Standard(s):
[LAT] LA1 (7-12) 2 : 2) Read and understand appropriate Latin vocabulary, inflectional systems, and syntax.
a. Summarize and translate passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate for Level I.
b. Answer questions in Latin or English about short passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate to Level I.
Examples of grammar appropriate to Level I: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).
[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 2 : 2) Read, understand, and translate Latin at an Intermediate Low level.
a. Summarize and translate passages of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.
b. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.
Examples of grammar and syntax appropriate to Level II: See the Latin Grammar Addendum.
[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 9 : 9) Compare language patterns of Latin and their own language.
Examples: Differences in the way Latin and English express indirect statements.
[LAT] LA3 (7-12) 2 : 2) Read, understand, and translate Latin prose at an Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High level.
a. Demonstrate understanding of the main idea of paragraph-length Latin prose texts about familiar ideas.
b. Find information in Latin texts for practical purposes, including literary analysis.
c. Read, translate, and and demonstrate understanding of Latin texts that offer differing perspectives.
d. Analyze the style of Latin prose authors to comprehend content.
Examples: Describe the tone of a passage from Cicero
Explain the use of rhetorical devices in speeches by Cicero.
e. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin prose authors appropriate to Level III.
Examples of grammar appropriate to Level III: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).
Examples of Latin prose authors: Caesar, Cicero, Pliny, Sallust, and Livy.
[LAT] LA3 (7-12) 4 : 4) Relate Roman cultural products to perspectives.
a. Investigate and describe values and perspectives in Roman prose authors.
Example: Values of pietas and gravitas found in the writings of Pliny.
b. Analyze important people in Roman history and literature to determine their cultural significance.
Examples: Gracchi brothers, Plautus, Terence, Cicero, Catiline, Sallust, Livy, Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, Seneca, or Tacitus.