DESCRIPTION: Upon the completion of this course students will be able to define basic Latin vocabulary of approximately 50-80 words; reproduce paradigms of basic Latin forms; identify the grammatical forms and syntactical functions of Latin words of these nouns, adjectives, and verbs; and translate basic Latin sentences and explain their syntax; begin to compose short sentences in Latin. Each class will introduce a new grammar concept, practice and review previous material, and upon completion of a chapter discuss a cultural theme. Beyond acquiring the skills to translate Latin, students will also be learning about the culture, literature, and history of the Classical world. Their English vocabulary will improve. They will better understand English grammar and syntax and they will build a foundation for learning other languages, particularly Romance languages. This class will use the Outschool classroom for assignments, discussions, and other resources. Nearpod, Edpuzzle, google drive, forms, docs, Gimkit, Jamboard and Flipgrid will also be used.

FLEX Class: For the FLEX version of this course students will be required to submit weekly translations of Latin sentences from the textbook. These submissions will sometimes be a written assignment and/or a Flipgrid video assignment. Students will interact with each other by commenting on each other's Fligrip posts and completing translations as a group. The written translations will encourage students to pay close attention to grammar and the Flipgrid assignments will allow students to practice their Latin pronunciation. Each week new instructional videos will be posted which students will watch along with the Nearpod presentation. Students are REQUIRED to post at least one Flipgrid video to introduce themselves (audio only is acceptable). All homework exercises completed by hand or on a Google doc will be submitted for feedback in the student’s homework Google Drive folder created for each individual student. 

The instructions and material for each week will be posted on SUNDAYS. 

Below is an outline for this course. This course covers Stages (chapters) 1-3 in the required textbook. Everything listed will be covered during this multi-week course, topics are subject to being moved to different weeks when needed. This course is Part 1 of 4 that completes the entire Cambridge Latin Unit 1 textbook. The next class upon completion of this class is "Beginner's Latin - Part 2: Middle School" which can be taken as a LIVE or FLEX class.


10-WEEK Course Outline 
Week One: Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Stage 1
- Latin word order
- Characteristics of the Latin language - cases and declensions
- Function of the Nominative case

Week Two: Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Stage 1 
- Review and practice Nominative case function, 1st declension.
- Discuss the grammar of verbs: English versus Latin.
- Introduce Sum: present tense.
- Culture: Roman family

Week Three: Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Stage 1 
- Review and practice Nominative case function, 1st declension.
- Latin sentence patterns
- Latin Composition 

Week Four: Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Stage 2
- Review week 3 material
- Pompeii daily life: clothing
- Introduce end of course project: Latin comic strip
- Function of the Accusative case

Week Five: Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Stage 2
- Review week 4 material
- Introduce 2nd & 3rd declension nouns
- Practice identifying cases, declension families, and gender of noun

Week Six: Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Stage 2
- Compose short Latin sentences
- Practice forming cases, declension families, and gender of noun
- Pompeii daily life: food

Week Seven: Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Stage 3
- Verbs: 3rd person singular present tense
- Practice vocabulary
- Practice Latin composition

Week Eight: Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Stage 3
- Read a Latin Passage
- Practice Case Endings

Week Nine: Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Stage 3
- Read a Latin passage
- Culture: The Town of Pompeii

Week Ten: Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Review & end of course project
- Cumulative review of material: reading a passage of Latin.
- Present & Discuss Projects (Flipgrid)