Latin

Minimum Entry Criteria

Desired: 7 in Latin

Board

OCR

Outline of the Course

• Unit 1: Unseen translation

• Students build their knowledge of the Latin language to become familiar with the vocabulary and linguistic structures.

• Unit 2: Prose composition or comprehension

• Students develop and demonstrate their knowledge of vocabulary and language structure by:
• Translating unseen material from English to Latin; or
• Showing understanding of an unseen prose text through comprehension and questions on grammar and syntax.
• Unit 3: Prose literature

• Students study two prose texts from a choice of Cicero, Tacitus, Livy or Seneca.

• Unit 4: Verse literature

• Students study two verse texts from a choice of Virgil, Horace, Ovid or Catullus.

Both literature components involve translation, and writing commentaries and essays.

Assessment

	Type of Assessment	Duration	Weighting
1	Unseen Translation	1 hour 45 minutes	33% (100 marks)
2	Prose/comprehension	1 hour 15 minutes	17% (50 marks)
3	Prose Literature	2 hours	25% (75 marks)
4	Verse Literature	2 hours	25% (75 marks)