Looking for info on online Latin classes

[Gwen in VA]

I think there was another thread discussing this recently, but I can't find it.

 

My dd will have finished about 2/3 of Henle 1, and we are looking for online instruction that would be able to take her through AP Latin Vergil. I know that she may need to start at the beginning of Wheelock's. We are interested in a class, not a tutorial. (Long story....but we don't do tutorials!)

 

Places I know about --

 

Scholars Online

Regina Coeli Academy

Lukeion Project

 

There must be more out there.........

 

The sad thing is that my kids do Latin 1 for an average of 3.75 years before going on to Latin 2. I can't stand the idea of my dd starting Latin 1 again, but I guess she can get our family average over 4. Is there a prize for spending the most years doing Latin with the least to show for it? :crying:

[newbie]

Veritas Press Scholars Academy, I think their new schedule comes out tomorrow. They also have a summer course.

[Moira in MA]

Gwen

 

Finishing 2/3 of Henle I is sufficient to move on to Henle Second Year -- I moved my dd's on to Henle Second Year in 9th grade. My eldest had gone through units 1-11, younger thru units 1-10. Father Henle says that units 1-7 (or maybe 8, it's been a while) constitute Latin I.

 

Regina Coeli offers both Wheelock's and Henle. I'd suggest talking to them about starting with their Henle Second Year class. Switching to Wheelock's would likely mean starting again at the beginning. They all teach the grammar in such a different order.

 

My dd's both went into Scholar's Online Latin III after Henle Second Year at home with me.

 

Oh, and don't feel sad about the time spent getting through Latin I -- many of us take the long road, I think it's prettier.

 

HTH

Moira

[LND1218]

My daughter is taking Henle I with Latin and Classics - http://www.latinandclassics.com

 

She is just getting ready to put our her next year schedule. My daughter will take Henle II next year. I agree you don't have to finish it.

[Alphabetika]

You already know about Lukeion (probably I'm the one who suggested it to you because I'm always going on about them) but I'll just say it again - Lukeion! If you have any questions about where your dd would start, you can email the Lukeion Latin teacher (Amy Barr) and she'll help you. We love it!

[Charles Wallace]

If I'm not remembering wrongly, I believe Lone Pine offers online Latin.

[Mrs Mungo]

Finishing 2/3 of Henle I is sufficient to move on to Henle Second Year -- I moved my dd's on to Henle Second Year in 9th grade. My eldest had gone through units 1-11, younger thru units 1-10. Father Henle says that units 1-7 (or maybe 8, it's been a while) constitute Latin I.

 

Memoria Press also has Latin classes, they use Henle, your dd could probably do Latin 2.

[Kareni]

This may be the thread that you were looking for.

 

Regards,

Kareni

[profmom]

My dd loves her Latin class with Artesian Wells! It uses Wheelock's, though, which you may not want to start over with, unless your dd doesn't like Henle.

[Barb_]

First of all Gwen, don't feel bad! Our family is also famous for floundering around circa the end of Latin 1/beginning of Latin II. It's actually kind of hard to figure out exactly where that transition is sometimes. Maybe as homeschoolers we feel we need the kids to master the foundational material before moving on to the next thing, but in the classical charter my high schoolers attend, they don't wait around for every kid to have a solid grasp of Latin I and II grammar before moving on to Latin III. As the students translate, their tenative hold on the grammar and vocabulary naturally firms up with practice. They keep a dictionary and a grammar on hand and just go for it.

 

Which brings me to my next question. I hope someone reads this. I might better start a new thread so it doesn't get buried. I'm about 90% sure my oldest will be back home next year for the last two years of high school. She loves her charter but misses doing her own thing so much. Does anyone know where to find classes for Latin III and IV? She will have completed Wheelocks and will have begun some Virgil translations by the end of this school year. I need to find some solid upper level instruction because she has zipped past me.

 

Barb

[Brenda in MA]

My dd's both went into Scholar's Online Latin III after Henle Second Year at home with me.

 

HTH

Moira

 

Moira,

 

How did you approach Henle Second Year at home? Did you use the MODG syllabus or some other lesson plan? I ask this because I have the MODG syllabus, and most of its focus is on the grammar exercises in the 2nd half of the book. Very little time is spent reading the readings in the 1st half of the book.

 

My 8th grader and I will be finishing up Henle 1 in a few weeks, and I'm trying to decide how to proceed for the rest of this year and next year. I feel like we have a pretty solid handle on the grammar, so I'd like for us to do more reading, but I really would love some lesson plans.

 

For Gwen -- don't feel bad about the timing. We started Henle 1 in the 5th grade, so it's take us 4 years to get through. I think the slow pace has really helped our retention, though, so it's probably worth it.

 

Now to just get over my fear/anxiety of moving from learning Latin grammar to really reading Latin....

 

TIA,

Brenda

[Gwen in VA]

Moira,

 

You say your dd's both went on to Latin 3 at SO after doing Henle Latin 2. Do you mean working through the entire Henle Latin 2 book, finishing the Henle Latin 1 book, or just working through about 2/3 of the Henle Latin 1 book?

 

Henle 1 can be looked at so many different ways that sometimes I get dizzy!

 

Thanks!

[Kareni]

...

 

Does anyone know where to find classes for Latin III and IV? She will have completed Wheelocks and will have begun some Virgil translations by the end of this school year. I need to find some solid upper level instruction because she has zipped past me.

 

 

Here's an older thread that might give you a couple of leads.

 

Regards,

Kareni

[Moira in MA]

How did you approach Henle Second Year at home? Did you use the MODG syllabus or some other lesson plan? I ask this because I have the MODG syllabus, and most of its focus is on the grammar exercises in the 2nd half of the book. Very little time is spent reading the readings in the 1st half of the book.

 

 

I used the Teacher's Manual for Henle Latin Series First and Second Years by Sister Mary Jeanne S.N.D. (I got it from Our Lady of Victory School in Post Falls ID) to tell me what to emphasize. It is really helpful. I also had the answer key to the exercises. We worked our way through lessons 1 to 32.

 

Some of it was review from later units of Henle First Year but this was usually helpful to solidified the concepts. I recommend that you cover the subjunctive in Henle First Year; it moves much more slowly and the uses of the subjunctive are hard for English speakers.

 

Latin Second Year is laid out in a confusing manner. You actually start in Part IV -- Exercises based on Caesar. Father Henle starts assigning the readings from earlier in the book only in Lesson 17. Be aware even the Caesar is heavily edited to make it accessible to this level of student. If you want some reading practice I'd suggest Ørtberg's Familia Romana.

 

You say your dd's both went on to Latin 3 at SO after doing Henle Latin 2. Do you mean working through the entire Henle Latin 2 book, finishing the Henle Latin 1 book, or just working through about 2/3 of the Henle Latin 1 book?

I mean completing at least units 1-10 (that's lessons 1-36) in Henle First Year for Latin I credit. Dd's competed lessons 1-32 in Henle Second year plus the assigned readings from elsewhere in the book from those lessons for their Latin II credit.

 

HTH

Moira

[Gwen in VA]

Wow -- you moved through Henle at a brisk pace!

 

The Regina Coeli Henle classes move quite a bit slower -- my son just finished unit 10 midway through RCA's Latin 3, and you reached that point at the end of one year. Wow!

 

Thank you for detailing what you did.

[profmom]

Moira, I just noticed your name! Today in my Greek class, the professor asked if we knew anyone name Moira! You may already know this, but it means "destiny, fate" in Greek.

 

Anyway...OT! :)

[Moira in MA]

Wow -- you moved through Henle at a brisk pace!

 

The Regina Coeli Henle classes move quite a bit slower -- my son just finished unit 10 midway through RCA's Latin 3, and you reached that point at the end of one year. Wow!

 

Um... no, we moved to that point at the end of what I call Latin I. We spent a couple of years getting there. The girls had the time. I began exposure to Latin at 9 & 7. We started Henle at around 11-12. Most colleges would spend a year on this material = 2 years high school = 3-4 years grammar school.

 

IMnsHO the first 2 'years' of classical language instruction are spent getting the grammar and some associated vocabulary. Level 3 and beyond = reading the texts with grammar and vocabulary taking an increasingly secondary position.

 

ymmv

~Moira

[Moira in MA]

Yes, I do know that meaning. It is also considered to be an attempt to render the Gaelic form of Mary.

 

Somehow, I doubt my father had either sources in mind despite being a Scot -- he just liked the name better than the one my mother wanted -- Ann.

 

He was sent off to register my name with the consul in Hong Kong. My mother had specified -- Ann Muriel. I was registered as -- Moira Anne Muriel. I attribute the last name to his sense of self-preservation.

 

~Moira

[dirty ethel rackham]

We have been very happy with Regina Coeli online academy. Ds16 is taking Latin II Wheelock's. Linda Robinson is an excellent, engaging teacher. Ds13 is taking Henle 1 with her and he likes it as well.