Description:

This class is a continuation of Latin I. We will complete Latin Alive! Book 1 and continue on to Book 2. Students will learn reflexive, relative, and interrogative pronouns; pluperfect and future perfect; passive voice in all tenses; past, present and future participles; deponent and irregular verbs; and comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs. Extensive study of Latin derivatives and stories of Roman culture, myths, and history make Latin come alive. Substantial Latin readings and translation exercises adapted from Latin literature will develop English grammar, vocabulary, and logic and problem solving skills. Training in Roman culture, myths, and history will be done through arts integration and hands-on projects. Students should expect to spend about 4 hours each week on homework outside of class. Access to email and internet is required. One high school language credit.

Live remote option available for students who are absent from class.

Latin II Overview:

In Latin II, they additionally learn how to process and retain lots of information and details. Our more in-depth look at English and Latin grammar as well as parsing out sentences and putting them back together into grammatically correct English sense (rather than literally translating), reading large chunks of “real” Latin taken from the classic Latin writers and translating it as chunks, rather than word for word takes a new kind of plasticity in their brains that will serve them well whether that is in project management, planning and design, writing, or the sciences.