Latin Curriculum Overview 2014-2015
Latin is taught from Year 5 onwards with a view to teaching the key skill areas of translation and comprehension, along with both grammatical and
cultural focus. Lessons are delivered in an active and engaging way with a high emphasis on connecting Latin language and Roman culture with other
languages and modern life. We aim to enrich our study of Latin through a variety of trips and activities.
In Years 5 & 6 we follow the ‘Minimus’ course. This is an engaging introduction to Latin, heavily focussed on Roman life, especially in Britain, and on
myths and legends. There are many practical activities, meaning that the grammar elements of the course are absorbed almost without noticing.
At KS3 we study Latin grammar more formally, though the approach is still activity-based. As Year 8 marks the end of the compulsory study of Latin,
the students will sit an Entry Level Award in order to consolidate what they have learned, and to form the basis for further study should they choose
to continue. In addition, we take Year 8 to Bath to see the Roman Baths. This visit forms part of the Entry Level Award.
From Year 9, most pupils choose to study two languages out of French, Spanish and Latin. A select group is invited to study all three for a further
year. New students entering the school at this point can opt to study Latin as a new subject, and will follow an accelerated programme for a year,
which will bring able students to the point where they could select Latin as a GCSE option.
At GCSE we study the OCR Syllabus which can be found at: -
http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/71418-specification.pdf
At A Level we will study the OCR Syllabus which can be found at:-
http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/82461-specification.pdf
You may find the following sites useful for background:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/awfrm.htm
OCR produces a free App for phone and tablet, which helps students study and learn the GCSE vocabulary. SPQR is a paid-for App containing
three dictionaries, many Latin texts, grammar explanations, flash cards, tests and much more.
Latin
Year 5
Year 6
Autumn Term
Why learn Latin?
Minimus Book 1, chapters 1 - 5:
Meet the family at Vindolanda, near
Hadrian’s Wall
masculine/feminine
adjectival agreement
verb endings – subject person
Myths and legends: Daedalus & Icarus,
Medusa, Pandora’s box, Echo &
Narcissus
Minimus Book 1, chapters 4 - 8
Imperatives (commands)
Prepositions
Roman writing
Roman Baths
Roman medicine
Travel
Life as a soldier
Pre-Roman Britain
‘quod’
Spring Term
Minimus Book 1, chapters 6 - 9
Imperatives (commands)
Prepositions
Roman Baths
Roman medicine
Travel
Life as a soldier
Actaeon & Diana
Odysseus and the Cyclops
Summer Term
Minimus Book 1, chapters 10 – 12
Minimus Book 1, chapters 9 -12
Minimus Book 2, chapters 1 - 2
Practise using adjectives, matching
singular and plural as well as gender.
Recognise the subject, object and verb in
a sentence.
Prepositions and conjunctions.
How to recognise adverbs.
Topic: A Roman soldier
The wider Empire
The Emperor Trajan
Odysseus and the Sirens
Minimus Book 2, chapters 3 - 7
Negative commands
Infinitives
Impersonal verbs & pronouns
Topics: Childbirth
Standard bearers in the Army
The province of Dacia
Towns in Roman Britain
The weather
Myths: Demeter & Persephone
Romulus & Remus
Birth of Athene
Hercules
Conjunctions
the object
Roman jewellery
Roman weaving
The Roman way of death
The Olympian gods
Year 7
Who has learned Latin before? Why do
we learn Latin?
Terminology: declension, conjugation
Case usage
Topic: Roman numerals
1st conjugation verbs, present tense
‘esse’
1st declension nouns, m & f
Translation & comprehensions
Year 8
Revise vocabulary studied so far
Terminology: declension, conjugation
Case usage
Topic: Leisure time – Circus Maximus;
baths; festivals
Revise nouns 1st & 2nd decl, m, f & n
Adjectives 2-1-2
All conjugations imperfect & perfect
tenses; ‘esse’
Vocabulary (up to LP1, ch 6)
Topic: Daily life in Rome
Meet 2nd declension masculine nouns
Meet neuter nouns 2nd declension
Increase vocabulary 1st & 2nd nouns & 1st
conjugation verbs
Introduce 2nd conjugation verbs, present
tense
Introduce 3rd, 4th & mixed conjugations
Adjectives 2-1-2
Consolidate vocabulary
Topic: Daily life in the wider Empire Roman Britain - trip to Bath
Roman Topic Entry Level test – Roman
Baths (2 lessons prep + 1 lesson test)
Irregular verbs (‘possum’, ‘volo’ & ‘nolo’)
3rd declension nouns, m, f & n
Adverbs (‘statim’, ‘subito’ etc)
Adverbs (from adjectives)
Ordinal numbers
Vocabulary (up to LP1, ch 8)
Entry level language & grammar test (1st
attempt)
Topic: Pompeii & Herculaneum - the
eruption of Vesuvius
Questions –ne
Imperatives
Infinitive – negative imperative
personal pronouns
Summer exam
Topics: Theseus, Ariadne & the
Minotaur
The Golden Apple & the Judgement of
Paris
Entry level language & grammar test
2nd (and 3rd?) attempts. Deadline May
15th
Superlative adjectives
Vocabulary (up to LP2, ch2)
Summer exam
Gladiators
Year 9
Advanced
group
Terminology: declension, conjugation
Case usage
Topic: Roman heroes: Horatius Cocles
Revise nouns 1st, 2nd & 3rd declension and
adjectives 2-1-2
Revise verbs all conjugations pres, perf &
imperf tenses.
Pluperfect & Future tenses
‘esse’
Irregular verbs: ‘ire’
Year 9
Beginners
The basics of Latin grammar:
1st * 2nd declension nouns and 2-1-2
adjectives
All the cases
All verb conjugations in present tense
All the persons
Imperfect tense
Perfect tense
prepositions
Building up vocabulary
Topic: Roman heroes: Horatius Cocles
The Relative pronoun
Present participle
The Passive (perfect & pluperfect)
The imperfect subjunctive (active &
passive)
Purpose Clause; Result Clause; Indirect
Command; Indirect Question
Year 10
Topic: The Trojan War & Roman Heroes Mucius Scaevola; Cloelia; Manlius
Torquatus
3rd declension adjectives
Revise Adverbs
Comparison of adjectives (revise
superlatives); learn comparison of
adverbs
hic haec hoc; ille illa illud
is ea id; ipse ipsa ipsum
Less common pronouns
‘ferre’
Topic: Roman Heroes - Mucius Scaevola;
Cloelia; Manlius Torquatus
3rd declension nouns
3rd declension adjectives
Comparison of adjectives
Adverbs
imperatives
questions, inc num & nonne
posse, volo, nolo
Topic: The Odyssey
The Relative pronoun
participles
The Passive
More complex passages for translation
Summer exam
Political background c100BC-50AD
Triumvirate
Caesar’s place in history
Translate Caesar set text
Gerundive of purpose
Practise unseen translation
Tacitus as an historian
Translate Tacitus set text
Translate Cicero set text
Revise all grammar constructions
Practise unseen translation
Latin Verse – Virgil’s place in
literature
Overview of The Aeneid
Topic: The Odyssey
The Relative pronoun
demonstrative adjectives
‘ferre’
pluperfect tense
future tense
The passive
Summer exam
Year 11
Ablative Absolute
Indirect statement, acc & infin
Pluperfect subjunctive & Perfect
Infinitive
Practise unseen translation
Assessment: Unseen translation
Subjunctive clauses
Introduction to metre - dactyls &
spondees
Poetic devices
Translate set poetry text
Practise unseen translation
Revise all grammar constructions
Assessment: MOCK EXAMS
All set texts
Language 1
Language 2
Cicero’s importance in literature
Start translating Aeneid IX set text
Assessment: Unseen translation
Cicero set text
Assessment: Unseen translation
Prose set texts
The Arts under the Empire
Patrons: Augustus & Maecenas
Practise unseen translation
Keep revising grammar
Revise all constructions and grammar:
participles, ablative absolute, pronouns,
clauses with the subjunctive, indirect
speech, nouns & verbs, vocabulary
Revise Prose set texts
Revise poetry set texts
Exam skills - top tips for unseen
translation
Assessment: Unseen translation