Product Description
Written by Cheryl Lowe (author of the best-selling Latina Christiana), First Form and its sister Latin products have been used by more than 100,000 students across the world to learn Latin! First Form’s grammar-first approach focuses on grammar forms and vocabulary because these are the skills suitable for the grammar stage student. All beginners—regardless of age—are in the grammar stage of learning. Syntax (how to use the grammar) and translation are logic and rhetoric stage skills, respectively, and quickly overwhelm the student unless introduced at a slow, gentle pace and taught for mastery. First Form is the ideal text for all beginners, grades 5 & up, or is a great follow-up to Latina Christiana at any age. Now every school and homeschool can have a truly successful Latin program that creates Latin scholars instead of Latin drop-outs.
Based on twenty years of teaching experience, this revolutionary “grammar-first” series will be your guide as you and your students successfully climb the mountain of Latin Grammar all the way to the top! The uniqueness of the Forms Series lies in two features: (1) Commitment to the trivium model of teaching grammar systematically in order to facilitate retention and understanding, rather than topically, to facilitate translation; and (2) Extensive workbook exercises to ensure skills mastery and rapid recognition of inflected forms
This Second Form Latin Complete Set includes the following eight items:
- An 9×7.5 inch Student Text, Second Edition, which is small, concise, and unintimidating with 31 two-page lessons on facing, uncluttered pages.
- An everything-you-could-possibly-need Teacher Manual, Second Edition that includes Student Text inset with answers in color, “Chalk Talk” scripted lessons, recitation schedule, extensive teaching notes, and an “FYI” (For Your Information) section for extra background.
- A full-size Student Workbook, Second Edition with 4-6 pages of exercises per lesson. These exercises teach concepts through practice and mastery learning.
- A Quizzes & Tests, Second Edition booklet with reproducible weekly quizzes and unit tests that ensure material is being mastered.
- A Teacher Key (for Workbook, Quizzes, & Tests), Second Edition with answers to the workbook and quizzes/tests.
- Streaming Pronunciation Audio that includes all vocabulary and grammar forms for each lesson.
- Digital Flashcards for the vocabulary, Latin sayings, and grammar forms. You will access these flashcards on the Memoria Press App!
- Streaming Instructional Videos with superb explanations by Highlands Latin School teacher Jessica Watson. They also include helpful on-screen notes, illustrations, diagrams, a full First Form – Second Form recitation, and more!
After finishing Second Form, the student will have mastered:
- Six indicative active and three indicative passive tenses of all four verb conjugations
- Five noun declensions, including -er/-ir nouns and i-stem nouns
- Adjectives in three declensions
- Personal pronouns
- Prepositions
- 365 vocabulary words (185 in First Form, and another 180 new words in Second Form)
Optional supplements (not included in this set):
- Wall Charts (four 33″ x 17″ charts), which are great visual aids for students and teachers.
- Desk Charts, which are 8.5″ x 11″ versions of the above wall charts. (Desk Charts include charts from First Form and Second Form.)
- Classical Pronunciation CD for teachers who prefer that pronunciation. (The standard pronunciation audio included in the above set uses ecclesiastical pronunciation.)
- Second Form Latin Workbook Key*, which includes answers for the workbook but not the quizzes & tests.
- Lingua Angelica: The Forms Series includes a syllabus that will take students through Lingua Angelica I and II over the course of the four Forms.
- Latin Grammar for the Grammar Stage, a compendium of grammar forms and very basic syntax that can be used as a reference with any Latin program.
- Latin Recitation CD/DVD Set, which includes a recitation of the entire Latin grammar, with the DVD also having visual charts.
- Latin Cursive Copybook: Hymns & Prayers, which combines handwriting practice and Latin practice.
*N.B. This Workbook Key is not needed if you buy the Second Form Latin Teacher Key (for Workbook, Quizzes, & Tests). We make the former available for our customers enrolled in Memoria Academy or similar courses.
Other Resources
Second Form Latin Errata
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