Professional, high-quality and effective resources on Latin, English and History topics from a Cambridge Classics graduate and multi-subject online tutor.
Specialising in GCSE Latin - new resources added regularly.
Professional, high-quality and effective resources on Latin, English and History topics from a Cambridge Classics graduate and multi-subject online tutor.
Specialising in GCSE Latin - new resources added regularly.
Teaching Beginners’ Latin to some budding Classicists?
This beginners’ Latin pack contains 13 detailed and entertaining Powerpoints and accompanying worksheets/extra activities to simplify your planning and help your class to make the most out of the ancient language.
Topics:
Introduction (why learn Latin?)
Everyday Latin phrases
Numbers
Body parts
Horoscopes
Prepositions
Family
Greetings
Present tense verb endings
Nominative/Accusative nouns
Places in the city
Simple sentences
Christmas words
Everything is explained clearly and simply, with a wealth of examples as well as worksheets which the class can complete alongside each Powerpoint.
This set of resources is a great introduction to Latin to use as a first lesson with a new class. It gives some key reasons why learning Latin is useful to your students both now and in their future lives. The worksheet also introduces them to some Latin words and phrases which they may already use in their everyday lives.
Could also be used at an options evening/when students are choosing their subjects, as a way to show them how and why Latin is useful.
Included:
Colourful and informative pdf slides featuring important reasons to learn Latin
Worksheet with everyday Latin words and phrases
Editable Powerpoint version of the pdf slides
This 84-page booklet was made for my students who are sitting the Latin A Level in Summer 2025 and 2026, covering excerpts from Aeneid Book 2.
The student booklet gives background information and context on Virgil’s life, an Aeneid plot overview and information about the historical context involving Augustus. It then features the lines of Latin text spaced widely apart for students to add their own notes and separated into manageable chunks for memorisation. Each set of lines is also accompanied by a vocabulary table for words which students do not already know from their A Level vocabulary list, or which they cannot be expected to guess.
At the end of each section is a set of exam-style questions for the students to test their knowledge and comprehension of the text.
I always use booklets like this to teach the Literature aspect of the A Level course, as it allows the students to engage with the text more directly by writing their own vocabulary and notes directly onto the lines. This is perfect for saving time while preparing to teach Aeneid 2 to your students.
All of the noun case uses needed for GCSE, summarised and colour-coded on two revision sheets, plus examples. I use these sheets with my students as a pre-exam memory jogger to check that they understand and can recall all of the possible ways in which the cases can be used.
An A4-page version of the five declensions in all cases, singular and plural, is also included. This can be printed by students for easy revision.
Also included is a set of ten sentences (invented by me) in which students have to identify the case, reason for the case usage and translate. An answer key can be seen on the final page.
The examples used are directly relevant to the OCR GCSE Latin vocabulary list, so that students can revise efficiently. Particularly useful for students taking the grammar comprehension section of the Language paper, in which they have to identify a particular noun case and why it is used.
Included:
Pages 1 and 2 = overview of uses of the cases (Nominative, Vocative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative and Ablative
Page 3 = noun table with five declensions, singular and plural
Page 4 = ten practice sentences
Page 5 = colour-coded answer key
These practice questions were made for my students who are sitting the Latin GCSE in Summer 2023 and 2024, covering excerpts from Aeneid Book 6.
The first section features a variety of exam-style questions ranging from 1 to 6-marks, to allow students to practise their comprehension and analytical skills after covering the lines.
The second section features 8- and 10-mark essay questions.
After preparing students for the OCR Latin GCSE for the last 10 years, I know exactly what kinds of questions will come up in the paper. Practising with this booklet will prepare students perfectly for all of the question types that they will meet in the 2023 and 2024 examinations.
This booklet was made for my students who are sitting the Latin GCSE in Summer 2023 and 2024, covering excerpts from Aeneid Book 6.
The student booklet gives background information and context on Virgil’s life, an Aeneid plot overview and information about the Sibyl and Underworld. It then features the lines of Latin text spaced widely apart for students to add their own notes and separated into manageable chunks for memorisation. Each set of lines is also accompanied by a vocabulary table for words which students do not already know from their GCSE vocabulary list, or which they cannot be expected to guess. I have also included a translation of the lines from Book 6 which are not included in the examined text, so that students do not miss out on the full storyline.
The second document is a teacher translation, which gives a more literal translation of the lines than offered by most texts. This can be used either independently by the teacher to prep for the lessons, or to guide students through their own translations.
I always use booklets like this to teach the Literature aspect of the GCSE course, as it allows the students to engage with the text more directly by writing their own vocabulary and notes directly onto the lines.
This resource contains 4 quizzes for revision of the Greek Religion topic of A Level Classical Civilisation (OCR Exam Board).
Answers are also included.
Used for my students as a quick-fire revision strategy, allowing them to cover a large number of definitions, pieces of artwork/sculptures from the prescribed syllabus in a fun and interactive way.
Quiz 1: Q+A
Quiz 2: Name that place
Quiz 3: Definition match-up
Quiz 4: Identify the artwork
This set of six lessons (Powerpoints and worksheets) are great for teaching students more about the Great Fire of London. I used it for KS2&3 students, but they could definitely be adapted for KS1. With information on primary sources (e.g. Samuel Pepys’ diary), craft activities (making a small Tudor house) and coded writing (Shelton’s Shorthand System), learning about the Great Fire is an immersive, interactive and memorable experience with these resources.
Six lessons (each includes Powerpoint to be used in class and a worksheet)
1.) Introduction to 1666 including an interactive higher/lower game which can be played with the whole class, fun facts and a historian’s logbook worksheet.
2.) Information on houses during the Great Fire and a cut-out sheet to make a small paper model of a Tudor house.
3.) Information on sources, Samuel Pepys’ diary and Shelton’s Shorthand System, plus a coding sheet to write their own sentences using shorthand.
4.) Methods of putting out fires in London in 1666, including lots of picture sources and a guessing game.
5.) Fun facts about Great Fire conspiracy theories, including a storyboarding activity.
6.) Finding out how London changed after the Great Fire, with a ranking game and paragraph prompt to write a paragraph about most important factors.
This bundle contains everything the student/teacher need for success in the Verse Literature B (Aeneid) paper of the 2023/2024 OCR Latin exam.
Contains:
Student booklet with necessary vocabulary and space for students to record their translation.
Teacher translation with easy-to-use line by line translation of the set text.
Practice exam-style questions.
A highly visual and informative booklet which can be used for teaching students about the Prima Porta Augustus and Ara Pacis of Augustus. Working towards covering the Myth and Symbols of Power topic for the OCR Classical Civilisation GCSE, these notes provide activities for students about propaganda and how Augustus used the iconography of the sculptures to promote his ideas about power and religion.
Resource contains:
Images of the Prima Porta Augustus for students to label
Images of the Ara Pacis of Augustus alongside information about the processions and mythological imagery
Description of connection with Polykleitos’ Doryphoros
Information about symbolism
Exam-style questions on both sculptures
This booklet was made for my students who are taking Verse Literature A (Passions and Poisons) in Summer 2022. It assumes some knowledge of the Aeneid storyline, as they had previously covered this for Verse Literature B.
It is to be used alongside the OCR Latin Anthology for GCSE (McDonald & Widdess) and GCSE Latin Set Texts (Sumner) for vocabulary and style points, but this booklet gives contextual background to the three texts as well as some 8-mark practice questions and 10-mark essay questions (invented by me based on previous exam papers).
These questions are intended for students taking the GCSE Latin examination in Summer 2022. There are a selection of 8-mark and 10-mark questions, invented by me, based on past papers and question types expected to come up in the examination. Great for revision and timed question practice, to set for homework or classwork.
All questions are based on the extracts from Virgil’s Aeneid Book 2, which have been examined in 2020 and 2021, and will be set again in 2022.
Perfect for last-minute revision.
All of the Latin lines from the Advance Information (Summer 2022 exam).
English translation underneath for easy revision.
Possible analysis questions included at the bottom of the page (predicted questions which might come up in the exam).
This booklet contains a wealth of contextual information, research topics and study questions relating to Roman Superstition and Magic (Component 2B), suitable for those sitting the Eduqas/WJEC Latin GCSE in 2022 and 2023.
The information relates directly to the picture sources from the Eduqas prescribed material found on their website, and gives students a full and detailed background to the role of the haruspex, augury and defixiones (curse tablets). The pictures covered in the booklet will be shown and asked about in the examinations for the next two years.
I have used this booklet to introduce the pictures, while giving students a background into each of the topics and detailed notes on which to base their revision. I have also given it to students for independent study/homework tasks.
Included:
Information on Roman burials, superstition surrounding death and research questions on the Amiternum Tomb and the Tomb of the Haterii.
Information on curse tablets and research questions on curse targets.
Information on sacrifices.
Information on the role of the haruspex and research questions on the Liver of Piacenza.
Information on the augury of Romulus and Remus and detailed description of augury.
Information on Augustus’ role as pontifex maximus and augur, and his association with Romulus.
This resource contains revision prompts for the uses of the subjunctive required for GCSE Latin, as well as the imperfect and pluperfect endings.
These are followed by 10 practice sentences (invented by me) in which students have to highlight the subjunctive verb, explain why it is in the subjunctive and translate.
An answer key is included.
Useful as a visual aid to revision once students have learned all six uses of the subjunctive, or as a way of introducing the subjunctive.
Included:
Page 1 = overview of uses of the subjunctive (cum clauses, purpose clause, result clause, fear clause, indirect command, indirect question)
Page 2 = overview of imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive endings
Page 3 = ten practice subjunctive sentences
Page 4 = colour-coded answer key
This booklet contains numerous writing and analysis activities focusing on essential skills for KS3 and upper KS2 students, centred on the theme of heroes and heroines.
Containing newspaper articles, poems, speech excerpts and discussion questions, this booklet gets students thinking about what makes a hero. It is uploaded as an editable Word document, so sections can be separated to focus on particular activities, skills or class abilities.
Example content:
“The Hero” by Siegfried Sassoon, plus comprehension questions
“I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr, plus speech analysis task and associated writing task
Primary sources from life in the trenches
Sporting super heroes and associated research task
And more!
These Powerpoints give students more practice with the two different past tenses in Latin. Using the sheep and vampire images to enable easy recall of the clue letters, students are able to differentiate between the stem, clue and ending using colour coding.
The sentences used are taken from Stage 6 of Cambridge Latin Course Book 1.
Can be used to check student comprehension of the differences between imperfect and perfect tense translation.
Word Document containing Latin imperfect and perfect tense verb endings, colour-coded for easy recall. The sheep and vampire pictures help students to associate the different clue letters with a memorable image, and to remember to translate the two tenses differently.
To be used with Cambridge Latin Course Book 1, Stage 6, when the two different past tenses are first introduced.
Can act as an introduction to the two past tenses, or function as a revision sheet or visual aid at the end of the Stage.
Fun worksheet used for both GCSE and IGCSE History students studying Weimar and Nazi Germany. Investigates Gustav Stresemann’s solutions to Germany’s problems in the 1920s and invites students to choose their own solution before finding out more about how Stresemann solved the issues.
To be used alongside information on Stresemann’s handling of Germany’s problems e.g. Dawes Plan / Young Plan / introduction of Rentenmark.
Interactive and thoughtful exercise which allows students to become Stresemann for the lesson and consider his solutions from their own perspective.