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• Latin Experience I- (Age 13 and up. For younger students, a personal interview is necessary. Some children may
be ready at 12, some are not.) Beginning students should understand the fundamentals of English grammar:
sentences, nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, clauses.

This course begins with learning the 6 cases, which are the 6 different ways nouns can be used. This is the most
unfamiliar aspect of Latin for English speakers. We practice with games to put words into the different cases. A
few basic verbs will enable students to make sentences until the case system is mastered. We will begin work in
the Oxford Latin Course part I and, if everyone is diligent, start part II by December.
Homework will be checked before class begins, and will be corrected before new work is begun. Classes are 1.5

hours long, the first hour used to introduce and become familiar with new material, while the last half hour is
for games to integrate new material with the old.
Course emphasis will be on writing and thinking in Latin, not simply to read what someone else has written.

Taking the National Latin Exam in March is required. This is a nationally recognized exam, and will certify a
student's progress in Latin to any university in the USA. For more information, go to NLE.org.
Textbook: The Oxford Latin Course, part I, ISBN 978-0199122264 & part II ISBN 978-0199122271
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source, though often more expensive than Abebooks.com.

Teacher: Shelley Carda Recommended Donation of $12 per class

• Latin Experience 2- (Age 13 and up.) Students must already have mastered the case system, the -āre, -ēre, -Ĕre,
and -īre conjugations in the present, imperfect, and perfect active and passive indicative tenses. Uses of the four
principal parts should be familiar. Because this class is likely to be a confluence of students who have studied
from various texts, we will be playing catch-up until everyone is familiar with all the same basics. There will be
emphasis on the active knowledge of Latin, meaning that students will be asked on a daily basis to translate
from English to Latin and even to compose their own thoughts in Latin. If this has not been emphasized before in
Latin studies, this semester will give students a chance to bring their active Latin skills up to the level of their
reading skills.
The first text, which will be used for review, is part II of the Oxford Latin Course. As soon as all students are
competent in part II, we will move into Oxford Latin Course, part III, and then into selected intermediate or
advanced readings. If a student finds the material in Oxford Latin Course part II totally unfamiliar and terrifying,
it is advisable to take Latin 1 instead of Latin 2.
Once the students' reading and writing skills are balanced, we will begin readings from intermediate or advanced
level texts, as needed. Possible texts include Aesop's Fables, Res Gestae Simii Pilosi Nasonis, Cupid and Psyche,
or selections from The Aeneid by Vergil.
Homework will be checked before class begins, and will be corrected before new work is begun. Classes are 1.5
hours long, the first hour used to introduce and become familiar with new material, while the last half hour is for
games to integrate new material with the old.
Taking the National Latin Exam in March is required. This is a nationally recognized exam, and will certify a
student's progress in Latin to any university in the USA. For more information, go to NLE.org. Textbook: Oxford
Latin Course part II, ISBN 978-0199122271 & part III, ISBN 978-0195212075 Teacher: Shelley Carda
Recommended Donation of $12 per class