OCR Latin GCSE Official Thread 2016

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Original post by Crème brûlée

Wtf was the four mark flower question on the Vergil paper :frown:

I really could not think of 4 points!

Then again, I did misread the question at first...

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I didn't really like Virgil today, I preferred Pliny but I guess that was because I didn't revise much for it. I hope the grade boundaries are low for pretty much every subject. Latin is finally over! I don't know if I'm incredibly happy or incredibly sad, Latin is my favourite subject but I am glad the tedious exams are over. How did everyone else find it?

I completely mucked up the translation at the end uh-oh.

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Original post by PlinyTheElder

That wasn't that bad. It was too long and the poppy question was really weird but it could've been much worse. The ten marker section was a gift too

I personally adored the paper;

It did help that I had a load of sixth formers with whom I was talking, and they tested me on reciting the whole of Passage 4 :biggrin:

Somehow though, I still got the translation miles off!

With the poppy question, it was due to the fact that the question was worded unusually, but I'm hoping for at least 2/4, considering I misread the passage at first.

I also quite liked the ten marker- I felt there was a fair bit to write about :biggrin:

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Original post by TeenPolyglot

I really could not think of 4 points!

Then again, I did misread the question at first...

I struggled with that one too:-
- i put the flower droop its head like Euryalus
-The red coloured flowers are like his blood
-The plough cutting the flower down is like Volcens cutting him down
-Euryalus was murdered by chance like the flowers burdened by the rain by chance

I really think that last one is wrong. Also did we have to refer to Latin, it didn't mention it in the question so I didn't bother

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Original post by Pepsi Cola :)

@TeenPolyglot I know you like doing these so... What do you think the grade boundaries will be for verse? And how did you find it? Personally I found it harder than prose... :smile:

You know me too well, you stalker :wink:

And I personally loved it; based on these comments, my predictions are these:

41=A*
36=A
29=B
21=C

Probably miles off though :tongue:

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Original post by niv1234

I struggled with that one too:-
- i put the flower droop its head like Euryalus
-The red coloured flowers are like his blood
-The plough cutting the flower down is like Volcens cutting him down
-Euryalus was murdered by chance like the flowers burdened by the rain by chance

I really think that last one is wrong. Also did we have to refer to Latin, it didn't mention it in the question so I didn't bother

I think it did say in the question "How does the Latin show..." didn't it?

And I said about how the reference to rain might have been an indirect metaphorical reference to the weapons and the hands seizing him, causing him to die...

#deep

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igggy

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Original post by niv1234

I struggled with that one too:-
- i put the flower droop its head like Euryalus
-The red coloured flowers are like his blood
-The plough cutting the flower down is like Volcens cutting him down
-Euryalus was murdered by chance like the flowers burdened by the rain by chance

I really think that last one is wrong. Also did we have to refer to Latin, it didn't mention it in the question so I didn't bother

Werent the flowers purple\crimson

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Original post by igggy

Werent the flowers purple\crimson

The poppies are red right?

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igggy

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Original post by niv1234

The poppies are red right?

Oh yeah sorry i was thinking about the first flower

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Martins1

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I managed to misread he had come (vixisset) as she had left cos I was not thinking. Otherwise I am pretty sure i did not drop any marks. In latin language one i made one really stupid mistake, but otherwise it was pretty simple. Do you guys do any literature papers? If so, how did you find them?

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