Download Curriculum Roadmap, part one

Dover-Sherborn Middle School
Curriculum Road Maps
Course Title:
Latin
Unit:
1
Month Presented: September.-November
Grade:
8
Unit Length (in weeks): 11
Essential Question (s):
 How does the Roman Republic meet the challenges of the First Century BC??
 How do history and the individual combine in Julius Caesar?
 How do authors convey purpose?
 Why do languages have a passive voice?
 Why does English discourage the use of the passive?
 Why does English discourage the use of pronouns?
Learning Objectives:
 The students will gain a basic understanding of the complex forces behind the fall
of the Roman Republic, and they will study Julius Caesar in greater depth.
 They will read Julius Caesar in the original, as a wrap-up of pronouns and passive
voice.
 They will review all pronouns.
 They will learn the passive voice in all tenses.
 They will learn participial phrases using the perfect passive participle.
Skills:
 using the passive voice
 using the perfect passive participle, both as an adjective and as part of the perfect
passive
Instructional Strategies & Activities:
 English pronoun confusion paragraph
 relative mayhem paragraphs
 Julius Caesar research assignment
 Julius Caesar as consummate practitioner of the Latin language: De Bello Gallico,
Ii
 “killing” sentences, at home and on Smartboard.
 “Passifying Machine”
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student-generated test questions
Materials Utilized:
 Ecce Romani II
 internet
 language lab
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original materials
De Bello Gallico
Smartboard
videos
games
Assessment Strategies:
 quizzes on vocabulary and grammar
 Passifying Machine
 Caesar essay
 Caesar test
 daily reading and participation
 homework