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AP Latin Summer Instructions:

Salvete, Omnes et Congratulationes!

       I’m excited that you are interested in taking AP Latin. For more than 25 years we’ve offered this class, and it has been very rewarding. I’m looking forward to continuing Latin with you in AP. Keep all of the materials for Vergil and Pliny that we did in class this year. In order to be ready for the year to begin in September, you must:

       1. Memorize all words that appear 25+ times in Vergil. This is a handout that you should have. These words will be tested the first week back.

       2. Review and memorize the noun chart of all 5 declensions. This will also be tested on the first week back. All 5 Declensions are required for this quiz!

       3. Review verb forms. Active & Passive. Use your pink chart packet! These will be tested.

       4. Review the reading of Books 1 & 2 of the Aeneid in English. You should have a copy of the book. If you don’t yet, make sure you obtain the Fagles translation (ISBN 9780143105138).

       5. Review the lines that we have translated so far in Latin (Aeneid Book 1. 1-109; 180-209; 496-508; Aeneid Book 2.40-56; 2.201-249; 2.265-297). You will be tested on Aeneid Books 1 & 2 the first week back.

       6. Review Scansion. Try Hexameter.co for some practice.

       7. Review English translations of Pliny’s Epistulae: Letters to Calpurnia in Book 6 (6.4 and 6.7). English translations can be found online from various authors/translators.

 Unit Title

Readings

1. Teacher Choice

Pliny Epistulae IX.6, II.3.9, II.15.1, III.5.10, I.8.14, VIII.14.3, X.29-30, 33-34, 96-97, V.16, IV.19, VII.5
Vergil’s Aeneid I.34-87*, 108-109*, 180-209, II.265-297*, IV.160-164, 198-218, 296-304, 659-705, VI.295-332, 384-425, 886-899

2. Aeneid I & II

Vergil’s Aeneid I.1-33*, 88-107*, 496-508*
Vergil’s Aeneid II.40-56*, 201-249*

3. Pliny VI Vesuvius

Pliny’s Epistulae VI.16 and 20

4. Aeneid IV and VI

Vergil’s Aeneid IV.74-89, 165-218, 305-361
Vergil’s Aeneid VI.450-476, 788-800, 847-853

5. Pliny VII Ghosts

Pliny’s Epistulae VII.27

6. Aeneid VII, XI, and XII

Vergil’s Aeneid VII.46-58, 783-792, 803-817
Vergil’s Aeneid XI 532-594,
Vergil’s Aeneid XII.791-796, 803-812, 813-828, 919-952

7. Pliny Trajan and Calpurnia

Pliny’s Epistulae X.5-7, 37, 90
Pliny’s Epistulae VI.4, 7 Pliny’s Epistulae VII.5

8. Project

4 Passages Chosen by College Board (2 poetry, 2 prose approx. 150 words each)


Advice from your AP Comrades:

  • Try to relate the passage to something in your life, so you will remember it more easily.
  • Stay involved in translation; pick a side (Aeneas or Dido)
  • Prepare ahead a couple of pages, not just one.
  • Study for every test and quiz because it helps out in the end.
  • Class is not hard as long as you do the work and are in class as much as possible.
  • I’m glad I signed up; class was a great investment and lots of fun.
  • Do some prep work. Study charts, endings, vocab.
  • Have a buddy where you can get lines if absent.
  • Stay organized. Have a neat binder.
  • Class is a challenge, but it is so worth it.
  • Take good notes on rhetorical devices, similes, plot lines.
  • Keep trying because it will get easier.
  • I enjoyed reading and translating The Aeneid way more than I thought I would.
  • I doubted we could do 14 lines per day; now it seems like a breeze.
  • Make summary sheets for each packet
  • Practice AP Classroom MCQ’s on your own
  • Stay on top of your video notes assignments
  • VOCAB-VOCAB-VOCAB
  • Hexameter.co
  • Watch the videos and take good notes when assigned so you don’t fall behind
  • Remember that you know more than you think you know
  • VOCAB-VOCAB-VOCAB

       Please let me know via email (kgrasha@clarenceschools.org) if you have any questions.

       Have a great summer!

                                                              Gratias!
                                                              Ms. Grasha

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