Latin V: AP Latin
Latin 5 is an AP Latin class, approved by the College Board, preparing students to take the Latin AP Exam. All selections from Vergil’s Aeneid and Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic Wars on the AP syllabus are covered in the course. Students make local arrangements to take the AP exam.
The course includes grammar review, sight translation practice, vocabulary building, and discussion of the political, historical, literary, and cultural background of each author and text. Students learn to scan dactylic hexameter and are given weekly scansion practice. The course includes regular practice, extensive feedback, and frequent quizzes in all question types on the AP exam -- multiple choice, translation, short answer, and analytical essay writing.
Conversational 'Add-on' is available for this class!