A Level Latin (OCR)

A Level Latin

Dates Available

• Week 1: Monday 25 March – Friday 29 March
• Week 2: Monday 1 April – Friday 5 April
• Week 3: Monday 8 April – Friday 12 April

Boards

OCR H443

Length of Course

As required.

Times

Subject to requirement.

Tuition in this subject is available for all the modules on the syllabus. The subject is taught on an individual basis or in small groups and students must phone to discuss their requirements before completing a registration form.

The course will consist of intensive coverage of the two set texts and of practice in translating unseen Latin passages. As for the literature, tuition will concentrate on translation, stylistic assessment and exploring themes and characters of:

Prose

Cicero, Pro Cluentio, 1–7, 10–11 & 27–32, 35–37 (9–18, 43–61, 181–185 in English)

OR

Tacitus, Annals 4, 7–12, 39–41 & 52–54, 57–60, 67–71, 74–75 (Annals 4 7–12, 17–20, 39–41 & Annals 5 1–5 in English)

Verse

Virgil, Aeneid Book 12 1–106, 614–727 & 728–952 (whole of book 12 in English)

OR

Catullus, poems 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 17, 40, 70, 76, 85, 88, 89, 91, 107 & poems 1, 34, 62 & 64 lines 124–264 (poems 61, 63, and rest of 64 in English)

You must clearly state which texts are required at time of booking.

Where the language is concerned, unseen passages from Cicero’s dialogues and courtroom speeches will be translated in class and the grammar and syntax of these analysed in detail. Practice in Latin prose composition will also be offered if it is required.

Text

Cicero Pro Cluentio: A Selection with introduction, commentary notes and vocabulary by Matthew Barr
ISBN: 978-1350060340

Tacitus Annals IV: A Selection with introduction, commentary notes and vocabulary by Robert Cromarty
ISBN: 978-1350060302

Virgil Aeneid XII: A Selection with introduction, commentary notes and vocabulary by James Burbidge
ISBN: 978-1350059214

Catullus: A Selection of Poems with introduction, commentary notes and vocabulary by John Godwin
ISBN: 978-1350060227