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FIFTH GRADE LATIN ROTATION
Welcome to Latin! The purpose of this class is to give you a taste of Latin. You should leave with a sense of where Romance languages come from and what they have in common. This year we will concentrate on vocabulary, mythology, and history as we engage with our Global Theme for the year on cultural identity. By the end of the mini course you may even see yourself as a Roman! We will work from the Minimus book in class and most of our class exercises and readings will come from Minimus. I will limit your homework to next to nothing (largely because I find the calendar function on Haiku a limitation rather than a resource as it manages to indoctrinate you into a false sense of security that all your assignments and classwork will magically appear for you rather than by your own vigilance) and the vast corpus of your grades will come from classwork which will be halved between participation and quality. You will have only one major assessment towards the end of your rotation. Not to worry. It will be fun. Promise. |
We will be together for a quarter, so that's just over five rotations...
Rotation I
Minimus I and II, basic vocabulary, and history of early Rome. Greek Olympians.
Rotation II
Minimus III and IV, vocabulary word searches, mythical heroes?, the Greek alphabet and some Greek history.
Rotation III
Minimus V and VI, vocabulary and sports teams, Aeneas and the Romanization of Greek myth, early Roman republic.
Rotation IV
Minimus VII and VIII, vocabulary review, bilingual Romans, military and civil engineering, Roman town planning.
Rotation V
Minimus IX and X, history of Latin and how Spanish and French derived. Triumphal column. Prepare for the final.
Rotation I
Minimus I and II, basic vocabulary, and history of early Rome. Greek Olympians.
Rotation II
Minimus III and IV, vocabulary word searches, mythical heroes?, the Greek alphabet and some Greek history.
Rotation III
Minimus V and VI, vocabulary and sports teams, Aeneas and the Romanization of Greek myth, early Roman republic.
Rotation IV
Minimus VII and VIII, vocabulary review, bilingual Romans, military and civil engineering, Roman town planning.
Rotation V
Minimus IX and X, history of Latin and how Spanish and French derived. Triumphal column. Prepare for the final.
VocabularyOur major language objective for the course will be learning definitions. Latin derivatives comprise roughly 60% of our English words. (When you add Greek derivatives, we approach 70%!) These definitions will help with all Romance language learning.
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MythologyThere's a lot more to mythology than Percy Jackson! How have the Greek gods managed to find parallels in just about every other culture? How does ancient language development correspond to popular beliefs?
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HistoryYou will know a little about Roman history and the history of the Latin language. In the post Classical age Latin was the language of scholarship until World War I. Did you know Newton composed in Latin because he wanted scholars in other countries to be able to read his work?
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