Latin: High School 3 - Online

Class Year:  2016-2017
Time:  Thu 01:30 pm - 03:00 pm;
Teacher:  Jennifer Jones
Tution:  $495 / Year or $55 / Month September - May
Supply Fee:  N/A

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Continuing our study of the Classical World, this / /class is for those students having completed Latin 1 and 2 at PREP Classes, / /either online or on-campus. This is a full year?s foreign language study / /earning students 1 high school credit. / /

If Henle First Year Latin has not been completed, we will first complete those lessons before moving into Henle Second Year Latin. 

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Our goal will be to make progress in Henle Second Year Latin which covers the remaining / /Latin grammar. The start of the book quickly moves through a review of the / /concepts covered in book 1.  These review / /lessons introduce new vocabulary and some of the finer points to the grammar, / /so they cannot be skipped altogether.  We / /generally cover two lessons per week until we reach Lesson 16 when all new / /information is introduced.  From that / /point forward we cover one lesson per week.

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We will read through much of Caesar?s Gallic Warsthis year and students will keep an online journal of their reading.  Students will also be asked to engage with / /their fellow students by commenting on their weekly journal entries. All / /discussion of Caesar?s activities will be from the Christian worldview (Why did / /God allow this to happen? What do you think God was doing at this point in / /history? How did this contribute to God?s plan of salvation for the world? / /etc.).

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Class / /Logistics

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We will / /meet online from 1:30 ? 3pm (Central) each Thursday in a virtual classroom at / /WizIQ.  Students and instructor will / /interact with each other in real time.  / /The instructor will use the provided whiteboard and many other tools / /available in the classroom to conduct the class.  A student may ask questions and respond to / /prompts by ?raising his/her hand? and either speaking into the microphone or / /typing into the chat box on the page. 

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Most weeks / /a video lesson will be released on Mondays with the associated homework, and on / /Thursdays we will review the work together, discuss the grammatical elements, / /and go over students? specific questions.  / /This will provide more time for all of us to interact with the language.

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Students / /will need access to a computer with high-speed internet, as well as a headset / /with a built-in microphone.

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Weekly / /assignments will include a number of exercises that practice the concepts / /covered in that week?s class, as well as a short weekly composition / /assignment.  Students will be asked to / /participate in a class discussion each week; this will entail answering a / /specific question posted by me, and giving feedback to another student, or / /commenting/encouraging a classmate on their online journal. This is designed to / /get students thinking about how to remember and apply the Latin grammar to / /their work.  Students can expect to work / /approximately 45 to 60 minutes each day on their Latin homework.

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Special / /opportunities for extra-curricular contests will be made available to / /students.  These will include the / /National Classical Etymology Exam (NCEE), the Classical Literacy Exam (CLE), / /and possibly others.  Students are / /encouraged to take the National Latin Exam (NLE) through a local organization / /that administers it.  All these contests / /are listed with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) / /and are beneficial on a student?s high school transcript.

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Required Books: 

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• Henle / / Second Year Latin text
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• Henle Companion, Book 2, $22, / / supplied by instructor
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• 38 Latin Stories, by Groton & May (readily found used on Amazon) 
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Students will need their Henle Latin Grammar from / /previous years.