Baccalauréat international · IB Diploma
Classical Languages · HL
Papers, samples and curriculum documents for this course. · Dossiers, échantillons et documents de programme pour ce cours.
Course units and learning goals · Unités de cours et objectifs d'apprentissage
These lessons teach selected course objectives. Check the remaining coverage gaps; the material is not a complete preparation programme. · Ces leçons abordent des objectifs de cours sélectionnés. Vérifiez les lacunes restantes en couverture ; ce matériel ne constitue pas un programme d'entraînement complet.
Meaning, form and language · Latin morphology and translation
- Use cases and agreement to identify grammatical roles
- Translate meaning accurately before refining English expression
- case
- An inflected form marking a noun's grammatical role.
- finite verb
- A verb marked for person, number and tense or mood.
Text, author, audience · Latin close reading and literary effect
- Connect diction, syntax and literary form to meaning
- Support interpretations with precise Latin evidence and contextual knowledge
- diction
- An author's choice and use of words.
- anaphora
- Repetition at the beginnings of successive clauses.
Time, space and culture; dossier · Classical sources and research dossier
- Form a focused inquiry into Latin language or culture
- Evaluate and annotate primary sources without claiming one genre represents all Romans
- primary source
- Evidence produced in the period or culture under investigation.
- annotation
- A concise explanation of a source's relevance and limits.
HL composition · Latin composition with rationale
- Write purposeful Latin prose informed by classical models
- Explain linguistic choices and revise for morphology, syntax and intended effect
- agreement
- Matching grammatical features between linked words.
- rationale
- An explanation of purposeful decisions supported by evidence.
Preparing for this qualification · Préparation à cette qualification
- SL: unseen Paper 1 90 min 35%, prescribed-text Paper 2 90 min 35%, dossier 30%. HL: unseen/guided Paper 1 120 min 30%, Paper 2 90 min 30%, original composition 20%, dossier 20%.
- Teach Latin here, not Classical Greek. School selects Latin core and companion passages from the assessment-year prescribed list. Introductory sentences below are original practice, not prescribed extracts.
Teaching coverage still needed · Couverture pédagogique encore nécessaire
- Assessment-year Latin prescribed core/companion list, complete morphology/syntax sequence, prose/verse readings and guide weights still required; no Classical Greek teaching claimed.
- Reviewed runtime bank remains unavailable; no practice registry promotion.
Specifications and sample documents · Spécifications et documents d'échantillon
- Classical Languages — Subject brief · 2024 ↗
First assessment: 2024
Course materials · Matériel pédagogique
- Study notes · Notes de cours →
- Revision questions · Questions de révision →
- Teaching guidance · Guide pédagogique · Teacher access · Accès enseignant →
- Teacher diagnostics · Diagnostique enseignant · Teacher access · Accès enseignant →
- Supervised task guidance · Guide pour la tâche supervisée · Teacher access · Accès enseignant →
Course preparation · Préparation du cours
Documents are available. Board-specific notes, assessments and interactive past-paper practice are not yet available for every course. · Les documents sont disponibles. Les notes spécifiques au conseil, les évaluations et la pratique interactive des anciens sujets ne sont pas encore disponibles pour tous les cours.
Lessons · Leçons →