SACE Stage 2 Latin (continuers) case studies
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Latin (continuers) is a Stage 2 subject within the South Australian Certificate of Education, the senior secondary qualification administered by the SACE Board of South Australia. It sits in the board's languages suite of continuers-level subjects, which are designed for students who have already built a sustained foundation in the language before Stage 2. The SACE Stage 2 Latin (continuers) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,547 words.
1Weighting a Translation Commentary Under School Assessment Rules
A Year 12 Latin student submits a school-assessed translation task worth 20% of the school-assessed component. The task has two parts: a 90-word passage translation (marked out of 30) and a 200-word commentary on a single stylistic feature, marked out of 20.
529 words, about 3 min2Deciding Whether a Draft Translation Is 'Own Work'
For a school-assessed Latin composition task, students must produce a 60-word Latin prose passage in the style of a set author, plus a 150-word English commentary on their choices. Drafts must be submitted with the final version.
533 words, about 3 min3Interpreting an Unseen Passage Where Two Readings Are Grammatically Possible
In the external examination, students translate a 110-word unseen prose passage. One sentence reads (in simplified form): the messenger reported that the citizens, having been terrified by the omens, had abandoned the city before dawn.
515 words, about 3 min4Allocating Marks When a Set-Text Question Asks for Both Recall and Analysis
An external examination question on a prescribed set text is worth 10 marks and reads: 'Explain how the author uses word order and sound to create tension at this point in the narrative, and evaluate how effective the technique is.' A student writes four sentences: two accurately identify the key hyperbaton and the repeated sibilants with correct Latin quotation; one describes the narrative context accurately; and one asserts that the effect is 'very effective and dramatic' without further support. The question's marking guide allocates 4 marks to identification of techniques with evidence, 4 marks to analysis of effect, and 2 marks to evaluation.
487 words, about 2 min5Reconciling School and External Results When a Student's Profile Is Inconsistent
A student's school-assessed work averages 78% across translation, commentary and set-text analysis, with commentary the weakest strand at 68%. In the external examination the same student scores 84% overall, with the set-text section at 88% and the unseen translation at 80%.
483 words, about 2 min