Workbook for Wheelock's Latin [Paperback]

Paul T. Comeau (Author), Richard A. LaFleur (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0060956429 | ISBN-13: 978-0060956424 | Publication Date: May 30, 2000 | Edition: 3rd Revised

WHEELOCK'S LATIN: AUDIO FILES

When Professor Frederic M. Wheelock's Latin first appeared in 1956, the reviews extolled its thoroughness, organization, and conciseness; at least one reviewer predicted that the book "might well become the standard text" for introducing students to elementary Latin. Now, five decades later, that prediction has certainly proved accurate.

Workbook for Wheelock's Latin is an essential companion to the classic introductory textbook. Designed to supplement the course of study in Wheelock's Latin, 6th Edition, Revised, each of the forty chapters in this newly updated edition features:

• Transformation drills, word and phrase translations, and other exercises to test and sharpen the student's skills

• "Word Power" sections that focus on vocabulary and derivatives

• Reading comprehension questions and sentences for translation practice

• Perforated pages for hand-in homework assignments and space for the student's name and date

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"This new edition makes a world of difference." -- -- Professor Robert A. Kaster, Princeton University

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The answer key for the Workbook for Wheelock's Latin is available by emailing [e-mail].

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Collins Reference; 3rd Revised edition (May 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060956429
• ISBN-13: 978-0060956424
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
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Richard (Rick) A. LaFleur, received the B.A. and M.A. in Latin from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in Classical Studies from Duke. He has taught since 1972 at the University of Georgia, where he served for 21 years as head of one of the largest Classics programs in North America and has held since 1998 the chair of Franklin Professor of Classics.

He has numerous publications in Latin language, literature, and pedagogy, including the books The Teaching of Latin in American Schools: A Profession in Crisis; Latin Poetry for the Beginning Student; Love and Transformation: An Ovid Reader; Latin for the 21st Century: From Concept to Classroom; A Song of War: Readings from Vergil's Aeneid (with Alexander G. McKay); Scribblers, Scvlptors, and Scribes; and the revised editions of Wheelock's Latin, Wheelock's Latin Reader, and Workbook for Wheelock's Latin.

Professor LaFleur served as editor of The Classical Outlook for nearly 25 years and is a past President of the American Classical League; he has been recipient of more than a million dollars in grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and other agencies, and of state, regional, and national awards for teaching and professional service, including the American Philological Association's award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics. He has three children and five grandchildren, and lives with his wife Alice on the banks of Lake Oglethorpe, near Athens, Georgia.

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169 of 176 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Caveat emptor!, January 3, 2001

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Christopher D. Helmkamp (Falls Church, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Workbook for Wheelock's Latin (Paperback)

While Comeau, LaFleur, and HarperCollins emphasize the usefulness of Wheelock's Latin for those learning the language independently, this Workbook does not make it easy for the independent learner. Although the book states that the answer key is available for free not only to educators but to those who verify independent study status, HarperCollins has continually refused my requests, as an independent student of Latin, for the answer key. Therefore, I am left with a book that seems to contain excellent excercises in Latin, but with no way of checking my work. I have had so much trouble obtaining the answer key that I am even considering returning the book. Buyer beware!

49 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Answer key easy to get, April 1, 2005

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This review is from: Workbook for Wheelock's Latin (Paperback)

Unlike some other reviewers, I had no trouble getting the answer key. I emailed the site as explained in the book, and within 12 hours, got a response with login and password.

The book is great. The only problem I have with the Wheelock text is I cannot check my sententiae antinquae (but the extra exercises in the back come with an answer key).

This workbook is a great supplement to the main text, especially since you can check your own work.

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great aid to later editions of Wheelock, July 7, 2004

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FrKurt Messick "FrKurt Messick" (Bloomington, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Workbook for Wheelock's Latin (Paperback)

Wheelock is one of the better books to use for learning Latin, both in classroom and private study settings. One of the disadvantages of Wheelock is that more practice assignments are generally needed than come with the standard chapter questions and sentences. This book by Comeau and LaFleur is of assistance here. LaFleur has 'inherited' the Wheelock text, and is responsible for updated editions.

Comeau and LaFleur follow the same sequence of chapters as does Wheelock, and draw much of the material from the supplementary exercises given by Wheelock in the back of his book. Each chapter's exercises are arranged in four headings - objectives, grammar, drill, and practice sentences. It is in the grammar and drill sections that the real value of this text comes through, given that the practice sentences are already in Wheelock (and the key to them is there).

This is a real workbook -- fill-in-the-blank-type of formatting make it useful for the student to write directly in the book. These could be scored in class, or (where the key is available) by the student himself or herself. There are no supplemental materials here -- no index, no glossary, no key -- as all of these are in Wheelock, and the book assumes ownership of the Wheelock book already.

A useful supplement, this book is worth getting for those who wish to master the material in Wheelock more quickly and more completely. There is an online key to the exercises for those who wish the material (registering at the publisher was required for this when I did it).