WL17.LAT.L2.CP
Comparisons
Comparisons
Comparisons
Compare language patterns of Latin and their own language.
Examples: Differences in the way Latin and English express indirect statements.
Use Latin prefixes, suffixes, and roots to expand English vocabulary.
Compare the geography and social, political, legal, military, and economic systems of the Roman world to systems of the modern world.
Example: Compare a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire to a modern map of the Mediterranean region.
Communities
Identify ways the study of Latin is beneficial to the study of other languages.
Examples: Similarities between the vocabulary of Latin and the Romance languages, as in the Latin word homo, the Spanish word hombre, and the French word l’homme.
Connect with personal interests using knowledge of Latin and the Greco-Roman world.
Examples: Plan real or imaginary travel to places once a part of the Roman Empire, and listen to music, and sing songs in Latin.
Level III
Communication
Interpersonal Mode
Communicate and exchange information about familiar topics using Latin phrases and simple sentences.
Answer simple questions using short, properly formulated Latin sentences.
Formulate questions and responses relevant to a reading or lesson using properly formulated Latin sentences.
Interact with others in formulaic social situations.
Example: Carrying out more involved conversations in simple Latin sentences about a passage being read in class or conversing with others to learn more about them.
Interpretive Mode
Read, understand, and translate Latin prose at an Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High level.
Demonstrate understanding of the main idea of paragraph-length Latin prose texts about familiar ideas.
Find information in Latin texts for practical purposes, including literary analysis.
Read, translate, and and demonstrate understanding of Latin texts that offer differing perspectives.
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.
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.
Presentational Mode
Produce Latin sentences and phrases at a Novice High to Intermediate Low level.
Write short messages and notes in Latin on familiar topics using vocabulary, grammar, and syntax appropriate to Level III.
Write briefly and present information using a series of properly phrased simple sentences.
Examples: Write sentences about topics of Roman and Greek culture and history.
Prepare written materials for presentation, translating English sentences into Latin
Recite memorized authentic Latin prose such as Cicero’s first Catilinarian oration.
Cultures
Relate Roman cultural products to perspectives.
Investigate and describe values and perspectives in Roman prose authors.
Example: Values of pietas and gravitas found in the writings of Pliny.
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.
Relate Roman cultural practices to perspectives.
Contrast the ideals of Roman political factions in the first Century B.C.E.
Example: The conflict between Cicero and Catiline, the proposed policies of the optimates and populares.
Connections
Investigate the connections between Latin and other disciplines.
Describe and analyze the influence of themes in Roman prose on Western art and literature.
Example: Jacque-Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii.
Access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that originate from Latin and Roman culture.