Classics
Key Stage 3
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Year Group |
Areas of Study |
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8 Latin Cambridge Latin Course Book 1 |
In each stage the study of the Latin language is set in its historical context by studying 12 aspects of Roman life and culture: Term 1 Stages 1-2: Introduction to the Roman family, houses, food and daily life; basic work on nouns and verbs Term 2 Stages 3-4: The town of Pompeii and its forum; developing case usage and verb endings Term 3 Stages 5-6: Entertainment in the Roman Theatre and Roman use of slavery; Latin plurals and introduction of the perfect & imperfect tenses Term 4 Stages 7-8: The Romans and the supernatural & focus on the Roman amphitheatre; further study of the perfect & imperfect tenses and introduction of the accusative plural Term 5 Stages 9-10: The Roman baths and Roman schools; introduction of the Dative case and consolidation of verb tenses, with special focus on the present Term 6 Stages 11-12: Roman elections and the archaeological implications of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius; verbs that take the dative and general consolidation of the three tenses covered by the course: present, perfect, imperfect |
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9 Latin Cambridge Latin Course Book 2 |
In each stage the study of the Latin language is set in its historical context by studying appropriate aspects of Roman life and culture: Term 1 Stage 13-14: Roman influence in Britain, especially on the economy & agriculture; the infinitive, volo & possum Term 2 Stage 14-15: How the Romans governed Britain, with special focus on King Cogidubnus; use and agreement of adjectives Term 3 Stage 15-16: The palace at Fishbourne; revision of verb tenses & introduction of the pluperfect Term 4 Stage 16-17 Alexandria and the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; the genitive Case Term 5 Stages 17-18 Life in Roman Egypt, with a focus on glassmaking; more on adjectives Term 6 Stages 19-20 The worship of Isis and ancient medicine; hic, haec, hoc & imperatives; the present participle Students also gain a qualification: Entry Level Latin (OCR) |
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9 Greek Textbook: Athenaze Book 1 |
Term 1 – Chapters 1 & 2: introduction to verbs and nouns in 1st & 2nd declensions Term 2 – Chapters 3 & 4: imperatives and infinitives; plurals; verb ‘to be’ Term 3 – Chapters 5 & 6: pronouns & adjectives; middle verbs Term 4 – Chapters 7 & 8: 3rd declension nouns and adjectives Term 5 – Chapters 9 & 10: focus on participles; impersonal verbs; introduction of the strong aorist tense Term 6 – Chapters 11 & 12: Further work on the weak and strong aorist tenses |
Key Stage 4
Latin
Board
OCR
Outline of the Course
- Completing the Cambridge Latin Course
- Developing understanding of grammar and syntax
- Learning the prescribed vocabulary
- Working on the key skills of translation and comprehension
- Learning to translate sentences into Latin
- Reading a verse set text: selection from Virgil’s Aeneid
- Reading a prose set text: selection from letters, history and legal speeches
- Learning commentary skills – writing about the texts
- Discussing the ideas presented by the set authors
Assessment
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Type of Assessment |
Duration |
Weighting |
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1 |
Language paper: translation & comprehension |
1 hour 30 minutes |
50% |
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2 |
Prose literature |
1 hour |
25% |
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3 |
Verse literature |
1 hour |
25% |
Greek
Board
OCR
Outline of the Course
- Continuing to use the Course Athenaze
- Developing understanding of grammar and syntax
- Learning the prescribed vocabulary
- Working on the key skills of translation and comprehension
- Reading verse & prose set texts – Homer and the historian Herodotus
- Discussing the ideas presented by the set authors
Assessment
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Type of Assessment |
Duration |
Weighting |
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1 |
Language: translation & comprehension |
1 hour 30 minutes |
50% |
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2 |
Prose literature |
1 hour |
25% |
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3 |
Verse literature |
1 hour |
25% |
Classical Civilisation
Board
OCR
Outline of the Course
- Year 10 – Thematic study – Women in the ancient in the world
- Students compare and contrast the position of women in Greece and Rome over various topics such as religion, politics, the home, law and myth and legend
- Study a range of source material from the ancient world covering: comic and tragic plays, letters, biographies, historical accounts and also visual sources and archaeology
- Year 11 – Literature and Culture – Roman City Life
- Study a range of depth studies including housing, leisure and entertainment from a range of Roman cities
- Find out what the Romans thought about their own experiences of everyday life through their own accounts and also archaeology and evaluate its usefulness
- Over both units learn and enhance key skills such as debating and forming coherent arguments, analysis of source material and evaluating the usefulness of a wide range of different source material
Assessment
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Type of Assessment |
Duration |
Weighting |
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1 |
Women in the Ancient World (examination) |
1 hour 30 minutes |
50% |
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2 |
Roman City Life (examination) |
1 hour 30 minutes |
50% |