PAU Latin Language and Culture (Catalonia) study plan

Translate three short Latin prose passages (60–80 words each, narrative or epistolary) into Catalan, writing a first draft without dictionary for 10 minutes, then revising with dictionary

Build a personal checklist of the five most frequent Latin case functions and apply it to label every noun in one translated passage

Identify and write out the principal parts of every verb appearing in the week's passages, flagging the ones you cannot recall

Practise recognizing ablative absolute and cum-historicum constructions by underlining them in five sentences and writing the Catalan equivalent

Memorize the core case-ending table (five declensions, active/passive indicative) and self-test by rewriting it from memory twice

Translate a 120-word continuous prose text under 45-minute timed conditions, then mark it against a model translation you write yourself from the dictionary

Analyse syntax of the timed text by bracketing subordinate clauses and naming each function (temporal, causal, concessive, consecutive, purpose)

Drill indirect statement (accusative + infinitive) by converting ten direct-speech sentences into indirect speech

Drill the sequence of tenses by rewriting eight subordinate clauses after changing the main verb from present to past

Compile a list of 40 high-frequency prose connectives and particles (autem, enim, tamen, igitur, ut, dum, cum) with their Catalan equivalents

Translate two 150-word prose texts (one historical narrative, one argumentative) in 50 minutes each, applying the checklist from weeks 1–2

Reduce translation errors by reviewing your error log and rewriting the three worst sentences from each text

Build a vocabulary notebook of 80 words drawn from your own translations, grouped by lexical family (e.g. duco, dux, ductus, deduco)

Derive the Catalan reflex of 30 of those Latin words and note the phonetic change (e.g. lactem > llet, noctem > nit)

Explain in writing the difference between paronymic traps in Catalan (e.g. actual, eventual) and their Latin etymons

Translate one complete exam-style prose passage (180–200 words) in 60 minutes with no aids except a dictionary, simulating exam conditions

Write a 200-word commentary on the same passage covering genre, tone, rhetorical figures and authorial purpose

Identify five semantic relations (synonymy, antonymy, hyperonymy, homonymy, polysemy) among the passage's vocabulary and justify each in Catalan

Explain the etymology of five words from the passage and connect each to at least one other Romance language

Self-mark the timed translation against the official weighting (accuracy, Catalan fluency, fidelity) and record a percentage

Analyse three Latin verse passages (e.g. Virgil, Horace, Ovid) by scanning the metre, marking elisions and identifying the genre and its conventions

Write a structured commentary for each passage following a fixed template: context, content, structure, style, significance

Memorize the Roman political cursus honorum and the roles of consul, praetor, tribune, censor and dictator, and test yourself by writing definitions from memory

Map the main Roman institutions (Senate, comitia, magistracies) onto a one-page diagram with Catalan labels

Explain five aspects of Roman daily life (domus, forum, baths, ludi, patronage) in 100 words each, citing a Latin author where possible

Write two full literary commentaries (one prose, one verse) in 45 minutes each, covering genre, author, historical context and stylistic devices

Build a timeline of Latin literature from Plautus to Apuleius with the major authors, genres and approximate dates

Match ten literary genres (epic, elegy, satire, historiography, oratory, comedy, tragedy, lyric, epistle, novel) to their defining features and representative authors

Explain the religious calendar and major festivals (Saturnalia, Lupercalia, Cerealia) and their social function

Compare two authors writing in the same genre (e.g. Cicero and Sallust for prose style) in a 150-word comparative note

Complete a full mock exam paper (translation + analysis + commentary) in the official time allocation, without interruption

Trace the survival of five Latin words or phrases in modern Catalan institutions, law, science or mottoes (e.g. habeas corpus, referendum, plus ultra)

Identify classical motifs in two works of art or architecture and describe the debt to Latin literature in 100 words each

Explain how Latin shaped the Romance languages by outlining the main phonological and morphological changes in a one-page summary

Review the mock exam and rewrite the two weakest answers to a higher standard

Re-sit the weakest domain from the week-7 mock under timed conditions and compare scores

Consolidate the error log into a one-page personal checklist of recurring mistakes to review before the exam

Rehearse the translation method (skim, parse, draft, revise) three times on short unseen passages of 80 words

Self-test the literature timeline, institutions diagram and lexical notebook by recall, marking gaps

Write a final timed translation and commentary in a single 90-minute session to confirm stamina and time management