Latin III
Course Description
In this course the student will complete an understanding of the Latin language through development of extended, complex grammar and vocabulary. An emphasis is placed on verb structure. The student will gain an understanding and appreciation for Ancient Roman culture through a study of art and architecture.
Course Big Ideas
- Independent and Dependent Clauses
- Subjunctive Mood of Verbs
- Infinitive Mood of Verbs
- Participle Mood of Verbs
- Imperative Mood of Verbs
- Uses of the Future Passive Participle – Gerunds, Passive Periphrastic Verbs
- Ancient Greek Sculpture
Course Essential Questions
- How does a verb’s mood influence the tone and translation of a complex sentence?
- How does the syntax of a complex sentence shape its translation?
- What do the physical characteristics of an ancient sculpture tell us about its construction and representation of a specific time period in ancient civilizations?
Course Competencies
- Conjugation of Latin verbs in all moods, tenses, and voices, including indicative, subjunctive, infinitive, and participle.
- Connections in grammatical concepts and basic vocabulary between Latin and English.
- Complex written translation of both English and Latin, as it applies to target grammatical concepts and vocabulary.
- Comparisons and influences of ancient and modern cultures, as it relates to classical art and sculpture.
Course Assignments
- Recitation of verb charts
- Teacher and student-produced written assignments
- Teacher-produced formative and summative assessments
Course Units
- Unit 1: The Present and Imperfect Subjunctives
- Unit 2: The Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctives
- Unit 3: The Infinitive Mood
- Unit 4: The Participle Mood
- Unit 5: Imperatives and Other Complex Verbs
Unit 1: The Present and Imperfect Subjunctives
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- Connections 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
- Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Know
- The definition of a verb’s mood.
- The use of the subjunctive mood of verbs.
- The present tense forms of the subjunctive mood.
- The imperfect tense forms of the subjunctive mood.
- The independent uses of the present subjunctive verb.
- The dependent uses of the present and imperfect subjunctive verbs (ut clauses).
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
- Identify and compare moods of verbs.
- Conjugate subjunctive verbs accordingly in the present and imperfect tenses, in both Latin and English.
- Determine appropriate use of verbs based upon accompanying syntax within a sentence.
- Translate complex phrases and sentences in both Latin and English.
- Create original phrases and sentences using the target grammar and vocabulary in both Latin and English.
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Vocabulary
Assessments
- Recitation of endings charts
- Daily practice assignments for grammar review
- Formative grammar and vocabulary quizzes
- Teacher-produced written assignments (complex sentences to translate into both Latin and English)
- Student-produced written assignments based on prompts (complex sentences to demonstrate comprehension of target grammar and vocabulary)
- Summative unit assessment (bringing in concepts from previous Latin course)
Unit 2: The Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctives
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- Connections 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
- Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
- Identify and compare moods and tenses of verbs.
- Conjugate subjunctive verbs accordingly in all tenses, in both Latin and English.
- Determine appropriate use of verbs based upon accompanying syntax within a sentence.
- Translate complex phrases and sentences in both Latin and English.
- Create original phrases and sentences using the target grammar and vocabulary in both Latin and English.
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Vocabulary
Assessments
- Recitation of endings charts
- Daily practice assignments for grammar review
- Formative grammar and vocabulary quizzes
- Teacher-produced written assignments (complex sentences to translate into both Latin and English)
- Student-produced written assignments based on prompts (complex sentences to demonstrate comprehension of target grammar and vocabulary)
- Summative unit assessment (cumulative of all course content to date)
Unit 3: The Infinitive Mood
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
- Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- Cultures 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.
- Connections 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
- Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
- The mood of a Latin verb indicates the level of complexity in a sentence.
- The grammar and syntax of a Latin sentence influences specific English translation, and vice versa.
- Art and sculpture served as a symbol of pride and magnificence in ancient civilization, showing growth in both talent and wealth.
Do
- Identify and compare moods and tenses of verbs.
- Conjugate infinitive verbs accordingly in all tenses, in both Latin and English.
- Determine appropriate use of verbs based upon accompanying syntax within a sentence.
- Translate complex phrases and sentences in both Latin and English.
- Create original phrases and sentences using the target grammar and vocabulary in both Latin and English.
- Identify the time period of a Greek sculpture piece by analyzing its composition.
- Compare pieces of Greek sculpture by analyzing their compositions.
Unit Essential Questions
- How does a verb’s mood influence the tone and translation of a sentence?
- How does the syntax of a sentence shape its translation?
- What kinds of main verbs introduce different sentence structures of the infinitive mood?
- How does a sculpture’s physical compositions reflect its time period of construction and the civilization?
Lesson Essential Questions
- What characteristics of a Latin verb indicate its mood, tense, and/or voice?
- What is the difference between a direct and indirect statement?
- What verbs are commonly used to introduce the infinitive mood in a sentence?
- How does Latin distinguish between primary and secondary uses of subjects and verbs within the same sentence?
- What characteristics in composition identify a piece of sculpture into a specific time period of art in Ancient Greece?
Materials/Resources
Vocabulary
Assessments
- Recitation of endings charts
- Daily practice assignments for grammar review
- Formative grammar and vocabulary quizzes
- Teacher-produced written assignments (complex sentences to translate into both Latin and English)
- Student-produced written assignments based on prompts (complex sentences to demonstrate comprehension of target grammar and vocabulary)
- Written analyses of sculpture appearance production
- Summative unit assessment (cumulative of all course content to date)
Unit 4: The Participle Mood
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- Connections 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
- Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
- Identify and compare moods and tenses of verbs.
- Conjugate participle verbs accordingly in all tenses, in both Latin and English.
- Use participles to describe nouns within a sentence, varying in functions.
- Determine appropriate use of verbs based upon accompanying syntax within a sentence.
- Translate complex phrases and sentences in both Latin and English.
- Create original phrases and sentences using the target grammar and vocabulary in both Latin and English.
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Vocabulary
Assessments
- Recitation of endings charts
- Daily practice assignments for grammar review
- Formative grammar and vocabulary quizzes
- Teacher-produced written assignments (complex sentences to translate into both Latin and English)
- Student-produced written assignments based on prompts (complex sentences to demonstrate comprehension of target grammar and vocabulary)
- Summative unit assessment (cumulative of all course content to date)
Unit 5: Imperatives and Other Complex Verbs
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- Connections 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
- Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
- While Latin verb forms in isolation may appear identical, their uses within a sentence can vary, depending upon the remaining syntax.
- The physical form of a Latin verb within a sentence will indicate the intonation of the English translation.
- The future passive participle in Latin can be used independently, with a noun, or alongside another verb in a sentence, giving a different translation for each use.
Do
- Conjugate imperative verbs in the present tense, in both Latin and English.
- Identify the person of address in an imperative mood sentence.
- Identify and compare different uses of the future passive participle in Latin.
- Decline a gerund in Latin.
- Conjugate a passive periphrastic in all three tenses, relating to the subject of the sentence.
- Determine appropriate use of verbs based upon accompanying syntax within a sentence.
- Translate complex phrases and sentences in both Latin and English.
- Create original phrases and sentences using the target grammar and vocabulary in both Latin and English.
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Vocabulary
Assessments
- Recitation of endings charts
- Daily practice assignments for grammar review
- Formative grammar and vocabulary quizzes
- Teacher-produced written assignments (complex sentences to translate into both Latin and English)
- Student-produced written assignments based on prompts (complex sentences to demonstrate comprehension of target grammar and vocabulary)
- Summative unit assessment (cumulative of all course content to date)