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Internal assessment resource Latin 2.6A v2 for Achievement Standard 91199
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Internal Assessment Resource
Latin Level 2
This resource supports assessment against:
Achievement Standard 91199 version 2
Write Latin sentences of medium complexity that demonstrate
understanding of Latin
Resource title: Res Gestae
3 credits
This resource:
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Clarifies the requirements of the standard
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Supports good assessment practice
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Should be subjected to the school’s usual assessment quality assurance
process
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Should be modified to make the context relevant to students in their school
environment and ensure that submitted evidence is authentic
Date version published by
Ministry of Education
February 2015 Version 2
Quality assurance status
These materials have been quality assured by NZQA.
To support internal assessment from 2015
NZQA Approved number: A-A-02-2015-91199-02-5567
Authenticity of evidence
Teachers must manage authenticity for any assessment
from a public source, because students may have
access to the assessment schedule or student exemplar
material.
Using this assessment resource without modification
may mean that students’ work is not authentic. The
teacher may need to change figures, measurements or
data sources or set a different context or topic to be
investigated or a different text to read or perform.
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Internal Assessment Resource
Achievement Standard Latin 91199: Write Latin sentences of
medium complexity that demonstrate understanding of Latin
Resource reference: Latin 2.6A v2
Resource title: Res Gestae
Credits: 3
Teacher guidelines
The following guidelines are designed to ensure that teachers can carry out valid and
consistent assessment using this internal assessment resource.
Teachers need to be very familiar with the outcome being assessed by the
Achievement Standard Latin 91199. The achievement criteria and the explanatory
notes contain information, definitions, and requirements that are crucial when
interpreting the standard and assessing students against it.
Context/setting
This activity requires students to choose an historical or mythological figure from the
classical world who has made a notable achievement. Students should work in
groups of 3-4, pairs or individually to write in English at least TEN complex sentences
that outline what their chosen figure has achieved.
Possible figures and their achievements could include:
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Aeneas and his journey to Italy/flight from Troy/fighting in Latium
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Dido and her escape from Tyre/foundation of Carthage
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Sextus Tarquinius and his capture of Gabii
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Lucretia and her noble death
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Brutus and his expulsion of the monarchy
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Julius Caesar and his conquest of Gaul
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Cleopatra and her rule in Egypt
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Pompey the Great and his military and/or naval victories
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Augustus and his rise to power/victory at Actium
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Theseus and his travels to Athens/defeat of the Minotaur
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Ulysses and his return to Ithaca
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Hercules and his Twelve Labours
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Prometheus and his gift of fire.
Students should then work individually to translate their English sentences into Latin.
Students should:
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use a variety of different syntactical constructions
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use a variety of simple and more complex syntactical constructions, e.g. simple
constructions such as time phrases, cases uses, relative clauses, and more
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complex constructions such as temporal clauses, conditional clauses, causal
clauses, concessive clauses; reported speech; result clauses; gerundival
attraction
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show an understanding of the most difficult inflections, structures and vocabulary
by communicating the meaning and detail of the sentences in Latin correctly
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make their sentences easy to understand and unambiguous.
Students should already be familiar with the level 1–7 guidelines. Curriculum Level 7
includes the language needed to demonstrate understanding of the views of others
through increasingly varied and complex text types.
At all times the quality of writing is more important than length.
This is not a set translation exercise requiring students to accurately translate fixed
English sentences; rather, students should be encouraged to convey meaning so as
to show their understanding of Latin syntactical structures. The English sentences
created by students are to be used as a starting-point only, and should not be
included in the final submission.
This activity could well be completed without writing sentences in English and then
translating into Latin.
To give students a better understanding of the types of sentences required, it could
be worthwhile to brainstorm about topics with students in class, pooling ideas,
discussing potential ideas for sentences, appropriate constructions and their
alternatives, and suitable vocabulary.
Conditions
This assessment task will take place over two weeks of in- and out-of-class time.
Students should spend the first week on creating sentences in English, and the
second week on translating their sentences into Latin, revising their drafts, and
checking the accuracy of their work.
Students may work in groups of 3-4, pairs or individually to begin with to formulate
their English sentences, but their Latin sentences must be completed individually.
Resource requirements
Resources may include classroom notes, grammar references, word lists,
dictionaries, and material from the internet, media or libraries. Students should be
firmly guided away from online Latin translation engines, which will not produce the
quality of correct Latin syntax required for this assessment task.
Additional information
None.
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Internal Assessment Resource
Achievement Standard Latin 91199: Write Latin sentences of
medium complexity that demonstrate understanding of Latin
Resource reference: Latin 2.6A v2
Resource title: Res Gestae
Credits: 3
Achievement
Write Latin sentences of
medium complexity that
demonstrate understanding
of Latin.
Achievement with Merit
Write Latin sentences of
medium complexity that
demonstrate clear
understanding of Latin.
Achievement with
Excellence
Write Latin sentences of
medium complexity that
demonstrate thorough
understanding of Latin.
Student instructions
Introduction
This assessment activity requires you to write sentences in Latin about an historical
or mythological figure to demonstrate your understanding of the inflections, structures
and vocabulary of the language.
English sentences
Work in groups of 3-4, pairs or individually to complete this task. Choose an historical
or mythological figure from the classical world who has made a notable achievement.
Then write in English at least TEN complex sentences which outline what your
chosen figure has achieved.
Possible figures and their achievements could include:

Aeneas and his journey to Italy/flight from Troy/fighting in Latium

Dido and her escape from Tyre/foundation of Carthage

Sextus Tarquinius and his capture of Gabii

Lucretia and her noble death

Brutus and his expulsion of the monarchy

Julius Caesar and his conquest of Gaul

Cleopatra and her rule in Egypt

Pompey the Great and his military and/or naval victories

Augustus and his rise to power/victory at Actium/rule of the Roman Empire
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Theseus and his travels to Athens/defeat of the Minotaur

Ulysses and his return to Ithaca

Hercules and his Twelve Labours
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Prometheus and his gift of fire.
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When describing a figure’s achievement(s), you could include:
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relevant background information about the figure
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events leading up to the achievement
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consequences of the achievement
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a personal statement or opinion about the figure and/or the achievement.
Examples of appropriate sentences in English are:
1. Caesar, when he was in Gaul, conquered many tribes in a short time.
2. After Ariadne gave him a sword and string, Theseus killed the Minotaur.
3. Because fire had been given to men against their orders, the gods punished
Prometheus very severely.
4. Cleopatra, who was the queen of Egypt, killed herself with a poisonous asp.
5. Hercules was so strong that he completed all his tasks and is now very wellknown to all.
You should spend no more than one week writing your English sentences.
Note: This is not an exercise in translating your English sentences rigidly into Latin;
rather, your original English sentences are merely a starting-point, and you are able
to make changes to the original English ideas and sentences you have created at
any time. The important thing is not that you translate an English sentence exactly
into Latin, but that you show how well you can write complex Latin structures, in
order to demonstrate a thorough understanding of Latin.
Latin sentences
Work individually to translate the English sentences you have created into Latin. You
should try to:
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use a variety of different constructions

use a variety of simple and more complex constructions, e.g. simple
constructions such as time phrases, cases uses, relative clauses, etc., and more
complex constructions such as temporal clauses, conditional clauses, causal
clauses, reported speech, etc.

show an understanding of the most difficult inflections, structures and vocabulary
by communicating the meaning and detail of the sentences correctly in Latin

make your sentences easy to understand and unambiguous.
It is expected that you will already be familiar with the level 1–7 guidelines.
At all times the quality of your writing is more important than the length.
After you have written your first draft, you should take time to check your work
carefully, looking in particular at:
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person endings
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verb tenses and moods
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noun cases
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the use of singular and plural
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vocabulary used
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appropriate word-order
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alternative constructions you could use.
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You should spend no more than one week writing and checking your sentences
before submitting your final version.
Resources
Resources may include classroom notes, grammar references, word lists,
dictionaries, and material from the internet, media or libraries. You should not use
online Latin translation engines, which will not produce the quality of correct Latin
required for this assessment task.
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Assessment schedule: Latin 91199 Res Gestae
Evidence/ Judgements for Achievement
Evidence/ Judgements for Achievement with
Merit
Evidence/ Judgements for Achievement with
Excellence
Students write Latin sentences of medium
complexity that demonstrate understanding of
Latin.
Students write Latin sentences of medium
complexity that demonstrate clear understanding
of Latin.
Students write Latin sentences of medium
complexity that demonstrate thorough
understanding of Latin.
Inflections, structures and vocabulary within the
sentences are identified and understood so that
the content of the sentences is understandable to
another Latin reader. The sentence content is at
Curriculum Level 7 and contains language used
for different purposes.
The more difficult inflections, structures and
vocabulary within the sentences are identified and
understood so that the meaning and detail of most
of the sentences are correctly communicated in
Latin. The sentence content is understandable to
another reader of Latin, is at Curriculum Level 7,
and contains language used for different purposes.
The most difficult inflections, structures, and
vocabulary are identified and understood so that
the meaning and detail in almost all of the
sentences are correctly communicated in Latin.
The sentence content is understandable to
another reader of Latin, is at Curriculum Level 7,
and contains language used for different purposes.
The sentences are easy to understand and
unambiguous.
Example:
Iuno serpentes misit qui Herculem interficerent.
Example:
Iuno serpentes misit qui Herculem infantem
interficerent. tam fortis erat Hercules ut eos
necaverit.
Example:
Iuno serpentes misit qui Herculem infantem
interficerent.tam fortis erat Hercules ut eos
necaverit. multa itinera fecit ad labores
perficiendos.nunc notissimus omnibus est.
Final grades will be decided using professional judgement based on a holistic examination of the evidence provided against the criteria in the
Achievement Standard.
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