Minimus Secundus Pupil's Book: Moving on in Latin 46346th Edition

by Barbara Bell (Author), Helen Forte (Illustrator)

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Developing Latin skills for ages 10-13. Join in the fun with Minimus Secundus - a mix of myths, stories, grammar support and historical background! This pupil's book is a lively, colourful introduction to the Latin language and the culture of Roman Britain. A fun way to teach English grammar, it is ideal for cross-curricular activities.

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Join in the fun with Minimus Secundus - a mix of myths, stories, grammar support and historical background! This pupil's book is a lively, colourful introduction to the Latin language and the culture of Roman Britain. A fun way to teach English grammar, it is ideal for cross-curricular activities.

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Item Weight : 9.2 ounces
ISBN-10 : 052175545X
Paperback : 96 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0521755450
Product Dimensions : 7.76 x 0.31 x 10.43 inches
Publisher : Cambridge University Press; 46346th Edition (April 26, 2004)
Reading level : 7 - 13 years
Language: : English

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Amy G.

A Fun Introduction to Latin for Elementary Students

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2006

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I was looking for a fun introduction to Latin for my 4th and 6th grade sons, and this was the ONLY material I found! And they loved it! Designed to both introduce the language and teach English grammar concepts, it is colorful, interesting, and motivating. Each 4-6 page lesson has 2 comic-style stories about a family living in Roman-era Britain, then the vocabulary necessary to "decode" the story, a grammar lesson covering a new concept, some Roman cultural information, and a myth. Written for elementary students (I'd say 3rd-6th grades), a few of the English words use British spelling since this curriculum is published in Britain, but this was not a problem. Minimus is not a complete Latin primer, but a very good "hook" to creating interest in the culture and the language. The student book could conceivably be used without the teacher's manual if the teacher were familiar with the language, but I'd highly recommend the manual as it contains answer keys, much more cultural and language information, additional activity suggestions across the curriculum, a glossary, and copy-ready activity sheets for each lesson. Also available is a tape of the comic-stories to aid in pronunciation. I'd recommend this to anyone teaching Elementary students Latin.

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I believe the best way to become fluent in a foreign language is ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2015

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I was asked to develop a program for teaching Latin to younger children and consider the story engaging enough to interest children in wanting to find out more about Minimus a young mouse in NW England during the tome of Roman occupation. I believe the best way to become fluent in a foreign language is by translating "stuff" written in that language that you want to know about. This fills that objective for young children.

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Monica Minzenmayer

Went over and above!

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2020

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This seller is wonderful! They even sent a little extra surprise with my book. The book was just as described and a good deal.

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Fun text

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2019

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Includes a glossary

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Latin for beginners

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2018

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We love this book !!

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Barbara Schoeneberger

Very fun supplement

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2013

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I am using this as a supplement to the Latina Christiana series. It provides entertainment and many new words, as well as demonstrating spoken Latin. I've been able to double the kids' vocabulary using this book.

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Bill

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2017

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excellent way to start off Latin

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Andrew Moore

Barbara Bell: "Minimus, Starting out in Latin"; and also "Moving on in Latin"

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2014

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I have just started teaching Latin to a class of 12-year olds in a school in Christchurch, New Zealand. The "Minimus" books are brilliant because they present the Latin language in a form that is relevant to the children. I am combining "Minimus" with the theoretical style of teaching as outlined in Wheelock's Latin and also other British texts (Patterson & McNaughton - which I learned from when I was at school) to cover the basic structure of the language, and am then using "Minimus" to bring lessons to life in a way that younger children can understand. In my opinion, the "Minimus" books are the perfect teaching tools for the teaching of Latin to young children.

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Mrs K.

An inspiration for youngsters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2019

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I find it extraordinary that someone finds this course unsatisfactory. I have been teaching Minimus One to 7-10 year-olds for some years, and in the final year before secondary school, the youngsters move onto Minimus Secundus. By the end they are able to translate into natural English simple Latin narrative and dialogue, with the aid of running vocabulary, so well on the way to getting the most out of their secondary school Latin experience. In fact they choose their secondary school according to whether it teaches Latin; all down to the inspiration provided by these wonderful books. The warped and off-putting way that Latin has been taught for children to pass Common Entrance is, thankfully, soon to be history. I hope therefore that more schools will come to Minimus, which is a much more fun way of learning about the language and the Romans.

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Stephen W.

but I found this pretty good for her age group

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2014

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My granddaughter started using Secundus at age 8, after working through the first book. I suppose there are some drawbacks to any book, but I found this pretty good for her age group. The story line seemed interesting enough, although she cautions against starting here: best to follow it through from the beginning. The mouse and cat story is just a jokey accompaniment to the main family tale, which does not shirk coverage of slavery, militarism and imperialism, although it never forces anyone to confront them. By reading first and analysing later, children get used to Latin word order and become fairly adept at attacking new material and guessing intelligently at meaning. I certainly wouldn't use this with early teens: it's particularly good for home study with primary-age children. Grasp of grammar seems to advance quite quickly: you can be entirely confident in identifying the object of a sentence without knowing what "accusative case" means. While some may consider this "dumbing down", I think it's simply a matter of pushing understanding as far as possible without too much technical terminology. We'll now move on the a more formal, secondary-focused course.

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Ms. E.K.

The cartoon pictures are very helpful.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2020

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Such a good book for those learning Latin at an advanced age. As for children, the clues in the pictures help with recall and it is a fun way to learn.

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wynsgal

Makes me feel really green .

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2019

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The book arrived in very good condition for a very fair price . It's a satisfying step up from Minimus , yet definitely achievable . Best of all I love to feel I'm doing my bit towards reducing waste and recycling .Well done Amazon sponsors .

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Trebor

Start Latin this way and want more!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2017

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This book is a delight! IT makes Latin fun and the approach can be varied for use over a wide age range.

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monica

Latin book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2013

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Considerably harder than first Minimus book. Same fun format. Recommended for age 10 and up to help with bifold up towards GCSE.

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john chipperfield

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2016

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NICE READ

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Linda Bird

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2015

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really usefull

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S. Simonetti

Great source for kids and "grown ups" to learn. :-)

Reviewed in Canada on October 1, 2017

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I am an adult who is interested in learning Latin and am intimidated by sources for "grown ups." I purchased this for myself to investigate learning a new language on my own. I can see how this could be a great source to teach a child Latin as it has easy to follow lessons, activities and readings that are informative and interesting and are taken from actual historical examples and real historical personages. Very fun!

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Annalisa Merlo

Non adatto a scuole italiane!

Reviewed in Italy on February 27, 2018

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Di lingua latina c'è ben poco in questo costoso testo: poche battute di dialogo in un latino elementare; per il resto, schede di miti e civiltà in inglese. Deludente

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Aleqx Franz-Grieg

Alles war ganz super und schnell! Service war sehr gut! Ich wurde diese Firma nochmals benutzen. Ich danke Ihnen nochmal.

Reviewed in Germany on May 1, 2015

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Alles war ganz super und schnell! Service war sehr gut! Ich wurde diese Firma nochmals benutzen. Ich danke Ihnen nochmal.

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pete

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2014

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super

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Mea

Secundus for second-rate

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2014

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As a homeschooler, I was looking for a solid Latin teaching book and started off by trying Minimus. Big disappointment, unless page after page of cutesy mice and smatterings of fake Latin is what you are after. I bought Secundus in the hope that we could actually have the chance to start learning real Latin, only to find that the drivel moved to a whole new level.

It may "tick the boxes" for a school that needs to churn every Fred, Margaret and Bob through something which qualifies as a foreign language, but, as a homeschooler, I get to choose for my child to be taught from the best materials. This book is far from that, in our experience.

Conjures up images of someone trying to put together a book on "Calculus for Primary School" and drawing pictures of a mouse running all over graph paper with some numbers and sums and a smattering of Greek letters (pi, theta, rho), then claiming kids were being "introduced" to calculus, and so would find it easier later on. This sort of 'dumbing down' can really confuse a kid about what the subject really entails.

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