Latin

Assessment

AS Latin language (50%): 90 minute exam consisting of comprehension questions and translations of three passages. The paper also includes five prose sentences to be translated from English into Latin. Latin literature (50%): 90 minute exam consisting of comprehension questions and two short essay responses on the verse and prose literature studied in Year 12. A Level Unseen translation (33%): 105 minute translation exam testing a passage from both the prose author (Livy) and the verse author (Ovid). There are also a few marks available for scansion in the verse section. Prose composition (17%): 75 minute exam where students translate a passage of prose into Latin. Prose literature (25%): 90 minute exam testing the two prose set texts studied in Year 13, consisting of comprehension questions, two short essays and one longer essay. Verse literature (25%): 90 minute exam testing the two verse set texts studied in Year 13, consisting of comprehension questions, two short essays and one longer essay.