Liber Tertius Civitates Europae Drill Book

Liber Tertius Civitates Europae (The States of Europe) includes the Civitates Europae Reader, Workbook, Pronunciation Audio for the reader, Drill Book and a detailed Teacher’s Manual of lesson plans, tests and answer keys.

The Liber Tertius Civitates Europae Reader (5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″) features longer, and more complex sentences with relative and subordinate clauses and ablative absolutes. Deponent verbs and verbs in the passive voice are introduced along with infinitive gerunds and participles. The stories feature the geographical and historical significance of several European countries and highlight the lives of important characters in medieval Europe.

The Liber Tertius Workbook provides the student with extensive practice with nouns of all five declensions in five cases. Students will learn to identify the four conjugations of verbs and will work with verbs in three tenses as well as with deponent verbs and verbs in the passive voice. Students will be introduced to the four principal parts of verbs and will learn to recognize infinitives, gerunds and participles. The student will work with various types of pronouns and adjectives. Different uses of the ablative and the locative will be introduced, and the student will work with Latin cardinal numbers from 1-1000, especially as they are used in dates. The student will learn several common verb constructions and will begin diagramming sentences.

The Liber Tertius Civitates Drill Book (8 1/2″ x 11″) gives the student additional practice with the core vocabulary words and with different forms of the verbs used in the reader, including first and second person verbs. English cognates of the Latin vocabulary are given for every lesson, in addition to expanded explanations of certain key words, terms and items of interest mentioned in the reader. With each lesson the student is given a related Latin sentence from the Vulgate Bible, and will learn several new Latin prayers over the course of the year. A special feature of this level is the exploration of the Latin titles of the scenes in the Bayeux Tapestry.

The Liber Tertius Civitates Europae Teacher’s Guide includes detailed weekly lesson plans for a five-day week based on a thirty-six week school year, along with quizzes, quarterly tests and semester exams and Answer Key. In addition, to aid with organization, check off boxes are given for all assignments to help track student progress during the week. Percentages are given for all assignments and tests for grading purposes.

The accompanying online Pronunciation Companion Audio for the reader and the Drill Book Companion Audio aid the student in providing a correct pronunciation for all the words and Latin sentences. Additionally, they are invaluable for memorizing the grammar rules and definitions as well as being a recitation model of the grammar drills. Very helpful resource!

• Download MP3 set of all lessons to listen on your devices anywhere
• or listen along and track your progress in the Audio Online area here on LittleLatinReaders.com