Caesar’s English II, Classical Education

About this curriculum

This is the vocabulary book in Level 3 of the MCT language arts curriculum. Note: There is a set of flashcards available to help students study the stems and words in this book. (See below.) This book follows the same formula as  Caesar’s English I, Classical Education Edition ; it offers twenty lessons that alternate between introducing five Latin stems that are the basis for many of our academic words and five classic words that have been identified by Michael as being prominently used among the great writers of English and American literature. The book is loaded with vocabulary activities that allow students to manipulate and play with the stems and words, as well as grammar analyses, nonfiction writing samples, poetry to help students feel the Roman experience, writing exercises, math problems using Roman numerals, word searches, and much more. There is a substantial emphasis on the geography of the Roman world. There are additional essays on the Iberian Peninsula by Myriam Borges Thompson and on Roman history by Thomas Milton Kemnitz, who also took the photographs reproduced in both volumes.…