Section IV: Curriculum Divisions:

Translation: reading and understanding

Grammar: knowledge, usage and application

Vocabulary: translation and basic forms

Supplemental Information:

• Caesar's Life and Times

• Latin Phrases and Abbreviations

• Classical Mythology, Intermediate Level

• Greek and Latin Derivatives

N.B. (Nota Bene/Note Well):  Work ethic

The degree to which the grade would be affected would depend on the weight of the performance, the severity of the problem, and the number of times it occurred. The maximum amount counted for work ethic (as opposed to mastery) is 15% of the final grade.

A student has attained mastery in Latin II when he/she is consistently able to:

• Identify and reproduce new words and know related English derivatives.

• Translate and comprehend personal pronouns in clauses.

• Translate and comprehend perfect, pluperfect and future perfect tenses in clauses.

• Translate and comprehend possessive adjectives in clauses.

• Translate and comprehend how infinitives are used with certain verbs in clauses.

• Translate and comprehend relative clauses.

• Translate and comprehend interrogative pronouns and adjectives in clauses.

• Translate and comprehend third declension neuter and i-stem nouns.

• Translate and comprehend perfect passive participles used as clauses.

• Translate and comprehend usage of ablative absolutes.

• Translate and comprehend the irregular verb "possum" in clauses.

• Translate and comprehend third declension adjectives in clauses.

• Translate and comprehend fourth and fifth declension nouns in clauses.

• Translate and comprehend in clauses the demonstratives: hic, ille, is, idem, and ipse.

• Translate and comprehend third person reflexive adjectives.

• Translate and comprehend present and future active participles used in clauses.

• Translate and comprehend perfect passive and future active infinitives in clauses.

• Explain translations and grammatical construction syntax and usage to peers in a variety of settings.

• Apply translation ability to the reading and comprehension of unseen material (Sight Translations.)

• Comprehend, apply, and share information about Caesar's life and times.

• Understand and apply Latin and Greek roots used in the formation of English vocabulary.

• Understand, apply, and share classical mythology pertaining to the Trojan War, Agamemnon and his children, Jason and the Golden Fleece and Medea, Oedipus, and Cadmus.

• Recognize, understand, and share the influence of classical Latin language, mythology, culture, and history on Western literature and culture.