Latin & Vocabulary

Teacher: Kristy Key

Monthly Tuition: $80 monthly tuition
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Recommended Grade Level: 10th-12th grade

Curriculum and Required Materials:
Prestwick House Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots Level XI Latin Book

The Critical Reader, Fifth Edition: The Complete Guide to SAT Reading by Erica L. Meltzer SAT Book Reading and Writing

Course Description: This one semester course seeks to prepare students to decode English vocabulary by understanding the meanings and applications of Latin and (some) Greek roots. Lessons will focus on comprehension, vocabulary, analysis, synthesis, and reasoning skills and knowledge needed to understand and use high-utility words and phrases in context, evaluate texts rhetorically, and make connections between topically related texts. This class also prepares students for testing (such as the SAT and ACT) by engaging students for the Four Domains of the SAT Reading and Writing section:
Information and Ideas
Craft and Structure
Expression of Ideas
Standard English Conventions