Latin

Assessment

Unit 1 - Unseen Translation - 33% of the total qualification 1 hour 45-minute paper There is no fixed vocabulary list, but candidates start with and build on the AS prescribed list of 800 words (that uses and builds on the GCSE list of 500). Unit 2 - Latin comprehension OR English-Latin Prose composition - 17% of the total qualification 1 hour 15-minute paper The paper is as the title above (either a L-E comprehension or a short E-L prose composition). Unit 3 - Prose Literature - 25% of the total qualification 2 hour paper The paper requires translation and analysis of two Latin texts. This year, the text is Tacitus’ Annals 4, the story of Tiberius the emperor, cruel and paranoid, and his best friend, Sejanus, determined to be the next emperor, even if he has to kill Tiberius to do it. Unit 4 - Verse Literature - 25% of the total qualification 2 hour paper The paper requires translation and analysis of two Latin texts. This year, the text is Virgil’s Aeneid 12, the story of the last, final and ultimate duel between Aeneas and Turnus – two princes, both in love with the beautiful princess Lavinia. There are no unicorns.