GCSE Latin (Eduqas / WJEC)

33 free revision lessons in 8 units. Open the course or go straight to a lesson.

The Language Paper: Method

How the language paper works, plus a method for reading, translating and deriving.

1. Reading an Unseen Latin Narrative
2. Translating a Passage into English
3. Derivations and the Short Final Section

Heroes and Villains

A theme of Latin prose, verse and sources on Romans good and bad.

1. The Making of a Roman Hero
2. Can Women Be Heroes?
3. Roman Anti-Heroes and Villains
4. Sources, Style and the Whole-Theme Answer

Come Dine with Me!

A theme of Latin prose, verse and sources on food and dining at Rome.

1. Foods of Rich and Poor Households
2. Hospitality Done Well and Badly
3. Food as a Display of Wealth and Power
4. Sources, Style and the Whole-Theme Answer

Narratives: Livy and Virgil

Two set narratives, one prose and one verse, read closely for style and story.

1. Hannibal Crosses the Alps: The March
2. Hannibal Crosses the Alps: Crisis and Triumph
3. Hercules and Cacus: A Monster in the Cave
4. Hercules and Cacus: The Battle and the Whole-Narrative Answer

Roman Civilisation

Two topics of Roman civilisation studied through sources and evaluation.

1. Enslavement and the Lives of the Enslaved
2. Hierarchy, Resistance and Rebellion
3. Freedom, Manumission and Freed Persons
4. Roman Festivals and Their Celebrations
5. Temples, Priests and Sacrifice
6. Religion at Home and Honouring the Dead

Defined Vocabulary

The whole defined vocabulary list, grouped into four semantic fields for drilling.

1. People, Family and Society
2. Action and Movement: Common Verbs
3. Places, Objects and the Physical World
4. Describing and Connecting Words

Accidence and Forms

The noun, verb, adjective and pronoun forms the language paper expects you to know.

1. Nouns of the Five Declensions
2. Verbs: Present, Future and Imperfect
3. Verbs: Perfect, Pluperfect and Irregulars
4. Passives, Deponents and Participles
5. Adjectives, Adverbs and Pronouns

Syntax and Translation

The syntax of cases and clauses, and the English-into-Latin sentence work.

1. Cases, Prepositions and Time
2. Subordinate Clauses
3. Indirect Speech and English into Latin

How to revise Latin

• Retrieval Practice
• Spaced Repetition
• Interleaving
• Dual Coding
• Elaborative Interrogation
• Knowledge Organisers
• Timed Practice

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