Henry Cullen, John Taylor

Latin to GCSE Part 1 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A companion to Bloomsbury's popular two-volume Greek to GCSE, this is the first course for Latin students that directly reflects the curriculum in a clear, concise and accessible way. Enhanced by colour artwork and text features, the books support the new OCR specification for Latin (first teaching 2016) as well as meeting the needs of later students, both at university and beyond.

Written by two experienced school teachers, one also an examiner, the course is based on a keen understanding of what pupils find difficult, concentrating on the essentials and on the explanation of principles in both accidence and syntax: minor irregularities are postponed and subordinated so that the need for rote learning is reduced. User-friendly, it also gives pupils a firm foundation for further study.

Part 1 covers the basics and is self-contained, with its own reference section. It outlines the main declensions, a range of active tenses and a vocabulary of 275 Latin words to be learned. Pupil confidence is built up by constant consolidation of the material covered. After the preliminaries, each chapter concentrates on stories with one source or subject: the Fall of Troy, the journeys of Aeneas, the founding of Rome and the early kings, providing an excellent introduction to Roman culture alongside the language study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474285629
• Artikelnr.: 44877709

Autorenporträt

Henry Cullen teaches Classics and is Director of Studies at St Albans High School for Girls, UK, and is co-author with John Taylor of a new two-volume course, Latin to GCSE (Bloomsbury, 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Chapter One The Latin alphabet Capital letters Punctuation
Pronunciation Latin in English Abbreviations and phrases Inflection (1):
word order and endings Inflection (2): modern languages Inflection (3):
what the endings tell us Verbs: first conjugation Nouns: first and second
declensions Working out the subject Word order 'the' or 'a'? Three
important conjunctions The verb to be Prepositions (1): with the accusative
Summary of grammar covered in Chapter One Chapter One vocabulary Chapter
Two Genitive, dative and ablative cases Noun cases: a summary table First
and second declensions in full Translating with the ablative Prepositions
(2): with the ablative Second declension neuter Verbs: second, third and
fourth conjugations New verbs The infinitive Background: the Trojan War and
the origins of Rome Using wordlists The Judgement of Paris To, from and in
cities Time phrases (1): 'time how long' The wrath of Achilles The death of
Patroclus The death of Hector The Trojan Horse and the fall of Troy
Chapter Two vocabulary Chapter Three Chapters One & Two grammar revision
summary Imperfect tense Translating the imperfect tense sum - imperfect
tense Aeneas and Creusa The verb possum Adjectives (1): laetus -a -um The
Trojans head for Crete Noun anomalies (1): nauta Noun anomalies (2): vir,
puer, liber Adjectives (2): miser -era -erum Vocative case The Imperative
The Trojans depart from Crete Time adverbs Two contrasting receptions
Scylla and Charybdis Chapter Three vocabulary Chapter Four Perfect tense:
first conjugation Perfect tense: second, third and fourth conjugations
Perfect tense: summary table Third declension nouns In the land of the
Cyclopes Storm and Rescue Background: Aeneas' epic quest Questions (1)
Dido and Aeneas (1) Third declension neuter Mixed conjugation verbs Dido
and Aeneas (2) Pronouns and possessives (1) Time phrases (2): 'time when'
Dido and Aeneas (3) Dido and Aeneas (4) Chapter Four vocabulary Chapter
Five Verbs: future tense Time adverbs (2) sum & possum: future tense Time
adverbs (3) The Sibyl and the Underworld Personal pronouns and possessive
adjectives (2): nos, vos, noster, vester The eating of tables Adjectives
(3): third declension The future site of Rome The victory of Aeneas
Adverbs from adjectives Background: From Aeneas to Romulus Romulus and
Remus The foundation of Rome The relative pronoun (qui, quae, quod) and the
relative clause The Sabine women The Deification of Romulus Chapter Five
vocabulary Chapter Six tbc Reference Grammar English to Latin vocabulary
Latin to English vocabulary