HIGHER

Entry Level:
Standard Grade Latin, Grades 1, 2, or 3.

Summary of Course Content
There are three units, two on Interpretation and one on Translation. The skills required are an extension of those for Standard Grade. Each Interpretation Unit has a prescribed text, partly in Latin and party in English as at Standard Grade. The prose prescription is taken from Speech V of Cicero’s prosecution of the corrupt and greedy governor of Sicily, Verres. The verse prescription is taken from Book VI of Virgil’s Aeneid in which the hero makes a journey through the Land of the Dead. The passage set for translation is a narrative passage taken from the works of Cicero.

Assessment & Examinations
Each candidate is required to complete a folio of internally assessed tests, one for each of the interpretation units and one for the translation unit, each lasting one hour. The external assessment consists of one paper testing interpretation of the prescribed texts and one paper testing translation. Each of the three units has equal value in the production of an overall grade.

Folio/Project Work:
None required.