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Internal assessment resource Latin 2.5A v2 for Achievement Standard 91198
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Internal Assessment Resource
Latin Level 2
This resource supports assessment against:
Achievement Standard 91198 version 2
Interpret Latin in current use
Resource title: Ludistatio Latina — A Latin Playstation:
Latin in the modern world
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-02-2015-91198-02-5565
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 91198: Interpret Latin in current use
Resource reference: Latin 2.5A v2
Resource title: Ludistatio Latina — A Latin Playstation: Latin in
the modern world
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 91198. 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 assessment activity requires students to thoroughly interpret Latin in current
use. Students will read an appropriate text of modern Latin. The text must include
names of places, verbs, concepts or nouns that were not in use in the ancient world.
Appropriate sources include:
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websites in modern Latin, such as
– YLE Radio 1 http://www.yleradio1.fi/nuntii
– Ephemeris http://ephemeris.alcuinus.net/nuntius.php.
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books in modern Latin, such as
– Harrius Potter et Philosphi Lapis / et Camera Secretorum / et Captivus
Azkabani
– Winnie Ille Pu / Domus Anguli Puensis
– Alicia in Terra Mirabili / Transitus per Speculum
– Tintin, Insula Nigra / Sigaris Pharaonis
– Tela Charlottae.
Assign students a particular text, and working collaboratively as a class, translate an
initial extract of the text together during a preparatory lesson. Identify a selection of
words or phrases from the extract, of either invented Latin or Latin words whose
usage differs from its classical meaning. Analyse and discuss how the author has
used classical Latin word(s) or invented Latin words to interpret a modern word,
name or concept, and evaluate the appropriateness and effectiveness of each
interpretation.
Students will then work individually, either continuing with the text you have initially
analysed in class or choosing a suitable text of their own. They should collate a list of
ten modern Latin words or phrases from their chosen text, but they must not include
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any examples already analysed and discussed in the preparatory lesson. Students
should reflect upon how and why the meaning of the classical Latin word has
changed, or identify how the author has combined classical Latin words to invent a
new word, phrase or concept. They should also evaluate the suitability and
effectiveness of each of their selected words or phrases.
You may advise students whose work is in progress on whether a chosen name or
word will allow sufficient analysis to gain full credit (e.g. a simple Latinised form of a
proper name is unlikely to allow much opportunity for analysis and evaluation).
Conditions
This assessment task will take place over two weeks of in- and out-of-class time.
Students should work initially in their full class, with teacher assistance, when
analysing the initial extract. However, their written assessment should be completed
individually.
Refer to the Conditions for Assessment for Level 2 NCEA Latin Standards.
Resource requirements
Resources may include classroom notes, grammar references, word lists,
dictionaries, and material from libraries, the media, and the Internet.
Additional Information
None.
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Internal Assessment Resource
Achievement Standard Latin 91198: Interpret Latin in current use
Resource reference: Latin 2.5A v2
Resource title: Ludistatio Latina — A Latin Playstation: Latin in
the modern world
Credits: 3
Achievement
Interpret Latin in current use.
Achievement with Merit
Interpret Latin in current use
clearly.
Achievement with
Excellence
Interpret Latin in current use
thoroughly.
Student instructions
Introduction
This assessment activity requires you to interpret Latin in current use. You will use
your linguistic and cultural knowledge to extract and explain the meaning and
significance of Latin words found in a modern text.
The assessment task is to be completed over two weeks in- and out-of-class time.
Preparatory Activity: Translate and discuss an extract from a
modern Latin text
Read an extract of a modern Latin text chosen by your teacher together as a class.
Translate as much of the text as you can. Use your knowledge of classical Latin to
make “educated guesses” about the meanings of modern Latin words. Your teacher
will help you with words which are post-classical. Discuss how the author / translator
has changed the meaning of classical Latin words or combined classical words to
form invented words, in order to successfully translate modern names, words or
concepts.
Task: Interpret, analyse and evaluate modern Latin words and
phrases
Work individually to select a list of ten modern Latin words or phrases from your
chosen text. You may continue from the extract you have translated and analysed
together in class or you may choose a different text. The words and phrases you
choose must not include any words or phrases analysed and discussed together as a
class.
For each modern Latin word or phrase you have selected, complete the following:
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Use a Latin dictionary to write down the full principal parts and classical
meaning(s) of the word or (or words if it is a phrase or a compound of more than
one word).
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Provide an extensive range of English derivatives that come from the Latin
word(s).
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Contrast the classical meaning of each word or words with the changed or
adapted meaning in the modern Latin text.
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Write a short paragraph which evaluates the modern use of the word or words,
reflecting upon any changes of meaning, and suggesting how the modern
use/invention is a fair/just/appropriate change or adaptation of the original Latin
words. Link the word(s) in its modern context to the word(s) in its classical
context.
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Support your explanation with examples from classical Latin texts of the word(s)
used in its classical context. Translate these examples. You may use a suitably
detailed Latin dictionary to source this information. All Latin evidence and
translations should be appropriate and unambiguous.
Resources
You may refer to your classroom notes, grammar references, word lists, dictionaries,
and material from libraries, the media, and the Internet.
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Assessment schedule: Latin 91198 Ludistatio Latina — A Latin Playstation: Latin in the modern world
Evidence/Judgements for Achievement
Evidence/Judgements for Achievement with
Merit
The student has interpreted Latin in current use.
The student has used knowledge of language and
of linguistic and socio-cultural contexts to extract
and explain the meaning and significance of Latin
words, phrases, images, and ideas and how they
link from the past to today.
The student has interpreted clearly, Latin in current
use. The student has:
The student has interpreted thoroughly, Latin in
current use. The student has:
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used knowledge of language and of linguistic
and socio-cultural contexts to extract and
explain the meaning and significance of Latin
words, phrases, images, and ideas and how
they link from the past to today.
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used knowledge of language and of linguistic
and socio-cultural contexts to extract and
explain the meaning and significance of Latin
words, phrases, images, and ideas and how
they link from the past to today
expanded on particular points.
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fully expanded on particular points
The student has:
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included some principal parts of Latin words and
relevant meanings
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provided some English derivatives where
possible
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explained how the modern Latin word has
changed in meaning from its classical meaning.
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aeriportibus > aeriportus, –us M., airport
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aer, air + portus, port
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derivatives: air, aerial; port, airport.
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included most principal parts of Latin words and
relevant meanings
supported answers with evidence using Latin
references/quotations from resources
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provided a wide range of English derivatives
where possible
provided an English explanation for Latin
references/quotations
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used appropriate and unambiguous Latin
evidence.
The student has:
An extract from possible student response:
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When combined, they form a new noun that was
an unknown concept in the classical world.
Evidence/Judgements for Achievement with
Excellence
clearly explained how the modern Latin word
has changed in meaning from its classical
meaning
The student has:
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clearly justified whether the new meaning is
fair/just/appropriate, linking each word in its
modern context to the word in its classical
context.
included full principal parts of Latin words and
relevant meanings
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provided an extensive range of English
derivatives where possible
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thoroughly explained how the modern Latin
word has changed in meaning from its classical
meaning
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thoroughly justified whether the new meaning is
fair/just/appropriate, linking each word in its
modern context to the word in its classical
context
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supported explanations and justifications with
evidence using Latin references/quotations from
resources.
An extract from a possible student response:
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aeriportibus > aeriportus, –us M., airport
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aer, aeris M., air + portus, –us M., harbour, port
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derivatives: air, aerate, aerial, aerobatic,
aerodynamic; port, seaport, airport.
The meanings of the two classical Latin words
which make up the modern word have not
changed, but when combined, they form a new
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noun that was an unknown concept in the classical
world.
The modern Latin word is an appropriate
adaptation of the classical Latin words, because
when combined with aer it extends the meaning of
portus, being a haven or harbour for ships of the
oceans, to being a haven or harbour for ships of
the air, i.e. airplanes.
An extract from a possible student response:
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aeriportibus > aeriportus, –us M., airport
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aer, aeris M., air, sky + portus, –us M., harbour,
port, haven
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derivatives: air, aerate, aerial, aerobatic,
aerodrome, aerodynamic, aerosol; port, seaport,
airport, spaceport.
The meanings of the two classical Latin words
which make up the modern word have not
changed, but when combined, they form a new
noun that was an unknown concept in the classical
world.
The modern Latin word is an appropriate
adaptation of the classical Latin words, because
when combined with aer it extends the meaning of
portus, being originally a haven or harbour for
ships of the oceans, to being a haven or harbour
for ships of the air, i.e. airplanes. Using such
compounds (combinations of two or more words)
was common even in Roman times, following the
Greek tendency to run words together to formulate
a new word.
Portus was not exclusively used in classical Latin
to refer to naval harbours and was used
metaphorically e.g. portus corporis (Cicero) –
“harbour of the body” or in its earlier meaning of
just an entrance of any kind.
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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