Latin | High School

Unit 1: About me & about Romā antiquā

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 1-2

1. I can understand simple questions about my name, family, how I am doing, etc., and can answer them with vocabulary support.
2. I can interpret 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person singular verbs in the context of a story.
3. I can utilize nominative and accusative endings to understand a story.
4. I can discuss how life in ancient Rome differed based on gender, age, class, etc., and can compare this to my life as a teen today.

Structures

• Simple questions and answers
• Nominative & accusative cases (singular)
• Present tense verbs: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd person singular
• Sum, es, est

Vocabulary

• Basic question words
• Numbers
• Days of the week
• Weather terms
• “How are you” terminology
• Family words
• Other key terms include: ego, tū, dormiō, spectō, habitō, habeō, videō

Presentational

• Prepare and present a slideshow on a topic related to life in ancient Rome

Interpersonal

• Ask and answer basic Latin questions about yourself 

Interpretive

• Answer questions about a story and provide Latin evidence in support

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test
 

Unit 2:
Romā antiquā: lūdī et religiō

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 3-4

1. I can understand questions about likes/dislikes and respond appropriately.
2. I can apply my knowledge of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person singular and plural verb endings to understand a story.
3. I can utilize nominative and accusative singular and plural endings of all genders, to make meaning. 
4. I can describe various types of entertainment and religious practices in ancient Rome, and can compare these practices with those in my own world.

Structures

• Tibi/mihi placet …
• Nominative and accusative cases (plural)
• Present tense verbs: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person plural
• Neuter nouns 

Vocabulary

• Colors
• Animals
• Other key terms include: nōs, vōs, quod, ambulō, clamō, dīcō, teneō, tollō, veniō

Presentational

• Teach classmates about a topic related to entertainment or religion
• Create an illustrated comic of a story

Interpersonal

• Ask and respond to questions about likes and dislikes

Interpretive

• Answer questions about a story and provide Latin evidence in support

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test

Unit 3:
Romā antiquā: aqua et servitium

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 5-6

1. I can verbalize things that I want, don’t want, and am able to do
2. I can utilize prepositions to describe where I am from, places in which I’ve lived, and areas to which I’d like to travel.
3. I can apply my understanding of infinitives, ablatives, and prepositions to comprehend and write more complex text.
4. I can discuss Roman public works and compare them to today.
5. I can apply my understanding of ancient enslavement to relate to characters with empathy and make connections to other eras.

Structures

• Present active infinitive
• Volo, nolo, possum + infinitive
• Irregular infinitives: esse, posse, velle, nolle
• Ablative case
• Time expressions
• Prepositions 

Vocabulary

• Hobbies & sports
• Prepositions
• Volō, nōlō, possum
• Other key terms include: dō, cūpiō, audiō, portō, a/ab, e/ex, prope, faciō, diēs, debeō, soleō

Presentational

• Write and illustrate an original story with building block words (infinitives/triggers, prepositions) provided
• Write about a character, including where they are from and what they want and don’t want to do

Interpersonal

• Record a dialogue between two characters

Interpretive

• Analyze characters’ experiences of enslavement
• Complete and translate Latin sentences with infinitives and triggers

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test

Final Exam & Presentation: Quis sum?
 

Unit 4: Londinium et Britannia - prōvinciae

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 7-8

1. I can share simple information about myself using past tenses.
2. I can recognize the differences in appearance and meaning between present, imperfect, and perfect tense verbs.
3. I can apply my knowledge of present, imperfect, and perfect tense verbs to interpret text containing all three.
4. I can understand how Roman colonization affected the lives of diverse groups of people and can make connections to the modern world.

Structures

• Imperfect tense - regular verbs
• Imperfect tense - sum, possum
• Perfect tense (all stems)
• Superlatives

Vocabulary

• 3rd principal parts of verbs
• Foods
• Other key terms include: agō, gerō, homō, iter, rēs, tum

Presentational

• Deliver a lesson to classmates on a cultural topic related to Britannia

Interpersonal

• Act out a story with present and past components

Interpretive

• Identify and translate present, imperfect, and perfect tense in context

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test

Unit 5: Boudica et Aquae Sulis - rebelliō et pax

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 9-10

1. I can understand the uses of the dative case and can utilize it to make meaning in context.
2. I can use my knowledge of common dative case triggers to help me read, write, and speak effectively.
3. I can recognize noun-adjective pairs when their endings match as well as when they do not.
4. I can explain the significance and consequences of Boudica’s rebellion, and can make connections to other eras.

Structures

• Dative case - indirect object
• Special verbs with the dative
• Noun-adjective agreement
• 1st & 2nd declension adjectives
• 3rd declension adjectives

Vocabulary

• Geography: provincia Britanniae
• Military terminology
• Jobs
• Other key terms include: ferō, petō, tradō, iter, cīvis, annus

Presentational

• Create an illustrated plot diagram of a Latin story
• Write and illustrate an original story composed of familiar words and phrases, incorporating new structures 

Interpersonal

• Discuss the power dynamics surrounding Boudica’s rebellion

Interpretive

• Select true statements about a Latin text

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Project 

Unit 6: mare et incendium

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 11-12

1. I can recognize the genitive case and can apply it in context.
2. I can interpret and compose more complex sentences by incorporating enclitics.
3. I can make and understand simple commands.
4. I can explain the importance of the sea in the ancient Roman world and can make connections to today.
5. I can discuss the Great Fire of Rome and can compare and contrast it with scenarios in other eras.

Structures

• Genitive case
• Enclitics: -ne, -que
• Commands: positive and negative (nōlī/nōlīte)
• Vocative case

Vocabulary

• Water and seafaring terminology
• Fire and firefighting terminology
• Other key terms include: absum, inveniō, mittō, offerō, trahō, terra, caelum

Presentational

• Create an illustrated version of a Latin story
• Teach classmates about an aspect of ancient Roman seafaring

Interpersonal

• Act out a story, using imperatives and vocatives

Interpretive

• Answer open-ended questions about a story, referring to the text

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test

Final Exam + Imperatives

Project

Unit 1: provincia Galliae 

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 13-14

1. I can recognize and understand relative clauses.
2. I can apply my knowledge of the future tense to make meaning when reading, writing, or speaking.
3. I can recognize comparative adjectives and interpret them in context.
4. I can point out provincia Galliae on a map; I can discuss daily life there and can compare it to my own.

Structures

• Relative clauses
• Relative pronouns
• Future tense (1st & 2nd conjugation)
• Comparative adjectives

Vocabulary

• Theater vocabulary
• Workshop vocabulary
• Other key terms include: coēpī, intellegō, cōnsūmō, parō, cōgitō, nesciō, suus/a/um, nec, eōs

Presentational

• Create a theatrical version of a text, including future tense

Interpersonal

• Record a dialogue between two characters in provinciā Galliae, including relative clauses

Interpretive

• Respond to questions about a text containing the unit’s new structures

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test

Unit 2: villae et nuptiae

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 15-16

1. I can recognize and understand indirect speech.
2. I can apply my knowledge of pronouns to read and write more sophisticated text.
3. I can analyze Roman marriage practices and compare them with other cultures, including my own.

Structures

• Indirect statement: present and past tense verbs 
• Present active infinitive
• Hic & ille
• Is, ea, id

Vocabulary

• Marriage vocabulary
• Hic & ille – all forms
• Is, ea, id – all forms
• Se, eum
• Other key terms include: cognōscō, nūntiō, putō, sciō

Presentational

• Adapt a story for the stage, including indirect statements and pronouns

Interpersonal

• Participate in a discussion about Roman marriage practices

Interpretive

• Identify and translate indirect speech in the context of a story
• Categorize pronouns in a text and match them to the person or thing they reference

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test

Unit 3: vita in oppidō (Pompēiī) 

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 17-18

1. I can recognize present, imperfect, perfect, pluperfect, and future tense verbs across all conjugations and can apply them in context.
2. I can understand and use adverbs in my reading and writing.
3. I can discuss elements of life in ancient Roman towns, including daily habits, patronage, and citizenship, and can make connections with other eras.

Structures

• Pluperfect tense
• Adverbs
• Future tense: 3rd & 4th conjugations

Vocabulary

• Eō and its compounds
• Other key terms include: necesse, licet, placet

Presentational

• Deliver a presentation on a cultural topic (business, patronage, views on the afterlife, etc.).
• Write a simple story utilizing new verb forms

Interpersonal

• Discuss necessities and preferences at various points in time, incorporating eō and ferō

Interpretive

• Answer open-ended questions about a text, citing evidence

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test

Final Exam + Novella (Choice Reading) Project

Unit 4:
clādēs (Pompēiī)

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 19 and selected adaptations of Pliny’s letters

1. I can identify, form, and use present participles. 
2. I can translate and utilize participles as nouns, to represent a person or group of people doing something.
3. I can explain ancient Romans views of death and the afterlife, and can compare these with those of other cultures.
4. I can discuss the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and am familiar with Pliny as a primary source.

Structures

• Present participles

Vocabulary

• Ferō and its compounds
• ut (as), melior

Presentational

• Write a storybook version of one of Pliny’s Vesuvius letters.

Interpersonal

• Discuss how Romans might have felt and reacted during the events leading up to and following the eruption of Vesuvius, taking into account their views of life and death.

Interpretive

• Summarize a passage’s explicit meanings, including its ideas, theme, setting, and sequence of events. 

Unit Test

Unit 5: familia  et spectaculum (Carthāgō)

Duration: (7-8 weeks)
*Suburani 20-22

1. I can distinguish and utilize active, passive, and deponent verbs.
2. I can apply my knowledge of ablatives to make meaning with passive verbs.
3. I can recognize and understand present passive infinitives in context.
4. I can discuss ancient Carthage, and can explain what life was like for groups of people including gladiatorēs and liberī.

Structures

• Passive verbs (present, imperfect, perfect, pluperfect)
• Perfect passive participles
• Ablative: means, agent
• Deponent verbs
• Present passive infinitive

Vocabulary

• Common deponent verbs, including but not limited to: cōnor, ēgredior, hortor, loquor, minor, morior, patior, precor, proficīscor, prōgredior

Presentational

• Teach classmates about an element of ancient culture or history, including Carthāgo, gladiatorēs, and liberī (childhood)
• Prepare an illustrated dictionary of deponent verbs
• Re-write an active voice story in passive voice

Interpersonal

• Participate in a fishbowl discussion regarding characters’ thoughts and motivations

Interpretive

• Correctly translate active, passive, and deponent verb forms in context 

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test

Unit 6: imperium administrandum (Rōma)

Duration: (2 weeks)
*Suburani 23

1. I can recognize imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive forms.
2. I can utilize the subjunctive mood with cum in my reading, writing, and speaking.
3. I  can talk knowledgeably about management of the Roman empire and the cursus honōrum, and can compare/contrast with systems today.

Structures

• Cum + pluperfect subjunctive
• Cum + imperfect subjunctive

Vocabulary

• Cum + subj.
• Other key terms include: qualis, quantis, plūs, minor, conficiō

Presentational

• Create a presentation on a cultural or historical topic (cursus honōrum, empire, Octavian, etc.)
• Write an original, simple story incorporating cum + subjunctive constructions

Interpersonal

• Discuss weekend activities, using cum + subjunctive constructions

Interpretive

• Respond to a series of questions about a story, referring to the text

Final Exam

• Project-Based Analysis of 4 Readings

Unit 1: philosophia et artēs (Ephesus)

Duration: (7-8 weeks)
*Suburani 24-26

1. I can utilize ut in purpose and result clauses.
2. I can distinguish between direct and indirect commands and questions, and can use them in my reading, writing, and speaking.
3. I can interpret and utilize 4th and 5th declension nouns.
4. I can discuss key aspects of ancient Greece and can make connections and comparisons with other eras, including my own.

Structures

• Result clauses
• Purpose clauses
• Indirect Commands
• Indirect Questions
• 4th and 5th declension

Vocabulary

• Ut, nē
• Cum
• Tot, tantus
• Introductory terms related to figurative language and rhetoric
• Other key terms include: faciēs, spes̄, vultūs

Presentational

• Teach classmates about an area of ancient Greek culture, history, or mythology, based on research

Interpersonal

• Discuss weekend activities, using result and purpose clauses, indirect commands, and indirect questions

Interpretive

• Identify and translate subjunctive constructions, within the context of a story

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test

Unit 2: medicī (Esphesus)

Duration: (2  weeks)
*Suburani 27

1. I can recognize ablative absolutes and can translate them both literally and naturally.
2. I am familiar with formations of the intensifier ipse and can apply my skills to text.
3. I can discuss medicine and doctors in the ancient Roman world, and can make comparisons to today.

Structures

• Ablative absolute
• Intensive pronouns

Vocabulary

• Medical terminology
• Other key terms include: ipse, vīs, dum (+ subjunctive and indicative)

Presentational

• Enrich a simpler text by adding ablative absolutes; share completed work

Interpersonal

• Integrate intensive pronouns into conversational practice

Interpretive

• Read a previously unseen story containing plentiful ablative absolutes; answer comprehension questions to demonstrate understanding

Unit Quiz

Unit 3: vēritās et scientia (Ephesus)

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 28-29

1. I understand how imperfect and pluperfect passive subjunctive verbs are formed and can recognize and apply them in context.
2. I can spot and handle comparative adverbs as well as relative pronouns used in place of third person pronouns at the start of a sentence.
3. I can form and translate perfect active and passive infinitives, and can use them in indirect statement.
4. I am familiar with ancient Roman legal and political practices, as well as with the crossover between government and the arts.

Structures

• Imperfect and pluperfect passive subjunctive
• Connecting relatives 
• Comparative adverbs
• Perfect active and passive infinitives 
• Indirect statements (cont.)

Vocabulary

• Legal terminology
• Other key terms include: quīdam, nōnnūllī, ut + indicative 

Presentational

• Create a presentation on a topic related to the unit’s narrative context or cultural focus (options include Ephesus, the Silk Road, the law, imperial propaganda, etc.)

Interpersonal

• Discuss examples of new forms with a partner; compare expressions in English and Latin

Interpretive

• Identify new forms in a Latin passage and use them to make meaning; answer comprehension questions to show knowledge

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test 

Unit 4: ōmina (Roma)

Duration: (2 weeks)
*Suburani 30

1. I can recognize and use the future passive tense.
2. I know how to identify and form future participles and can use them on their own as well as within indirect statement.
3. I can discuss the significance of augury, magic, and ghosts in ancient Roman life, and can consider parallels in other eras.

Structures

• Future passive tense
• Future participles and infinitives
• Indirect statements (cont.)

Vocabulary

• Augury and magic terms
• Other key terms include: nūmen, āra

Presentational

• Write and present predictions about unit texts, using future participles in indirect statement.

Interpersonal

• Discuss personal beliefs regarding magic and ghosts; then, discuss beliefs from the viewpoint of a character

Interpretive

• Analyze perspectives on augury, magic, and ghosts, based on a Latin passage

Unit Quiz

Unit 5: bellum (Roma)

Duration: (5-6 weeks)
*Suburani 31-32

1. I can recognize verbs of fearing and can use them with both ut and nē.
2. I can incorporate comparison into my arenal of uses for the ablative case.
3. I can understand and utilize ad + gerundive constructions to express purpose.
4. I can talk knowledgeably about legionary life and organization, emperorship, and the praetorian guard; I can make modern connections to all of these.

Structures

• Verbs of fearing
• Ablative of comparison
• Ad + gerundive

Vocabulary

• Additional military terms
• New uses of ut, nē
• Mālo
• Idem

Presentational

• Teach classmates about an aspect of Roman legionaries, praetorians, or emperorship, including their application to the Neronian era and its end

Interpersonal

• Utilize fear clauses to discuss fears; integrate ad + gerundive

Interpretive

• Read a story containing the grammatical and cultural topics of this unit; translate a selection and answer comprehension questions

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test 

Unit 6: amor et nātūra 

Duration: (7-8 weeks)
*Suburani Book 3

1. I can recognize and use present and perfect subjunctive forms in context.
2. I can read and analyze authentic Latin poetry and prose connected with the idea of love.
3. I can read and analyze authentic Latin poetry and prose related to the topic of nature.

Structures

• Present and perfect subjunctive
• Advanced uses of the subjunctive, including potential and characteristic

Vocabulary

• Terminology related to love
• Terminology related to nature

Presentational

• Create a presentation on a notable ancient Roman author

Interpersonal

• Participate in a conversation that incorporates present and perfect subjunctive forms

Interpretive

• Read an original Latin passage; answer comprehension questions and draw conclusions about a theme, citing evidence.

Mid-Unit Quiz

Unit Test

Final Exam

• Project-Based Analysis of 4 Readings