Monday, September 8
12:14 pm    D Period

An A- in Latin III/Hon, a B- in Latin IV, or permission of Department Head. Students choosing the AP courses need a strong grounding in Latin grammar and vocabulary and must be willing and able to commit significant time and effort to the work required by

This course is for students who have completed Latin III or Latin AP Literature and wish to prepare for the AP exam in Latin by extensive, close reading of Vergil’s Aeneid. This course will be taught in conjunction with Latin IV. Class discussion will focus on translation, scansion, comprehensive review of grammar and syntax along with a review of those structures peculiar to poetry, analysis of the literary quality of the epic in general and of Vergil’s Latin in particular, and exploration of the political and social context of the poetry. Students taking the course at the AP level need to have a strong base in grammar and syntax on which they will build a sophisticated understanding of Vergil’s Latin. Oral reading and the memorization of brief Latin passages help develop an appreciation for the literary quality of the poetry. Quizzes and tests will require translation, scansion, thorough explanation of grammar and syntax, and sophisticated literary analysis based on class discussion and outside reading. The typical homework assignment will be to prepare a translation of 15-20 lines of the Aeneid. Students will also read the entire poem in English.

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