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Internal assessment resource for Latin 1.5B v3 for Achievement Standard 90866
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Internal Assessment Resource
Latin Level 1
This resource supports assessment against:
Achievement Standard 90866 version 2
Demonstrate understanding of Latin in current use
Resource title: What’s New?
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 3
Quality assurance status
These materials have been quality assured by NZQA.
To support internal assessment from 2015
NZQA Approved number A-A-02-2015-90866-02-4511
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 90866: Demonstrate understanding
of Latin in current use
Resource reference: Latin 1.5B v3
Resource title: What’s New?
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 Achievement
Standard Latin 90866. 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 produce a portfolio of examples where Latin is used
in a modern context. The student collects and records examples over the course of
one term. The student discusses each example to show reflections on the original
meaning and the connections to its modern usage.
Students are to collect at least twelve pieces.
The portfolio needs to reflect the student’s Latin knowledge and ability to see the
connections between the origins of Latin words, phrases, and images and their use in
the world today.
Conditions
This is an individual assessment activity.
The students complete the portfolio over the course of one term, in their own time.
The pieces of writing in the portfolio can be written by hand or electronically.
Resource requirements
Students can complete their portfolio using classroom notes, grammar references,
word lists, dictionaries, and material from the Internet, media, or libraries.
Students are expected to appropriately reference all resources used, and include a
bibliography within the portfolio.
The bibliography does not form part of the assessment.
Additional information
None.
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Internal Assessment Resource
Achievement Standard Latin 90866: Demonstrate understanding
of Latin in current use
Resource reference: Latin 1.5B v3
Resource title: What’s New?
Credits: 3
Achievement
Demonstrate understanding
of Latin in current use.
Achievement with Merit
Demonstrate clear
understanding of Latin in
current use.
Achievement with
Excellence
Demonstrate thorough
understanding of Latin in
current use.
Student instructions
Introduction
This assessment activity requires you to put together a portfolio of examples of Latin
in use in the present day, showing how and why they are relevant to the modern
world.
You can submit your portfolio in writing or electronically.
You have one term to complete your portfolio. Your teacher will give you some class
time, but you complete most of your work in your own time.
Your teacher will specify a due date.
You will be assessed on how well you understand Latin that is in current use,
including its relevance to the modern world.
Task
You may use classroom notes, grammar references, word lists, dictionaries, and
material from the Internet, media or libraries to help you complete this work.
Collect examples
Collect at least twelve examples of Latin that is in current use.
As well as Latin words or phrases, you may choose photos, images, or pictures.
Possible sources include:
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advertisements
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names or slogans for products
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science textbooks
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legal phrases
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medical terms
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phrases used in economics
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signs
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words or phrases used in English or in other languages
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Latin inscriptions or mottoes
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patterns or motifs in art or architecture.
Write about your examples
Write about each example in as much detail as you can. Include:
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the Latin example’s original meaning and its socio-cultural context
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how the example is used today
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how the current use is connected with its original meaning and context.
Remember to:
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expand fully on connections or connecting ideas between the pieces of Latin and
the world today
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include Latin references and/or quotations to support what you say
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make sure that these have an English explanation
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make sure the evidence you give is appropriate and unambiguous
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reference the resources you use appropriately and include a bibliography with
your portfolio.
Submit your portfolio
Submit a portfolio of at least 12 examples of Latin in use in the modern world, with
written commentaries.
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Assessment Schedule: Latin 90866 What’s New?
Evidence/Judgements for Achievement
Evidence/Judgements for Achievement
with Merit
The student demonstrates understanding of Latin
in current use.
The student demonstrates clear understanding of
Latin in current use.
The student demonstrates thorough understanding
of Latin in current use.
The student researches and selects at least 12
examples of Latin in current use and presents
background information for each piece of Latin that
describes the Latin linguistic and Roman sociocultural context.
The student researches and selects at least 12
examples of Latin in current use and presents
background information for each piece of Latin that
describes the Latin linguistic and Roman sociocultural context.
The student researches and selects at least 12
examples of Latin in current use and presents
background information for each piece of Latin that
describes the Latin linguistic and Roman sociocultural context.
The student shows the connections and/or the
connecting ideas between the pieces of Latin and
the world today.
For example (one piece of Latin in current use):
The student shows and expands unambiguously in
English on the connections and/or the connecting
ideas between the pieces of Latin and the world
today.
Magnum
For example (one piece of Latin in current use):
Magnum ice cream is named from the Latin
adjective magnus, –a, –um, meaning “great” or
“big”. Maybe this word was chosen to say that if
you buy a Magnum ice cream you are getting a
great deal, because of both its taste and its size.
Magnum
The student shows and fully expands on the
connections and/or the connecting ideas between
the pieces of Latin and the world today. The
student uses appropriate and unambiguous Latin
references/quotations from resources to support
answers and explains the Latin
references/quotations in English.
This Latin word may have been used to show the
superiority of this ice cream over other brands of
ice cream.
Magnum ice cream is named from the Latin
adjective magnus, -a, -um, meaning “great” or
“big”. It is the neuter form of the adjective. It is a
word that is used in Latin to denote importance.
The Latin also has the meaning of “full”. Maybe
this meaning is meant to refer to the taste of the
ice cream. This word may also have been chosen
to say that if you buy a Magnum ice cream you are
getting a good deal, because it is a thing of both
great taste and size.
This Latin word may have been used to show the
superiority of Magnum ice cream over other
brands. It is therefore an ice cream to be taken
seriously. The neuter form of the adjective may
have been selected for its sound effect. It is not as
harsh sounding as the masculine magnus.
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Evidence/Judgements for
Achievement with Excellence
For example (one piece of Latin in current use):
Magnum
Magnum ice cream is named from the Latin
adjective magnus, -a, -um, meaning “great” or
“big”. It is the neuter form of the adjective. It is a
word that is used in Latin to denote something of
importance and worth, and even includes the idea
of “lofty”. Pompey’s nickname was Magnus –
“Pompey the Great” because he was a truly great
Roman, even though he opposed Julius Caesar in
the civil war.
Magnus, -a, -um in Latin also has the meaning
“full” and this may refer to the taste of the ice
cream. Maybe this word was chosen to say that if
you buy a Magnum ice cream, you are getting a
good deal, because it is a thing of both full taste
and great size.
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This Latin word may have been used to show the
superiority of Magnum ice cream over other
brands. This name suggests that it is an important
ice cream and therefore should be taken seriously,
particularly if you want the best. The neuter form of
the adjective may have been selected for its
sound. It is not as harsh sounding as the
masculine magnus.
It also rhymes with words like “yum” and this could
be useful in marketing ice cream.
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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