OCR A level Latin

I am! What literature are you doing?

Reply 2

OP

Cicero Pro Milone
Tacitus Annals 1 + English
Virgil Aeneid 8
Ovid Amores 2.7 & 2.8 engl. 2.19
Propertius 1.3 & 2.14 engl. 4.7
Tibullus 1.3 engl. 2.4
You?

Original post by emlouu

I am! What literature are you doing?

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Original post by Denver4700

Cicero Pro Milone
Tacitus Annals 1 + English
Virgil Aeneid 8
Ovid Amores 2.7 & 2.8 engl. 2.19
Propertius 1.3 & 2.14 engl. 4.7
Tibullus 1.3 engl. 2.4
You?

The same for poetry (Aeneid 8 and Ovid, Propertius and Tibullus love poetry), and for prose I'm doing Cicero Pro Milone for both years

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OP

Nice, I really enjoying doing literature (especially Cicero). I'm not a huge fan of the language though, and that's happening on the 4th! I just never feel like I can be completely prepared for it, you know?

Original post by emlouu

The same for poetry (Aeneid 8 and Ovid, Propertius and Tibullus love poetry), and for prose I'm doing Cicero Pro Milone for both years

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Original post by Denver4700

Nice, I really enjoying doing literature (especially Cicero). I'm not a huge fan of the language though, and that's happening on the 4th! I just never feel like I can be completely prepared for it, you know?

Yeah, I feel like I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to properly prepare but I'm just doing all the vocab I can and going over grammar and doing practice translations so hopefully that's enough, I feel like you can never know what its going to be like so just hoping its an ok paper!

Reply 6

fernsehturm

9

I am here too!

Y1 - Pro Milone + Ovid Am. 1.1 and 2.5, Tibullus 1.1, Propertius 1.1
Y2 - Tac Annals 1 + Virgil Aeneid X

For language I am just learning vocab at the moment.

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lovecore

10

salvete socii! :smile:

Doing:
Y1: Pro Milone, Ovid 1.1/2.5, Tib 1.1, Prop 1.1
Y2: Seneca 51/53/57, Aeneid Book X
I can see the (external) appeal of my Year 13 lit options but the Seneca is throwing me off massively, I haven't been sure how to prepare for a 20-marker as it's hard to identify the definite overarching themes, so have had to contend with some vague essay plans. The amount of detail needed to get high marks in Aeneid 20-markers also scares me, I've prepared for quite a lot of possible questions at this point but still feel very insecure about it
I'm so worried about the exam on the 4th but excited at the same time actually, have been doing an insane amount of verse translation as that was throwing me off before and now I feel better about it. I've got a habit of getting too excited about my translations and messing up little bits of grammar in the process so have devised a mnemonic so that won't happen (fingers crossed)

Reply 8

OP

Ya same I've just been going over and over my vocab, and I've been doing as many translations as possible. But they're just so tedious for me as soon as I find a difficult sentence I just give up. Which vocab are you learning? I'm learning the ones at the back of the Matthew Owen books and the As vocab list.

Original post by MontyZuma

I am here too!

Y1 - Pro Milone + Ovid Am. 1.1 and 2.5, Tibullus 1.1, Propertius 1.1
Y2 - Tac Annals 1 + Virgil Aeneid X

For language I am just learning vocab at the moment.

Reply 9

OP

Salve

I've been doing loads of translations as well, and I've realised I always make it seem harder for myself, when I'm actually fine. I personally prefer Literature. My teacher always get angry at me for messing up grammar, what mnemonic have you made?(if you don't mind me asking)

Original post by lovecore

salvete socii! :smile:

Doing:
Y1: Pro Milone, Ovid 1.1/2.5, Tib 1.1, Prop 1.1
Y2: Seneca 51/53/57, Aeneid Book X
I can see the (external) appeal of my Year 13 lit options but the Seneca is throwing me off massively, I haven't been sure how to prepare for a 20-marker as it's hard to identify the definite overarching themes, so have had to contend with some vague essay plans. The amount of detail needed to get high marks in Aeneid 20-markers also scares me, I've prepared for quite a lot of possible questions at this point but still feel very insecure about it
I'm so worried about the exam on the 4th but excited at the same time actually, have been doing an insane amount of verse translation as that was throwing me off before and now I feel better about it. I've got a habit of getting too excited about my translations and messing up little bits of grammar in the process so have devised a mnemonic so that won't happen (fingers crossed)

Reply 10

Human090

8

How did you guys find the paper today?

Reply 11

dragonbcl

2

Pretty difficult compared to last year

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Original post by dragonbcl

Pretty difficult compared to last year

Yeah same I thought it was pretty hard, especially the poetry :frown:

Reply 13

Human090

8

I thought it was WAY harder than last years 😂

Original post by emlouu

Yeah same I thought it was pretty hard, especially the poetry :frown:

Reply 14

Arisapo

17

Original post by Classics112

I thought it was WAY harder than last years 😂

I think even that would be an understatement.

The Livy made sense somewhat apart from a few challenging sentences near the end, but the Ovid was absolutely horrendous. Made no sense for the most part.

What does everyone reckon they got/the boundaries will be? Genuinely feel I got around 50 on that paper.

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OP