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Hilary Sillis posted an update in the group
GCSE Latin 5 months agoThere are a few sample GCSE lit exam papers/questions uploaded to the resources area recently which are based on the old spec (2×10 mark questions with 3 mandatory bullet points) rather than the new for June 2012 onwards (1×10 mark question with 2 suggested bullet points). Still extremely useful but should probably be accompanied by a word of…[Read more]
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Hilary Sillis posted a new activity comment 5 months ago
In reply to: Cressida Ryan posted an update in the group GCSE Latin Does anyone have any experience of using Memrise with students? This is an app / website written by a world memory champion, which runs a learning / testing […] ViewI have been using memrise for some time and the students find it really helpful. There is already a course for the vocabulary list for papers 401 and 402, including the verbs broken down by principal part, which is excellent. It has got a bit mangled in the transfer over to the new version of the website (not as good as the old version, I think)-…[Read more]
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Hilary Sillis posted a new activity comment 7 months, 2 weeks ago
In reply to: Philip Robinson posted an update in the group A Level Latin I have some very able A2 pupils who have been really struggling with the Livy unseen passages in Ch.5 of John Taylor’s excellent book. Is this the […] ViewI also set my students an exercise out of John Taylor (5.16). I have compared it closely with the format of the Caesar unseen papers over the last few years. First of all, the number of words to translate is higher in the book ( typically about 80 in past papers). Also, the style of questions does not match up. It seems that we can expect a 6…[Read more]
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Hilary Sillis posted an update in the group
GCSE Latin 11 months, 1 week ago · updated 11 months, 1 week agoJust had a look at the Literature Paper – there were a couple of unexpected things in the Cambridge Latin Anthology section. First q20 c – this kind of question was not on the specimen paper – it’s straightforward enough, but I fear some of my students will treat it like a style question, even though doesn’t say refer to the Latin. Then the 8…[Read more]
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Hilary Sillis started the forum topic A403 & A404 10 mark questions in the group
GCSE Latin: 1 year, 1 month ago · updated 1 year agoBelow is the text of a message I have just sent to OCR – if I receive a reply I will post it here, but in the mean time if anyone can shed any light on this I would be very grateful, as my students and I are rather concerned about it!! I have just [...]
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Let us know what you hear! And thank you!
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It’s my understanding that there are now only 2 bullet points to cover rather than 3, so I’ve assumed 3 well made points per bullet point should be sufficient, hence less writing required, but that’s just a guess. I assume everyone else is aware that there will now only be one 10 mark question – I seemed to have missed notification of the…[Read more]
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It would certainly be good to know if they are expected to write less. However, there are several pages of extra space available at the end of the paper, so I hope running out of space will not be an issue. I’m trying to encourage mine not to write too much (which they are inclined to do) but mostly because I’m concerned about their running…[Read more]
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Thanks, Hilary!
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Hilary Sillis posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 1 month ago
In reply to: Jeremy Connor posted an update in the group A Level Latin: I wonder if someone could clear something up for me – with the Amores III, will the 10-mark mini essay ask about 1 poem in particular, or will it require […] ViewIn previous papers (2009, 2010) a specific section of Met 8 was given to discuss in the 10 mark question – the story of Scylla & the story of Daedalus & Icarus. This was the section which was not used for questions on the rest of the paper. I suppose it is possible that they could do the same again – eg ask questions on 3.4, 3.5 & 3.14 and then…[Read more]
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Hilary Sillis posted an update in the group
Travel – Bay of Naples: 1 year, 5 months ago · updated 1 year, 4 months agoI’m devising a guide for my students for a trip in February, which will include a very important section on gelato. It is reported on various web sites that Nero ordered snow to be collected and mixed it with honey & fruit – and I would like to include a Latin quote about this. But I can’t find chapter and verse anywhere! Tacitus? Suetonius?…[Read more]
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See also the book ”The Science of Ice Cream” by C Clarke, page 4 (you can preview on Google Books). This suggests that there is no traceable historical source for the story you mention, unfortunately.
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Thank you, Paul & Catherine! A salutary lesson in the myth-spreading capability of the internet, which is in itself important for students to understand!
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sorry – Catharine
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Hilary Sillis posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 4 months ago
In reply to: Hilary Sillis posted an update in the group Travel – Bay of Naples: I’m devising a guide for my students for a trip in February, which will include a very important section on gelato. It is reported on various web […] Viewsorry – Catharine
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Hilary Sillis posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 4 months ago
In reply to: Hilary Sillis posted an update in the group Travel – Bay of Naples: I’m devising a guide for my students for a trip in February, which will include a very important section on gelato. It is reported on various web […] ViewThank you, Paul & Catherine! A salutary lesson in the myth-spreading capability of the internet, which is in itself important for students to understand!
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Hilary Sillis posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 6 months ago
In reply to: Hilary Sillis started the forum topic Cicero In Verrem – which is correct text? in the group A Level Latin: There appear to be two versions of the second sentence of section 60: Et ipsius et patris eius accepi […] ViewThanks!
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Hilary Sillis started the forum topic Cicero In Verrem – which is correct text? in the group
A Level Latin: 1 year, 7 months ago · updated 1 year, 6 months agoThere appear to be two versions of the second sentence of section 60: Et ipsius et patris eius accepi tabulas omnes or Habeo et ipsius et patris eius accepti tabulas omnes Both of these versions appear in texts on this site. The spec says if no edition is specified then latest version of Oxfort text [...]
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The short answer is that you should go with the first version, which is in the OCT and also used by Mitchell, whose commentary is recommended (indeed there’s really nothing else available).
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Yes, as Tom says, the first version is the OCT. There’s another manuscript discrepancy at 67 (one version adding ‘pugna’, but this is not the OCT). I contacted OCR about these points and they said to follow the OCT, which is the text given in their student/teacher support booklets. The translation in their teacher booklet follows the other…[Read more]
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Thanks!
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Hilary Sillis posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 6 months ago
In reply to: Daniel Menashe posted an update in the group Travel – Bay of Naples: Just got back from a trip and one of the big successes was a demonstration of ice-cream making one evening with a tasting of lemon ice-cream […] ViewSounds brilliant, thanks for suggestion – I’ll definitely be getting in touch with Mario for our trip!
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Hilary Sillis posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 7 months ago
In reply to: Danielle Fairey posted an update in the group Travel – Staff Private Travel: Heading for Rome at half term for a school trip free visit. Has anyone gone to Tivoli using public transport? ViewHi Danielle
I stayed in a villa outside Tivoli for a week the summer before last. There are regular train services to Rome – takes about 30mins, I think. The Villa D’Este & Villa Gregoriana are within walking distance of the station, but if you want to go to Villa Adriana (which is amazing!) that is about 5km away and I’ve no idea if there are…[Read more] -
Hilary Sillis posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 7 months ago
In reply to: Zeta Fleming posted an update in the group GCSE Latin: Dear all, I am looking for an online GCSE Latin vocabulary testing tool, which pupils can access at home to include in a vocab learning tips and advice […] ViewThe Sherbourne flash cards and drag & drop drills for papers 401 & 402 on this site (GCSE language section) are great. Your students won’t be able to link to this site without the password but if you open the page here you can then save it as a .htm file which you can use with your students
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I entirely agree with Hilary. Too much of this paper seemed to relate to ”style”, in addition to the expected ”style” questions. This prose paper used to be absurdly easy but now is far more difficult than necessary. Is anything of a lit. crit. nature left for AS?
We did the OCR anthology option. This section of the paper seemed fine with some quite nice questions – my lot were OK with it, at least the ones I’ve seen.