Product Description
by Peter Sipes (Author)
Via Latina is a series of Latin textbooks written for younger students that focuses on the language itself and particularly on the vast literature from Roman antiquity to the European Renaissance. This first volume focuses on vocabulary with some very basic grammar added to help students make the jump to reading basic Latin.Via Latina is a six level curriculum that takes students from the fundamentals of Latin to unadapted reading.- Words (this volume)- Nouns (forthcoming, 2015)- Verbs (forthcoming, 2016)- Pronouns (forthcoming, 2017)- Joining (forthcoming, 2018)- Advanced Verbs (forthcoming, 2019)In the classical education model, these six levels of Via Latina correspond to the Grammar and Logic levels. Additionally, the series is built around connected readings that foster the use of Latin as a language from early stages.These readings include adapted versions of the Vulgate, Ovid's Metamorphoses and medieval moral tales.
Author Biography
Peter Sipes has been teaching Latin to homeschoolers since 2005. He earned his BA from Rockford University and and MA in Linguistics from Northeastern Illinois University. In addition to his teaching, he spent years in print and publishing learning how books come in to being. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two children, but no cats.
