Latin High School Year 1 | Fully Online & Interactive

Perfect for: Grades 8-12+ / Ages 12-18+Course includes: 1 complete year / 180 day lesson calendar | Interactive games | Listen & record lessons | Culture videos | Online testing and assesment | Automated grade book | Automated student tracking | Advisor and student viewsCourse OverviewLatin is the foundation for French, Spanish and Italian as well as the basis for much of the sophisticated vocabulary of modern English. Law, Medicine and Science still rely heavily on Latin terminology. Latin may be a \"dead\"� language, but not for students in this course. Games, modern content, multi-media exercises and engaging stories together make this Latin experience vibrant and alive. Although students receive a strong foundation in skills to decode the classics, the course also emphasizes the ability to speak and understand in Latin. Students will be able to read and understand excerpts of authentic classical works by the end of the course.What You Will LearnPhrases Familiar Latin phrases as well as greetings, introductions, relationships, cause and effect, how to express likes and dislikes and how to ask questions. Esperanto is also introduced as a method for learning Latin. Vocabulary Animals, body parts, family words, shapes, geography, colors, food, health and safety, numbers and household vocabulary. Grammar Noun forms (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative and vocative); genders; declensions; prepositions; word order; regular and irregular verbs; present tense verbs (indicative vs. exhortative modes); future tense verbs (indicative and imperfective); past tense verbs (imperfective aspect); plural noun phrases; modal verbs; past time reference; passive vs. active mode; i-stem verbs; fourth conjugation verbs; and imperatives. Culture Students will gain an understanding of the history of the Latin language and cultural aspects of the Roman Empire, such as history, life, politics and the arts.