Year 7 — Classics

Term 1: Chapter 1 of the De Romanis Latin Course: Part I

Classical Civilisation:

The 12 Olympian gods (Roman names).

Saturn and Jupiter story.

Venus and Mars story.

Core Language:

Chapter 1 vocabulary.

Introduction to Latin nouns and adjectives.

Introduction to Latin verbs.

Case endings.

Assessment on Grammar features and cultural background - Chapter 1

canis

dog

coquus

kitchen

est

is

filius

son

hortus

garden

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

The students learn basic latin grammar and develop their extended writing skills.

Create a supportive community:

The students learn about different cultures' Roman deities.

Term 2: Chapter 1 of the De Romanis Latin Course: Part II

Core language:

Noun cases - nominative and accusative.

Nouns endings - declensions, stems and gender.

Case endings and declensions.

Grammar: chapter 1

amicus

friend

ancilla

slave-girl

cena

dinner

cibus

food

dominus

master

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

The students develop their Latin sentence structure and extended writing skills.

Create a supportive community:

The students develop their understanding of the diverse economies of the ancient world.

Term 3: Chapter 1 of the De Romanis Latin Course: Part III

Classical Civilisation:

Minerva's birth.

Role of the god Mars in Roman society.

Core language:

Adjectives - nominative and accusative.

Singular and plural endings.

Grammar and Classical Civilisation extended writing: chapter 1

ad

to

bibit

drinking

circumspectat

looks around

clamat

shouts

ecce

look

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

The students develop their understanding of the plural form of nouns and their evaluation skills in extended writing.

Create a supportive community:

The students learn about different a different culture's approach to entertainment and compare it that of modern Britain's entertainment.

Term 4: Chapter 2 of the De Romanis Latin Course: Part I

Classical Civilisation:

Aeneas.

Romulus and Remus.

Core language:

Case endings

Declensions: nouns/adjectives

Singular and Plural endings

Grammar and Classical Civilisation extended writing: chapter 2

agit

does

anulus

ring

coquit

cooks

cur

why

ego

I

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

The students develop their analysis of ancient Roman source material.

Create a supportive community:

The students develop their understanding of the theme of slavery and the impact of slavery on the people involved and their communities.

Term 5: Chapter 2 of the De Romanis Latin Course: Part II

Core language:

Nouns: three genders

Adjectives: three genders

3rd declension adjectives

Grammar: chapter 2

adest

is here

adsunt

are here

agricola

farmer

ambulat

farmer

audit

hears

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

The students develop their skills to conjugate verbs into the imperfect and perfect tense.

Create a supportive community:

The students are taught the origin of contemporary languages and how this is a binding element of Europe communities.

Term 6: Chapter 2 of the De Romanis Latin Course: Part III

Classical Civilisation:

Aeneas travels from Troy to Italy.

Cloelia.

Core language:

Adjectives used without nouns.

The perfect tense.

Irregular verbs: intuit, inquiunt.

End of Year assessment on Grammar and cultural background, Chapters 1-2.

abest

is out

parvus

small

res

thing

superat

overpowers

tum

then

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

The student develop their understanding of the nominative and accusative cases.

Create a supportive community:

The students develop their understanding of cruel and unusual punishment and brutual entertainment.