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Book SynopsisThis OCR-endorsed Latin course for students aged 11+ is breathing new life into Latin teaching. An introduction to both the Latin language and the cultural world of the Romans, it also develops English literacy skills through derivation tasks and two-way translation exercises, which promote the understanding of English as well as Latin. Cultural topics, supported by background notes, and primary sources, included for study and analysis, enable students to engage with authentic Roman history and acquire a broad understanding on which to build in future study. - Language learning is split between Core and Additional to ensure effective differentiation and flexible timetabling. - Fun and varied exercises include word identification, word manipulation, vocab acquisition / consolidation, and translation from English into Latin. - 30 words of new vocabulary in each chapter build towards a total of 360. - Vocabulary is consistently and constantly consolidated to give an unshakeable
Trade ReviewThis exciting new Latin course has first-rate integration of linguistic and paralinguistic material. The carefully graded stories are all the sorts of stories that the Romans did tell about themselves and to their children. * Melvin Cooley, Warwick School *
One of the many strengths of this course is that it can be adapted for learners of different interests and abilities. The stories and background material chosen for both books are relevant, appealing and a great knowledge base to understand the world of the Romans - women included - without resorting to sugar coating. * Ana Martin, Latin Tutor Online *
It is accessible and carefully structured to enable pupils to develop reading skills and a firm foundation in grammar ... It offers a return to teaching Latin through mythology; the stories in Chapter 1 immediately engaged and entertained our pupils. * Alexandra Boyt, Director of the JACT Latin Summer School 2009-2018 *
de Romanis seemed heaven-sent to help me! * Jo Lashley, Lead Latin tutor at Wolsey Hall, Oxford *
The de Romanis textbooks have breathed new life into Latin learning! * Emma Kate Trow-Poole, The King’s School, Worcester *
Latin lessons with
de Romanis feel like a hybrid of English and Maths. This straddles the ability and interest range of the class really nicely, but, more importantly, is preparing pupils far better for progress – and fluency – in reading Latin ... Time will tell how this plays out with uptake at GCSE etc., but what I am confident in is that every pupil will finish this year feeling positive about Latin and feeling like Latin is the subject they actually get. * Dom, Head of Classics at King Edward's School, Birmingham *
The first thing to strike about this course is the ‘meatiness’ of it: the amount of learning material which it provides. Anyone teaching from this course will not go wanting for both cultural and language resources. ... There is an impressive amount of material contained both in the cultural sections as well as the language sections. * The Journal of Classics Teaching *
Table of ContentsChapter 7: The History of Rome - Kings and the Republic Introduction and Sources to Study Core Language
including the following Latin stories -Rome elects its second king; Horatius kills his sister; The rape of Lucretia; Cincinnatus is chosen as dictator; What to do about Hannibal? Additional Language
Chapter 8: Oratory and Cicero Introduction and Sources to Study Core Language
including the following Latin stories - Cato the Elder; Cicero and Catiline; Cicero and his daughter; Cicero's death; Pliny prefers to study than to go and see a volcano Additional Language
Chapter 9: The Army and Julius Caesar Introduction and Sources to Study Core Language
including the following Latin stories -
Marius reforms the Roman army; Lucullus is denied a triumph; Caesar launches an invasion of Britain; Caesar conquers Vercingetorix and all of Gaul; Civil War in Rome Additional Language
Chapter 10: Egypt and Cleopatra Introduction and Sources to Study Core Language
including the following Latin stories -
Herodotus travels to Egypt; Alexandria; Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt; Cleopatra and Julius Caesar; Cleopatra meets Mark Antony Additional Language
Chapter 11: Augustus and Image Introduction and Sources to Study Core Language
including the following Latin stories -
Octavian becomes Julius Caesar's heir; Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus; Actium; Augustus as princeps; Augustus and the poets Additional Language
Chapter 12: Roman Britain and Boudicca Introduction and Sources to Study Core Language
including the following Latin stories -
The emperor Claudius invades Britain; Boudicca leads a rebellion; Boudicca is defeated; Calgacus rouses the Scots; Hadrian's Wall Additional Language
Bibliography Grammar Reference Glossary of Names Vocabulary List (Latin to English and English to Latin)
