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Course Description
Academic Year 2017-2018 • Grade 9 and above • Latin Sequence
For reference only; see current year course listing for course availability and details.Latin IV (Caesar and Vergil)
Sections and Teachers
Section 1: Instructor: Bruce McMenomy
Starts: September 5, 2017
Ends: June 1, 2018
Monday 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET • Thursday 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET
Tuition: $500.00
There is more information at the teacher's course Website: Latin IV (Caesar and Vergil)
This course follows the College Board's AP 2012 revised curriculum for Latin (Caesar and Vergil). It cannot be called AP Latin, since I am not seeking official approval from the College Board, but our students routinely go on to take the exam and to do well in it. Students read all assigned passages from the De Bello Gallico and the Aeneid, with an eye to the nuances of language and the literary features of both works, including Latin metrics and figures of speech, as well as their cultural and political backgrounds. We begin with fairly moderate readings; as students improve in fluency and stamina, we work up to reading about 120 lines of Vergil in a week. The AP Exam is not required but a student who completes the course successfully will be prepared to take it.Prerequisites
Latin III or equivalent. Serious preparation in Latin prose and history. Students not entering through Latin III should contact the instructor: the course begins at an easy pace, but accelerates continuously throughout the year.
Recommended background
Western Literature to Dante is highly recommended, but by no means required; familiarity with the Homeric epics is recommended as well, but the material will be covered.
Teacher's notes:
Students in the past have routinely scored well on the Latin AP Exam, but the AP Exam is not required.
Textbooks and Materials
This item is required:
Caesar: Selections from his Commentarii De Bello Gallico , Authors: Hans-Friedrich Mueller, G. Julius Caesar
ISBN: 0865167788
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
This item is required:
Syntactical Mechanics [Edition or Version: 1], Authors: Bruce A. McMenomy
ISBN: 0806144947
Publisher's website: Syntactical Mechanics
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This book is also required for Latin III, so continuing students will already have a copy.
This item is required:
Vergil's Aeneid: Expanded Collection , Authors: P. Vergilius Maro, Barbara W. Boyd
ISBN: 0865167893
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This OR the other Aeneid edition is required. I've listed this one as required because it's less expensive and more comprehensive. Do not feel obliged to buy this one, however, if you've already acquired the other.
This item is required:
Why Vergil?: A Collection of Interpretations , Authors: Stephanie Quinn
ISBN: 0865164185
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
This item is recommended but not required and its use is optional:
Vergil's Aeneid: Selected Readings from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 , Authors: Barbara W. Boyd, P. Vergilius Maro
ISBN: 0865167648
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: SOME version of this text is necessary, and it has to contain the lines required (the older Boyd version does not). On the other hand, the price of this has gone through the roof, and it has been replaced in the Bolchazy-Carducci lineup with the Aeneid Expanded Collection, which I've also listed here, for a much more reasonable price.
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Latin IV (Caesar and Vergil)
Sections and Teachers
Section 1:
Instructor: Bruce McMenomy
Starts: September 5, 2017
Ends: June 1, 2018
Monday 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET • Thursday 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET
Tuition: $500.00
There is more information at the teacher's course Website: Latin IV (Caesar and Vergil)
This course follows the College Board's AP 2012 revised curriculum for Latin (Caesar and Vergil). It cannot be called AP Latin, since I am not seeking official approval from the College Board, but our students routinely go on to take the exam and to do well in it. Students read all assigned passages from the De Bello Gallico and the Aeneid, with an eye to the nuances of language and the literary features of both works, including Latin metrics and figures of speech, as well as their cultural and political backgrounds. We begin with fairly moderate readings; as students improve in fluency and stamina, we work up to reading about 120 lines of Vergil in a week. The AP Exam is not required but a student who completes the course successfully will be prepared to take it.
Prerequisites
Latin III or equivalent. Serious preparation in Latin prose and history. Students not entering through Latin III should contact the instructor: the course begins at an easy pace, but accelerates continuously throughout the year.
Recommended background
Western Literature to Dante is highly recommended, but by no means required; familiarity with the Homeric epics is recommended as well, but the material will be covered.
Teacher's notes:
Students in the past have routinely scored well on the Latin AP Exam, but the AP Exam is not required.
Textbooks and Materials
This item is required:
Caesar: Selections from his Commentarii De Bello Gallico , Authors: Hans-Friedrich Mueller, G. Julius Caesar
ISBN: 0865167788
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
This item is required:
Syntactical Mechanics [Edition or Version: 1], Authors: Bruce A. McMenomy
ISBN: 0806144947
Publisher's website: Syntactical Mechanics
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This book is also required for Latin III, so continuing students will already have a copy.
This item is required:
Vergil's Aeneid: Expanded Collection , Authors: P. Vergilius Maro, Barbara W. Boyd
ISBN: 0865167893
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This OR the other Aeneid edition is required. I've listed this one as required because it's less expensive and more comprehensive. Do not feel obliged to buy this one, however, if you've already acquired the other.
This item is required:
Why Vergil?: A Collection of Interpretations , Authors: Stephanie Quinn
ISBN: 0865164185
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
This item is recommended but not required and its use is optional:
Vergil's Aeneid: Selected Readings from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 , Authors: Barbara W. Boyd, P. Vergilius Maro
ISBN: 0865167648
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: SOME version of this text is necessary, and it has to contain the lines required (the older Boyd version does not). On the other hand, the price of this has gone through the roof, and it has been replaced in the Bolchazy-Carducci lineup with the Aeneid Expanded Collection, which I've also listed here, for a much more reasonable price.
Ready to Enroll?
Don't yet have a member account? Click this button to create one. We collect only the information we need to identify you and support your enrollments.
Need to know more first? Click the button to check out our FAQs page. You can also email the teacher (just click on the teacher's name in the section listing above!), or contact our Academic Support advisor (See our Support page).
Scholars Online is fully accredited through the Middle States Accreditation Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Hosted on Interserver