Can First Form Latin be used for Highschool Credit?

[dcwygant]

Can each year of First Form Latin be counted as a year of Highschool Credit? I am considering using Latin to fulfull my son's Highschool Foreign Language requirement and am wondering if First Form Latin can be used to fulful this requirement.

My son will complete Latina Chrisitiana I this year in 7th grade and we plan to continue with First Form Latin for his 8th grade year and beyond. Since the state of Georgia allows you to count Latin as a Foreign Language, I want to know if First Form Latin can be used for this or would we have to move on to Henle Latin in order to count it as a Highschool Credit.

[tanya]

Hello.

Our Forms Latin series does count as 1 high school credit for each Form completed. So, if you complete First - Fourth Forms, you will have 4 credits in a foreign language.

Regards,

Tanya Charlton

[Bonnie]

From the details on the product pages it looks as if First Form Latin and Second Form together will cover essentially the same material as Henle Latin I, Units 1-5. Memoria's online academy covers Henle Units 1-5 for one high school credit. If credits are to be roughly comparable in the material covered, how could First Form alone be counted as one high school credit? It seems that you would need both First Form and Second Form to equal one high school credit.

[leeandjackie]

[QUOTE=tanya]Hello.

Our Forms Latin series does count as 1 high school credit for each Form completed. So, if you complete First - Fourth Forms, you will have 4 credits in a foreign language.

Regards,

Tanya Charlton[/QUOTE]

Tanya,
Do you think it would be possible to add this statement to the web site??
Regards

[leeandjackie]

Tanya,
Do you think it would be possible to add your statement to the web site? I believe this would enable others to document First Form as a High School credit.

Regards,
Jackie

[tanya]

We are going to add it today! Good idea. It will save us many phone calls.

Cheers,

Tanya

[Bonnie]

I still don't understand how First Form can be counted as one high school credit; it appears to be equivalent to one-half high school credit.

From the product pages it looks as if First Form and Second Form together will cover about the same material as Henle Latin I, Units 1-5. Doesn't Memoria's online academy cover Henle Units 1-5 for one high school credit? If credits are to be roughly comparable in the material covered, it seems that you would need both First Form and Second Form to equal one high school credit.

From what I read online about other home school programs, the bare minimum to achieve one high school credit is Henle I, Units 1-5. Some require Units 1-7 or more.

[tanya]

Hello.

I know this is confusing, but our Forms curricula is designed differently than Henle. We spend a lot more time on the grammar, and the students have more exercises to do in order to reinforce what they are learning. We feel this is the best way to achieve mastery of the material. First Form should take students 3-5 hours per week of work, and this is plenty of work to justify a high school credit.

It will take longer to get through our Forms program than it does to get through Henle I, but we are hoping that when students have completed the Forms, they will have achieved a mastery of the Latin grammar that will make a translation course easier for them.

Regards,

Tanya Charlton

[Bonnie]

I am concerned that, if you spend four high school years on the four Form courses, there won't be any years left for translation courses.

Will Third Form and Fourth Form Latin cover the Latin writings that Henle does -- Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil?

If you start the Four Forms in middle school and finish them before senior year, what translation course would you be prepared for then -- would you do Henle II, III or IV?

[tanya]

I understand your concern. At our school, we have a new Latin class for all incoming students in grades 7-12. They cover First and Second Forms in one year. This is not an easy task, but we are trying to catch them up so that they will have plenty of time for translation. Right now, we have to move our students from Second Form into Henle because we haven't had the other Forms. But Third Form will be in the classroom this fall, and Fourth Form the next year. After that, we will need to decide which translation course we want to do. Henle is certainly an option, but there are other good courses out there too. We like the Legamus readers from Bolchazy-Carducci and we have talked some about starting with a Gospel also.

If you are concerned about your student translating, maybe Henle would be a better fit for you since you are beginning Latin later. Our Henle online classes are very popular among high schoolers. Henle is more difficult than the Forms to attempt by yourself, but with help, it can be a good experience.

Cheers,

Tanya