Students will expand their basic Latin vocabulary of nouns, verbs, and prepositions, thereby enriching their English vocabulary. Students will understand subject-verb agreement in Latin sentences and will become familiar with singular and plural noun and verb forms as well as simple and superlative adjectives. Learners in this course will deepen their awareness of Roman culture, especially in the areas of theatre, the slave trade, and gladiatorial spectacle.

By the time I received my degree in Philosophy and Classical Studies, I had gained skills in four languages and a passion for two of them: Latin and Ancient Greek. In over a decade of teaching Latin, my proudest achievement is the number of students who go on to pursue their own studies in the language through the college level. Each year I have prepared classes to take the National Latin Exam, and each year my students have been rewarded with certificates of outstanding achievement and ribbons for perfect scores. What means so much more than the awards and scholarships, however, is the enthusiasm they express for diving into a subject that is too often dismissed as a "dead language." A treasured memento from one of my classes is a drawing made by a student with the caption: "Latin never, ever, EVER dies!" My goal in teaching it is to ensure that my students' love of it never dies, either.

Homework Offered
Homework includes completing readings and exercises as well as a long-term course project. Assigned work will be done individually and should require approximately 1 hour per week outside of class. Any group work will occur within the class period.
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Written work and projects will be evaluated for overall grasp of concepts and mastery of vocabulary and forms. A grade letter will be issued in addition to teacher feedback. The end-of-course test is primarily for diagnostic purposes and is not a determinant of the overall letter grade.
Grades Offered

The course utilizes the Cambridge Latin Course, Fifth Edition, Unit 1 (see Learner Supply List).