<p>I plan on taking sat ii latin in June, does anyone know any good prep books (if there are any)?
Or just textbooks?</p>
<p>i think any prep books you use will be fine. (there are not alot of them published though). are you taking latin in school now? if you're doing well for latin in school, then you <em>will</em> do well for sat ii latin. make sure you are comfortable with reading (and scanning) poetry. read a variety of authors, including cicero, catullus, ovid, horace etc. and make sure you memorise all the common words (you should find a list of common words), and know all the declensions and conjugations very very well.</p>
<p>We are reading Wheelock in class right now, and memorizing shouldn't be a problem.
Where can i find poetry to read? Online websites?
can you recommend any specifics, like barrons or PR ??</p>
<p>Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam.
Ring a bell?</p>
<p>The Wheelock is the only preparatory tool you need.
And, your common sense, of course.</p>
<p>Don't bother wasting your time with prep books.
Or with preparing at all. Either you know it, or you don't.
juenatics has it down right. If you are a good Latin student,
you will ace this exam without blinking an eye.</p>
<p>"Don't bother wasting your time with prep books.
Or with preparing at all. Either you know it, or you don't"</p>
<p>Umm, have to disagree here.
4th year Latin student, had Wheelock down. No additional prep = disappointing score.
Studied the REA book by Palma, increased score by 120 points. YMMV</p>
<p>latin is dead</p>
<p>The thing is my teachers isnt the best teacher, so its hard to understand whats going on in class. I somehow pull 90's but I feel like i havent really learned any "real" material.
I mean i cant even remember the 3rd declension of my head.
So I decided to take the Subject Test for Latin to better my understanding and so i have language for subject test under my belt. </p>
<p>Theres no point in taking it w/o prepping, because I just dont know my material. So what are some good books out there to prep from?</p>
<p>you can try the REA one. it's definitely better than nothing. it's actually the only book i know for sat ii latin, but i'm sure there are a few others. but i don't think princeton review or barron's or kaplan has a book on latin, but you can check.</p>
<p>K i'll look at that one.
Thanks for the input guys.</p>
<p>"Umm, have to disagree here.
4th year Latin student, had Wheelock down. No additional prep = disappointing score."</p>
<p>I had the Wheelock down after my sophomore year, my second year of Latin.
No additional prep = 780.
Not perfect, but pretty damn good.</p>
<p>Likewise, my friends and classmates all scored in the 750+ range.</p>
<p>@OP, if you don't know everything in the Wheelock like the back of your hand, then, yes, you'd better get the REA book.</p>
<p>@daman11: You'll be dead, too. Except countless scholars and young minds won't appreciate you for endless centuries after your death. You will be forgotten.</p>
<p>touche (spelling)</p>
<p>Sorry about that, but I do love Latin :P</p>
<p>^^^
Okay, you and your friends are Latin gods, or else you have a really great instructor. (I mean that sincerely.) But I honestly think that no prep is a risky proposition for the rest of us mere mortals.</p>
<p>And yeah, REA seems to be the only game in town.</p>
<p>Btw, REA offers two books on Latin:
it's standard SAT fare book, and also a "Super Review" book.</p>
<p>I bought both. Never bothered to look at the former (ended up returning it), but the latter is very useful. A nice pocket-sized, straightforward, and clear review book.</p>
<p>@broetchen: one has been teaching the Classics for twenty-four years, and the other twenty-six--yeah, both are awesome.</p>
<p>i wish collegeboard would offer* attic greek as well. greek is way cooler than latin.</p>
<p>*3rd person singular, present active optative; optative of wish</p>
<p>kwu is the super review just a book with that helps revise topics, or is does it actually go into detail and explain the topics?
The SAT II latin book for REA looks in-depth, just by looking at its table of contents. </p>
<p>Btw who else is taking latin in june?</p>
<p>should i not consider taking sat2 latin
if im not done Wheelock?</p>
<p>yea same ... we're in the middle/end of it</p>
<p>I used Ecce Romani, which was the book used in the Latin program at my school.</p>
<p>Since you're not taking the test until June, you should take a look at a sample SAT Latin test and see how well you do.</p>
<p>If you know the cases and reasons for cases and all the endings (Latin for Americans is also a good Latin book for grammar), you'll do fine. Amsco has this Review Text in Latin which is pretty good for grammer, but I don't know if it has an answer key. Wheelock's should be okay.</p>
<p>We did ecce all of latin I and part of Latin II, and now we stopped because my teacher said its good for introductory.
I think I know the cases fairly well (with a little review), and I just looked at the 20 questions in the SAT sample book (free online version) and I think with a little bit of practice I should be able to answer all 20.
I didnt know Amsco had latin stuff ...</p>
<p>Edit: this is what i got AMSCO</a> School Publications, Inc.
Do you know which book from there?</p>