How to create unseen passages for absolute beginners
by In the later stages of a pupil’s Latin education, appropriate unseen translations exist in gratifying abundance. I imagine I am far from alone in possessing …
Author: Ed
I began my career as a private tutor before teaching at Cranleigh and subsequently taking on the post of Head of Classics at Highfield School, Hampshire. I am the author of “Variatio: A Scholarship Latin Course”, IAPS Classics Adviser, former editor of the SATIPS Classics Broadsheet, vice-chairman of the Conservative Education Society and a member of the ISEB Classics Consultation Committee. I have written for The Spectator, the TES, The Independent and the Journal of Classics Teaching, addressed conferences for IAPS and Keynote and debated “Classics in the 21st century” at the IOI’s Battle of Ideas. I campaign for traditional, knowledge-rich teaching and tweets at @ClarkesLatin.
Why I wrote… Clarke’s Latin
When asked why I embarked upon writing Variatio: A Scholarship Latin Course – the two-part primer I published in 2015 – I have always had …