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Distant Lands Telling tales in Latin (Part 2)

Title: Distant Lands Telling tales in Latin (Part 2)
Author: Lorna Robinson
Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
ISBN: 9780285643420

Description
Distant Lands is a companion volume to Lorna Robinson s Telling Tales in Latin. Also narrated by the poet Ovid, who tells the tale of his own exile, along with more well-loved tales from his Metamorphoses. 

 Introducing readers to the history of Ovid s life and exile, as well as an introduction to the geography of the Roman Empire, Distant Lands will engage pupils in stories such as Lycaon, the wild man who became a wolf, and Pyramus and Thisbe, the love-struck pair who whisper through a crack in their adjoining wall. These stories are woven into Ovid's account of his last night in Rome, his dramatic journey across the seas, and the strangeness of the new world that he discovers. 

 Soham De s illustrations bring Ovid's stories alive and make learning Latin an imaginative journey of discovery while Lorna Robinson outlines how Latin is the basis for English grammar, unlocking the complexities of learning English (and other languages) along the way. Each story is accompanied with creative activities that update the stories around contemporary issues from history, geography, philosophy and literature.


Vocabulary list

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Telling tales in Latin


Title: Telling tales in Latin
Author: Lorna Robinson
Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
ISBN: 9780285641792

Description
Telling Tales in Latin teaches Latin through the magic of storytelling. Narrated by the chatty and imaginative Roman poet Ovid (who lived in the Rome of the first century B.C), this new course takes young learners on a journey through some of the tales from Ovid s Metamorphoses. Along the way, they pick up Latin words and grammar, explore the connections between Latin and English and discover how Ovid's stories still speak to us today. 

 Each chapter introduces one of Ovid s much-loved stories, encouraging children to begin reading Latin immediately while exploring the literary and mythic context of the stories. At the end of each chapter there are suggested activities to help learners to think about what they have just read, and to understand how the stories connect to ideas and issues that are still relevant today, from relationships with others and philosophy, to science and caring for the planet. 

 Soham De s illustrations bring Ovid s stories alive for a wide range of learners and make learning Latin a colourful journey of discovery. Telling Tales in Latin outlines how Latin is the basis for English grammar, unlocking the complexities of learning English (and other languages) along the way. It also contains the vocabulary and grammar needed for the OCR Entry Level Latin qualification, making this book the ideal first introduction to Latin.


Vocabulary list (Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Verbs)

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Learning Latin Through Mythology

Title: Learning Latin Through Mythology
Authors: Jayne I. Hanlin, Beverly E. Lichtenstein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0 521 39779 0

Description
This delightful book uses mythology to recapture the interest and imagination of children so that they will want to know more about Latin and the classical world. Learning Latin Through Mythology retells well-known myths first in English, then in simpler Latin with guiding illustrations, followed by exercises and activities suited to this age level. Although no knowledge of Latin is assumed, the scope and linguistic sequence relate to the Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 in order to provide teachers with a framework.

 The stories of the following myths are included: Diana and Actaeon; Perseus and Andromeda; Atalanta and Hippomenes; Baucis and Philemon; Cephalus and Procris; Daedalus and Icarus; Daphne and Apollo; Echo and Narcissus; Io and Jupiter; King Midas; Pegasus and Bellerophon; Perseus and Medusa, Phaethon.

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First Thousand Words in Latin

Title: First Thousand Words in Latin
Publisher: Usborne
ISBN: 978-1-4095-6615-1

Description
This highly effective picture word book contains a thousand Latin words in lively scenes. Contemporary settings introduce the Latin words for many modern-day objects, bringing the classical language to life. Stephen Cartwright's delightful pictures encourage direct association of the word with the object, a proven aid to long-term learning. 


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Cambridge Latin Course - Book IV

Title: Cambridge Latin Course, Book IV
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 978-0-521-79793-1

Description
The Cambridge Latin Course is a well-established and successful Latin programme developed by the Cambridge School Classics Project. It provides an enjoyable and carefully paced introduction to the Latin Language, complemented by background information on Roman culture and civilisation. The material progresses from simple stories written specially for the Course, through adaptations of Roman authors, to original texts. The texts are accompanied by explanations of key language points, and are supported by grammar practice exercises.

Book IV focuses on imperial Rome, looking at key features of the city itself and various aspects of Roman life including social structure, architecture, religious beliefs and entertainment. Other titles in the Course take the reader to Roman Britain, Egypt, Pompeii and Alexandria.

 Key features of the Fourth Edition include:
- a wide range of colour photographs, many specially commissioned
- updated sections on background and culture, taking account of recent research
- revised presentation of grammatical features
- revised and expanded questions accompanying comprehension passages.


  

Cambridge Latin Course - Book III

Title: Cambridge Latin Course, Book III
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 978-0-521-79794-8

Description
The Cambridge Latin Course is a well-established and successful Latin programme developed by the Cambridge School Classics Project. It provides an enjoyable and carefully paced introduction to the Latin Language, complemented by background information on Roman culture and civilisation. The material progresses from simple stories written specially for the Course, through adaptations of Roman authors, to original texts. The texts are accompanied by explanations of key language points, and are supported by grammar practice exercises.

Book III starts by looking at life in Roman Britain, particularly the towns of Bath and Chester, and in the process investigates religion, travel and communcation and the Roman army.
Other titles in the Course take the reader to Pompeii, shouthern England and Alexandria.

 Key features of the Fourth Edition include:
- a wide range of colour photographs, many specially commissioned
- updated sections on background and culture, taking account of recent research
- revised presentation of grammatical features
- revised and expanded questions accompanying comprehension passages.


  

Cambridge Latin Course - Book II

Title: Cambridge Latin Course, Book II
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 978-0-521-64468-6

Description
The Cambridge Latin Course is a well-established and successful Latin programme developed by the Cambridge School Classics Project. It provides an enjoyable and carefully paced introduction to the Latin Language, complemented by background information on Roman culture and civilisation. The material progresses from simple stories written specially for the Course, through adaptations of Roman authors, to original texts. The texts are accompanied by explanations of key language points, and are supported by grammar practice exercises.

Book II focuses first on life in Roman Britain before moving further afield to Egypt. Other titles in the course take the reader to Pompeii and imperial Rome.

 Key features of the Fourth Edition include:
- a wide range of colour photographs, many specially commissioned
- updated sections on background and culture, taking account of recent research
- revised presentation of grammatical features
- revised and expanded questions accompanying comprehension passages.


Vocabulary list suitable for CLC Book II

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Cambridge Latin Course - Book I

Title: Cambridge Latin Course, Book I
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0 521 63543 8

Description
The Cambridge Latin Course is a well-established and successful Latin programme developed by the Cambridge School Classics Project. It provides an enjoyable and carefully paced introduction to the Latin Language, complemented by background information on Roman culture and civilisation. The material progresses from simple stories written specially for the Course, through adaptations of Roman authors, to original texts. The texts are accompanied by explanations of key language points, and are supported by grammar practice exercises.

 The story begins in the city of Pompeii shortly before the eruption of Vesuvius. Further titles in the Course take the reader to Roman Britain, Egypt, and imperial Rome.

 Key features of the Fourth Edition include:
- a wide range of colour photographs, many specially commissioned
- updated sections on background and culture, taking account of recent research
- revised presentation of grammatical features
- revised and expanded questions accompanying comprehension passages.



Are you ready to translate a Latin sentence - Year 7 
A step-by-step guide for translating accurately a Latin sentence.

 Are you ready to translate a Latin sentence - Year 8
A step-by-step guide for translating accurately a Latin sentence.

 Noun list suitable for use with CLC, Book I

 Vocabulary list suitable for use with CLC, Book I

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Minimus

Title: Minimus
Subtitle: Starting out in Latin
Author: Barbara Bell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 978-0-521-65960-4

Description
Minimus: Starting out in Latin is a unique course for 7-10 years olds, providing a lively introduction to the Latin language and the culture of Roman Britain.

 Led by Minimus the mouse, pupils learn basic grammar and Latin vocabulary through stories featuring a real family who lived at Vindolanda. Minimus provides a step-by-step explanation of the grammar points, and there are plenty of practice exercises.

 At the same time, pupils' knowledge of Roman Britain is broadened by way of a vividly illustrated range of myths and background information.


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So you really want to learn Latin - Book III

Title: So you really want to learn Latin, Book III
Author: N.R.R. Oulton
Publisher: Galore Park
ISBN: 978 1 902984 02 5

Description
At last! A textbook for those who really want to learn. No patronising word-searches here, nor "activities for group-work". This is no watered down, simplistic version of the subject, aimed at pupils whose collective intelligence is assumed to be on a par with a squashed hedgehog. This the real thing - Latin for those who want to learn Latin.

This is the third volume in a three part course taking the pupil from scratch to GCSE level and beyond. It can be used in the classroom by those preparing for Latin at any level but will also be invaluable as a revision aid or as a self-teaching book.


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So you really want to learn Latin - Book II

Title: So you really want to learn Latin, Book II
Author: N.R.R. Oulton
Publisher: Galore Park
ISBN: 978 1 902984 01 8

Description
At last! A textbook for those who really want to learn. No patronising word-searches here, nor "activities for group-work". This is no watered down, simplistic version of the subject, aimed at pupils whose collective intelligence is assumed to be on a par with a squashed hedgehog. This the real thing - Latin for those who want to learn Latin.

This is the second volume in a three part course taking the pupil from scratch to GCSE level and beyond. Based on the prescribed vocabulary of the OCR GCSE syllabus, it can be used in the classroom by those preparing for Latin at any level but will also be invaluable as a revision aid or as a self-teaching book.


Syllabus

 Chapters 1-5, Bingo game

 Chapters 1-5, Bingo game, Answers

 Chapters 6-10, Bingo game

 Chapters 6-10, Bingo game, Answers 

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So you really want to learn Latin - Book I

Title: So you really want to learn Latin, Book I
Author: N.R.R. Oulton
Publisher: Galore Park
ISBN: 978 1 902984 00 1

Description
At last! A textbook for those who really want to learn. No patronising word-searches here, nor "activities for group-work". This is no watered down, simplistic version of the subject, aimed at pupils whose collective intelligence is assumed to be on a par with a squashed hedgehog. This the real thing - Latin for those who want to learn Latin.

 So you really want to Learn Latin is a three part course taking the pupil from scratch to GCSE level and beyond. Based on the prescribed vocabulary of the OCR GCSE syllabus, it can be used in the classroom by those preparing for Latin at any level but will also be invaluable as a revision aid or as a self-teaching book.


Syllabus 

 Chapters 1-5, Bingo game

 Chapters 1-5, Bingo game, Answers

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Latin Beyond GCSE

Title: Latin Beyond GCSE
Author: John Taylor
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
ISBN: 978 1 85399 720 4

Cover illustration: battle of legionaries and barbarians; scene from the Ludovisi sarcophagus, c. 250 AD, now in the Palazzo Altemps, Rome.

Description
Latin Beyond GCSE covers all the linguistic requirements for the OCR AS-Level in Latin, and the grammar for A2. The first part of the book introduces new constructions and the translation of sentences from English to Latin, with practice passages for unseen translation at AS standard. The next session introduces the translation and scansion of verse, and includes passages for unseen translation and comprehension at A2 standard in both prose and verse. This is followed by longer unadapted extracts from a range of prose authors. Finally there is a reference section including a summary of all constructions, a comprehensive grammar, and a vocabulary of 1000 Latin words (with an additional list of 250 common poetic words for A2 verse passages).



Checklist with the contents and the exercises of the book so you can track your progress and complete your revision successfully.

 Vocabulary list (Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Verbs)

 Notes about the exercises so the students can focus more on the grammatical points rather than the vocabulary. 

 Chapter 1

 Use of cases, page 1
Verb tenses, page 1
Adjectives, adverbs, comparatives and superlatives, page 2
Direct questions, pages 2-3
Relative clauses, page 4
More complex relative clauses, pages 4-5
Connecting relative, page 5
Prepositions, prefixes and compounds, page 6
Present and Jussive subjunctive, pages 7-8
Wishes for the future, pages 8-9
Deliberative questions, page 9
Purpose clauses and sequence of tenses, pages 10-11
Direct and indirect commands, pages 12-13
Verbs of fearing, pages 13-14
Result clauses, pages 15-17
Indirect questions, pages 17-18
Periphrastic future subjunctive, pages 19-20

 Chapter 2

 Principal parts and the supine, page 21
Indirect statement, pages 22-24
Future passive infinitive, pages 24-25
Participles, pages 25-27
Ablative absolute, pages 27-28
Impersonal verbs and impersonal passive, pages 28-30
Time clauses, pages 31-33
Time clauses implying purpose, pages 33-34
Cum clauses, pages 34-35
Inverted cum clauses, page 35
Causal clauses, page 36
Concessive clauses, page 37
Conjunctions, pages 38-39

 Chapter 3

 Predicative dative, page 40
The gerund, pages 41-42
The gerundive, pages 43-44
Gerundive looking like a gerund, pages 44-45
Gerund changed into gerundive, pages 45-46
Conditional sentences, pages 47-49
Wishes for the present and past, pages 49-50
Use of quin and quominus, pages 50-51
Subordinate clauses in indirect speech, page 53
Conditional clauses in indirect statement, pages 53-54

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Essential GCSE Latin

Title: Essential GCSE Latin
Author: John Taylor
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
ISBN: 1 85399 693 9

Cover illustration: parade of Roman soldiers and knights, from the triumphal column dedicated to Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 161.

Description
Essential GCSE Latin is neither a complete course from scratch nor a reference grammar, but a summary of all the linguistic requirements for the OCR Examination Board specification (2007 onwards), aimed mainly at pupils in their GCSE year.

Whatever course they have used, many students remain very hazy about grammar. It is difficult to track back in a multi-volume course to the first introduction of a particular construction. Traditional grammars, on the other hand, can be forbidding, and often do not give enough help with syntax and idiom. This book breaks everything down into bite-sized chunks, with examples and practice sentences (650 in all) on each point, and generous cross-referencing. It concentrates on the understanding of principles in both accidence and syntax, in order to cut down on rote learning. Practice passages for the optional harder unseen translation passage are included.


Checklist with the contents and the exercises of the book so you can track your progress and complete your revision successfully.

 Vocabulary list (Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Verbs)

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Latin GCSE - A Revision Handbook

Title: Latin GCSE
Subtitle: A Revision Handbook
Author: Iraklis Lampadariou
Publisher: Saita Publications
ISBN: 978-618-5147-92-1

Cover photo:  Julius Caesar. Commissioned in 1696 for the Gardens of Versailles, to go with the Annibal by Sébastien Slodtz. photographer: Marie-Lan Nguyen (2006)/ Wikipedia

Description
This handbook is aimed at being a simple but efficient synopsis of all the grammar and syntax points that are required for the GCSE in Latin Language. It is designed for students in Year 11, but also for people who want to taste what Latin is all about. It might, however, be suitable as a resource for teachers who wish to teach their students following the way that it helped me to learn this highly inflected language; by using tables, diagrams and notes, all in nice memorable 'boxes'.


Download the book in .pdf (document size: 7.11 MB)

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