PAU Latin II (Balearic Islands / UIB) study plan

Parse every noun, pronoun and adjective in two short prose passages (about 120 words each) by labelling case, number, gender and function before translating.

Build a personal case-function checklist that lists, with one authentic example each, the six uses of the ablative and the five main uses of the accusative you meet in your passages.

Translate the two passages into Catalan and Spanish, then mark every place where the two versions diverge in word order or verb tense.

Drill the four regular conjugations plus esse and posse in the present, imperfect and future indicative, writing out full paradigms from memory twice during the week.

Log every unknown word in a running vocabulary notebook organised by frequency, not alphabetically.

Translate one continuous prose passage of 150-180 words without a dictionary for the first ten minutes, then revise with one.

Identify and label every subordinate clause in that passage by type (relative, causal, temporal, concessive, indirect question) and by mood.

Produce full paradigms for the perfect, pluperfect and future perfect active, and for the present and perfect passive, checking each against your passage.

Practise sequence-of-tense rules by rewriting five indirect statements from the passage in oratio obliqua using the correct infinitive tense.

Compare your translation against the Latin word order and note three places where Catalan or Spanish requires restructuring.

Translate two prose passages containing participial constructions, labelling every participle as attributive, predicative or part of an ablative absolute.

Resolve five ablative absolutes into full subordinate clauses in Latin before translating them, to confirm you have the agent and the time relationship right.

Memorise the 40 most frequent function words and connectors in prose (enim, autem, tamen, igitur, cum, ut, ne, quamquam, etc.) and test yourself by cloze deletion.

Group 25 new vocabulary items into etymological families and give the modern Catalan or Spanish reflex for at least 15 of them.

Rewrite five complex Latin sentences as a literal version and a fluent version, and state which one you would submit and why.

Complete a full mock translation under exam conditions (60 minutes, dictionary allowed, 200 words) and self-mark it against a model version.

Write a one-page diagnostic listing your five most frequent translation errors from weeks 1-3 and the rule that fixes each.

Build a chronological timeline of Latin prose authors from Cato to Apuleius, with dates, genre and one characteristic feature each.

Read a short set passage from a prescribed author and identify the genre markers (historiographical, oratorical, philosophical) that distinguish it.

Re-test all verb paradigms covered so far in a single 20-minute written drill.

Translate one continuous passage of 200 words and then write a structured commentary on it covering content, structure and style.

Identify and name at least six stylistic devices in the passage (chiasmus, tricolon, anaphora, hyperbaton, asyndeton, alliteration) with the exact Latin words quoted.

Explain how the passage's sentence architecture supports its argument or narrative, citing two specific examples.

Practise writing commentary introductions that state genre, probable author, and the function of the excerpt within the work.

Time yourself writing 300 words of commentary in 30 minutes to match exam pacing.

Translate two passages from different genres (for example historiography and oratory) and contrast their style in a written comparison.

Match ten unseen short excerpts to their likely genre and period using style and vocabulary alone, and justify each guess in one sentence.

Summarise the conventions of three genres (historiography, oratory, epistolography) in a reference sheet you can revise from.

Analyse how a prescribed author uses speeches within narrative, with two concrete examples from your reading.

Write a 250-word commentary without notes to test recall of terminology.

Produce a consolidated revision sheet of authors, works, dates and genres covering the whole prescribed programme, checked against your syllabus.

Explain five key Roman institutions or civic concepts (cursus honorum, patronage, the forum, provincial administration, religion) with one Latin text example each.

Trace ten Latin words to their Catalan or Spanish descendants and explain the semantic shift in each case.

Answer twenty rapid-fire recall questions on literature and culture, and log every miss for the final week.

Identify the historical and political context of one prescribed prose set text in 150 words.

Sit two full timed mock exams covering all six domains and mark them strictly against the weighting.

Re-drill only the items in your error log from weeks 4 and 7 until each is answered correctly twice in a row.

Translate one unseen passage at exam speed (20 minutes for 100 words) to confirm your pacing.

Recite from memory the paradigms, function-word list and author timeline in three short spaced sessions.

Write a final one-page exam-day strategy covering time allocation per section and the order in which you will attempt the paper.