Latin
Head of Department: S.J. Chambers, MA (Cambridge)
Course Specification: OCR H039/H439
The Latin course in the Sixth Form continues to develop the skills used at GCSE: the understanding of the linguistic structures of Latin; a personal response to some Latin literature; an awareness of the ancient Roman cultural background to the language and literature studied; and knowledge of a prescribed vocabulary of Latin words. The teaching methods will vary according to the skill and content being studied. Preparation of the set text, acquisition of the vocabulary, appropriate revision of grammar and syntax, and unprepared reading of authors not set for examination will all play their part. There is no coursework in Latin.
Pattern of Assessment
| AS Unit 1 F361 Latin Language 1½ hours examination [25%] |
Unseen prose translation; optional sentences |
| AS Unit 2 F362 Latin Verse & Prose Literature 1½ hours examination [25%] |
Prescribed verse and prose texts: Ovid Metamorphoses and Cicero In Catilinam |
| A2 Unit 3 F363 Latin Verse 1½ hours examination [25%] |
Prescribed and unseen Latin verse (Virgil Aeneid or Catullus poems) |
| A2 Unit 4 F364 Latin Prose |
1½ hours examination [25%] Prescribed Prose text (Tacitus or Livy); unseen Latin prose; optional prose composition |
Pupils who opt to take Latin to AS only will complete their examinations in the Trinity Quarter of the Lower Sixth.