This workbook for third and fourth year high school Latin students is designed to assist students in reading Latin. A broad selection of Latin authors and texts, only four of which are unadapted, provide practice in reading Latin for comprehension. In addition, the first ten chapters systematically review all of Latin grammar. Two chapters present rhetorical devices, scansion and meter, along with passages for reading comprehension. The passages are taken from a wide variety of genres and texts and offer practice for students preparing to take the SAT II, the National Latin Exam, and the Advanced Placement Latin Literature tests. Every chapter contains exercises for practice and the grammatical and syntactical explanations are keyed to an appendix which contains the forms of Latin words.
Features
An introduction explains how to read, without word-for-word translation, a previously unseen passage of Latin
Grammatical explanations for concepts from the nominative case to the subjunctive of attraction
Workbook does not presume previous command of Latin grammar and syntax and complements all first- and second year Latin texts
Each chapter contains a variety of exercises, with an appropriate standardized-testing emphasis on the multiple choice format, applying the information presented
Each chapter contains passages of Latin which feature the concepts presented in the chapter
Over 75 passages drawn a variety of Latin authors--Aulus Gellius, Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Eutropius, Horace, Livy, Lucan, Nepos, Ovid, Pliny, Quintilian, Seneca, Vergil--and from a variety of lesser- and better-known texts
Four of the Latin passages are adapted
Intermittent disputanda questions require critical thinking responses
A Latin epilogue on the events of September 11, 2001
Two chapters on rhetorical devices, scansion, and meter with exercises
Two chapters provide short answer or "spot" questions, essay questions, and multiple choice questions based on the Advanced Placement exam models
A full grammatical appendix of Latin forms and paradigms
A Latin-to-English glossary
56 black-and-white illustrations
Excelability in Advanced Latin
Teacher's Guide and Answer Key
Marianthe Colakis

Description

The Teacher's Guide and Answer Key provides a large print format for each of the Latin passages in the student workbook. The Teacher's Guide contains the answers to all the exercises in the student text as well as translations of all the Latin passages in the student text.

Features

Large size print versions of each passage that can be reproduced by the teacher

English translations for every passage
Answers to the multiple choice exercises in the student text
Answers to the scansion and free response questions
Example essays illustrating comprehensive yet succinct answers of the type that earn high marks on the Advanced Placement exams

Suggestions for teachers on how to spark classroom discussion of Latin literature selections

Advice on how to relate the Latin passages to the students' daily lives making the kind of connections expected in the National Standards for Latin

Author Bio
Marianthe Colakis earned a PhD in Classics from Yale University. She has taught at Trinity College (Hartford), Queens College, Brooklyn College, and Davidson College. Much of her scholarly work has involved modern adaptations of classical myths and tragedies; her first book was The Classics in the American Theater of the 1960's and Early 1970's (1993). She has also devoted her efforts towards the development of pedagogical materials. The Classical Association of Virginia recognized her outstanding teaching with its Angela Lloyd Award in 2006.