Showing posts with label Latin via Rolling Acres School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Latin via Rolling Acres School. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Summer Latin Translation

UPDATE: Details are complete.
Latin Translation Summer Course: The Georgics

(7th-12th grade): July 5-July 29, 2011. One-hour class every Wednesday and Friday evening at 7pm ET (8 classes).

Instructor: Alecia Rolling. This course is open to students who have completed at least one year of intensive Latin or two years of Latin. This is a translation intensive course that will require each student to translate approximately 100 lines of Latin per week. Since Mr. Rolling will be teaching an ancient history cycle for Middle School and High School students this year, we will be translating Vergil's Georgics, Book I. The instructor will grade translations before the next class period so as to allow plenty of time for improvement as the weeks roll by. Grammar will be dicussed as needed to improve translating skills. Email Rolling.Acres.School@therollingacresfarm.com or Mrs. Rolling directly at aleciarolling@yahoo.com for more information.

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Summer Latin Composition

UPDATE: Details are complete!
Latin Composition Summer Course:

(7th-12th grade): July 5 - July 28, 2011. One-hour class every Tuesday and Thursday evening 7pm ET (8 classes)

Instructor: Alecia Rolling. This course is open to Latin I and Latin II students of all ages who wish to work on Latin composition. This is a writing intensive course that will require each student to compose approximately 50 words of Latin per week. Students will write several short compositions about their activities, interests, and ideas. These compositions will be graded by the instructor before the next class so as to allow plenty of time for improvement as the course progresses. In class, we will discuss grammar topics based on the difficulties that reveal themselves in students' translations. Email Rolling.Acres.School@therollingacresfarm.com or Mrs. Rolling directly at aleciarolling@yahoo.com for more information.

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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Summer Latin Translation Course

Latin Translation Course:

(7th-12th grade): July 5-July 29, 2011. One-hour class every Wednesday and Friday evening (8 classes).

Instructor: Alecia Rolling. This course is open to students who have completed at least one year of intensive Latin or two years of Latin. This is a translation intensive course that will require each student to translate approximately 100 lines of Latin per week. We will meet every Wednesday and Friday in the evening (time to be announced soon) for one hour to discuss difficult grammar issues and translation questions. We will look at ancient, medieval, and modern Latin prose writers to develop a variety of understanding. Outside of class, students will be required to complete their translations before the next class period so as to allow plenty of time for improvement as the weeks roll by. Email Rolling.Acres.School@therollingacresfarm.com or Mrs. Rolling directly at aleciarolling@yahoo.com for more information.

ENROLL NOW!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Summer Latin Composition Course

Latin Composition Course:

(7th-12th grade): July 5 - July 28, 2011. One-hour class every Tuesday and Thursday evening.

Instructor: Alecia Rolling. This course is open to Latin I and Latin II students of all ages who wish to work on Latin composition. This is a writing intensive course that will require each student to compose approximately 50 words of Latin per week. We will meet every Tuesday and Thursday in the evening (time to be announced soon) for one hour to discuss difficult grammar issues and composition questions. We will look at ancient, medieval, and modern Latin writers to use as our models, and we will do our best to imitate these models as we compose our own Latin. Outside of class, students will be required to write several short compositions during the week which will be graded by the instructor before the next class so as to allow plenty of time for improvement. Email Rolling.Acres.School@therollingacresfarm.com or Mrs. Rolling directly at aleciarolling@yahoo.com for more information.

ENROLL NOW!