Latin

Minimum Entry Criteria

Essential: 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

Sixth-Form-Programme-of-Courses-2023.pdf