Vergil: A Legamus Transitional Reader (Legamus Transitional Reader Series) - Softcover

Sienkewicz, Thomas J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865165785 ISBN 13: 9780865165786

Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S., 2004

Synopsis

This reader contains selections (227 lines) from Vergil's Aeneid, Books 1, 2, and 4, designed for students transitioning from elementary or intermediate Latin into reading the authentic Latin of Vergil. Readings include Aeneid 1.1-11, 195-209, 318-334; 2.20-222, 526-546, 547-566, 705-729; 4.65-89, 279-303, 642-666.
Classroom-tested reading techniques aid students in crossing the bridge from a basal textbook to unadapted Latin. Pre-reading materials designed for reading comprehension, notes on grammar, syntax, figures of speech, grammar and English derivative exercises, complete vocabulary, and other reading aids accompany each passage. An ideal choice for pre-AP* students' first encounter with Vergil and the Aeneid.

Features

Introduction provides background to Vergil, Aeneas, and the Aeneid
Pre-reading materials for each passage of Latin, designed to help the student understand the underlying cultural and literary concepts in the Latin passage
Short explanations related to the grammatical and syntactical usages that will be found in the passage, accompanied by exercises
First version of the Latin text with gapped words in parentheses and difficult noun-adjective pairings highlighted by the use of a different font
Complete grammatical and vocabulary notes on the page facing the Latin passage
Vocabulary appearing in the passage but not in the notes is found in the pull-out vocabulary at the back of the book
Second version of the Latin text in its unadapted form
Literary analysis notes on the page facing the unadapted Latin text
English derivatives exercises
Post-reading materials for each passage help the student understand Vergil's writing style and ask the student to reflect upon what has been read
Post-reading exercises test student comprehension of the passage's content and diction
Final three Latin passages from Book 4 do not contain any of the transitional aids such as gapped words or the use of fonts but do include notes on grammar, vocabulary, and literary analysis on the page facing the passage
Map of Aeneas' journey with key to place names
Thirty black-and-white illustrations
Grammatical Appendix from Pharr's Vergil's Aeneid includes sections on metrics, versification, and figures of syntax and rhetoric
Vocabulary pull-out from Pharr's Vergil's Aeneid
Index of grammatical and vocabulary section topics

Edition details

• Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S.
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865165785
• ISBN 13: 9780865165786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 134