1, 2012)

LATIN I – red book - Unit 1(revised August 1, 2012)

1st Quarter (Stage numbers in parentheses indicate where topic is explicitly mentioned in text)

  • Introduction
  • Basic terms - parts of speech, syntax, macron, inflection, declension, conjugation, gender, number, case
  • The alphabet, pronunciation, and diphthongs

Stages 1-3

  • Nominative and Accusative case for declensions 1-3 (Stage 2, 3)
  • Present tense with 3rd person singular
  • Adjectives and Substantives
  • Vocative case for declensions 1-3
  • Indicative and Imperative mood
  • Question words: ubi, quis, quid
  • Basic geography of Italy
  • Roman House (Stage 1)
  • Roman Family and nomenclature (Stage 1)
  • Basic architecture terms, e.g. arch, basilica, columns, vault, concrete, post and lintel…
  • Town of Pompeii (Stage 3)
  • Roman Food and Dining (Stage 2)
  • English derivatives and cognates
  • Oral Latin, phrases, mottoes, quotes, proverbs, abbreviations

2nd Quarter

Stages 4-6

  • Present tense with pronouns ego and tū, 3rd person plural (Stage 4,5)
  • Imperfect and perfect tense of regular verbs and sum (Stage 6)
  • Adverbs as a part of speech
  • Prepositional phrases using Accusative and Ablative cases (place where, place from which, place to which, accompaniment)
  • Know Latin Numbers and Numerals 1-20, 50, 100, 1000
  • Addition and Subtraction of Latin Numbers and Roman numerals
  • Question words: cūr, quōmodo, quot
  • Forum (Stage 4)
  • Theater (drama) (Stage 5)
  • Slaves and Freedmen (Stage 6)
  • Mythology: creation, Titans, Olympian deities, Greco-Roman names, domains and symbols, prominent myths associated with them.
  • Continue with oral Latin, phrases, mottoes, quotes, proverbs, abbreviations, derivatives and cognates

3rd Quarter

Stages 7-9

  • Dative case as indirect objects-with verbs of giving, showing, telling, for declensions 1-3 (Stage 9)
  • Adjective agreement: gender, number and case -- for declensions 1-3
  • Superlative degree of adjectives (Stage 8)
  • Roman Death and Funerals (Stage 7)
  • Gladiatorial shows (Stage 8)
  • Roman Baths (Stage 9)
  • Roman foundation myths, i.e., Troy and Aeneas
  • Three major Roman historical time periods…Monarchy, Republic and Empire
  • Continue with oral Latin, phrases, mottoes, quotes, proverbs, abbreviations, derivatives and cognates

4th Quarter

Stages 10-12

  • All case endings for declensions 1-3
  • -ne, Num? Nonne? (Stage 11)
  • Comparison of adjectives (Stage 10)
  • Pronouns vōs and nōs (Stage 10, 11)
  • Dative object with special verbs faveo, credo, placeo (Stage 11)
  • 3 principal parts, Infinitive (pres. act.), conjugation terminations
  • Negative imperatives with Noli and Nolite
  • Hercules and his 12 Labors
  • Roman Education (Stage 10)
  • Local Government and Elections (Stage 11), cursus honorum introduction
  • Destruction and Excavation of Pompeii (Stage 12)
  • Continue with oral Latin, phrases, mottoes, quotes, proverbs, abbreviations, derivatives and cognates

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