Latin iii and iv curriculum map

Latin III/IV
Curriculum Map
Textbook: Latin For Americans, Books 2 and 3; Supplemental Readings
CURRICULUM MAP KEY
 Latin III/IV will follow the 9-12 Benchmarks and Indicators as they are Pre-Advanced Language
Learners
 Bulleted items represent assessments
 Indicator Code = Standard.Benchmark.Grade.Indicator
Power Indicators = Communication Standard: G.12.8 (Deriving Meaning)

Latin III/IV will immerse itself in Roman history and culture from its founding to its demise.
Students will study Roman culture and history and read texts about these events or written by
prominent figures from these periods.

When appropriate forms tests will be administered throughout respective units to assess
forms and syntax comprehension. Translation tests will be administered to assess reading
skills periodically throughout each unit.

Unit 1: The Founding of Rome
Text: Wheelock’s Latin Reader: “Legends of Early Rome: Romulus and Remus”
August 24 – September 10
Standard: Communication
 Forms and Syntax Review: 1.G.12.8
o Nouns: Declensions Endings: All 5 declensions
o Verbs: All six tenses of indicative, active and passive; all four tenses of the subjunctive
active and passive
 Translation: “Legends of Early Rome: Romulus and Remus”: 1.G.12.8, 1.H.12.10

Standard: Cultures
 Translation: “Legends of Early Rome: Romulus and Remus” (Roman traditions of loyalty to Rome
over family): 2.A.12.4; (analysis of target culture via literature) 2.C.12.7, 2.C.12.8

Standard: Connections
 Research on Livy and Founding of Rome: 3.A.12.1, 3.A.12.3, 3.A.12.4; (modern-day connections)
3.B.12.6

Standard: Comparisons
 Translation: “Legends of Early Rome: Romulus and Remus”: (linguistic comparisons) 4.A.12.1;
(allusions) 4.B.12.2; (analysis of customs and beliefs) 4.D.12.6

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Unit 2: The Regal Period of Rome and the Early Republic of Rome
Text: Latin For Americans: Book 2: Unit 3 Livy
September 13 – November 4
 Forms and Syntax: 1.G.12.8
o Dative with verb compounds
 P. 174 English to Latin Translations: 1.C.12.4
o Irregular verb: malo
o Locative Case
o Review cum clauses
 P.178 English to Latin Translations: 1.C.12.4
o Review Future Passive Participle
o Introduce Gerund
o Review Latin Sentence Structure
o Introduce impersonal verbs
o Review Genitive of the Whole (Partitive Genitive)
o Introduce new cum clauses
o Review Uses of Dative
o Review the omission of forms of sum, esse, fui, futurus
o Review Hortatory and Jussive clauses
o Introduce forms of the indefinite pronouns: quis, aliquis, and quidam
 P. 200 Practice
 Translation: Selections from Livy’s history Ab Urbe Conditā: 1.H.12.10

Standard: Cultures
 Translation: Selections from Livy’s history Ab Urbe Conditā: (views on kings/concept of royalty)
2.A.12.1, (satirical elements of Livy’s history) 2.A.12.3, (dawn of Republican rule) 2.A.12.4,
2.B.12.7; (expansion of Rome’s infrastructure: temples, roads, aqueducts, etc) 2.B.12.8

 Translation: Selections from Livy’s history Ab Urbe Conditā: (discussion of Roman political woes)
3.A.12.2; (lessons for a modern society) 3.B.12.5, 3.B.12.6

 Translation: Selections from Livy’s history Ab Urbe Conditā: (linguistic comparisons) 4.A.12.1;
(allusions) 4.B.12.2; (analysis of customs and beliefs) 4.D.12.5, 4.D.12.6

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Unit 3: The Middle Republic of Rome
Text: Wheelock’s Latin Reader: “Hannibal and the Second Punic War”
Latin For Americans, Book 2: Unit 3 “Livy”
War with Hannibal: Authentic Latin Prose for the Beginning Student
November 8 – January 20
o Relative Pronoun as a transitional word/phrase
o Accusative place to which without the preposition
o Review forms of the present imperative
o Review use of quisque and quisquam
 P. 210 Practice
o Review Result Clause
 Translation Wheelock’s Latin Reader: “Hannibal and the Second Punic War”: 1.H.12.10

Standard: Cultures
 Translation Wheelock’s Latin Reader: “Hannibal and the Second Punic War”: 2.D.12.9; (enmity
between Rome and Carthage) 2.A.12.1; (impact of Punic Wars on Rome and Carthage) 2.C.12.7

 Translation Wheelock’s Latin Reader: “Hannibal and the Second Punic War”: (diplomacy in the
Punic Wars?) 3.A.12.2; (lessons for a modern society) 3.B.12.5

 Translation Wheelock’s Latin Reader: “Hannibal and the Second Punic War”: (linguistic
comparisons) 4.A.12.1; (allusions) 4.B.12.2; (analysis of customs and beliefs) 4.D.12.5, 4.D.12.6

Cumulative Midterm Examination

Unit 4: The Late Republic of Rome
Texts: Latin For Americans: Book 3: Unit 3 “Cicero Against Catiline”
January 24 – May 27
o Anaphora and Praeteritio
o Irony and Chiasmus
o Correlatives

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o Use of Repetitions and Examples (in twos and threes)
o Alliteration
o Metaphor
o Personification
o Antithesis
o Asyndeton
o Climax and Word Play
o Rhythm
o Ciceronian Periodic Sentence Structure
o Rhetorical Use of Prepositional Phrases
 English to Latin Translations – pp. 97-98, 100, 104-106, 109-111, 113-116, 118, 120-123, 125:
1.C.12.4
 Translation: Cicero’s Catilinarian Orations: 1.H.12.10, 1.J.12.12

Standard: Cultures
 Translation: Cicero’s Catilinarian Orations: 2.C.12.8 (traditional cultural loyalties) 2.A.12.1,
2.A.12.4; (satire) 2.A.12.3; (evolution of Roman Republic) 2.C.12.6, 2.C.12.7

 Translation: Cicero’s Catilinarian Orations: (Cicero’s political dilemma) 3.A.12.2, 3.B.12.5

 Translation: Cicero’s Catilinarian Orations: (linguistic comparisons) 4.A.12.1; (allusions) 4.B.12.2;
(analysis of customs and beliefs) 4.D.12.5, 4.D.12.6

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