Online Second and Third Year Latin Class for Catholic Homeschoolers Spring 2012

Second Year Latin, semester 2

Description: Using Benjamin D'ooge's "Latin for Beginners" as our grammar textbook, we continue learning how to compose, translate, and speak Latin. Composition assignments are created by the instructor to add an element of fun to the learning experience. Students write about a variety of topics that are dear to them, such as family and friends. The instructor carefully chooses primary texts from ancient authors, medieval saints, and Church documents for translation exercises. The spoken element comes in the form of memorized Church prayers for recitation. Students continue learning more prayers of the Catholic Church and several hymns. In addition the these prayers and hymns, students also memorize some Latin poems and prose sections which are all chose carefully to aid in the comprehension of Latin grammar. There are homework assignments, quizzes, memorization activities, a long composition, and two exams for this course each semester.

Instructor: Alecia Rolling, M.A.

Age Range: 7th-12th grade

Live Class Time: 9:00 am ET Wednesdays

Course Information Packet: Second Year Latin, semester 2

Pre-requisite(s): Second Year Latin, semester 1 or equivalent. Contact us for placement.

N.B. Second and Third Year Latin students are in the same class this semester. Third Year Latin students have different assignments and will be graded with higher expectations.

SEMESTER 1 WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AS AN INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE.

Online First Year Latin Course for Catholic Homeschoolers: Spring 2012

First Year Latin, semester 2

Description: Using Benjamin D'ooge's Latin for Beginners as our grammar textbook, we will begin learning how to compose, translate, and speak Latin. Composition assignments are created by the instructor to add an element of fun to the learning experience. Students write about a variety of topics that are dear to them, such as family and friends. The instructor carefully chooses primary texts from ancient authors, medieval saints, and Church documents for translation exercises. The spoken element comes in the form of memorized Church prayers. Students learn the basic Latin prayers of the Catholic Church that Pope Benedict XVI has said every Catholic should know in Latin. In addition to these prayers, students also memorize some Latin poems and prose sections, all carefully chosen to aid in the comprehension of Latin grammar. There are homework assignments, quizzes, memorization activities, a long composition, and two exams for this course each semester.

Instructor: Alecia Rolling, M.A.

Age Range: 7th-12th grade

Live Class Time: 9:00 am ET Thursdays

Course Information Packet: First Year Latin, semester 2

Pre-requisite(s): First Year Latin, semester 1 or equivalent. Contact us for placement.

SEMESTER 1 WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AS AN INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE.

Saint Nicholas Discount on online classes at Rolling Acres School

The Rolling Acres School is running a sale between now and December 6 on spring 2012 online classes! $160 per class if you enroll before December 6!

Here are the classes being offered:

First Year Latin

Second/Third Year Latin

First Year German

Second Year German

Ancient and Classical Times
Logic

Introduction to Philosophy

A Greek Primer

Find out more here!

R.A.S. partners with Catholic Schoolhouse

Exciting news! The online community is coming together to develop more and more options for Catholic homeschoolers who are using classical and Charlotte Mason approaches to homeschooling! The Rolling Acres School (an online, one-room schoolhouse) has entered into partnership with Catholic Schoolhouse (a co-op program for local communities). R.A.S. is developing curricular materials for Catholic Schoolhouse's middle school (dialectical) and high school (rhetorical) tours which will begin to be available to Catholic Schoolhouse groups in Fall 2012. Please see earlier posts about Catholic Schoolhouse and R.A.S.

Online Logic and Rhetoric Courses

Although the Trivium course has been cancelled at Rolling Acres School, there is a wonderful array of courses now being offered in logic, rhetoric, philosophy, languages, and history to supplement and enrich your homeschool. Any of their courses would be a fantastic addition to any homeschool curriculum, but especially to a classical or Charlotte Mason approach!

Most excitingly, the history courses are being developed in such a way as to allow families to continue using their chosen history textbooks! Anne Carroll's history books? No problem. They tell you which chapter to read each week! Catholic Textbook Project? No problem.

Below are the fall courses being offered for grades 7-12. Some courses are limited to grades 10-12, so please see the Rolling Acres School website for details.

Ancient Languages: Latin and Greek
Modern Languages: German
Integrated History: Ancient and Classical Times
Philosophical Adventures: The Wonders of Nature - Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral
Language Mastery: Logic and Rhetoric

Below is the R.A.S. Welcome Video:

Affordable, high-quality online courses

The Rolling Acres School is a unique online program that offers online courses to Catholic homeschooling families and includes three opportunities per week to meet with the instructor: (1) viewing a recorded lecture, (2) meeting during a live online class, and (3) meeting the instructor one-on-one during office hours. No one else is offering so much potential tutoring time for such a great price!

R.A.S. now has sample materials available for any one interested in their core course offerings and language courses this summer and fall 2011. There is a sample recorded lecture and a sample LIVE lecture available for viewing here. In addition, there are sample course information packets to help parents and students see how everything fits together.

R.A.S. is committed to co-teaching, i.e. teaching children with parents, and they provide weekly co-teaching materials that are optional for parents to use.

See what there summer and fall courses are at their website: The Rolling Acres School!