Latin (Year 9)

What will you study?
Revision of the nominative and accusative
Revision of the present tense of verbs
Introduction to the case system
First Three Declensions
Greek History
Greek Civilisation
Irregular verbs
Imperatives
Questions
Tenses of verbs
Greek Philosophy
Critical Thinking
Adjectives
Adverbs
Comparison
History of Ancient Rome
Rhetoric
Useful tips and resources
CyberCaesar: Learning Latin
Greek mythology – YouTube
Ancient Rome – YouTube
Memrise
Search from millions of quizzes – Quizizz
Dashboard | Gimkit
Sporcle – A World of Quizzes
Anki
UKLO for schools: Surprise your students with language puzzles – UKLO
A glimpse of teenage life in ancient Rome – Ray Laurence
What super curricular activities can KS3 students engage with at school?
- Spoken Latin/Drama Club – every week
- Ancient Greek – every week
- UKLO – Autumn Term
- Language Cabaret – Spring Term
- Trip to British Museum – Summer Term
- Trip to Sir John Soane Museum – Summer Term
- Trip to Italy/Greece – Biennial
Fiction set in the Ancient World
The “Roman Mysteries” children’s detective series by author Caroline Lawrence
The “Percy Jackson” books by Rick Riordan
“The Rotten Romans” and “The Groovy Greeks” by Terry Deary
The “Asterix” comic books by Goscinny and Uderzo are set in Roman times
Movies set in the Ancient World
Hercules (Disney)
Clash of the Titans
Spartacus (Original)
Agora
Cleopatra
Jason and the Argonauts
Fiction based on Greek Mythology (older readers)
- A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
- The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes
- Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
- Pandora’s Jar by Natalie Haynes
- Medusa by Rosie Hewlett.
- Clytemnestra by Constanza Casati.
- Ariadne by Jennifer Saint.
- Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywoodl
Podcasts
Let’s talk about Myths, Baby
Partial Historians
In Our Time
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics