Scope and sequence · Languages
Grade 5 Latin
A quarter of real stories, from the ruins of the Roman Forum and a schoolboy's wax tablet to a birthday invitation dug out of the mud at Vindolanda, Jerome at his desk and Cicero on his feet in the Senate, each one opening a door into how Latin works: first-declension nouns, the present tense, the verb to be, and who does what to whom.
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What to cover
10 of 10 lessons are MUST COVER. They are tested on the unit tests and exams, or are skills the SAT/ACT relies on. OPTIONAL lessons are enrichment. Do them if time allows. The course is complete when the MUST COVER lessons are done.
Unit 1: Latin Is Alive
- MUST COVER 1.1 The Language That Would Not Die · unit test
- MUST COVER 1.2 English Wears a Toga: Latin Derivatives · unit test
Unit 2: Nouns Change Their Endings
- MUST COVER 2.1 A Roman Schoolboy's Words: One and Many · unit test
- MUST COVER 2.2 Letters in Stone: The Cases of Puella · unit test
Unit 3: Verbs Do the Work
- MUST COVER 3.1 A Letter from the Edge of the World: Amo, Amas, Amat · unit test
- MUST COVER 3.2 Jerome's Big Job: The Verb To Be · unit test
Unit 4: Who Does What to Whom
- MUST COVER 4.1 Cicero Stands Up: Subject and Object · unit test
- MUST COVER 4.2 Arma Virumque Cano: Latin Word Order · unit test
Unit 5: Reading Rome
- MUST COVER 5.1 A Morning in the Forum · unit test
- MUST COVER 5.2 Latin All Around You · unit test
36-week pacing calendar
This is a 10-week course. Pair it with another course in the same subject, or spread it over the year at a lighter pace.
| Week | Plan | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | Session 1: Lesson 1.1 The Language That Would Not Die: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.1 activity (sound cards) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice, and the first recitation out loud | ||
| Wk 2 | Session 1: Lesson 1.2 English Wears a Toga: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.2 activity (derivative hunt) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 1 review and unit challenge (the derivative tree poster) | ||
| Wk 3 | Session 1: Lesson 2.1 A Roman Schoolboy's Words: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.1 activity (ending-flip cards) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 4 | Session 1: Lesson 2.2 Letters in Stone: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.2 activity (the case staircase) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 2 review and unit challenge (the wax tablet) | ||
| Wk 5 | Session 1: Lesson 3.1 A Letter from the Edge of the World: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.1 activity (the verb wheel) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 6 | Session 1: Lesson 3.2 Jerome's Big Job: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.2 activity (est sentences) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 3 review and unit challenge (the illuminated verse) | ||
| Wk 7 | Session 1: Lesson 4.1 Cicero Stands Up: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.1 activity (sentence-building cards) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 8 | Session 1: Lesson 4.2 Arma Virumque Cano: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.2 activity (word-order experiments) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 4 review and unit challenge (the family sentence game) | ||
| Wk 9 | Session 1: Lesson 5.1 A Morning in the Forum: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.1 activity (reading the story) and Latin notebook Session 3: Read the story aloud again, worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 10 | Session 1: Lesson 5.2 Latin All Around You: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.2 activity (the motto workshop) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 5 review and unit challenge (the family Latin day) | ||
| Wk 11 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 12 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 13 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 14 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 15 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 16 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 17 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 18 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 19 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 20 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 21 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 22 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 23 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 24 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 25 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 26 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 27 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 28 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 29 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 30 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 31 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 32 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 33 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 34 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 35 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 36 | Open week: second course, project or review |
Grading: Recitation and flashcards (daily chanting, vocabulary reviews, reading aloud) 30%, Latin notebook (dated pages, charts, translations, reflections) 25%, Practice sentences (both directions, corrected with the answer key) 15%, Unit reviews 15%, Unit challenges 15%. Scale: A 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69. Below 60: repeat the chants and practice with help.