Scope and sequence · Languages
Grade 7 Latin
A quarter of real reading at last: Midas and his golden wish, Paul in the storm off Malta, two strangers at a poor man's door, Cornelia showing her jewels, the freed secretary whose shorthand gave us the ampersand, Caesar at the Rubicon, a hungry fox under a vine, and the Shepherd Psalm sung in Rome's catacombs, each story opening bigger Latin: the third declension, all four conjugations, the pronouns, the perfect tense, and two real Latin texts read whole.
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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: The Third Declension
- MUST COVER 1.1 Midas Rex: Kings, Laws and the -is Family · unit test
- MUST COVER 1.2 Paul at Sea: Neuters and the Deep · unit test
Unit 2: All Four Conjugations
- MUST COVER 2.1 The Guests at the Door: The Third Conjugation · unit test
- MUST COVER 2.2 Speak, Lord: The Fourth Conjugation · unit test
Unit 3: Pronouns: Pointing at People
- MUST COVER 3.1 These Are My Jewels: Ego, Tu and Mine · unit test
- MUST COVER 3.2 He, She, It — and the Secretary Who Invented & · unit test
Unit 4: The Perfect Tense
- MUST COVER 4.1 Veni, Vidi, Vici · unit test
- MUST COVER 4.2 The Die Was Cast: Principal Parts in Charge · unit test
Unit 5: Reading Real Latin
- MUST COVER 5.1 Vulpes et Uva: A Real Fable in Real Latin · unit test
- MUST COVER 5.2 Dominus Regit Me: The Shepherd Psalm · 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 Midas Rex: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.1 activity (stem-surgery cards) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice, and the rex chant recited out loud | ||
| Wk 2 | Session 1: Lesson 1.2 Paul at Sea: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.2 activity (the voyage chart) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 1 review and unit challenge (the stem-surgery deck demonstrated cold) | ||
| Wk 3 | Session 1: Lesson 2.1 The Guests at the Door: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.1 activity (the conjugation sort) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 4 | Session 1: Lesson 2.2 Speak, Lord: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.2 activity (the master chart and Simon dicit) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 2 review and unit challenge (the master chart presented, with the timed chant) | ||
| Wk 5 | Session 1: Lesson 3.1 These Are My Jewels: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.1 activity (mea ornamenta) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 6 | Session 1: Lesson 3.2 He, She, It: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.2 activity (the shorthand workshop) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 3 review and unit challenge (the treasure frame lettered and hung) | ||
| Wk 7 | Session 1: Lesson 4.1 Veni, Vidi, Vici: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.1 activity (perfect-tense telegrams) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 8 | Session 1: Lesson 4.2 The Die Was Cast: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.2 activity (the principal-parts ring) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 4 review and unit challenge (the ring demonstrated, plus the six-sentence day report) | ||
| Wk 9 | Session 1: Lesson 5.1 Vulpes et Uva: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.1 activity (reading and performing the fable) and Latin notebook Session 3: Read the fable aloud again, worked examples, practice, and the student's own fable drafted | ||
| Wk 10 | Session 1: Lesson 5.2 Dominus Regit Me: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.2 activity (reading the psalm) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and rehearsal Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 5 review and unit challenge (the Reading Evening) | ||
| 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 | ||
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| 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 with genitives and principal parts, reading aloud) 30%, Latin notebook (dated pages, paradigm charts, translations, the original fable) 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.