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The Five Cases — Cāsūs Omnēs

Ninth graders bring together the full Latin case system — nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative — the five roles a noun can play, and the key to reading real Latin.

Grade 9Cāsūs Omnēs55 minutes1 class periodClassical LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name the five cases.
  • ✓Know each function.
  • ✓Match cases to roles.
  • ✓Read real Latin.
Essential Question

Latin has five main cases, each with a job. Master them, and you can read any Latin sentence. What does each case do?

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The Lesson · Classical Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

55 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Five Cases, Five Jobs

6 min

Latin has five main cases, each with a job — master them and read any sentence. How?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • List the cases.
  • Ask what each does.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Cāsūs Omnēs

13 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present each case.
  • Say its function.
  • Note the ablative.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Match Them

15 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Case.
  • Match each one.
  • Find them in a sentence.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Find.
  • Explain.
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Speak — Speak

15 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Read a Latin sentence.
  • Name each case’s job.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Read it.
  • Name it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a case.
  • Say its function.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the Standards for Classical Language Learning (ACL/ACTFL, Intermediate).

ACL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand cases.

ACL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare the case system.

ACL
Connections 3.1

Connect to grammar analysis.

ACL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: read Latin.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Case + function cards.
  • Sentence frame: “The ___ shows ___.”
  • Use a declension chart.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with nominative and accusative.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Decline a full noun.
  • Translate a sentence.
  • Identify every case.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 📚A declension chart
  • 💻Match the Case
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

cāsuscasenōminātīvusnominativegenetīvusgenitivedatīvusdativeaccūsātīvusaccusativeablātīvusablativedēclīnātiōdeclensionfīnisending
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What does the nominative case do?
Marks the subject (who does the action).
QUESTION 2
What does the ablative case show?
“By, with, from” — means and place.
QUESTION 3
What does the dative case mark?
The indirect object (“to/for”).

Reflect: cāsūs omnēs.

Have students name the five Latin cases and one job for each. A printable cases sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: ablātīvus, accūsātīvus, cāsus, datīvus, dēclīnātiō, fīnis, genetīvus, nōminātīvus
  1. genitive
  2. declension
  3. accusative
  4. dative
  5. case
  6. ablative
  7. nominative
  8. ending

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does the nominative case do?
  2. What does the ablative case show?
  3. What does the dative case mark?
Answer key — Part A: 1) genetīvus · 2) dēclīnātiō · 3) accūsātīvus · 4) datīvus · 5) cāsus · 6) ablātīvus · 7) nōminātīvus · 8) fīnis
Part B: 1) Marks the subject (who does the action). 2) “By, with, from” — means and place. 3) The indirect object (“to/for”).