This is a consolidation volume which leads on from the three-part Ab Initio course but which is equally suited to any pupils - either at the top end of their preparatory school (preparing for public school scholarship examinations) or at pre-GCSE level at secondary school - who have recently covered the major grammatical constructions. Its aim is to improve pupils' fluency in reading continuous Latin prose and their familiarity with the major constructions by the inclusion of these in a narrative context. The manageable size of each passage will allow some classroom time to be devoted to developing elegant translation techniques. The Latin-English sentences which follow each passage reinforce further the major constructions, whilst the challenging English-Latin sentences are intended to stretch the more able. There is no grammatical progression. The exercises in Section Two serve to consolidate the major constructions even further. For each construction there are four Latin-English exercises, progressively increasing in difficulty. A reference grammar and two-way vocabulary are included.

 

 

There are 125 pages in this book. This book was published in 2006 by Hodder Education .

Bob Bass taught at prep schools in Somerset, Kenya and Sussex before moving in 1987 to Orwell Park, Ipswich, where he is Head of Classics and Senior Master. He has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Classics Teaching and on the Council of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers. For twelve years he edited the SATIPS Classics Broadsheet, and was for twenty years IAPS' Subject Leader and then Subject Adviser in Classics. He is the Chief Setter of ISEB's Common Entrance and Common Academic Scholarship Latin papers, proof-reader for their Greek papers, and an IGCSE examiner. The author of various Latin and Greek resources targeted at young learners, he was awarded an MBE in 2016.

This book has the following chapters: CONTENTSIntroductionSchemeSynopsisMap of the Jason voyageSECTION ONE:READING PRACTICE1. Pelias kicks Aeson off the throne of Iolcus. Aeson sends his son Jason away for safety. 2. On his way back to Ioclus, Jason helps out an old woman at the River Anaurus 3. The woman gives Jason a surprise4. Pelias tricks Jason5. Jason appeals for help. Fifty heroes assemble at the Port of Pagasae6. The Argonauts set off7. There have been strange goings on on Lemnos, but Queen Hypsipyle welcomes the Argonauts8. After an enjoyable stay, the Argonauts reluctantly leave Lemnos9. A tragic mistake in the land of the Doliones Hylas10. Amycus, king of the Bebryces, gets a taste of his own medicine Phineus The Clashing Rocks11. Arrival at Colchis12. Aeetes sets a challenge 13. Medea offers help 14. Jason completes the tasks, to the annoyance of King Aeetes15. The Argonauts escape with the fleece16. Medea commits a terrible crimeSECTION 2: MAJOR CONSTRUCTIONS17. Purpose clauses18. indirect commands19. Consecutive clauses20. Fear clauses21. Indirect questions 22. Indirect statements (present infinitive)23. Indirect statements (perfect infinitive)24. Indirect statements (future infinitive)Compact grammarVocabulary: Latin-EnglishVocabulary: English-Latin