This seven-week course is intended as the second in a series of intermediate level Latin language courses. It is designed to follow Part One of the Audentes Fortuna Iuvat intermediate level Latin series, and it is appropriate for those learners who have completed the aforementioned course and who wish to continue their Latin studies. As this is an intermediate course, learners can expect to learn some more advanced concepts and to delve more deeply into Latin grammar while continuing to accumulate knowledge about ancient Roman culture and history.

Again, this class is appropriate for learners who have already completed Part One of the intermediate level Audentes Fortuna Iuvat course. It may also be appropriate for learners who have had some Latin instruction in the past and would like to revive their studies; if you think this may apply to your learner, please contact me to see if this course may be a good fit. In this course, learners will continue to advance their knowledge of the grammar and the structure of the Latin language, gain facility in reading Latin, see some of the many ways that Latin shows up in our modern world, hear stories and myths of the ancients, and explore some of the history of ancient Rome. 

The textbook for the beginners level courses was the first in the Cambridge Latin series. In the intermediate level courses, learners will be using the second book in the Cambridge Latin series:  Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 2. As all of my language courses are designed for flexibility so that the pace and the curriculum can be adjusted to best suit the learning styles and speeds of enrolled learners, we may continue to use Unit 1 for a portion of this course. While we will use the textbook as our primary resource, this class is designed to incorporate a variety of different learning techniques and activities outside of the textbook, as well. Students will learn basic Latin grammatical concepts and vocabulary through a mixture of reading, writing/composition, translation, and discussion, with a number of interactive and hands-on activities specifically intended to strengthen students' grammatical skills (both in Latin and in English!).  We'll also devote some time to etymology--students will learn a Latin root, the Latin words in which the root appears, and the English words that are derived from this root. As always, learners should feel free to ask questions and to participate fully in their learning experience. 

As this is an intermediate language course, and as a result, learners can expect to be reading some more complex stories and to be formally introduced to concepts that they may previously have only encountered in passing. Given the more advanced nature of the course, learners can expect that we will be spending more time with each stage of the textbook than we did with some of the stages in the beginners level series. In this intermediate level course, learners can expect to work through no more than Stages 16 of the Cambridge Latin Course Unit 2 textbook.

As mentioned above, as with all of my language courses, this course is designed for flexibility; the weekly lessons outlined below are guidelines for what learners can expect, but the pacing can be altered to accommodate learner interest and the speed at which material is mastered. Learners should feel assured that the course material can and will be adapted to fit their learning style and speed. It is far more important to ensure that learners feel confident in their understanding than to move quickly for the sake of adhering to a preset schedule; when it comes to learning, one size does not fit all, and class sessions are tailored to the needs and preferences of each unique group of learners. If learners have previously completed Audentes Fortuna Iuvat Part One, but the pacing was slowed to allow for greater mastery, then leaners can expect this course to pick up where they left off in that course.

Week One - It's All Relative, Part One: Introduction to the grammatical concepts of relative pronouns and relative clauses (in Latin and in English)

Week Two - It's All Relative, Part Two: Forms of the relative pronoun in the nominative, dative, and accusative cases. We will also spend time discussing the ways in which relative pronouns must agree with their antecedents, and we will discuss the use of gender with regard to relative pronouns.

Week Three - It's All Relative, Part Three: We will put it all together--the forms of the relative pronouns and the ways in which they function within relative clauses. Relative pronouns are often tricky for learners; we will spend as much time as needed to make sure learners feel that they understand how relative pronouns work.

Week Four - It's All Relative, Part Four: Extensive translation and composition exercises utilizing relative pronouns.

Week Five - More Perfect Than Perfect!: Introduction to the pluperfect tense

Week Six - All We Had Done: Forms of the pluperfect tense and how it differs from the perfect

Week Seven - Plus Perfectus!: Practice with the pluperfect tense