National Evaluation Series™ Profile: Latin and Classical Humanities (829)

Descriptive Statements:

• Identify forms (e.g., number, case, tense, voice, mood) in a passage.
• Understand the grammatical function of a word, phrase, or clause in a passage.
• Identify grammatical constructions or usages in a passage (e.g., dative of possession, ablative of comparison, sequence of tenses, participial constructions, indirect statement or question).
• Select an equivalent construction to express the meaning of a clause in a passage (e.g., to express purpose, to express causality).

Descriptive Statements:

• Select an appropriate word (e.g., verb form, adjective form, pronoun) or phrase to complete a sentence.
• Select an appropriate clause or construction to complete a sentence.
• Apply principles of agreement (e.g., subject and verb, noun and adjective, pronoun and antecedent) in a passage.
• Select the correct transformation of a sentence based on given instructions (e.g., transform the tense or mood of a sentence, transform a sentence from indirect to direct statement).
• Combine two or more sentences into a single sentence that preserves the meaning of the original sentences (e.g., expressing a temporal or causal relationship between sentences through use of a subordinate clause).
• Compare and contrast features of Latin and English grammar and usage.

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Descriptive Statements:

• Identify Greek inflected forms used in Latin.
• Identify Greek loan words (e.g., peristylium, philosophia).
• Select an accurate transliteration of a Greek word or phrase in context (e.g., from the first book of Homer's Iliad or Plato's Apology).

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Descriptive Statements:

• Relate a given English word to its Latin and Greek root(s).
• Understand the Latin and Greek root meanings of common English prefixes and suffixes.
• Recognize the influence of Latin and Greek on the technical vocabulary of the arts, sciences, and professions (e.g., medical, legal).
• Understand the meanings of common words or phrases borrowed from Latin and Greek (e.g., quid pro quo, eureka).

Descriptive Statements:

• Understand the ways in which a student's primary language(s) can affect the acquisition of Latin.
• Understand the ways in which learning styles affect the acquisition of Latin.
• Understand ways in which learning challenges affect the acquisition of Latin.
• Demonstrate knowledge of how theories of language acquisition are reflected in current Latin teaching methods and materials.

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