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Prose Unseens for A-Level Latin Mathew Owen (Caterham School, UK)

Prose Unseens for A-Level Latin By Mathew Owen (Caterham School, UK)

Prose Unseens for A-Level Latin by Mathew Owen (Caterham School, UK)


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Prose Unseens for A-Level Latin: A Guide through Roman History by Mathew Owen (Caterham School, UK)

This 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, a 'Discendum' box, highlighting a facet of Latin prose with which students may not be familiar, or extension questions on grammar and style. Part 2 passages are accompanied by questions on comprehension, translation and grammar, replicating the demands of Paper 2 in full. An extensive word list is provided in the form of checklists which build the reader's knowledge of the most commonly occurring words and phrases in Latin prose. The passages are punctuated with discussions of Roman history during the periods covered in the passages, and a comprehensive introduction includes portraits of the authors featured in the book, as well as grammatical reminders to help readers deal with both the trickier elements of unseen prose and with A-Level grammatical analysis questions.

Prose Unseens for A-Level Latin Reviews

If 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 *

About Mathew Owen (Caterham School, UK)

Mathew Owen teaches Classics at Caterham School, UK. He is the author of the popular textbook Ovid Unseens (Bloomsbury, 2014).

Table of Contents

Preface 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

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NGR9781474269162
9781474269162
1474269168
Prose Unseens for A-Level Latin: A Guide through Roman History by Mathew Owen (Caterham School, UK)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2017-08-24
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