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Roman Places — Locī

Fifth graders learn the places of a Roman city — forum, templum, via, domus, schola — and the English words they give us, like “forum,” “viaduct,” and “domestic.”

Grade 5Locī Rōmānī45 minutes1 class periodClassical LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name Roman places.
  • ✓Explore a Roman city.
  • ✓Match places to roots.
  • ✓Spot English words.
Essential Question

Walk through a Roman city! What were the places (locī), and what English words come from them?

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Interactive Task
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Match the Place

Project this and match each Latin place to its English meaning — tap the Latin, then tap the English.

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The Lesson · Classical Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Walk Through Rome

5 min

What were the places of a Roman city, and what English words come from them?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a Roman city map.
  • Ask about the places.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Locī

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present each place.
  • Say them aloud.
  • Note “forum, viaduct.”

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Match Them

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Place.
  • Match each one.
  • Name the root.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Name it.
  • Explain.
4

Speak — Speak

11 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a place you’d visit.
  • Say it in Latin.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name it.
  • Say it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a place.
  • Say what it means.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the Standards for Classical Language Learning (ACL/ACTFL, Introductory).

ACL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand place words.

ACL
Comparisons 4.2

Find Latin roots in English.

ACL
Cultures 2.1

Explore the Roman city.

ACL
Connections 3.1

Connect to geography.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Place picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “___ means ___.”
  • Use a Roman map.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with forum and via.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add urbs and Rome.
  • Find “forum, domestic.”
  • Map a Roman city.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🗺️A Roman city map
  • 💻Match the Place
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Pencils
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

locusplaceforummarketplacetemplumtempleviaroaddomushomescholaschoolurbscityRōmaRome
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What does “forum” mean?
The marketplace/town square.
QUESTION 2
What English word comes from “via”?
Viaduct.
QUESTION 3
What does “schola” give us?
The word “school.”

Reflect: locī.

Have students name two Roman places and one English word each gives (like via → viaduct). A printable places sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Roman Places (Locī)Print
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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: domus, forum, locus, Rōma, schola, templum, urbs, via
  1. home
  2. school
  3. place
  4. marketplace
  5. temple
  6. road
  7. city
  8. Rome

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “forum” mean?
  2. What English word comes from “via”?
  3. What does “schola” give us?
Answer key — Part A: 1) domus · 2) schola · 3) locus · 4) forum · 5) templum · 6) via · 7) urbs · 8) Rōma
Part B: 1) The marketplace/town square. 2) Viaduct. 3) The word “school.”