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High School Latin 1 (W)
Class Year: 2015-2016Time: Tue 10:30 am - 12:00 pm;
Teacher: Jennifer Jones
Tution: $450/year or $50/month for 9 months
Supply Fee: $35/year due upon registration
Location: PREP West (Katy)
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Books:
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/ * Henle First
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/ Year Latin* (isbn:
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/ 0-8294-1026-0)
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/ * Henle Latin
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/ Grammar (isbn:
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/ 0-8294-0112-1)
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/ * Henle Companion,
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/Volume 1, $25
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/(supplied by teacher)
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/ High
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/School students with or without prior Latin are welcome to begin their formal Latin
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/study here. This academic class moves along at a steady pace combining
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/Latin grammar with reading & translating right away. The exercises
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/and readings in Henle teach Roman and American history, the difference between
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/the pagan and Christian worldviews, and the difference between the virtues of
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/the natural man (of whom the Roman was the greatest type) and the virtues of
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/the Christian man, which are possible only through grace.
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/Henle is a superior text in that is uses a vocabulary limited to roughly 550
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/words, allowing the student to master the grammar concepts without being unduly
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/burdened with vocabulary memorization. (The competing text has a
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/vocabulary of just under 2,000 words, by comparison.)
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/English
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/grammar is essential to mastering the Latin language. We will study this branch
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/of the subject through a text called The Magic Lens. The Magic Lens teaches grammar based on
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/a four-level sentence analysis. This is perhaps a bit more logical and
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/meaningful to students than is diagramming. This book is noteworthy in
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/that it contains precise explanations of the concepts and uses sentences from
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/classic literature for analyzing. As students progress in their
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/understanding of grammar, they become acquainted with distinguished authors and
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/their work. We will treat this book as a non-consumable in this class.
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/ *Regarding First Year Latin:
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/Although a superior text, this book has not been updated nor digitized since
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/its publication in the 1940's. Due to its small print and old design,
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/important information does not always stand out in a clear way to
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/students. Over my years of teaching this text, I have written and
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/compiled a Companion that more clearly elucidates its concepts.
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/Students spend more time in this Companion than they do with the actual
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/text. For this reason, I see no reason why you must purchase a new
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/copy. A used copy from Amazon would suit your student's needs just
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/fine. More than anything, students use the text for the vocabulary index
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/in the very back.
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/More information may be found here: magistrajones@BlogSpot.com