LATIN
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING
National 5
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translating skills, including developing knowledge and
understanding of vocabulary, accidence and syntax
understanding, analysing and evaluating detailed texts in
Latin and translated into English
knowledge and understanding of literary techniques and
aspects of Roman culture
Higher
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translating skills, including developing knowledge and
understanding of vocabulary, accidence, syntax, literary
styles and nuances
understanding, analysing and evaluating detailed and
complex texts in Latin and translated into English
knowledge and understanding of literary techniques and
aspects of Roman culture
COURSE STRUCTURE
National 5
Course Structure: 2 Units and Course Assessment
Latin: Translating
Latin: Literary Appreciation
Higher
Course Structure: 2 Units and Course Assessment
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Latin: Translating
Latin: Literary Appreciation
COURSE ASSESSMENT
National 5
Higher
Course Assessment:
Component 1 –
question paper 1 (Latin: Literary Appreciation) (30 marks)
question paper 2 (Latin: Translating) (30 marks)
Course Assessment:
Component 1 –
question paper 1 (Latin: Literary Appreciation) (60 marks)
question paper 2 (Latin: Translating) (40 marks)
Question paper 1 (Latin: Literary Appreciation)
Learners will choose to answer on any two texts from a choice of
five prescribed texts.
Question paper 1 (Latin: Literary Appreciation)
Learners will choose to answer on any two texts from a choice of
five prescribed texts.
The five prescribed texts are:
 Catullus: "Love Poems" selection
 Ovid: "Daedalus and Icarus" (selections from Metamorphoses
The five prescribed texts are:
 Catullus, Poems Selection
 Ovid, Metamorphoses Book IV – The Story of Pyramus and
National 5
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VIII)
Virgil: "The Fall of Troy" (selections from Aeneid II)
Pliny: "The Haunted House" (selections from Letter 7.27);
"The Dolphin" (selections from Letter 9.33)
Cicero: "The Governorship of Verres in Sicily" (selections from
In Verrem IV)
Higher
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Thisbe and Metamorphoses Book VIII – The Story of Baucis
and Philemon
Virgil, Selections from Aeneid Books I, IV and VI
Pliny, Letters to Tacitus, VI.16 and VI.20 - The Eruption of
Vesuvius
Cicero, Selections from In Verrem V
Learners will answer one extended response question for each of
the two authors chosen. Learners must also answer a range of
short-answer questions on each author chosen.
Learners will answer one extended response question for each of
the two authors chosen. Learners must also answer a range of
short-answer questions on each author chosen.
This question paper will be set and marked by SQA, and conducted
in centres under conditions specified for external examinations by
SQA. Learners will complete this in 1 hour.
This question paper will be set and marked by SQA, and conducted
in centres under conditions specified for external examinations by
SQA. Learners will complete this in 2 hours.
Question paper 2 (Latin: Translating)
The purpose of this question paper is to allow learners to
demonstrate challenge and application in the skills of translating.
Question paper 2 (Latin: Translating)
The purpose of this question paper is to allow learners to
demonstrate challenge and application in the skills of translating.
In this question paper the skills, knowledge and understanding
which will be assessed are:
 translating a detailed unseen Latin prose text into English
 applying knowledge and understanding of vocabulary,
accidence and syntax
 conveying the overall meaning of the text in English using
appropriate language, style and structure
This question paper will give learners an opportunity to
demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and understanding:
 translate a detailed and complex unseen Latin prose text into
English
 apply knowledge and understanding of vocabulary, accidence
and syntax
 convey the meaning of the text in English using appropriate
language, style and structure
Only one passage will be set for translating and a specific word-list
will accompany the passage.
Marks will be awarded for accuracy in translation of each block of
text and for conveying the essential ideas of the blocks.
This question paper will be set and marked by SQA, and conducted
in centres under conditions specified for external examinations by
SQA. Learners will complete this in 1 hour.
This question paper will be set and marked by SQA, and conducted
in centres under conditions specified for external examinations by
SQA. Learners will complete this in 1 hour.