Tenth graders complete the Latin tense system — the future (amābō, “I will love”) and the pluperfect (amāveram, “I had loved”) — so they can read complex Latin narrative across all its times.
Students will be able to…
Latin can look forward and back in time. The future says “will”; the pluperfect says “had.” How do they work?
Project each item and have students answer about the future and pluperfect tenses.
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Latin looks forward (“will”) and back (“had”) — the future and pluperfect. How?
Students learn.
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Aligned to the Standards for Classical Language Learning (ACL/ACTFL, Intermediate-Mid).
Interpretive: understand tenses.
Interpersonal: narrate time.
Compare tense systems.
Connect to reading narrative.
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Have students say “amābō” (I will love) and “amāveram” (I had loved) with their meanings. A printable tenses sheet is in the World Languages library.
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