Description
Book SynopsisThis volume is designed to accompany the OCR A-Level specification in Latin (first teaching September 2016), with practice unseen passages from Livy, the set prose for Paper 1, together with passages from a selection of other writers to support Paper 2, for which no author is set. A bank of 80 passages aims to take Sixth Form students from the level of heavily adapted post-GCSE (AS'-equivalent) passages and develop their knowledge and skills to reach A-Level standard. But this is not just a book of unseen passages: there is a chronological progression through the unseens in order to give the reader a sense of the narrative of Roman history, exploring key events through the words of original texts. Every passage begins with an introduction, outlining the basic content of the passage, followed by a ''lead-in'' sentence, paraphrasing the few lines before the passage begins. Part 1 passages are straight translation exercises on the model of the A-Level Paper 1. They also feature, however
Trade ReviewIf a teacher is searching for a prose reader that has breadth and does not suffer from traditional dryness, that teacher should give this book a close inspection. * Classical Journal *
Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction to Roman prose writers Grammatical reminders Rome’s story: an introduction to the historical overviews
Part I – Unseen Translation Exercises (Livy) In the Beginning (Passages I.1 – I.12) War with Carthage (Passages I.13 – I.26) Rome and the East (Passages I.27 – I.40)
Part II – Unseen Comprehension Exercises (Other prose writers) The Problems of Empire (Passages II.1 – II.12) The Fall of the Republic (Passages II.13 – II.27) The Emperors (Passages II.28 – II.40) The End … for now Vocabulary checklists Index locorum
