Spanish I - Carol Tripp, Instructor
First year high school level Spanish course. Major grammatical content includes: the present and preterit tenses, adjective/noun agreement, direct/indirect object pronouns, contrasting ser/estar. To see level I vocabulary, please refer to Glencoe/McGraw-Hill’s website for the Buen Viaje series.
Textbook: Buen Viaje, Level I
Conrad Schmitt & Protase Woodford
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, copyright 2000
ISBN 0-02-641219-5
Spanish II – Carol Tripp, Instructor
Second year high school level Spanish course. Level II includes the following tenses & moods: “u” and “i”-stem preterit forms, the imperfect, the future, & the conditional. To see level II vocabulary, please refer to Glencoe/McGraw-Hill’s website for the Buen Viaje series. Additional vocabulary will be presented through cultural and historical readings.
A placement test is required for all students wishing to enroll in foreign language classes beyond the first year if he/she has not been enrolled in the prior level class at the MHSRC and will be administered by the teacher for admission to this class. Students should take the placement test prior to purchasing a textbook.
Textbook: Buen Viaje, Level II
Conrad Schmitt & Protase Woodford
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, copyright
Spanish III (Honors)- Carol Tripp, Instructor
Third year high school level Spanish course. Third year students will do a cursory review of the tenses introduced in level II. The level III class will cover all of the subjunctive tenses (present, present perfect, imperfect & pluperfect) & the situations which require their uses. Vocabulary is based upon text readings (cultural, historical & current events). During the 2nd semester, students are required to have one-one conversations (interviews) with the instructor.
A placement test is required for all students wishing to enroll in foreign language classes beyond the first year if he/she has not been enrolled in the prior level class at the MHSRC. Placement test will be administered by the teacher for admission to this class. Students should take the placement test prior to purchasing a textbook. Placement tests will be given at the MHSRC during the months of April or early May.
Students are required to have an 85 grade average in Spanish II before they can move into Spanish III.
Textbook: Buen Viaje, Level III
Conrad Schmitt & Protase Woodford
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, copyright 2000
ISBN 0-02-641813-4
French II – Carol Tripp, Instructor
Second year high school level French course. Level II includes irregular verb forms (present and passé compose), verbs requiring être in the past tense and past participle agreement ,the imperfect tense, double object pronouns & prepositional pronouns.
A placement test is required for all students wishing to enroll in foreign language classes beyond the first year if he/she has not been enrolled in the prior level class at the MHSRC and will be administered by the teacher for admission to this class. Students should take the placement test prior to purchasing a textbook.
Textbook: Discovering French Nouveau (blanc)
Valette & Valette
McDougal Littell, copyright 2001
ISBN 0395874890
French III – Carol Tripp, Instructor
Course description coming soon.
Latin I - Page Fletcher, Instructor
Grammar and Vocabulary
Learn a Latin vocabulary of 334 words with lots of practice and review in the Drill Sheets. Review English grammar; learn the formation of the Roman alphabet; first conjugation verbs; principal parts of verbs; first, second and third declension nouns; ablative case usage; conjugation of sum, conjunctions, prepositions, appositives, adjectives, accusative case usage, personal pronouns, numerals, dative case usage; present, imperfect, and future tenses of verbs; adverbs; indicative and imperative moods of verbs; vocative case usage. Students do some creative writing in Latin, which many have found to be an effective way of actually learning the Latin.
History and Culture
Brief history of Italy, the Roman calendar, the monarchy and the republic of Rome, everyday life in Rome.
Bible
Translation of simple Bible verses, plus examples given in each chapter heading. Many “Bible Thoughts” interspersed throughout. Sentences which instill good character are part of translation practice.
Continuing Story
Each chapter features an installment of the story of a Roman centurion and his family, beginning when they are living in Gaul and are recalled to Rome, and then sent on to Judea, preparing the way for Volume II when they meet the disciples.
Textbook: www.latintrivium.com 858-335-6311
Latin in the Christian Trivium Vol. I item # 9300 $29.95
A good Latin Dictionary of choice
(Plan ahead and purchase Vol. I and II together, item # 9678, for $54.95, since Vol. II costs $42.95)
Latin II – Page Fletcher, Instructor
Grammar and Vocabulary:
Learn a Latin vocabulary of an additional 410 words, giving a total for the two volumes of 744 words. More on adjectives; more ablative case usages; special verbs inquam and possum; perfect, pluperfect, and future tenses of verbs; remaining three verb conjugations, infinitive with subject accusatives; objective infinitives, predicate accusatives; active and passive verb forms; demonstrative pronouns; comparison of adverbs and adjectives; more ablative and accusative uses, fourth declension nouns; participles, dative with intransitive verbs.
History and Culture
Roman names; The Reign of Herod; Roman Houses, Climate of the Mediterranean; Education in Israel; Food in Biblical Times; The Care of the Dead.
Bible
Continuation of Scriptures throughout. Daniel in the Lion’s Den, Luke 1, Jonah and the Whale, Birth of Jesus, Psalm One, Jesus at the Temple, Sermon on the Mount, Deut. 6:4-9, Matthew 28: 18-20, Lex Rex, Attributes of God, . Many “Bible Thoughts” interspersed throughout. Sentences which instill good character are part of translation practice.
Continuing Story
The story of a Roman centurion and his family continues. They travel across the Mediterranean, meet a Jewish family, endure a storm on the Mediterranean, visit friends in Cana, help build the synagogue, hear Jesus give the sermon on the mount, relate the story of the birth of Jesus, learn of Herod’s plan to kill the Infant Jesus. What happens next?
Textbook www.latintrivium.com 858-335-6311
Latin in the Christian Trivium Vol. II item # 9619 $42.95
A good Latin Dictionary of Choice
Latin III - Page Fletcher, Instructor
Grammar and Vocabulary
Learn a Latin vocabulary of an additional 312 words, giving a total for the three volumes of over 1,000 words, which is the standard total for three years of Latin study. Grammar includes special verbs- malo, nolo, volo; pronouns ipse, iste, idem; ablative of specification, fifth declension (noun), special translation of causa; subject infinitives, reflexive pronouns, indirect discourse, dative of reference, purpose, possession; Subjunctive mood— hortatory, purpose clauses, imperfect subjunctive, iussive noun clauses, result clauses, ablative absolutes; deponent verbs, cum clauses; the verbs eo and fero; Verbs of Fearing, Wishing; relative clauses of purpose, gerunds and gerundives; impersonal verbs, future active and passive participles.
History and Culture
Shepherds’ lives; dinners; Roman homes; Farming; the Roman Empire; Occupations for the Different Nations; first chapter of Caesar’s Commentaries; Roman Roads; Trade; Care of the Dead; the Land of Galilee, Cicero‘s First Oration against Cataline
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Bible
Nicene Creed, Psalm 21; How to Pray; Psalm 100; the Good Shepherd; Gnosticism; What does the Bible say about Joy, Jesus’ prayer; Thanksgiving; What does the Bible say about being a man? What does the Bible say about Life? Moneychangers in the Temple; The Rich Young Ruler, Lazarus, Zaccheus, the One and the Many; Mary and Martha; The Feast of the Tabernacles; the Crucifixion; The Good Samaritan, The Gospel Road; James I, The First Sabbath day; a Logical Argument for the Resurrection.
Continuing Story
The family travels to Nain, has dinner with Simon the Pharisee, witnesses the story of the healing of the paralytic. Everyone in the family and their friends travel to Jerusalem to attend the Feast of the Tabernacles. Some of their little group stay in Bethany with Nicodemus who was a friend. They visit Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, and all attend the Feast in Jerusalem where they join with Jesus and the disciples. They are all there during the trial and crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. In the final chapter of this volume, Christ gives His command to “go and teach all nations”.
Textbook: www.latintrivium.com 858-335-6311
Latin in the Christian Trivium Vol. III
Item #9827 $48.95
501 Latin Verbs by Richard E. Prior and Joseph Wohlberg – Barnes & Noble
A good Latin Dictionary of choice
Latin IV - (Wheelock's with Honors Options) (2011-2012) Page Fletcher, Instructor
Wheelock's Latin is the standard Latin text origianlly written for college students. Our students will have the opportunity to revisit and reinforce the grammar of Latin and its vocabulary while focusing on the translation of sententiae antiquae (sentences of ancient Roman origin) and the writings of Cicero, Horace, and Catullus, to name a few. This text will best prepare students for the AP Latin Exam and the upper levels of the National Latin Exam each spring.
Participation in the National Latin Exam required.
AP Latin Exam (optional)
This class meets on Tuesdays from 11:15-12:30.
Requirement: placement test and/or submission of previous Latin work (notebook and tests)
Honors Requirements: Read Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch
Participate in the National Latin Exam in March
Translate and present a favorite children's story into Latin
AP Requirement: (all of the above) plus take the AP Latin Exam in the spring. The 2011 AP Latin Exam book will need to be
purchased.
Textbooks: Wheelock's Latin (6th Edition, revised) by Fredrick M. Wheelock, copyright 2005 (available at Barnes and Noble
501 Latin Verbs
Several Latin dictionaries (Oxford and another)
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