Praxis Latin study plan

Parse every noun and adjective in a 300-word adapted prose passage by labeling case, number, gender, and declension before translating

Conjugate 40 high-frequency verbs across all six tenses in both voices, marking principal parts and stem changes

Identify and translate all subjunctive constructions (purpose, result, cum clauses, indirect commands) in 25 short sentences

Build a personal error log of every form or construction misidentified during the week

Diagram the clause structure of three unadapted passages (one prose, two verse) by marking main clauses, subordinate clauses, and connectives

Distinguish ablative absolute, passive periphrastic, and gerundive constructions in 30 sentences and justify each translation

Memorize and apply 60 new vocabulary items drawn from the Praxis high-frequency list, using them in original Latin sentences

Translate one 150-word unadapted prose passage without a dictionary and annotate every syntactic decision

Translate two unadapted verse passages (one hexameter, one elegiac) while scanning at least 20 lines and marking caesurae

Identify rhetorical figures and tropes (chiasmus, anaphora, hyperbaton, metonymy) in the verse passages and explain their effect

Place each translated author in chronological order and match them to their genre, patron, and historical context

Summarize the political significance of the Augustan principate in five sentences supported by textual evidence

Construct a timeline of 25 key events from the founding of the Republic through the fall of the Western Empire with dates and one-line significance

Explain the structure of the cursus honorum, the assemblies, and the Senate's role in five paragraphs

Translate a passage of Caesar or Cicero and connect its content to the political institutions studied

Compare Roman and Greek religious practice and identify major deities, festivals, and priesthoods

Describe daily life topics (domus, familia, slavery, baths, games, roads, aqueducts) in enough detail to answer multiple-choice items

Evaluate three approaches to teaching grammar (inductive, deductive, communicative) and state when each is appropriate

Design a 20-minute lesson segment that teaches one grammatical concept using authentic Latin

Align a sample assessment item to a stated learning objective and justify the alignment

Write five multiple-choice reading comprehension items on an unadapted passage, each with a defensible key and plausible distractors

Analyze how the AP-style Latin reading sequence (sight, prepared, and syllabus-based) differs in assessment demands

Translate one sight passage under timed conditions (25 minutes) and self-score against a rubric

Identify common student errors in case usage and plan a targeted remediation activity

Build a standards-aligned unit outline (5 lessons) that integrates culture, grammar, and reading

Create a rubric for grading Latin prose composition with criteria for accuracy, idiom, and clarity

Explain how to scaffold reading for novices (glossing, chunking, pre-reading) and demonstrate with one passage

Review and correct ten deliberately flawed Latin sentences, naming the rule violated in each

Complete two full-length timed practice tests under exam conditions and record domain-level scores

Re-teach the three weakest subskills identified by the practice tests using targeted drills

Review the cumulative error log and confirm mastery of every recurring mistake

Assemble a one-page exam-day strategy sheet covering timing, guessing policy, and passage-approach routine