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Learning Objectives - Latin Years 1
Latin starts in year 5 only!
Learning Objectives - Latin Year 2
Latin starts in year 5 only!
Learning Objectives - Latin Year 3
Latin starts in year 5 only!
Learning Objectives - Latin Year 4
Latin starts in year 5 only!
Learning Objectives - Latin Year 5
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| Cultural Background
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| Vocabulary
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| Lexis and Syntax
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The students become familiar with:
They recognize, build and translate active and passive indicative verbs; infinitives and participles They recognize the syntactical and semantic functions of
They learn and build simple sentences and phrasings (main and subordinate clauses, indicative phrases, AcI, NcI,). They can translate these aspects into their native language and compare them with other languages. |
| Texts
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The students read, translate and understand simple Latin texts (mainly texts from language books as well as famous aphorisms and quotations.)
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| Analysis and Interpretation | They can paraphrase the content.
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| Assessment
50% 3 or 4 tests (45min each, no dictionary) 50% Active participation in class, regular homework, presentation(s), paper, (group) activities |
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| Topics for Final Exam (years 5-8)
Word formation, foreign Loan words, Latin Roots Timeline: Roman Empire (overview) Individual presentation topics on: Roman mythology &history; Europe’s Greek and Roman heritage
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Learning Objectives - Latin Year 6
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| Cultural Background
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see year 5
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| Vocabulary
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| Lexis and Syntax
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The students deepen their familiarity with
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| Texts
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They can read and understand Latin texts (especially from textbooks), summarizing their contents and comparing them with other texts. |
| Every Day Life in Ancient Rome | b) Module “The Individual During his Daily Routine.” Students learn about daily life during various epochs from simple texts. |
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50% 3 – 4 tests (90 min) 50% active participation, regular homework, acitivities, presentation(s), paper
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| Topics for Final Exam (years 5-8)
Figures from Mythology, Legends and History Every Day Life in Ancient Rome |
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Learning Objectives - Latin Years 7 & 8
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| Translation, Analysis and Interpretation of original texts
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The students now have the competence to deal with various kinds of original Latin texts.
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| Literary forms
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They learn about diverse literary forms (e.g. fable, epigram, historical texts, epic poetry) from their historically initial examples.
As such they deal with various themes (philosophy, religion, mythology, politics), interpreting them based upon their own previous experience as well as according to their social and historical context. They compare Latin texts ( e.g. Fables, Metamorphoses) and their broad ramifications that reach until today. In this way, they recognize the continuity of the Latin legacy as being a medium for European intellectual, literary and art history. Through interpretive reading and comparative language study, they broaden both their native language as well as their foreign language competence. They understand and compare various registers and levels of the Latin language (the classic Latin of Cicero, Middle Ages Latin, modern texts). They broaden their active and passive vocabulary in their native as well as foreign languages. They use the lexicon efficiently.
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The following modules can be done in any order:
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| Wit, Humor, Satire
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The students translate and understand short Latin texts such as epigrams, anecdotes and fables.
They recognize how social and political abuses and human weaknesses can be thematically commented upon in a humoristic way.
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| Latin and Europe
Politics and Rhetoric
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The students learn about the Roman influence upon the regions of Europe that continues even today by analyzing key European texts.
They understand the development of the Roman Empire, its fall and legacy. They read about a ruling personality (e.g. Julius Caesar, Karl the Great) learning about his biography from historically original texts, among others.
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| Myth and Reception | The students, with support, translate simple passages from Roman poets.
They become familiar with powerful examples of antique myths. They learn of how these stories live on through various kinds of art by regarding specific examples (visual artworks in sculpture, painting as well as literature) that have been influenced by these myths. They learn the most important Metamorphoses from Ovid either in the original or from translation and can interpret them (e.g. Daedalus/Icarus, Europa, Orpheus/Eurydike, Pyramus/Thisbe, Pygmalion).
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| Love, Lust and Passion
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The students become acquainted with texts which poetically represent the personal perceptions of the meaning of love and partnership. The students compare these with their own experience.
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| Latin as Lingua Franca of Sciences and the Church (Fachsprache)
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Students become acquainted with Latin as the formative language of science. They recognize the influence of Latin upon Romance languages and English. They translate, understand and interpret specialized texts.
Though this, they become familiar with scientific discoveries from ancient Rome until today (e.g. from Roman Law or medicine).
Though the study of key Latin texts, they understand the influence of Christianity upon regions in Europe until today. They recognize Latin as the language of the Bible and of the Catholic Church. They analyze certain well-known texts from the Old and New Testament.
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| Philosophical Aspects
(“Formen der Lebensbewältigung”)
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Students read, translate and analyze Latin, native and foreign language texts concerning philosophical and religious content that question the essence of human existence.
They become acquainted with the origin of western philosophy They know several models for managing one’s life (Stoicism, Epicurianism). They understand the role that Cicero and Seneca played in conveying ancient philosophy.
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Project ROME |
The students become acquainted with the city of Rome during an excursion. They understand the meaning of Rome for the European history and its role as the capital of the Catholic Church. They visit the most important sights to see in Rome as well as how to navigate within the city. While physically standing in front of these sights, they present what they have learned about the antique world, about the development of the city from its initial foundation through its rise as the capital of the Roman Empire, as well as its subsequent decline. They see examples of Rome rebirth during the Renaissance as well as architectural developments that have taken and continue to take place there. They read and interpret Latin, foreign and German texts dealing with both the problems of daily life and the glorification of the city.
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| Assessment
Year 7 50% 3-4 tests (90 min) 50% active participation, regular homework, activities, presentation(s), paper
Year 8 (winter semester only) 50% 2 tests (one 90 min, one 135 min) 50 % active participation, regular homework, activities, presentation(s), paper
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Topics for Final Exam (years 5-8)
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