This set of worksheets is based on a short reading from the Latin Vulgate. Use as a 1-2 day unit to build confidence in Latin through studying a section from the familiar Bible account of the Christmas story.
Combine with our other Nativitas units to cover the entire Nativity narrative from Luke 2: 2-14.
Description
Comprehension questions provide students with practice in writing Latin sentences while developing critical thinking skills. The optional worksheets include simple exercises to provide basic grammar practice.
What’s included
- 11 pages with teacher notes and answer key
- Reading practice
- Vocabulary list & worksheet
- Comprehension questions
- Optional grammar worksheets
- Crossword
Suitable for these Latin students:
- middle school
- beginner to intermediate-level
- adults
Vulgate text from this lesson:
Et pastores erant in regione eadem vigilantes et custodientes vigilias noctis supra gregem suum. Et ecce angelus Domini stetit iuxta illos et claritas Dei circumfulsit illos et timuerunt timore magno.– Evangelium Secundum Lucam
And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of God shone round about them: and they feared with a great fear. – Luke 2: 8-9
On the Nativity
“You, who are so great and rich, have made Yourself little and poor for us! You chose to be born far from home, in a stable, to be wrapped in swaddling clothes, to be nourished at Your Virgin Mother’s breast, to be laid in a manger between an ox and an ass. Today is the dawn of the new redemption, of the old restoration, of eternal happiness; today, the heavens have distilled honey throughout the whole world! Then, O my soul, kiss this divine manger, press your lips to the Infant’s feet and embrace them. Meditate on the shepherds watching their flocks, contemplate the angelic hosts, prepare to join in the heavenly melody, singing with your lips and with your heart: ‘Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to men of good will’” (St. Bonaventure)
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