Vergil: A Legamus Transitional Reader Legamus Transitional Reader Series

Details about Vergil: A Legamus Transitional Reader Legamus Transitional Reader Series:

Aeneid, Books I, II, and IV, designed for students moving from elementary or intermediate Latin into reading the authentic Latin of Vergil. Passages are accompanied by pre-reading materials, grammatical exercises, complete vocabulary, notes designed for reading comprehension, and other reading aids. Introductory materials and illustrations are included.

Special Features

• pre-reading materials for each passage of Latin, designed to help the student understand the underlying cultural and literary concepts in the Latin passage
  
• short explanations related to the grammatical and syntactical usages that will be found in the passage, accompanied by exercises
  
• the first version of the Latin text with gapped words in parentheses and difficult noun-adjective pairings highlighted by the use of a different font
  
• complete vocabulary and grammatical notes on the page facing the Latin passage
  
• any vocabulary word found in the passage but not in the notes is found in the pull-out vocabulary at the back of the book
  
• the second version of the Latin text in its unchanged form
  
• literary notes on the page facing the unchanged Latin text
  
• post-reading materials for each passage designed to help the student understand Vergil's style of writing and to allow the student to reflect upon what has been read
  
• the last four Latin passages do not contain any of the transitional aides such as gapped words or the use of fonts
  
• notes on grammar, vocabulary, and literary analysis continue to be on the page facing the passage