This is an accelerated course and will prepare students to enter the German Level II course in Upper School. Grammar will be introduced through the reading material in order to develop linguistic accuracy. Communication skills will be stressed from the very beginning. Situations presented in the text provide a foundation for comparisons between the American and German cultures, and give students an insight into the thinking and values of the German people. Writing skills evolve from copying and dictation into guided compositions.
Free writing is accomplished by manipulating model sentences and questions and answer activities.
Deutsch Aktuell I, 3rd edition, text and workbook, Kraft, EMC Publishing, 1993. This course introduces the formal study of Latin to sixth grade students. The general objective is for the student to be able to read, write, understand and translate Latin and to recognize and apply grammatical concepts. Students will learn to understand the language as a communication of ideas and values of Roman culture, the foundation of our Western culture. The precise nature of Latin will teach students the interrelationship of thought and true function of a language.