Course Outline and Objectives
Class: Introduction to Latin
Teacher: Sharon Goin
Primary Text: Latin is Fun, Book One
Publisher: Amsco ISBN# 0-87720-550-7
Cost: $7.85 used from Follett; $35.00 and up from Amazon
Where Available: Follet Educational Services (on-line) or Amazon
Other books/materials, etc. required for class:
Famous Men of Rome by Haaren and Poland
Publisher: Memoria Press - $17 and up from Amazon
3x5 cards for making vocabulary flash cards (about 200)
Binder to keep worksheets and used pages from textbook
***Parents are responsible for getting all texts and materials unless teacher specifies otherwise. Order in spring or early summer.
Yearly Tuition: $288.00 Copy/Lab Fees: $5.00/yr.
With this tuition rate, I must have a minimum of 5 and maximum of 10 students.
Course Objectives: Students will acquire a knowledge of basic grammar and the ability to form sentences using the vocabulary they have memorized. In the stories found in each lesson, cognates and near-cognates are used extensively. Reading about the lives of famous Romans will help students identify with the culture of the ancient Romans.
Prerequisites for this class: An understanding of English parts of speech and verb tenses.
Recommended Grade Level(s) for this class: 7th—8th
Estimated Difficulty Level of course for average student:
Easy average XXX above average highly challenging
Average study time for this class will be approximately 3 hours per week.
Additional comments: There will be no mid-term or final exam, but there will be frequent quizzes and a test at the end of each unit. Order books soon and make sure there are not missing pages.