Latin

A Level course details: Board and Specification:   LATIN (OCR H443)

Compulsory

Make sure you revise all grammar (accidence and syntax) from the GCSE syllabus. https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/220702-specification-accredited-gcse-latin-j282.pdf

see pages 19-20 of the document.

Also make sure to revise the OCR defined GCSE vocabulary list. The list can be found under the heading Planning and Teaching on: https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/latin-j282-from-2016/

Recommended

For Latin grammar, the books Essential GCSE Latin and Latin Beyond GCSE are highly recommended. 

Start learning the AS vocabulary which can be found through this link under the heading Planning and Teaching: https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as-and-a-level/latin-h043-h443-from-2016/planning-and-teaching/#as-level

Read the three  historical novels by Robert Harris on Cicero’s life - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator. You will be reading a Cicero speech as part of the literature course so this is directly relevant.

Read a general history of Rome (Mary Beard's SPQR and Tom Holland's Dynasty are both very good.

Read A. Wallace-Hadrill’s little book on Augustus.

Read Virgil’s Aeneid book 2 in translation. The Penguin translation (by David West)

of Virgil’s Aeneid is highly recommended.

Watch the Massolit lecture on Augustus and the Aeneid by Dr R Jenkyns: https://www.massolit.io/courses/virgil-aeneid. To register, go to:

www.massolit.io.  (Judd has a school membership, register yourself on this website as a student, using your school email address).