First Form Latin – Student Text (Second Edition)

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The 9.5×7 inch First Form Latin Student Text, Second Edition is small, concise, and unintimidating, with 34 two-page lessons on uncluttered facing pages in an attractive two-color format. It offers a systematic presentation of grammar in five logical units and includes appendices with English grammar, prayers, conversational Latin, a vocabulary index, and more.

After finishing First Form, the student will have mastered:

• The six indicative active tenses of the first two verb conjugations
• Five noun declensions
• First and second declension adjectives
• 185 vocabulary words

Written by Cheryl Lowe (author of the best-selling Latina Christiana I), First Form and its sister Latin products have been used by more than 100,000 students across the world to learn Latin! First Form’s grammar-first approach focuses on grammar forms and vocabulary because these are the skills suitable for the grammar stage student. All beginners—regardless of age—are in the grammar stage of learning. Syntax (how to use the grammar) and translation are logic and rhetoric stage skills, respectively, and quickly overwhelm the student unless introduced at a slow, gentle pace and taught for mastery. First Form is the ideal text for all beginners, grades 5 & up, or is a great follow-up to Latina Christiana I at any age. Now every school and homeschool can have a truly successful Latin program that creates Latin scholars instead of Latin drop-outs.

Based on twenty years of teaching experience, this revolutionary “grammar-first” series will be your guide as you and your students successfully climb the mountain of Latin Grammar all the way to the top! The uniqueness of the Forms Series lies in two features: (1) Commitment to the trivium model of teaching grammar systematically in order to facilitate retention and understanding, rather than topically, to facilitate translation; and (2) Extensive workbook exercises to ensure skills mastery and rapid recognition of inflected forms.

Companion Products:

First Form Latin Basic Set
First Form Latin Complete Set

First Form Latin Student Text
First Form Latin Student Workbook
First Form Latin Teacher Manual
First Form Latin  Teacher Key
First Form Latin Quizzes & Tests
First Form Latin Pronunciation CD
First Form Latin Instructional DVDs
First Form Latin Flashcards

Supplemental Products:

First Form Grammar Workbook Key (not necessary if you buy the Teacher Key)
Latin Grammar Wall Charts
Desk Charts
Latin Grammar for the Grammar Stage
Latin Recitation CD/DVD
Latin Cursive Copybook: Hymns and Prayers
Lingua Angelica I: Songs and Prayers
Lingua Angelica II: Songs and Prayers
First Form Latin Lesson Plans