epistulae.
Stage XIV Summative 1 of 2 (writing)
You are a slave/colonist on a large agricultural complex in ancient Roman Britain. Write a
letter in Latin to your relative in Egypt, Greece, Italy, or Scotland, describing your current
situation and your opinions about the people around you.
Keep in mind that your description of your situation, your current abilities/desires, and your
opinions about the people around you will require use of the following grammar:
“I/we can/could” statements
“I/we (did/n’t) want to” statements
“he/they can/could” statements
“he/they (did/n’t) want to” statements
Lots of descriptive adjectives about the farm, your living situation, the palace, the (other)
slaves, your vilicus, your master/mistress…
Requirements (the least):
7 forms of possum, volo, and nolo agreeing with their subjects in person and number
10 Latin adjectives agreeing with their nouns in GNC
5 statements in the imperfect tense
Tips:
-avoid complex sentences
-be sure each of your possum, volo, and nolo forms has a complementary infinitive to fill out
its meaning
-some adjectives may be used in “is/was” statements like “the farm is/was awful” but make
sure to also use some adjectives in longer sentences like “I don't/didn’t want to work on the
awful farm.”
Resources:
-use Latin stories for specific events to talk about
-use our pre-writing for general ideas to talk about
-use your dē servīs summative from Stage XIII for background information
-use the cultural texts from Stages XIII and XIV for background information
-DO NOT use any electronic resource; use of an electronic resource will require you to REDO
this summative.
Choose and declare:
I will write my letter as a SLAVE / COLONIST
Are you writing as a particular character from the book? Which one? _________________
Learning Targets and Scales
skill
Writing
Latin verbs
agreement.
(1d)
Writing
Latin
adjectives
(1d)
RomanoCeltic
culture
I can match
forms of
possum, nolo
or volo to
subject
pronouns.
I can add an
adjective to a
Latin
sentence but
it doesn’t
always agree
with its noun.
With
prompting, I
can find a
main point in
a Latin text.
Stage XIV
I can add a form
of possum, volo
or nolo to a Latin
sentence but it
doesn’t always
agree with the
subject.
I can add an
adjective to a
Latin sentence in
the nominative
case.
I can find main
points about
Roman daily life
in a Latin text.
target
I can add the
appropriate forms
of possum, volo,
and nolo to given
Latin sentences.
I can add
appropriate
adjectives
(nominative and
______ cases) to a
Latin sentence.
epistulae summative
I can use
appropriate forms
of possum, volo,
and nolo in my own
writing.
I can use
appropriate Latin
adjectives in
multiple cases.
I can discuss Roman I can use Latin
daily life in Ancient evidence to support
British colonies.
my opinions about
Roman daily life in
Ancient British
colonies.