For Teachers Only: Comprehensive Examination in Latin
For Teachers Only: Comprehensive Examination in Latin
For Teachers Only: Comprehensive Examination in Latin
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
L IN LATIN
Friday, June 15, 2007 1:15 to 4:15 p.m., only
SCORING KEY
Updated information regarding the rating of this examination may be posted on the New York State Education
Departments web site during the rating period. Check this web site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/ and select the link
Examination Scoring Information for any recently posted information regarding this examination. This site should be
checked before the rating process for this examination begins and several times throughout the Regents examination
period.
Mechanics of Rating
Use only red ink or red pencil in rating Regents examination papers. Do not attempt to correct the students
work by making insertions or changes of any kind.
Use check marks [] to indicate incorrect answers and to indicate required answers that have been omitted.
Do not place a check mark beside a correct answer.
Record the credit for each part and subpart in the appropriate credit box on the students answer booklet.
(Include fractional credit.)
In Parts IIID and V, check carefully to see that the student has answered only the required number of
questions: 10 for Part IIID and 20 for Part V. If more than the required number have been answered, rate
only the required number, in the order in which they appear in the students answer booklet.
Record the total examination score (the sum of the credits the student received for each part) in the
appropriate space in the box in the upper right corner of the answer booklet. At this time, any fractional
credit of 1/2 should be raised to the next credit.
Check carefully for mechanical errors (e.g., addition). Using a calculator might be helpful.
Write your initials clearly in the appropriate space on the answer booklet.
Part I
Record the credit for Part I: Oral Reading, as previously reported to the building principal.
Part II
The 10 words to be scored are italicized. Underline these words in each students answer booklet. In order for
the student to receive credit for the word, it must be correctly spelled. Do not penalize for improper use of
macrons, punctuation, or capitalization.
Allow a total of 5 credits, one-half credit for each of the following 10 italicized words:
Nunc autem/ vsum est mihi d senectte/ aliquid ad t/ conscrbere,/ hc enim
onere,/ quod mihi/ commne tcum est,/ aut iam urgentis/ aut cert/ adventantis
senecttis/ et t et m ipsum/ levr vol;/ etsi t quidem/ id modic ac sapienter,
scut omnia,/ et ferre/ et ltrum esse/ cert sci./
M. Tullius Cicero, D Senectte, I,ii
COMP. LATIN continued
Part IIIA
Part IIIB
The answers to the questions in this part do not have to be complete sentences. A phrase or word
may be sufficient for a completely correct one-credit response. Disregard errors in English. Allow
no partial credit. Not all of the acceptable answers have been included.
Allow a total of 10 credits, one credit for Allow a total of 10 credits, one credit for
each of the following: each of 10 of the following:
(25) 2 (30) 1
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COMP. LATIN continued
Part V
Allow a total of 20 credits, one credit for each of 20 of the following:
[3] [OVER]
COMP. LATIN concluded
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