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sally bradley joined the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation 1 day, 15 hours ago · View
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Duncan Parry joined the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation 1 week, 1 day ago · View
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Ben Hayes posted an update in the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation: 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View
Hi everyone. Now that there are three books to cover in the Ovid option for the epic module, we are finding that pupils are getting increasingly confused about who’s who – Actaeon, Acoetes, Achelous, Athene, Artemis, Apollo! I can see why they might be struggling! I don’t suppose anyone knows of a good glossary for the names in books 1, 3 & 8?
I agree there is rather too much to learn. My current year 10 pupils are generally of lower than average ability but even some of the more capable are finding both the translation and the number of characters difficult to remember. Does anyone else find the translation is very challenging for pupils? Mine tell me the English is more demanding, particularly in terms of vocabulary, than what they do in English Lit. Therefore I spend a lot of time producing summaries for them so they get an idea of the story first, then we tackle sections of the actual text. Yet I don’t have time to go over the whole text in detail as we have to keep stopping for dictionary checks or checking glossaries. Am I alone in this???
As a piece of literature Raeburn’s translation is great, but it is totally inappropriate as an introductory text to epic poetry! It really annoys me that this is the text the exam board uses: Ovid ought to really inspire a love of classical literature, but this version is just too high-powered for your average 15 year old, and simply leaves them cold! Exploring thematic development ought to be my focus as a teacher, but I spend most of my time simply trying to establish understanding. Like you Lucy, a lot of effort has gone into making the stories accessible! I was about to sit and go through all three books writing down every name yesterday, so that I could provide a reference aid/revision tool, but this topic has left me so drained that I simply could not sum up the energy or enthusiasm!
Is the following useful….
http://etext.virginia.edu/latin/ovid/trans/Ovhome.htm
It’s Tony Kline’s easy-to-access translation, and all key characters are hyperlinked and cross-reference in a mythological index. Click on Apollo and see all the places in the poem where he appears. The translation might help with understanding, though it’s not in fact a summary.That’s a great site Steve! Many thanks for a good tip!
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Catherine Gardner joined the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation 1 month, 4 weeks ago · View
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Georgina Witty posted an update in the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation: 2 months, 3 weeks ago · View
I am planning to do controlled assessment on Antigone but have no experience of preparing a literary topic for ”coursework” only a background topic. I would be grateful for any ideas about how to tackle this. I have detailed questions on the text which I used for the legacy Sophocles topic if of any use to anyone, though they were only really intended to help the students to get to grips with the storyline and basic interpretation.
Hi
This is also my controlled assessment and at the moment I am paying very close attention to the OCR spec and the sample assessment material in planning lessons and handouts for my group…
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Georgina Witty joined the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation 2 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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l-beaumont posted an update in the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation: 2 months, 3 weeks ago · View
I’m about to teach the Odyssey topic of the new specs for the first time so any advice would be gratefully received.
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l-beaumont joined the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation 2 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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Nancy Moore posted an update in the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation: 2 months, 3 weeks ago · View
If anyone else is doing the Antigone controlled assessment, my friend who works at the BBC has just managed to get me a HS of the 1984 BBC production of it with Juliet Stevenson. This is very rare and the one on youtube is very blurry with a buzzzzzzzz. I am going to try and put it onto DVD. Let me know if you want a copy and I’ll mail you the cost.
i’m also doing that – could you let me know? thanks!
I only have the second half so far, he is going to have another dig in the archives.
Hi Nancy,
I would be most grateful for any information on this.
Many thanks
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Sarah Aston joined the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation 2 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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Jean Greenhalgh joined the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation 2 months, 4 weeks ago · View
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Ben Hayes posted an update in the group GCSE OCR Classical Civilisation: 2 months, 4 weeks ago · View
I’ve uploaded an unofficial ”marksheet” for the controlled assessment. We gave our pupils a controlled assessment ”dummy run” as part of the revision for their Pompeii exam. They had to discuss whether the House of the Faun or the House of the Vettii was the most ”typical” Pompeian house. We then used the unofficial markscheme alongside the official one to help us work out the ”best fit” for each Assessment Objective, and to show the pupils more clearly where their strengths and weaknesses were (good diagnostics). We ticked one statement from each batch on the unofficial marksheet – these statements correspond to the OCR bands. Then we’d look at the overall trend and award marks accordingly. So, if for example we had mostly ticked band 2 statements but also had a couple of band 3s, we’d give them a low band 2 mark overall. It seemed to work really well, and we plan to use the same approach every time from now on. If yuo try it and come up with any improvements or additional ideas, I’d welcome any feedback!
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