Latin

Course summary

For those with a love of Latin Language and a desire to read more original ancient literature, students have the opportunity to study Latin beyond GCSE. The course is similar to GCSE, with very little extra grammar. The A Level is divided into language and literature components culminating in four written examinations at the end of College Two as follows: LANGUAGE (50% of the A Level) • Unseen translation of a passage of prose into English and a passage of verse into English. • Either Comprehension: students will complete a short translation, answer comprehension questions and grammar questions. • or Prose Composition: students will translate a passage of English, of at least 100 words, into Latin. Students build on their knowledge of vocabulary and linguistic structures following on from GCSE. LITERATURE (50% of the A Level) • Prose Literature: students will answer translation, comprehension and analysis questions on two set texts studied (Cicero’s character assassination of Clodia from Pro Caelio and Tacitus’s on the death of Nero’s mother, Agrippina) and an essay question on one of these texts and the additional reading they have carried out in English. • Verse Literature: students will answer translation, comprehension and analysis questions on two set texts studied (Virgil’s Aeneid ll) and an essay question on one of these texts and the additional reading they have carried out in English.