Global languages 6-12: Latin 1

Latin is considered the language of a lost empire. Homeschoolers will learn where the English language originated from and experience history. There is nothing like reviving a language that was spoken by the most powerful emperors and the lowliest slaves centuries ago. This Latin course is designed to make the entry into learning Latin nice and simple for grades 6 - 12, and also to make it interesting. Latin fits well into language or classical studies, and can give students an advantage in their English work by giving them a better idea of how some of their language came to be. The course includes an e-book to bring the language of conquerors to your homeschooler today.

1. Introduction to Latin

2. First declension nouns, adjectives

3. Second declension nouns; masculine nouns and adjectives

4. Second Declension Neuters; Summary of Adjectives; Present Indicative of Sum; Predicate Nouns and Adjectives

5. First and Second Conjugations: Future Indicative Active; Adjectives of the First and Second Declension in -er

6. Sum: Future and Imperfect Indicative; Possum: Present, Future, and Imperfect Indicative; Complementary Infinitive

7. Third Declension: Nouns

8. Third Conjugation (duco): Present Infinitive, Present and Future Indicative, Present Imperative Active

9. Demonstrative Pronouns: Hic, Ille, Iste

10. Fourth Conjugation and -io Verbs of the Third: Present and Future Indicative, Present Imperative and Active Infinitive

11. Personal Pronouns Ego and Tu; Pronouns Is and Idem

12. Perfect System Active of All Verbs; Principal Parts

13. Reflexive Pronouns and Possessives; the Intensive 'Ipse'

14. I-Stem Nouns of the Third Declension; Ablative of Means, Manner, and Accompaniment

15. The Imperfect Indicative Active; Ablative of Time

16. Adjectives of the Third Declension

17. The Relative Pronoun; Passive Voice for the 1st and 2nd Conjugations in the Present System

18. Ablative of Agent; Midterm Review & Midterm

19. Perfect Passive System of All Verbs; Interrogative Pronouns and Adjectives

20. Fourth Declension; Ablatives of Place from Which and Separation

21. Third and Fourth Conjugations: Passive Voice of Indicative and Present Infinitive

22. Fifth Declension; Summary of Ablatives

23. Participles

24. Ablative Absolute; Passive Periphrastic; The Dative of Agent

25. All Infinitives Active and Passive; Indirect Statement

26. Comparison and Declension of Adjectives

27. Special and Irregular Comparison of Adjectives; Unit 2 Review & Quiz

28. Subjunctive: Present Active and Passive; Jussive; Purpose

29. Imperfect Subjunctive; Present and Imperfect Subjunctive of Sum and Possum; The Result Clause

30. Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive Active and Passive; Sequence of Tenses; Indirect Questions

31. Cum with the Subjunctive; Fero

32. Adverbs: Formation and Comparison; Volo

33. Conditional Statements

34. Deponent Verbs; Ablative with Special Deponents

35. Dative With Special Verbs; Dative With Compounds; Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers

35.1 Dative with special verbs; Vocab

36. Final Review & Final