Abbey Latin is a traditional grammar approach to teaching Classical Latin. So-titled because it was written for the students of a private school on the grounds of a Benedictine Abbey, the text is designed to not only teach students how to read Classical Latin “with speed and relish” (William Gardner Hale), but to also give the student a solid grounding in English grammar – to that end, an emphasis has been placed on parsing and reading Latin syntax. This text, Liber Primus (the First Book of the series), comprises one academic year (that is, nine months) of seventh grade Latin. While originally written for seventh graders, the text has been successful with students as young as ten and adults as old as you please. Highlights of Liber Primus include: a new vocabulary list given each chapter - easy-to-follow presentation of topics; lessons flow naturally - plenty of exercises are given which target the topics in the lessons – the textbook is a workbook, with all boxes, blanks, and charts provided for the learner - lessons are grounded in English, so the learner also becomes proficient in English grammar as well as Latin - twenty chapters are given, with a review chapter given after every fourth chapter (five review chapters altogether in Liber Primus ) - Latin readings are given which provide a narrative of Roman history beginning with Aeneas’ flight from Troy through Romulus and the Kings up to the establishment of the Roman Republic and its earliest figures - maps and illustrations are given to better guide the learner - Latin - English & English - Latin dictionaries are given A Latin student should be able to demonstrate mastery of the following after completing Liber Primus : decline Latin noun declensions 1st - 3rd (including i -stem) - decline Latin adjectives of each applicable declension in the positive degree - decline Latin adverbs of each applicable declension in the positive degree - decline Latin personal, demonstrative, relative, and interrogative pronouns - Conjugate Latin verb conjugations 1st - 3rd (including - io ), all persons, both numbers, all tense, both voice, and indicative & imperative moods - Parse and read simple to intermediate English and Latin sentences containing some subordination (temporal, causal, and relative clauses) Et tolle et lege et labora .– pick it up, read it, and work.