Course Description:
This course is the first half of Latin 1 for middle school or high school students. Chapters 1—12 of Lingua Latina will be covered in this course which, together with Latin 2/2, equals 1 high school credit for foreign language. A parent is required to attend class with the student so that proper assistance can be given at home. Homework will require 1 hour of focused Latin study every day by both the student and parent.
This course is the first half of Latin 1 for middle school or high school students. Chapters 1—12 of Lingua Latina will be covered in this course which, together with Latin 2/2, equals 1 high school credit for foreign language. A parent is required to attend class with the student so that proper assistance can be given at home. Homework will require 1 hour of focused Latin study every day by both the student and parent.
Salvete Discipuli,
I would like to extend a warm and enthusiastic welcome to all incoming Latin 1/2 students and parents! You are about to embark on an exciting, challenging, and rewarding adventure together! I look forward to being walking through chapters 1-12 with you this year in Lingua Latina! I anticipate that it will be a good and profitable year for all of us! Below you will find everything that you need for summer prep before the first day of class! Please take the time to read over each item and prepare accordingly. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
I will see you soon! Feel free to email me with any questions you might have.
Magistra Hoffman
[email protected]
1. Look over your workbook in its entirety. Parents, it is a very, very good idea to take a little bit of time BEFORE class begins to look through the workbook in its entirety. You need to orient yourself to the layout, tests, charts, etc that are in the workbook.
2. Set up student, parent, & GRAMMAR binders. For instructions on setting up these binders, please click here. You should each be receiving a workbook for your student, a parent key, and you will need to set up grammar binders for both parent and student. Instructions for all of these are attached below. We will be building the grammar binder together in class throughout the year. Your only job now is to get the folder and dividers. This binder will serve as an easy reference and for memory work.
3. Know your English parts of speech. Click here. The Latin program assumes that students will know their basic parts of speech (noun, pronoun, verb, etc). Although I will make sure to review these basic definitions for these parts of speech in class as they are being used/ introduced in Latin, it would be very helpful for your student if he/she understands what those parts are so that the learning curve is not so steep. Six of the eight parts of speech are being used in Latin within the first two chapters. **Also on the first day of class I will be playing a game using the English parts of speech with candy rewards, so let that motivate them to make sure they understand these important items.
4. Look over Pronunciation Guide at home. Before the first day of class please take time to look over the pronunciation guide with your student. This guide is in the front of both student and teacher workbooks. We will take time in class to touch on a few of the differences between English and Latin, but we will mostly move straight to using the language. I don't want to take precious class time to read over each pronunciation rule.
5. What to bring to class. Every class you will need to bring your Lingua Latina Textbook, Latin workbook, Grammar Binder, pencil, and highlighter.
6. Memory Period - Your student needs to listen to memory period at least 2-3x per week all year long. I would suggest that your student begin watching memory period before coming to the first class, although this is not required. This video (and class on Thursday mornings) will teach your child most of the charts that he/she MUST have memorized in Latin. It is an INVALUABLE TOOL. In the beginning the chanting will sound like gobbly-goosh, a few weeks will pass and the student will sort of be able to chant with the teacher, and in a few months they will have these charts close to memorized. This is a very classical approach as they will memorize the charts first and then slowly begin to see how they apply to the Latin language. The link to the memory period video can be found under the "Other" tab and then click on "Study Aids". For your convenience I am adding the link here.
7. Quizlet or Study Stacks- these are both study aids that students can use to review and study their vocabulary. Both of these study aids follow our Latin program chapter by chapter. Parents, it would be worth looking at quizlet and study stacks before class begins only to become familiar with how they works, but your student(s) should NOT begin using it until after they read and learn the words in the text. We want them to work at trying to reason out the meanings of words in their textbooks and within the context of the narrative. Quizlet and Study Stacks are merely ways to review and study words. The link to to these can be found under the "Other" tab and then click on "Study Aids". For your convenience I am adding the link here.
I would like to extend a warm and enthusiastic welcome to all incoming Latin 1/2 students and parents! You are about to embark on an exciting, challenging, and rewarding adventure together! I look forward to being walking through chapters 1-12 with you this year in Lingua Latina! I anticipate that it will be a good and profitable year for all of us! Below you will find everything that you need for summer prep before the first day of class! Please take the time to read over each item and prepare accordingly. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
I will see you soon! Feel free to email me with any questions you might have.
Magistra Hoffman
[email protected]
1. Look over your workbook in its entirety. Parents, it is a very, very good idea to take a little bit of time BEFORE class begins to look through the workbook in its entirety. You need to orient yourself to the layout, tests, charts, etc that are in the workbook.
2. Set up student, parent, & GRAMMAR binders. For instructions on setting up these binders, please click here. You should each be receiving a workbook for your student, a parent key, and you will need to set up grammar binders for both parent and student. Instructions for all of these are attached below. We will be building the grammar binder together in class throughout the year. Your only job now is to get the folder and dividers. This binder will serve as an easy reference and for memory work.
3. Know your English parts of speech. Click here. The Latin program assumes that students will know their basic parts of speech (noun, pronoun, verb, etc). Although I will make sure to review these basic definitions for these parts of speech in class as they are being used/ introduced in Latin, it would be very helpful for your student if he/she understands what those parts are so that the learning curve is not so steep. Six of the eight parts of speech are being used in Latin within the first two chapters. **Also on the first day of class I will be playing a game using the English parts of speech with candy rewards, so let that motivate them to make sure they understand these important items.
4. Look over Pronunciation Guide at home. Before the first day of class please take time to look over the pronunciation guide with your student. This guide is in the front of both student and teacher workbooks. We will take time in class to touch on a few of the differences between English and Latin, but we will mostly move straight to using the language. I don't want to take precious class time to read over each pronunciation rule.
5. What to bring to class. Every class you will need to bring your Lingua Latina Textbook, Latin workbook, Grammar Binder, pencil, and highlighter.
6. Memory Period - Your student needs to listen to memory period at least 2-3x per week all year long. I would suggest that your student begin watching memory period before coming to the first class, although this is not required. This video (and class on Thursday mornings) will teach your child most of the charts that he/she MUST have memorized in Latin. It is an INVALUABLE TOOL. In the beginning the chanting will sound like gobbly-goosh, a few weeks will pass and the student will sort of be able to chant with the teacher, and in a few months they will have these charts close to memorized. This is a very classical approach as they will memorize the charts first and then slowly begin to see how they apply to the Latin language. The link to the memory period video can be found under the "Other" tab and then click on "Study Aids". For your convenience I am adding the link here.
7. Quizlet or Study Stacks- these are both study aids that students can use to review and study their vocabulary. Both of these study aids follow our Latin program chapter by chapter. Parents, it would be worth looking at quizlet and study stacks before class begins only to become familiar with how they works, but your student(s) should NOT begin using it until after they read and learn the words in the text. We want them to work at trying to reason out the meanings of words in their textbooks and within the context of the narrative. Quizlet and Study Stacks are merely ways to review and study words. The link to to these can be found under the "Other" tab and then click on "Study Aids". For your convenience I am adding the link here.