拉丁營（四級 - 初級拉丁語，11 - 16 歲）

See the bottom of this description for prerequisite knowledge before enrolling in this camp, which consists of 16 weekly classes. It is still a beginner's course - grammatically speaking, but the material is much more complex than the Latin 1, 2, & 3 camps. 

This camp will be busy. This is the last camp as a "beginner." We will be working on the intricacies of Latin grammar: cum clauses; irregular, special, and deponent verbs; comparative and superlative adjectives; the formation of adverbs; conditional clauses; gerunds/gerundives and supines, special dative, genitive, and ablative constructions; and noun/pronoun clauses. After this camp, the learner will advance to "intermediate" status, rather than beginner, and begin a new journey in Latin. 

Learning Latin, as a whole, is highly beneficial. The skills learned in this language course promote critical thinking, problem-solving, and an appreciation for ancient cultures that still have an impact on our modern world. I know - personally, and from students, and the parents of students - these skills have the tendency to translate into other academic subjects and help increase mastery there, too. 

The methodologies used in this classroom are varied. We use grammar-based methods along with intuitive translating (complete with illustrations, memes, and pictures). We correlate the Latin syntax to other languages to help bring it into focus. I always create slides for each lesson to have visual representation. We do repetition and drills. We read. We translate. We look at my relics, souvenirs, maps, and pictures. We watch videos and listen to sound bites for linguistic and historical purposes. I do everything humanly possible to bring the ancient world to life for the student. And, when they have fun doing all these things... they learn. 

But most of all, we discuss. Discussion and conversation are the keys to retention and are, in themselves, the best part of education. Your student's voice has value in my classroom, and I promote the exchange of ideas, questions, and comments. I also stay in close contact with students and their families. Class is never over once the Zoom class ends. If there are questions in between lessons, I am available through Outschool message, and I always answer quickly. If the student needs additional help, we can always schedule a private tutoring session to address the issue. My schedule is also flexible, and if you need to change one particular lesson time to another, I am always happy to find a solution that works for us both. 

Weekly Schedule:

1.  Translations and Sight Reading. Review of all Verb Tenses and Moods.

2. Parsing of Caesar's Gallic War

3. Introducing "cum clauses" and Irregular Verbs (fero, nolo, volo, malo); proviso clauses

4. Conditional clauses

5. Parsing of Vergil's Aeneid

6. Deponent verbs + a new ablative form (abl w/ special deponents)

7.  Roman Culture: Mythology and Roman Religion (through a historical, secular lense: polytheism)

8. Jussive noun clauses

9. Caesar's Gallic War + Dative of Reference

10. Fio, Eo, and Place/Time Constructions

11. Vergil's Aeneid + Relative clauses of Characteristics

12. Supines, gerunds, and gerundives

13.  Direct questions; fear clauses, genitive/ablative of description

14. Grammar Review

15. Sight Reading/Parsing

16. Latin Final

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Previous Knowledge Required: a working knowledge of English parts of speech and how the parts relate to Latin cases; 1st/2nd/3rd (including i-stems)/4th declension nouns and 1st/2nd/3rd adjectives (declensions and how to use the cases); 1st/2nd /3rd/4th and esse/posse verb conjugations in the Present Active System (present, future, imperfect), the Perfect Active System (perfect, pluperfect, future perfect), the Present Passive System (present, future, imperfect), the Perfect Passive System (perfect, pluperfect, future perfect), participles, and the Present and Perfect Subjunctive Moods; a growing vocabulary including common conjunctions and prepositions; demonstrative pronouns (hic/ille/iste and idem), personal pronouns (ego/nos, etc), reflexive & intensive pronouns/adjectives, relative pronouns, interrogative pronouns/adjectives, Roman numerals (including the genitive of the whole), and the ablative types. You'll need to be familiar with parsing sentences, have the ability to sight-read & recognize root words, and the ability to write your own short, basic sentences in Latin.

Students must have a dedicated notebook (or a digital one, if they prefer taking notes on the computer) in order to take notes, write their vocabulary, and make declension and conjugation charts. I reserve the right to modify the lesson content and schedule according to the student's needs.

* Nota Bene (important to note): If class falls on the week of a national holiday, there will be no class that week, but it will resume the following week. 

** Also, just as with Latin Camp (Levels One/Two/Three), I will be breaking the schedule into individual classes in case buying them in a cluster or meeting at a fixed time weekly is not feasible.

*** Please note that if the student is having difficulty with the material, I will alter the course to fit the student's needs after discussing the issues with the parent/guardian. I reserve the right to change the schedule as needed.