The Latin A-level at KPS uses the OCR Latin A-level course.
Course Specification:
Breakdown of the course:
Set texts
Year 12 set texts:
- Tacitus, Annals IV, 1–4 (… non adversus habebatur), 7–12, 39–4
- Catullus, poems 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 17, 40, 70, 76, 85, 88, 89, 91, 10
Year 13 set texts:
- Tacitus, Annals IV, 52–54, 57–60, 67–71, 74–75
- Virgil, Aeneid, Book XII 728–952
In order to get a head start for the year, please do the following:
Make sure that you know all of the vocabulary from the GCSE course (if you took this). Here is the list for reference:
Read the Year 12 set texts in English. You may wish to purchase your own copies of these, or you can find free online versions here:
Tacitus: Tacitus: Annals: Book 4 [1] (sacred-texts.com)
Catullus: Catullus (c.84 BC–54 BC) - Complete Poems (poetryintranslation.com)