Shelby County Schools, Revised 2014

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Level Three Unit Two
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SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL S
CLASSICAL LANGUAGES
L A T I N L E V E L 3 : U n i t T w o
Cicero and Pliny: Oratory and Letters
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How well are students expected to perform?

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What will students be able to do with what they know?
INTERPRETIVE INTERPERSONAL PRESENTATIONAL
Reading Speaking Writing
I CAN !
! identify anaphora in a Latin passage and
discuss how the author uses it for emphasis.
! identify hyperbaton and discuss how the author
uses it to strengthen his argument.
! identify litotes in a Latin passage and discuss
how the author uses it in the narrative.
! identify praeteritio in a Latin passage and
discuss uses it to strengthen his argument.
! find modern day examples of art and
architecture inspired by discoveries at Pompeii.
! identify places mentioned in the text on a map
and compare the ancient borders with their
modern borders.
! identify the features of an ancient oratory.
! analyze a Latin/English passage using
rhetorical devices.
! identify English derivatives of Latin vocabulary
words.
I CAN !
! discuss Ciceros life, family, and legal
career.
! discuss the idea of civil war drawing
conclusions from both ancient and
modern contexts.
! identify and discuss the enduring
historical legacy of: Catilinarian
conspiracy, Bellum Civilie, Clodius, Milo,
Pliny the Elder, and Pliny the Younger.
! draw parallels between the cursus
honorum and the American political
system.
! compare and contrast modern times.
I CAN !
! translate sentences.

! utilize my knowledge of
Latin word roots to
improve my vocabulary in
writing English.


Novice
4
Intermediate
1
Intermediate
2
Intermediate
3
Intermediate
4
Intermediate
5

Shelby County Schools, Revised 2014
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Level Three Unit Two
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SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL S
CLASSICAL LANGUAGES
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How will students demonstrate what they can do with what they know?
READING AND
INTERPRETING
PRESENTATIONAL
SPEAKING
PRESENTATIONAL WRITING
Read Latin selections from
Cicero, Asconius, and Pliny with
80% accuracy at sight.
(Ecce Chapters 58-59; 63-67)
Recite the first chapter of
Ciceros In Catilnam from
memory using proper Latin
pronunciation.
You have to make a persuasive argument in your
speech class. You use the standard Roman
oratory structure including praeteritio and
anaphora to persuade your audience that your
point of view is correct. (JCL)

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What wi l l prepare students to demonstrate what they can do wi th what they know?
LATIN PHRASES

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY
Tempora, O mores
Modus vivendi
Fortes fortuna iuvat
Modus operandi
Onus probandi
Deponent verbs that take the ablative
Adjectives that take the dative
Starred vocabulary words in Chapters Chapters 58-
59; 63-67

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u n p a c k e d c a n d o s t a t e m e n t s : I C A N !
! translate sentences that contain gerunds from Latin into English and from English into Latin.
! translate sentences that contain gerundives from Latin into English and from English into Latin.
! translate sentences that contain passive periphrastic from Latin into English and from English into Latin.
! identify and translate sentences that contain purpose clauses from Latin into English and from English into Latin.
! identify and translate sentences that contain result clauses from Latin into English and from English into Latin.
! identify and translate sentences that contain indirect command clauses from Latin into English and from English
into Latin.**
! identify and translate sentences that contain indirect question clauses from Latin into English and from English
into Latin.**
! identify and translate sentences that contain cum clauses from Latin into English and from English into Latin.**
! identify and translate sentences that contain indefinite pronouns and adjectives from Latin into English and from
English into Latin.
! identify and translate sentences that contain jussive clauses from Latin into English and from English into Latin.
! identify and translate sentences that contain hortatory clauses from Latin into English and from English into Latin.
! identify the uses of the ablative case, including the ablative of description and translate them from Latin to
English.
! identify and translate sentences that contain clauses of fearing from Latin into English and from English into Latin.
! identify and translate sentences that contain potential subjunctive clauses from Latin into English and from
English into Latin.
! identify and translate sentences that contain deliberative subjunctive clauses from Latin into English and from
English into Latin.
! identify and translate sentences that contain syncopated verbs from Latin into English and from English into Latin.
** indicates review concepts from Latin I and II