Students actively prepare for the advanced placement language examination given each spring. French, Spanish Literature Students increase their proficiency in the basic language skills in order to read, with comprehension, prose and verse passages of moderate difficulty and advanced content. Students are able to formulate and express critical opinions and judgments in the target language in both oral and written forms. Written reports and oral presentations are prepared on authors and their literary works. Students learn to distinguish various themes, conflicts, feelings, and character studies developed by authors, while broadening their knowledge of the target culture and contemporary issues.
Students actively prepare for the advanced placement literature exam given in the spring.
Students study the literary techniques used by Latin writers, with emphasis on refining the student's ability to read and understand Latin poetry and on comprehending and interpreting the readings from Vergil. Book I, II, IV and VI of Vergil's Aeneid will be read for comprehension and poetic meter. The books will be analyzed for context, connotation of words and style. Students will study the life and time of Vergil, the poetic devises used in his writing, his influence on later writers and the literary importance of the Aeneid . Students study the literary techniques used by Latin writers and learn some aspects of stylistic analysis, with emphasis on refining the student's ability to read and understand Latin poetry and on comprehending and interpreting the readings of Catullus and Horace.