High School

Latin 3 Honors

1.0 Credit

2 segments/36 weeks

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Take your knowledge and appreciation of Latin to the next level. Read some of the best Latin prose and poetry ever written or spoken. Let Caesar tell you how he conquered the three parts of Gaul. Be moved by the eloquence of Cicero as he reminds Romans of the virtues that made their country great. And marvel at how Catullus could express the deepest human emotions in just a few, well-chosen words.

In Latin 3, you will visit our library of great authors. Your library card will give you access to the timeless words of the greatest Roman poets, storytellers and orators. Your skills with the Latin language will give you direct access to the beauty and power of their thoughts.

The purpose of this course is to strengthen your Latin vocabulary as well as your appreciation for well-crafted writing. You will go directly to the source and recognize why Latin and those who spoke it are still relevant today.

Note: content varies depending on course version. For currently enrolled students, please refer to the syllabus located in the course information area for curriculum specifics.

Competencies

Gerunds, Gerundives, Deponent Verbs, and Irregular Verbs

Students will demonstrate an understanding of gerunds, gerundives, deponent verbs, and irregular verbs by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken Latin with sentences and short stories.

Subjunctive Forms and Uses, Stylistic Devices and Subjunctive Clauses

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the subjunctive forms and uses, stylistic devices and subjunctive clauses by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken Latin with sentences and short stories.

Meter and Scansion and Stylistic Devices in Latin Poetry

Students will demonstrate an understanding of meter and scansion and stylistic devices in Latin poetry by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken Latin with sentences and short stories.

Poetic Forms and Grammar Devices in Latin Poetry

Students will demonstrate an understanding of poetic forms and grammatical devices in Latin Poetry by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken Latin with sentences and short stories.

The use of SWIMTAG and Stylistic Devices in Latin Readings

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the use of SWIMTAG and stylistic devices in Latin readings by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken Latin with sentences and short stories.

Major Topics and Concepts

Segment 1:

Caesar vocabulary and accompanying English derivatives
Gerunds
Gerundives
Passage from Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic Wars
Caesar’s Helvetian Campaign
Deponent Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Battle of Alesia/Hercynian Forest/Druids
Life of Julius Caesar
Roman archaeological legacy in Provence, France
Analysis of writing style and content
Stylistic and rhetorical devices
Cicero vocabulary and accompanying English derivatives
Latin passages from Cicero’s In Catilinam
Entire In Catilinam in English
Subjunctive mood, 5 uses (volitive, purpose, result, cum clauses and indirect question), 4 tenses (present, imperfect, perfect, past perfect), active and passive voices
Sequence of tenses using the subjunctive mood
Structure of an oration
Cicero’s thoughts from On Oratory and De Officiis
Life of Tullius Cicero
Analysis of writing style and content

Segment 2:

Poetic meter: dactylic hexameter, hendecasyllabics, elision, spondee, dactyl, liquid, etc.
Oral scansion as a metrical exercise
Ovid vocabulary and accompanying English derivatives
Latin passages from the Metamorphoses re: Daphne and Apollo
Art through the ages using the Daphne and Apollo story
English passage from the Metamorphoses re: Pyramus and Thisbe
Catullus vocabulary and accompanying English derivatives
Life of Catullus
Assorted Latin poems of Catullus: II, III, V, LXXXV
Analysis of writing style and content of both authors
Life of Vergil
Poetic forms of dactylic hexameter
Vergil vocabulary and accompanying English derivatives
Latin passages from the Aeneid: Lines 1-33, 50-64, 81-101, 124-131, 148-153, 198-209
Oral reading of the introduction to the Aeneid
Analysis of writing style and content
Essay writing to include substantiation of position via the Latin text, English translation and assessment of author’s usage of rhetorical devices

Course Materials

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, VLACS guides students to reflect on their learning and to evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments will be in the form of self-checks, multiple choice and short answer questions, Latin to English translation, English writing assignments, projects, research papers/projects, essays, oral assessments and discussions. Instructors evaluate progress and provide interventions through the variety of assessments built into a course, as well as through contact with the student in other venues.