Year 7 Latin
Term
1
Sept
Oct
Term
2
Nov –
Dec
Term
3
Jan
Topic
Skills
Cambridge Latin Course Stage 1:
 Meet the Family
 Pompeian houses
compared to modern
houses
 Introduction to Latin word
order and
 Introduction to Derivations
and Numbers
 Cerberus Translation
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CLC Stage 2:
 Introduction to nominative
& accusative nouns
 mercator and in triclinio
translations
 Roman daily life and
dinner parties
 Practising nominative and
accusative grammar
exercises
Topic
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CLC Stage 3:
 Consolidation of
nominatives and
accusatives and introduce
declensions
 in foro, tonsor and
venalicius translation
 Act out tonsor
 pictor comprehensions
questions
 Town of Pompeii & types
of jobs
Topic
CLC Stage 4:
 Introduction to verb person
endings
 Hermogenes & in basilica
Translations
 Forum features and
functions
 Comparison of modern
town centres to the Forum
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To be able to discuss key features
of Pompeian/Roman houses
To be able to compare and contrast
Pompeian culture with modern
culture
To be able to identify words in
English derived from Latin words
To be able to change word order of
Latin sentences to translate
naturally in English
To be able to discuss key features
of Roman daily life and dinner
parties
To be able to compare and contrast
Pompeian daily life with modern
To understand different roles of
nouns in sentences
To write creatively about what it
would have been like to be a
Pompeian
Skills
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Skills
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To be able to discuss key features
of Roman towns
To be able to compare and contrast
Roman towns with modern towns
To understand different groupings
of nouns in Latin
Possible
Assessment
Baseline
assessment
Rooms in the
house quiz
Vocab 2 Test
PTL Ex 1 & 2
Caecilius
Daily life
articles
Possible
Assessment
Progress Test
Vocab 3 Test
pictor
comprehension
Possible
Assessment
Translation
To be able to discuss key features
of and functions of Roman forums assessment
Trip to the
Pompeian/Roman society
To be able to compare and contrast Forum account
Vocab 4 Test
Roman forums with modern high
streets/shopping centres
To be able to identify words in
English derived from Latin words
To be able to translate without
reference to vocabulary or
grammar help
To be able to identify verb person
Feb
CLC Stage 5:
 Introduction to plural
endings for nouns and
verbs
 actores and Poppaea
translations
 Act out Poppaea
 Read Theatre background
 Comparisons between
modern and ancient drama
 Theatre projects
 Act out plays
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endings for I, You and he/she/it
To be able to discuss key features
of Roman theatre
To be able to compare and contrast
Roman theatre with modern
theatre
To be able to make inks between
Roman and modern theatre
To be able to identify singular and
plural noun and verb endings
To be able to match up singular
nouns with singular verbs and vice
versa
To write creatively about what it
would have been like to be a
Pompeian
Term Topic
Skills
4
March CLC Stage 6:
 To be able to discuss key features
of Roman slavery
 Introduction to imperfect &
April
perfect tenses
 To be able to explore human rights
in the Roman world
 pugna & Felix translations
 Translate Felix et fur
 To be able to identify words in
(pairs) & act out
English derived from Latin words
 avarus comprehension
 To develop the skills to answer
comprehension questions
 Slaves & freedmen
 To be able to identify and translate
 Human rights & letter to
accurately verb endings for the
emperor (cross curricular –
imperfect and perfect tenses
Moral & ICT)
Term Topic
Skills
5
April CLC Stage 7:
 To be able to discuss key Roman
- May
beliefs on life after death
 Consolidation of
imperfects & perfects
 To be able to compare and contrast
modern beliefs with Roman beliefs
 fabula mirabilis, Decens &
post cenam translations
 To be able to identify and translate
 Act out fabula mirabilis
accurately verb endings for the
imperfect and perfect tenses
 Roman beliefs about life
after death
 Comparison of modern &
Roman beliefs about life
after death
Term Topic
Skills
6
June - CLC Stage 8:
 To be able to discuss a range of
July
entertainment open to the Romans
 Introduction to accusative
plural noun endings
(theatres, forum, gladiators) and
what it would have been like to
 gladiatores and in arena
have been in the Pompeian riot
translations
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To be able to compare and contrast
 venatio comprehension
modern entertainment to ancient
questions
 To be able to identify singular and
 Gladiators
plural noun and verb endings
 The riot newspaper articles
Vocab 5 Test
Singulars and
plurals test
PTL Ex1 & 2
Theatre
Projects
Possible
Assessment
Comprehensio
n assessment
Humans rights
and slavery
Vocab 6 Test
Possible
Assessment
Vocab 7 Test
An assessed
translation
End of Year
examination
Possible
Assessment
Vocab 8 Test
venatio
comprehension
Riot
newspaper
articles
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To be able to match up singular
nouns with singular verbs and vice
versa