AP Latin study plan

Parse and translate 40 unseen Latin prose sentences, marking subject, verb, and object in each

Build a running vocabulary list of 60 high-frequency AP words and quiz yourself to 90% recall

Identify and label all five noun declensions and the six verb tenses in 30 sight passages

Read the Vergil and Caesar syllabus descriptions and list every required passage with line counts

Translate 60 lines of Vergil sight-unseen, then compare against a literal rendering and log every error type

Drill subjunctive constructions (purpose, result, indirect command) until you can name each on sight in 25 examples

Annotate 50 lines of Caesar for ablative absolute, indirect statement, and passive periphrastic

Time yourself on 20 multiple-choice comprehension items and target 75% accuracy

Complete 40 multiple-choice items on poetic figures of speech, identifying each device from an in-text line

Scan and mark the meter of 30 dactylic hexameter lines, noting every caesura

Translate 80 lines of the Aeneid with attention to word order and enjambment

Summarize the plot and major characters of each Aeneid book in the syllabus in one sentence per book

Take a full 50-question multiple-choice section under timed conditions and score it

Review every missed item and write the grammatical or lexical reason for the correct answer

Re-drill the 25 weakest vocabulary items from weeks 1-3 to full recall

Identify rhetorical devices in 30 lines of Caesar's prose and contrast them with Vergil's poetic devices

Write two 6-line literal translations of Vergil passages in 15 minutes each, then self-grade against a rubric

Draft one short-answer analytical paragraph on character motivation using three quoted Latin phrases

Outline a 10-point essay comparing a theme across one Vergil and one Caesar passage

Practice citing Latin text accurately from memory for five key lines

Write three full essay responses in 45 minutes each, integrating Latin quotation and analysis

Revise each essay to add a thesis statement, textual evidence, and a conclusion

Complete four short-answer sets on figures of speech and scansion explanations

Self-score all free-response work against published rubrics and record point losses by category

Take one full-length practice exam (multiple choice plus free response) under strict timing

Score both sections and compute a projected AP score

Re-teach yourself the five weakest grammar and vocabulary items from the practice exam

Write two additional timed essays targeting the categories that lost the most points in week 6

Review the cumulative error log and re-drill the 40 highest-frequency mistakes

Complete two timed 25-question multiple-choice sprints at 80%+ accuracy

Write one final timed essay and one final literal translation, then self-grade

Recite key vocabulary and scansion rules daily for five days to lock in retention