Ora Maritima: A Latin Story for Beginners (Sonnenschein 1908) Part 2

This class continues where we left off at the end of Part 1 of Ōra Maritima, a story in Latin about a school boy who is visiting his aunt during the holidays in 1899. His aunt lives in a sea-side cottage on the southeast coast of England. He talks about his holidays, the seaside and countryside, and his activities as he visits ancient British sites and learns about the ancient Britons and the Roman occupation of Britain. 

EA Sonnenschein was a professor of Latin and Greek in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He thought there should be a Latin text book for young kids that a) was based on an interesting story and b) struck the right balance between memorising a lot of paradigms and actually *using* what you're learning to read and write interesting Latin. He couldn't find such a book, so he wrote one. (Two of them, in fact - there's a sequel!)

This class meets twice a week. Each week, we'll begin by learning the vocabulary and grammar we'll need for reading that week's section of the story, using Nearpod activities and/or Kahoot quizzes. There will be time to practice new material and ask questions. There will always be homework to do between classes - plan to spend about 30 minutes a day doing some kind of homework for this class. You'll need to read at least some of the text every day (everything you've read so far, so you should understand it in Latin), and memorise and practice the new vocabulary and any new grammar concepts or paradigms. I'll post activities and/or quizzes using Nearpod, Kahoot, or Google forms several times per week. There may also be exercises or activities to complete outside of class (such as making a google slide or poster including text in Latin to practice the vocabulary and sentence structures we're learning that week).

We'll work together in class to read and understand the Latin passage. We'll discuss some points of grammar and work on extra exercises to increase fluency and accuracy in reading, speaking, writing, and listening. We will practice some sample dialogues, and as we progress, we'll try to form our own sentences following the patterns of the structures we're learning each week. There will be an element of parsing (grammatical analysis) and translation as preparation for reading and enjoying the story in Latin and to reinforce the grammar and vocabulary we're learning and using. 

Each part of this class will be 8 weeks long. In Part 2, we will probably take about 2 weeks on each paragraph, making sure we're comfortable with reading and using the grammar and vocabulary. We'll use Nearpod and Kahoot games and also quizzes and assignments using Google forms to practice the material and gain fluency.

Weeks 1 & 2: Second declension -us nouns (singular).

Weeks 3 & 4: Second declension -us nouns (plural); conversation practice with dative.

Weeks 5 & 6: Second declension -er and -um nouns, talking about where things are, where people live, predicate adjectives.

Weeks 7 & 8: Continuing to use all previously learned grammar.

We'll be reading, writing and talking about more family members, gardens and what we see and do in them, things you see in the countryside (animals, farms, estates...), cities, archaeology, archaeological sites, monuments/buildings, and artefacts, and some landscape/coastal descriptions.

The prerequisite for this class is Ora Maritima Part 1.