Latin
	Seventh Grade The Seventh Grade Latin curriculum is designed for beginning students. Vocabulary and derivatives are studied, but an emphasis is placed on grammar and syntax. Oral instruction is also employed as a didactic device, but emphasis is placed on bringing a student to read challenging Latin stories with confidence. Through reading Latin stories, students will develop an awareness of Roman history and family life, enhance general language learning techniques and develop their full intellect through deductive and interactive instruction. Students will study the Roman family, the Villa Rustica, slavery and social justice, gender, race and power issues, major gods and goddesses, Horae, and Roman names. They will explore: Roman writing implements Roman dress Aeneas and the founding of Rome the kings of Rome Roman roads basic geography of Italy and the Mediterranean Eighth Grade The Eighth Grade Latin curriculum is very demanding on the student. Students will be expected to memorize and learn more independently, the pace of the class will quicken and grammatical concepts become quite challenging. On the other hand, students will explore exciting aspects of daily Roman life, such as chariot races and gladiatorial combats, the baths and the Roman banquet. They will also be exposed to their first taste of actual Roman authors to be read in their original words. Eighth Grade students will study: the city of Rome Pompeii and Campania Roman Architecture and city planning Roman travel and hospitality chariot racing and the Circus Maximus Eighth Grade students will also explore: legendary heroes of Rome Roman graffiti Roman aqueducts gender, race and power issues memorial inscriptions dreams, prophecy and ancient religion advanced geography of Italy and the Mediterranean early republic; Punic Wars and Hannibal; Roman Empire European frontiers of Rome; Gauls, Celts, Germans North African frontiers of Rome Ninth Grade The Ninth Grade Latin curriculum presents the culmination of Latin studies at East Woods. Students will encounter the most difficult grammatical components of the Latin tongue before reading actual Roman authors in their original words, completing the purpose of the course. The authors read will vary from Virgil to Ovid to Cicero to Caesar, amongst others. Ninth Grade students will read the following authors: Vergil Catullus Ovid Martial Aulus Gellius They will also study: Roman education Roman baths biographies of Ovid and Vergil gladiators, gladiatorial shows and the Colosseum Roman wedding, funeral and coming-of-age ceremonies Roman recipes, menus and banquets hairstyles, cosmology and weaving the Domus and Insula the Roman Republic, Cicero, Caesar, Augustus, the Early Empire and the Late Empire Roman religion writing, letters and books piracy and thievery everyday children and adult games