LC Latin study plan

Parse and translate 300 words of unseen Latin prose (Caesar, Cicero, Livy, Pliny) with dictionary only, marking every subordinate clause type

Drill the five noun declensions and the pronoun/adjective declension set until you can decline any given form aloud without hesitation

Build a personal vocabulary list of the 150 most frequent prose words encountered this week, grouped by semantic field

Identify and label all ablative constructions (absolute, means, comparison, separation, attendant circumstance) in three unseen passages

Translate 400 words of unseen prose, this time under a 60-minute timed condition, using only a printed dictionary and no notes

Master the full indicative and subjunctive verb system: sequence of tenses, passive periphrastic, gerund and gerundive, supine

Practise indirect statement, indirect question, and indirect command constructions until recognition is automatic

Log and review every mistranslation from week 1 and week 2 in an error journal, categorising by cause (vocabulary, syntax, morphology)

Scan and translate 250 lines of unseen Latin verse (Virgil, Ovid, Horace) with correct scansion of every line into feet

Identify and mark all elisions, synizesis, and hiatus in three set passages

Recognise the 30 most common poetic vocabulary items and poetic plural/archaic forms not found in prose

Translate one 150-word prose passage weekly to keep prose skill from decaying

Translate 300 lines of unseen verse, focusing on word order, hyperbaton, and enjambment as meaning-bearing devices

Read the entire prescribed prose set text once in Latin without translation, noting plot structure, characters, and rhetorical strategy

Build a running commentary on the prose set text: identify speaker, addressee, argument, and stylistic devices for each section

Memorise 20 key quotations from the prose set text with line references

Translate the prescribed prose set text into fluent English, comparing against your week-4 commentary and revising any misreadings

Read the entire prescribed verse set text in Latin, scanning every line and marking all figures of speech

Produce a literal translation of the verse set text, then a polished literary translation, and compare the two for interpretive choices

Answer 10 comprehension-style questions you write yourself on each set text, testing factual recall of content

Analyse the prescribed verse text for theme, structure, and literary technique, drafting a one-page argument per major theme

Assemble a quotation bank of 30 passages (with references) supporting the prescribed essay theme

Write two timed 45-minute practice essays on the prescribed topic, each with a clear thesis, structured argument, and embedded quotation

Mark your own essays against a checklist of thesis clarity, use of evidence, and handling of counter-argument

Write one further timed essay on the prescribed theme, this time incorporating secondary scholarship or critical viewpoints you have read

Complete a full mock unseen paper: one prose passage and one verse passage, both timed, in a single sitting

Review the error journal and re-translate the five passages that produced the most errors

Rehearse a 10-minute plan-then-write routine for essay questions under exam conditions

Re-read both prescribed set texts in Latin and re-translate the 30 most difficult passages from memory of context

Complete 60 rapid-fire grammar and vocabulary questions under timed conditions

Write one final timed essay and one final timed unseen passage to confirm exam pace

Consolidate a one-page revision sheet per set text covering characters, structure, themes, and key quotations