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In our case, Latin and Greek :). DD loves Cambridge and is slowly working through Athenaze (it's a big bite to chew, even for an accelerated kiddo). The ELE prep materials from the American Classical League focus quite a bit on derivatives and roots, too.

 

Could you post links for these? I'd like to check into them for dd. Thanks!

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Could you post links for these? I'd like to check into them for dd. Thanks!

 

Here is the link to ELE.

 

Dmmetler, I just got those materials, but they were all on CDs. Ugh, I have to print out 400 pages. Plus ELE forgot to put the Latin CD into the case. Sigh. We were so excited to see what would be on the Latin exam. Did you print everything out for the kids in your class?

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Phew! Went on the ELE and not sure where to start/what to buy for a beginner.:confused: Please help! Thanks! :001_smile:

 

Are you planning to have your child take the Latin exam? I wish I could tell you what's on the CD, but I only bought it for the exam. And of course, it was an empty case.

 

Here's the order form. Among other items, I ordered E15B.

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I print sections out as we need them, but yes, it's a lot. I charged a materials fee for the ELE and NME stuff because it ended up being a lot of printing, even given that I have a salvaged Business-level laser printer and can print cheaply.

 

What did frustrate me is that the specific sections for 2012-2013 weren't available yet this fall, so I'll have to order them later. At this point, I'm giving my parents a couple of weeks to decide if their DC are actually taking the test or not, and then I'll order the tests and the subject packets.

 

The packets are designed, as far as I can tell, for a classroom setting where the kids have Latin once a week or for a 6 week period as an elective, and are designed to be complete, but they also work well as a supplement. There's a lot of vocabulary on the ELE and derivative work that isn't necessarily carried in most other Latin courses. I'm using the ELE materials along with "Learning Latin through Mythology", since LLtM kind of hits two birds with one stone for my kids who are doing both the ELE and NME prep. My DD is doing LLtM and ELE along with Cambridge Latin 2 at home.

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If you don't mind dmmetler, can you point out the specific items I should order for home use for my DS 7 so that he's thoroughly prepared for the exams. I am seeking your expertise as you are well versed with this. Thanks in advance for your kind help!:001_smile::001_smile:

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I print sections out as we need them, but yes, it's a lot. I charged a materials fee for the ELE and NME stuff because it ended up being a lot of printing, even given that I have a salvaged Business-level laser printer and can print cheaply.

 

What did frustrate me is that the specific sections for 2012-2013 weren't available yet this fall, so I'll have to order them later. At this point, I'm giving my parents a couple of weeks to decide if their DC are actually taking the test or not, and then I'll order the tests and the subject packets.

 

The packets are designed, as far as I can tell, for a classroom setting where the kids have Latin once a week or for a 6 week period as an elective, and are designed to be complete, but they also work well as a supplement. There's a lot of vocabulary on the ELE and derivative work that isn't necessarily carried in most other Latin courses. I'm using the ELE materials along with "Learning Latin through Mythology", since LLtM kind of hits two birds with one stone for my kids who are doing both the ELE and NME prep. My DD is doing LLtM and ELE along with Cambridge Latin 2 at home.

 

Are you referring to Perseus? We will be taking the NME, along with Perseus, and ELE.

 

It's worthwhile for you to get all the materials since you have a class and it's fun to study this subject with friends. I'm out-of-pocket at almost $90, so I'm kind of regretting it. I think we could have done fine with the NME without the packet, given DD's love of Greek myths. I'm not sure about the ELE packet until I get the CD. We're using Henle and sometimes LNM.

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Perseus and Mythological Monsters for NME, Ancient Geography for ELE (DD doesn't actually HAVE to take either test, since she's a 3rd grader, but some of my other kids do).

 

I suspect that you could get by with the syllabus. I really like the derivative and "Latin in Everyday life" focus on the ELE-it's a nice supplement to almost any Latin program.

 

The one thing I probably wouldn't buy if I were to do it over again is the CD/Songbook. The songs are pretty much all piggyback songs, and since I'm a musician by trade, I don't use CDs in teaching songs to kids, so since the lyrics were in the packet, it's no trouble to teach them. And, truthfully, I'm teaching more songs from Song School Latin than from the official ELE materials (don't tell my Middle/High schoolers!)

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Perseus and Mythological Monsters for NME, Ancient Geography for ELE (DD doesn't actually HAVE to take either test, since she's a 3rd grader, but some of my other kids do).

 

I suspect that you could get by with the syllabus. I really like the derivative and "Latin in Everyday life" focus on the ELE-it's a nice supplement to almost any Latin program.

 

The one thing I probably wouldn't buy if I were to do it over again is the CD/Songbook. The songs are pretty much all piggyback songs, and since I'm a musician by trade, I don't use CDs in teaching songs to kids, so since the lyrics were in the packet, it's no trouble to teach them. And, truthfully, I'm teaching more songs from Song School Latin than from the official ELE materials (don't tell my Middle/High schoolers!)

 

Ah, you bought almost everything. :D I didn't get the songs because I was trying to cut down costs, but still managed to pay as much as I did. I'm more upset that it costs so much for just 3 CDs. Oh well, I got caught up over DD's excitement.

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The powerpoints http://www.cheltenham.org/webpages/ssommovilla/national.cfm

are really good-and free :). There are a few vocabulary differences I've found here compared to the ELE materials, but not all that many.

 

I'm not really an expert on it-this will be my first year to have DC taking the exams-it's simply that DD wanted to do it "with friends" and it grew from there to having classes of about 12 kids each :).

 

 

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