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AP Latin

Read and analyze Latin prose and poetry through Pliny, Vergil, teacher-selected texts, historical context, and a culminating course project.

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1Teacher’s Choice – Latin Prose4 topics

Establish close-reading routines for syntax, vocabulary, style, context, translation, and evidence using teacher-selected prose.

  1. 1.1Teacher’s Choice Prose, approx. 300 words
  2. 1.2Teacher’s Choice Prose, approx. 300 words
  3. 1.3Teacher’s Choice Prose, approx. 300 words
  4. 1.4Teacher’s Choice Prose, approx. 300 words

2Pliny’s Letters: Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius5 topics

Analyze Pliny’s accounts of Vesuvius for narrative perspective, historical evidence, characterization, and stylistic effect.

  1. 2.1Letter 6.16.1–12 – Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and Pliny the Elder, part 1
  2. 2.2Letter 6.16.13–22 – Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and Pliny the Elder, part 2
  3. 2.3Letter 6.20.1–10 – Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and Pliny the Younger, part 1
  4. 2.4Letter 6.20.11–20 – Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and Pliny the Younger, part 2
  5. 2.5Teacher’s Choice Prose, approx. 225 words

3Pliny’s Letters: Ghosts and Apparitions, Letters to Trajan and Calpurnia, and Teacher’s Choice – Latin Prose6 topics

Compare Pliny’s storytelling, public correspondence, and personal voice while supporting interpretations with Latin evidence and context.

  1. 3.1Letter 7.27.1–8 – Ghosts and Apparitions, part 1
  2. 3.2Letter 7.27.9–16 – Ghosts and Apparitions, part 2
  3. 3.3Teacher’s Choice Prose, approx. 225 words
  4. 3.4Letters 10.37 and 10.90 – Letters to Emperor Trajan, Aqueducts
  5. 3.5Letters 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7 – Letters to Emperor Trajan, Citizenship for Pliny’s Doctor
  6. 3.6Letters 6.4 and 6.7 – Letters to Calpurnia

4Teacher’s Choice – Latin Poetry and Vergil’s Aeneid, Excerpts from Books 1 and 26 topics

Develop poetry analysis through teacher-selected verse and Vergil’s opening, storm, Dido, Laocoön, and Trojan Horse episodes.

  1. 4.1Teacher’s Choice Poetry, approx. 300 words
  2. 4.2Teacher’s Choice Poetry, approx. 300 words
  3. 4.3Teacher’s Choice Poetry, approx. 250 words
  4. 4.4Book 1, Lines 1–33 – The Epic Begins
  5. 4.5Book 1, Lines 88–107 and 496–508 – The Storm, Queen Dido
  6. 4.6Book 2, Lines 40–56 and 201–249 – Laocoön and the Trojan Horse

5Vergil’s Aeneid, Excerpts from Books 4, 6, 7, 11, and 127 topics

Trace duty, loss, destiny, leadership, war, and characterization across pivotal later episodes of the Aeneid.

  1. 5.1Book 4, Lines 74–89 and 165–197 – Dido Feels the Effect of Cupid, Rumor Reaches Jupiter
  2. 5.2Book 4, Lines 305–361 – Aeneas Leaves Dido
  3. 5.3Book 6, Lines 450–476, 788–800, and 847–853 – The Shade of Dido, Meeting Anchises
  4. 5.4Book 7, Lines 45–58, 783–792, and 803–817 – King Latinus, Turnus Prepares for War
  5. 5.5Book 11, Lines 532–594 – The Story of Camilla
  6. 5.6Book 12, Lines 791–796, 803–812, and 818–828 – The Fate of the Trojans Is Decided
  7. 5.7Book 12, Lines 919–952 – The Final Battle of Aeneas and Turnus

6Course Project and Teacher’s Choice – Latin Poetry3 topics

Apply sustained inquiry and comparative interpretation in the Course Project while extending poetry analysis through new selections.

  1. 6.1Teacher’s Choice Poetry, approx. 250 words
  2. 6.2Teacher’s Choice Poetry, approx. 250 words
  3. PROJECTComplete the required spring Course Project and checkpoints