A Prelude to Latin: Secundi Gradus – Second Steps Instructor’s Manual

Course Description: Realizing that Latin was the first common language in which the Scriptures were made available to the masses to facilitate literacy, Fourth graders learn Latin vocabulary in the first and second declensions nouns and adjectives to begin learning the etymology of words and lay a basis for discovering roots to many of our “English” words.

Course Prerequisites: A Prelude to Latin: Primi Gradus, First Steps

Course Objectives: 

To increase literacy through an introduction to Latin, To learn the vocabulary and concepts taught in A Prelude to Latin:  Secundi Gradus, Second Steps.  Memorization/recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in Latin.  Learning is done in class; no homework is assigned.

Student Materials: A Prelude to Latin: Secundi Gradus, Second Steps Student’s Manual

Teacher Materials: A Prelude to Latin: Secundi Gradus, Second Steps Teacher’s Manual

Classroom Resources: Overhead projector, ELMO, teacher created materials

Primary Teaching Methods:

Latin concept introduction and demonstration, Vocabulary introduction and review, Latin workbook work and check-up, Questions and Answer, General Latin Discussion, Classroom Discussion, Group Presentations

Assessment and Evaluative Methods:

Completion of workbook assignments, Discussion, Demonstration,  Drills, Fill in the Blank, Matching, Model, Multiple Choice, Oral Project/Oration, Puzzles from workbook Recitation of the “Lord’s Prayer” in Latin, Translation: English to Latin, and Latin to English

Grading Criteria: Effort and class participation = 100%, Grade reflected on report cards as an E, S, or N

Approximate time/week: 

One class per week, 30 minutes a class and approximately 30 minutes of homework per classroom half hour.

Course Sequence:

Quarter 1

Review: Vowels, Dipthongs, consonants, Accent

Primi Gradus Vocabulary Review 1,2,3

Lesson 1-2nd Declension, vocabulary, grammar

Grammar Exercises

Phrase and Puzzle

Translation

Review/Test

Quarter 2

Vocabulary, Grammar

Grammar Exercises

Phrase and Puzzle Translation

Lesson II-Prepositions/Vocabulary/Grammar

Grammar Exercises 

Phrase and Puzzle Translation

Review/Test

Christmas Break

Quarter 3

Lesson III-Adjectives, Vocabulary, Grammar

Grammar Exercises

Phrase and Puzzle Translation

Review/Test

Lesson IV Vocabulary/Grammar

Grammar Exercises

Phrase and Puzzle Translation

Review/Test

Games

Quarter 4

Lesson V Vocabulary, Grammar

Grammar Exercises

Phrase and Puzzle Translation

Review/Test

Lesson VI Vocabulary, Grammar

Grammar Exercises

Phrase and Puzzle Translation

Review/Test