Scalae Latinae: Tiered Selections From Cicero, Livy, Ovid, and Vergil Paperback – May 10, 2023

Looking for a comprehensive Latin textbook to help you work through any of the prescribed core texts for IB Latin or practice paper 1 questions sets based on some of the companion texts? Look no further than this book! Written with IB Latin students in mind, but useful for anyone interested in these texts, this textbook includes tiered readings for each of the prescribed core texts on the IB syllabus for testing starting in 2024. It contains selections from Cicero's Pro Caelio, selections from book two of Livy, Selections from Ovid's Amores book one, and selections from Vergil's Aeneid book two.With a segmented reading approach for every prose selection and a series of comprehension questions that model themselves on previous IB questions, this book is designed to help you translate texts that are more complex than students may be used to. In addition, the book includes paper 1 practice sets for Ovid’s Heroides and Aulus Gellius’ Atticae Noctes selections, as well as a glossary containing nearly every word used throughout each work in the book.The tiered readings in this book work by offering simpler vocab and a more English like syntax at first, then moving to more and more complex Latin until students are working on the classical text itself. Students can start at whichever tier works for them, then work up to the classical work as they see fit.Although this book is not affiliated with or endorsed by International Baccalaureate, the author has created it as a workbook of sorts to go along with the IB syllabus first testing in 2024. With its focus on helping students understand Latin as it was meant to be understood, this book is an indispensable resource for any IB Latin student looking to improve their skills. Read more