Sixth Grade Latin
Recommended Prerequisite: None
Grade Offered: 6th grade
Credit: None
State Code: 0603
MNPS Course Code: FLA1076Y
Course Description
The purpose of this six-week course is to introduce students to the importance of Latin and the Roman Empire on today’s languages and Western culture. The study of Roman culture, history, and mythology lays a base for appreciating Western civilization. Students are introduced to the Latin sound system and basic vocabulary words based on thematic topics. Students focus on similarities between Latin and their own language. Students study Roman civilization throughout the course.
Course of Study: Students are expected to use and understand the following topics. These are the first rotation topics.
· Roman Empire: countries & important cities
· Latin alphabet
· Cognates
· Greetings and farewells
· Classroom vocabulary (words for school supplies and classroom objects)
· Numbers (1 – 100)
· Colors
· The months of the year
· Yes/no questions
· First declension nouns and their plurals
· Roman customs, compared and contrasted to American customs
· Some Roman mythology
Additional topics that may be integrated into this class, depending on the length of the course rotation time, are…..
· Weather
· Clothing
· Seasons
· Question words
· Roman house
· Animals
· Roman names
· Food
· Olympian Gods
Standards
Standards are based on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Standards and the Tennessee Standards.
ACTFL Standards: http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3392#standards
Tennessee Standards: http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/ciforeignlang/ciflclassic.htm
Recommended Textbook
No MNPS purchased textbook is available.
Resources
Lingua Latina
Ecce Romani published by Pearson Prentice Hall
These organizations have materials and useful information:
The American Classical League, Miami University at Oxford, Ohio
The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (www.camws.org)
The National Committee of Latin and Greek (www.promotelatin.org)
The American Classical League and the Junior Classical League (http://www.tjcl.org)