Latin / Levels 7 and 8 / Engaging with texts / Accessing the Roman world through Latin texts
Content description
Read, comprehend and discuss Latin texts, using vocabulary, grammar and textual cues, to explore the Roman world
Elaborations
developing an initial sense of the structure and content of texts by inferring meaning from textual cues, for example, titles, headings, images or captions to images, maps
listening to simple sentences in Latin to infer meaning, using aural cues such as ecce; olim; cur; ubi; euge; eheu
determining the general sense of texts through initial holistic reading, by identifying familiar people, vocabulary, places or topics, and recognising modern editors’ use of punctuation to guide readers
analysing sentences, identifying and explaining the function of inflected forms, for example, puellacanemvocat (subject + object + verb) or Aemilia est soror mea (subject + verb + complement)
identifying and discussing linguistic features in narratives, such as word order, use of the interrogative particle, striking word choice, for example, media in via; venitne; ululavit; iratissimus
interpreting and commenting on language choices, such as patterns and length of simple and compound sentences, use of direct speech or imagery, for example, the writer’s choice of a dramatic verb to make an action more vivid, as in in atrium volat rather than in atrium intrat
exploring social, contextual and cultural references embedded in texts, for example, patronus, cliens; civis; patria potestas; bulla; toga praetexta; mehercle!
interpreting stated and implied meanings in texts and supporting an opinion with evidence from the Latin, such as relationships between characters, for example, servidominumtiment; ancillaservumdelectat
