Latin To GCSE Part 1

Product Description

A companion to Bloomsbury's popular two-volume Greek to GCSE this is the first course for Latin students that directly reflects the curriculum in a clear concise & accessible way Enhanced by colour artwork & text features the books support the new OCR

Specification for Latin (first teaching 2016) as well as meeting the needs of later students both at university & beyond Written by two experienced school teachers one also an examiner the course is based on a keen understanding of what pupils find difficult concentrating on the essentials & on the explanation of principles in both accidence & syntax minor irregularities are postponed & subordinated so that the need for rote learning is reduced User-friendly it also gives pupils a firm foundation for further study Part 1 covers the basics & is self-contained with its own reference section It outlines the main declensions a range of active tenses & a vocabulary of 275 Latin words to be learned Pupil confidence is built up by constant consolidation of the material covered After the preliminaries each chapter concentrates on stories with one source or subject the Fall of Troy the journeys of Aeneas the founding of Rome & the early kings providing an excellent introduction to Roman culture alongside the language study