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AP Latin IV - Caesar's Bellum Gallicum	Mrs. Mason
Voorhees High School	Latin teacher
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FOCUS: this term will be spent on Latin prose. Our main selection will be the AP required Caesar’s Gallic War. Additionally, other AP recommended prose authors such as Livy and Cicero will be added. Emphasis is on AP exam preparation: sight translation, comprehension, vocabulary, literary criticism and grammar.

GRADING
40% exams and quarterly
25% term paper
15% AP prep: essay, translation, short answer, parsing, reading comp, multiple choice, etc
10% presentations
10% vocabulary quizzes

AP READING LIST FOR CAESAR
Book 1: Chapters 1-7
Book 4: Chapters 24-35 and the first sentence of Chapter 36 (Eodem die legati . . . venerunt.)
Book 5: Chapters 24-48
Book 6: Chapters 13-20

REQUIRED SECONDARY READINGS - see syllabus for reading schedule
Balsdon - "The Veracity of Caesar" (Clay)
Brown - “Two Caesarian Battle-Descriptions: A Study in Contrast" (Furino)
Goldsworthy - "Instinctive Genius: The Depiction of Caesar the General" (Nick)
Gotoff - "Towards a Practical Criticism of Caesar's Prose Style" (TBD)
Kraus -"Bellum Gallicum" (Furino)
Krebs - "Imaginary Geography in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum" (Andrea)
Lendon - "The Rhetoric of Combat" (Clay)
Sherwin-White - "Caesar as an Imperialist" (Nick)
Starr - "The Career of Julius Caesar" (Nick)
William - "Caesar’s Bibracte Narrative and the Aims of Caesarian Style" (TBD)

COURSE DOCUMENTS
general Latin procedure - for information on homework, absences, curving, etc which apply to all levels
AP summer assignment - vocabulary words, recommended materials and expectations
AP syllabus - for grading, project descrptions, schedule, AP breakdown, etc
essay guidelines - use any time formal writing is required
parsing sheet - template for how to parse a Latin sentence
NLE bell work (A)
NLE bell work (B)
NLE bell work (C)
bell work A - daily sight translations with grammar and content questions

BBC video - I, Caesar: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire (also available under "links")
full video - http://vimeo.com/45192967
another full video link - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk3pc1_ancient-rome-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-empire-ep-1-caesar_shortfilms
part 1 - http://youtu.be/lfKwywgs1g4
part 2 - http://youtu.be/li8oV4pq4QE
part 4 - http://youtu.be/N95OCF2tH0g
part 5 - http://youtu.be/tIRlfyz89MM