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ELEMENTARY GREEK
SPRING SEMESTER
​2019

Required texts:
  • A Literary Introduction to Ancient Greek, C.A.E. Luschnig
  • Further texts (for reading after the completion of Luschnig, ca. Spring Break) TBC

Online resources:
  • Join the class Quizlet page
  • Consult the audio resources folder
  • Access the class Slack page
  • Fall Semester (GREK001, 2018) website 
  • Spring Semester (GREK002, 2019) Syllabus
  • Give anonymous course feedback here

WEEK 1

Tuesday, January 22

Homework:
  • Read & take notes on pp. 184-188 of Luschnig.
    • Topics:
      • Perfect, Pluperfect, and Future Perfect Middle
      • 5th principal part & recognizing stem types
      • Special case uses (Dative of agent, Genitive of time within which, Dative of time when, Accusative of Extent of Time or Space)
    • Resource (use however you wish): audio of the information pp. 184-88
  • Complete Exercise B.1, p. 189 (conjugating in the perfect middle)
    • Answer key (consult only after you've completed the assignment on your own)
  • Do Exercise B.3, p. 189, #1-10 (parsing)
    • Answer key (consult only after you've completed the assignment on your own)
  • Optional (and recommended): begin to study for Lesson IX vocabulary quiz, due Wednesday
​
In class:
  • Welcome back!
  • Go over syllabus & new homework policy
  • Note new office (Hall 203) & new office hours (on syllabus)
  • Think together about readings after spring break
  • τὰ μικρά: compound words
  • Recitation: perfect middle-passive (primary) endings
  • Sight translation: Exercise B.4, p. 190
  • Parse: Exercise B.3, p. 189, #11-20
  • Professor Silverblank distributes Lesson IX vocabulary quiz

Wednesday, January 23

Homework:
  • Complete Lesson IX vocabulary quiz (sets on pp. 178-179 AND p. 189)
    • Lesson IX Quizlet set
  • Do Exercise B.3, p. 189, #21-30
    • Answer key
  • Do Lesson IX Readings, #1-4, pp. 190

In class: 
  • Students submit Lesson IX vocabulary quizzes
  • Recitation: TBD
  • Review Readings, p. 190

​Thursday, January 24

Homework:
  • Do Lesson IX Readings, #5-7, p. 191
  • Read and take notes on Lesson X, pp. 193-199
    • Topics:
      • Comparison of adjectives and adverbs
      • Genitive of comparison; Comparing with "than", or ἤ
      • Partitive genitive
      • Declining numbers
      • Declining οὐδείς and μηδείς ("nothing")

In class:
  • Recitation: -ης, -ες adjective types; -υς, -εια, -υ adjective types
  • Review Readings, p. 191
  • Crossword exercise for learning comparison of adjectives and adverbs

Friday, January 25
​

Homework:
  • Spend 20 minutes on "Learn Mode" of Quizlet set for Lesson X vocabulary, p. 200
  • Do Exercise A.1, #1-5, p. 200
  • Do Exercise A.2, #1-4, p. 200
  • Do Exercise A.3, #1-4, p. 201
  • Do Exercise A.4, #1-6, p. 201
  • Do Exercise A.5, #1-4, p. 201

In class: 
  • τὰ μικρά: recreating ancient Greek music with Armand D'Angour!
  • Recitation: Lesson X vocabulary, p. 200
  • Do Exercise A.1, #6-10, p. 200
  • Do Exercise A.5, #5-10, p. 201
  • Professor Silverblank distributes take-home quiz on Vocabulary, p. 200

WEEK 2

Monday, January 28

Homework:
  • ​Complete take-home quiz on Vocabulary, p. 200
    • Quizlet set for this vocabulary list available here
  • Do Exercise A.2, #5-7 (declining), p. 200
  • Do Exercise A.5, #11-25 (translation), p. 201
    • HW answer key (for both A.2 & A.5); check only after you've completed the assignment on your own

In-class:
  • Recitation: participle forms
  • Go over Exercise A.5 (translation - all), p. 201

Tuesday, January 29 - class canceled

Wednesday, January 30

Homework: 
  • Complete Exercise A.6 (prose composition - all), p. 202 & submit via Slack (as a scan, picture, or typed document) to Professor Silverblank by 6:00am on Tuesday, Jan. 29
  • Review & memorize 5th principal parts - spend 30 minutes in "Learn Mode" on Quizlet (or in other modes you find more effective)
    • Set available here

In class (students-only meeting): ​
  • Review Exercise A.6, p. 202 (prose composition)
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes quiz on 5th p.p.'s

Thursday, January 31

Homework:
  • Study for quiz on 5th p.p.'s & note down your method and length of study in your thesauros
  • Take quiz on 5th p.p.'s
  • Do Readings, pp. 202-203, #1-13

In class:
  • Recitation: οὐδείς and μηδείς
  • Go over Readings, pp. 202-203, as many as possible

Friday, February 1 - class canceled

WEEK 3

Monday, February 4

Homework:
  • Do Readings, pp. 202-203, #14-25
  • Memorize declension of οὐδείς and μηδείς
  • Take quiz on declension of οὐδείς and μηδείς
  • [Note: looking ahead, there is a Lesson X test on Friday, so if your homework takes you less than two hours, I'd recommend adding in some studying and review in preparation for the test!]

In class:
  • τὰ μικρά: introducing translation theory, indirectly, via Anne Carson
  • Recitation: declining numbers
  • Submit quiz on declension of οὐδείς and μηδείς
  • Go over Readings, pp. 202-203, #1-25

Tuesday, February 5

Homework:
  • Memorize declension of numbers (1-4, given on pp. 198-99)
  • Take quiz on declension of numerals (print out yourself)
  • Read about aorist passive system, pp. 205-207 & take notes (note-taking is part of the homework assignment)
  • Exercise B.2.a (p. 208) - Conjugate in the aorist passive.
  • Exercise B.2.b (p. 208) - Decline the aorist passive participle of the given words.
  • Exercise B.2.c (p. 208) - Conjugate in the future passive.
  • [Note: looking ahead, there is a Lesson X test on Friday, so if your homework takes you less than two hours, I'd recommend adding in some studying and review in preparation for the test!]

In class:
  • Students submit quizzes on declining numerals
  • Recitation: aorist passive formation and endings
  • Cover any questions about homework
  • Parsing: Exercise B.4 (p. 209), #1-10
  • Sight translation: Exercise B.5 (p. 209), #1-15

Wednesday, February 6

Homework:
  • Memorize vocabulary, p. 207
  • Memorize 6th p.p.'s, pp. 207-208
  • Take quiz on vocabulary p. 207 and 6th p.p.'s 207-08 (print yourself, or grab a copy from outside Prof. S's office, Hall 203)
  • Exercise B.1 (p. 208) - Form the future passive of the verbs given above.
  • Exercise B.4 (p. 209), #11-20 - Parse. 
  • [Note: looking ahead, there is a Lesson X test on Friday, so consider adding in some study time to your homework!]

In class:
  • Students submit quiz on vocabulary & 6th p.p.'s
  • Recitation: future passive formation and endings
  • Exercise B.5 (p. 209), #16-23 - Translate.
  • Exercise B.6 (p. 210), as many as possible. Prose composition (Write in Greek).

​Thursday, February 7

Homework:
  • Complete Readings, pp. 210-211 (or stop after 2 hours of solid and focused work, whichever comes first)
  • [Note: looking ahead, there is a Lesson X test on Friday, so consider adding in some study time to your homework!]

In class:
  • Recitation: third declension nouns
  • Complete Exercise B.6 (p. 210, prose composition) if not completed in class yesterday
  • Review Readings, pp. 210-211
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes take-home test

​Friday, February 8

Homework:
  • Review Lesson X, study for take-home test

In class:
  • Take-home test in lieu of class. Complete take-home test on Lesson X & submit it to Professor Silverblank's office by 5pm on Friday.

WEEK 4

Monday, February 11

Homework:
  • Read and take notes on Contract Verbs, Lesson XI, pp. 213-220
  • Do Exercise 1, #1-2, p. 224 (Conjugate in full)
  • Complete Exercise 2, p. 224 (Conjugate in the present system only)
  • Spend 15-30 minutes familiarizing yourself with Vocabulary, pp. 221-223 (use whatever method you prefer, but make a note in your homework indicating what method you used)

In class:
  • Introducing: the SYNOPSIS
  • Do Exercise 6, #1-10, p. 224 (Translate)

​Tuesday, February 12: SNOW DAY, SCHOOL IS CANCELED

Wednesday, February 13


Homework:
  • Do Exercise 1, #3-4, p. 224 (Conjugate in full)
  • Do Exercise 3, all, p. 224 (Declining present active participles)
  • Do Exercise 5 all, p. 224 (Parsing)
  • Do Exercise 6, #11-20 (Translate)

Thursday, February 14

Homework:
  • Do Exercise 6, #21-40 (Translate)
  • Do Exercise 7, #1-4 (Prose composition)
  • Spend 20 minutes on vocabulary pp. 221-3, and note down what method you used to study (required to receive credit for HW)

Friday, February 15

Homework:
  • Do Exercise
  • Do Exercise 7, p. 226 #5-10 (Prose composition)
  • Do Exercise 4, p. 224, #1 (Synopsis)​

​WEEK 5

Monday, February 18

​Homework
  • Exercise 6, p. 225, #41-65 (Translate)
  • Do Readings, p. 226, #1-5
  • Study for Lesson XI Vocabulary Quiz (pp. 221-223, including recognition vocabulary)
  • Take Lesson XI Vocabulary Quiz (distributed in class on Friday)

In-class
  • Students submit Lesson XI vocabulary quiz
  • Recitation: Practice conjugation of 3 contract verbs
  • Recap of Harry Potter reading
  • Readings pp. 226-227, #1-10 (or as many as possible)
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes blank synopsis sheets

Tuesday, February 19​

Homework:
  • Synopsis: φιλέω, 3rd person singular; for participles, nom. neut. sg.
  • Do Readings, pp. 227-229, #11-30 (stop after 2 hours of work)

In class:
  • Review Readings, pp. 227-229
  • Students submit synopses
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes take-home quiz on conjugating contract verbs in present & imperfect & declining participles of contract verbs

Wednesday, February 20 - SNOW DAY! Class is canceled.

Thursday, February 21

Homework:
  • Study for take-home quiz
  • Complete take-home quiz on the present and imperfect conjugation of contract verbs & present participles of contract verbs
  • Read about -MI verbs, Lesson XII, pp. 231-239 (note-taking is optional but not necessary. Familiarize yourself with the topic such that you're prepared for more detailed learning & application in class.)

In class:
  • Students submit take-home quiz
  • τὰ μικρά - Introducing the Epic Cycle (handout)
  • Introducing -MI verbs (handout)
  • Exercise 2, p. 241, #1-10 (Parse)
  • Exercise 3, p. 241, #1-10 (Translate)

​Friday, February 22

Homework:
  • Exercise 2, p. 241, #1-20 (Parse)
  • Exercise 3, p. 241-242, #10-20 (Translate)
  • Exercise 4.a, p. 243, #1-3 (Prose composition)
  • Study vocabulary (pp. 239-240) for 15 minutes and note down what method of study you used

In class:
  • Recitation: ἵστημι (p. 233) in 1st & 2nd aorist active & 1st aorist middle
  • Exercise 2, p. 241, #11-20 (Parse)
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes vocabulary quiz (on set pp. 239-40)


​WEEK 6

Monday, February 25

Homework:
  • Memorize vocabulary (pp. 239-240)
  • Take vocabulary quiz (on set on pp. 239-40)
  • Exercise 2, p. 241, #21-25 (Parse)
  • Exercise 3, p. 241-242, #31-40 (Translate)
  • Exercise 4.a, p. 243, #4-7 (Prose composition)

In class: 
  • Recitation: τίθημι (p. 233) in present active & middle-passive and imperfect
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes short quiz on conjugating τίθημι
  • Review prose composition homework & translation exercises

Tuesday, February 26

Homework:
  • Exercise 2, p. 241, #26-35 (Parse)
  • Exercise 3, p. 241-242, #41-50 (Translate)
  • Memorize conjugation of τίθημι (following chart on p. 235)
  • Take quiz on conjugating τίθημι in present, imperfect, and aorist​

In class:
  • Students submit quiz on conjugating τίθημι
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes quiz on conjugating ἵστημι in present, imperfect, aorist (both 1st and 2nd), and perfect

Wednesday, February 27

Homework:
  • Exercise 2, p. 241, #36-45 (Parse)
  • Exercise 3, p. 241-242, #51-60 (Translate)
  • Memorize conjugation of ἵστημι in present, imperfect, aorist (1st and 2nd), and perfect (see chart p. 233 in Luschnig)
  • Take quiz on conjugation of ἵστημι in present, imperfect, aorist (1st and 2nd), and perfect

In class: 
  • Students submit quiz on conjugation of ἵστημι

Thursday, February 28

Homework: 
  • Exercise 2, p. 241, #46-50 (Parse)
  • Exercise 3, p. 241-242, #61-80 (Translate)
  • Exercise 4.a, p. 243, #8-10 (Prose composition)

In class:
  • τὰ μικρά: current events in the field of Classics
    • Video of SCS "Future of Classics" panel. We watched from 45:00-50:00 to discuss Mary Frances Williams' comments and the panelists' response. Content note: racism
  • Sight-reading (Readings, Lesson XII)
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes quiz on conjugation of δίδωμι

​Friday, March 1

Homework:
  • Exercise 2, p. 241, #60-70 (Parse)
    • Answer key (only consult after completing the assignment)
  • Study conjugation of δίδωμι in present, imperfect, 2nd aorist
  • Take quiz on conjugation of δίδωμι in present, imperfect, 2nd aorist

In class:
  • Students submit quiz on conjugation of δίδωμι in present, imperfect, 2nd aorist
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes quiz on declining participles of δίδωμι

WEEK 7

Monday, March 4

Homework:
  • Study present and aorist participle declension of δίδωμι
  • Take quiz on present and aorist participle declension of δίδωμι
  • Read & take notes on Lesson XIII (Subjunctive), pp. 249-254

In class:
  • Students submit quizzes on present and aorist participle declension of δίδωμι
  • Introducing: The Subjunctive (worksheet)
  • Exercise A.1 (Form & Conjugate, p. 255)
  • Exercise A.3 (Parse), p. 255, #1-6
  • Exercise A.4 (Translate), p. 255, #1-5
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes quiz on subjunctive forms of εἰμί (given on p. 250)

Tuesday, March 5

Homework:
  • Exercise A.3 (Parse), p. 255, #7-15
  • Exercise A.4 (Translate), p. 255, #6-20
  • Memorize subjunctive forms of εἰμί (given on p. 250)
  • Take quiz on subjunctive forms of εἰμί - print yourself or write out on a piece of paper 

In class:
  • Students submit quizzes on subjunctive forms of εἰμί (given on p. 250)
  • Recitation: Subjunctive forms of λύω (p. 250)
  • Exercise A.3 (Parse), p. 255, #16-20
  • Students sight-read: Readings (p. 256-7), as many as possible
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes quiz on subjunctive forms of λύω (p. 250)

Wednesday, March 6

Homework:
  • Exercise A.4 (Translate), p. 255, #21-25
  • Do a synopsis of λύω - 1st person plural (fem. nom. sg. for participles)
  • Memorize subjunctive forms of λύω (p. 250)
  • Take quiz on subjunctive forms of λύω (p. 250)

In class:
  • Students submit quiz on subjunctive forms of λύω (p. 250)
  • Recitation: present subjunctive of contract verbs (p. 251)
  • Students sight-read: Readings (p. 256-7), as many as possible

Thursday, March 7

Homework:
  • Read & take notes on Lesson XIII, Optative (pp. 258-263)
  • Do Exercise 3 (Parse), p. 264, #1-5
  • Do Exercise 4 (Translate), p. 264, #1-10

In class:
  • Introducing Optative
  • Recitation: TBC
  • Students sight-read Readings, pp. 264-266

​Friday, March 8

Homework:
  • Do Exercise 3 (Parse), p. 264, #6-14
  • Do Exercise 4 (Translate), p. 264, #11-20

In class:
  • Recitation: TBC
  • Students sight-read Readings, pp. 264-266

Spring break: March 9-17


​WEEK 8

Monday, March 18

Homework:
  • No homework: Spring Break

In class:
  • Recitations: 
    • Present and future optative of λύω (p. 259)
    • second aorist of λείπω (p. 259)
    • ​Present Optative of εἰμί (p. 260)
  • Sight-reading: Readings on Subjunctive (pp. 256-57, #8 and onward) and Optative (pp. 265-66, #6 onward)

Tuesday, March 19

Homework:
  • Memorize present optative of εἰμί (p. 260).
  • Memorize present and future optative of λύω (p. 259)
  • Take quiz (PDF here) on optative forms (pres. opt. of εἰμί and pres./fut. opt. of λύω)
  • Read & take notes on pp. 266-268
  • Do Exercise C, #1-4, p. 268

In class:
  • Recitation:
    • ιη-type endings (p. 259) & their applications
    • Present optative of contract verbs (νικάω, φιλέω, δηλόω), p. 260
    • -ης, -ες type of 3rd declension adjectives (p. 121)
  • Review homework Exercise C, #1-4, p. 268
  • Continue Lesson XIII Readings on Subjunctives and Optatives (pp. 256-57; pp. 265-66)

​Wednesday, March 20


Homework:
  • Do Exercise C.1, p. 268, #5-12
  • Memorize present optative of contract verbs (νικάω, φιλέω, δηλόω), p. 260
  • Take quiz (PDF here) on present optative of contract verbs (νικάω, φιλέω, δηλόω), p. 260

In class:
  • Recitation:
    • ​-ης, -ες type of 3rd declension adjectives (p. 121)
  • Review homework Exercise C, p. 268
  • Continue Lesson XIII Readings on Subjunctives and Optatives (pp. 256-57; pp. 265-66)

​Thursday, March 21

Homework:
  • Read & take notes on Lesson XIV, pp. 271-275 (Imperative, vocative, and verbal adjectives)
  • Do Exercise 2, p. 276
  • Spend at least 30 minutes studying Lesson V vocab (set here) & note down what method of study you used in your homework notes
  • Optional (recommended for midterm preparation): review result clauses, temporal clauses, and causal clauses (pp. 126-128) & do Exercise B. 1 (p. 129)

In class:
  • Recitation:
    • Conditional statements
    • ​The Present and Aorist Optative of -μι Verbs (p. 261)
  • Continue Lesson XIII Readings on Subjunctives and Optatives (pp. 256-57; pp. 265-66)
  • Begin Readings pp. 276-278
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes quiz on the present and aorist optative of ἵστημι


​Friday, March 22

Homework:
  • Spend 15+ minutes reviewing 5th p.p.'s (set here) & note down what method of study you used in your homework notes
  • Spend 45+ minutes on Readings, pp. 276-278
  • Memorize conjugation of the present and aorist optative of ἵστημι (see p. 261) & take short quiz on these forms
  • Optional (recommended for midterm preparation): memorize 3rd declension consonant bases by practicing charts on p. 106; do Exercise A. 1 (p. 107)

In class:
  • Recitation:
    • 3rd declension noun & adjective conjugation
  • Readings pp. 276-278
  • Students submit short quiz

​WEEK 9

Monday, March 25​

Homework:
  • Midterm Review (TBC)

In class:
  • Midterm Review
​

Tuesday, March 26

​Homework:
  • Study for midterm, take midterm, & submit to Prof. Silverblank's office by 5pm on Tuesday

Wednesday, March 27-Friday March 29

Homework:
  • Read Lysias for 1.5-2 focused hours each night

WEEK 10

Monday, April 1

Homework:
  • Read Lysias for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far, and memorize any unknown/rusty words
​
In class:
  • Vocabulary quiz on ​Lysias 1.1-5
  • Recitation: τίθημι & syncopated third declension nouns
  • Reading: Lysias 1

Tuesday, April 2​

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 

In class:
  • τὰ μικρά: What's wrong with Minos? Part 1 (Sight-reading: excerpts from Apollodorus' Biblioteca, Book 3.15)
    • Handout [PDF | Word document ]
  • Reading: Lysias 1


Wednesday, April 3

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words
  • Study prepositions & their meanings with different cases
  • Review perfect of irregular verbs (Luschnig p. 168)

In-class:
  • τὰ μικρά: What's wrong with Minos? Part 2 (Sight-reading: excerpts from Apollodorus' Biblioteca, Book 3.15)
  • Recitation: prepositions & ἵημι
  • Reading: Lysias 1
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes quiz on prepositional phrases in Lysias 1

Thursday, April 4

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words
  • Prepare for quiz on prepositional phrases in Lysias 1
  • Complete take-home quiz on prepositional phrases in Lysias 1

In-class:
  • τὰ μικρά: What's wrong with Minos? Part 3 (Sight-reading: excerpts from Apollodorus' Biblioteca, Book 3.15)
  • Recitation: Forms of δίδωμι
  • Reading: Lysias 1

​Friday, April 5

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words
  • Do a synopsis for δίδωμι (1st person singular; for participles, nom. fem. sg.)

In-class:
  • τὰ μικρά: What's wrong with Minos? Part 4 (Sight-reading: excerpts from Apollodorus' Biblioteca, Book 3.15)
  • Recitation: Forms of ἵστημι
  • Reading: Lysias 1

​WEEK 11

Monday, April 8

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far

In class:
  • τὰ μικρά - A Bad Fox (Apollodorus' Biblioteca, 2.4.6-7) - handout​
  • Recitation: review ways to form indirect statement; The Optative in Indirect Statement after ὅτι or ὡς
  • Prof. Silverblank distributes handout on indirect questions (part 1; part 2)

Tuesday, April 9

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Read handout on indirect questions (source: Hardy Hansen and Gerald M. Quinn, Greek: An Intensive Course, pp. 525-528) (part 1; part 2)
  • Review Lysias 1 in its entirety to identify all indirect questions

In class:
  • τὰ μικρά - Riddles! for OraliTEA
  • Recitation: indirect question; review indirect questions identified in Lysias 1 so far
  • Read Lysias 1


Wednesday, April 10

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words in preparation for take-home vocabulary quiz due in class today
    • ​Quizlet set of Lysias 1.1-16 (all words, with important and/or new-ish words "starred" on the list. You can study the starred words alone or the whole set)
  • Complete take-home vocabulary quiz on Lysias 1 (PDF here)

In class:
  •  τὰ μικρά - A Bad Fox (Apollodorus' Biblioteca, 2.4.7), continued
  • Practice for Oralitea
  • Students submit vocabulary quiz on Lysias 1
  • Read Lysias 1

​Thursday, April 11

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words

​Friday, April 12

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words
  • Read handout on grammatical topic TBC

In class:
  • τὰ μικρά - A Bad Fox (Apollodorus' Biblioteca, 2.4.7), continued
  • Recitation: TBC
  • Read Lysias 1

​WEEK 12

Monday, April 15

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words

In class:​
  • τὰ μικρά
  • Lysias 1

Tuesday, April 16

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words

Wednesday, April 17

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words


​Thursday, April 18

Homework:


  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words
  • Review handout on indirect questions (distributed last week)
  • Write down, on a separate piece of paper, all the indirect questions you can find in Lysias 1 (in the passages we've read so far). Write out translations to those sentences & note the markers in the sentence that indicate it is an indirect question. You will submit this in class on Thursday morning for homework.

Friday, April 19

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1 focused hour
  • Review vocabulary from yesterday's passage
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words
  • Read & take notes on handout on subjective & objective genitive. Find at least 1 example of each genitive type in the text of Lysias that we've read so far.
    • ​​Handout: PDF
  • Read & take notes on Temporal Clauses handout.
    • ​Handout: PDF​

WEEK 13

Monday, April 22

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words

Tuesday, April 23

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words


Wednesday, April 24

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words

​Thursday, April 25

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words

Distributed in class:

  • Handout on the word "sycophant" and internal/cognate accusatives

​Friday, April 26

Homework:
  • Read Lysias 1 for 1.5-2 focused hours 
  • Review all vocabulary covered in Lysias 1 so far
  • Memorize unknown/unfamiliar words

Week 14



Monday, April 29

Homework:
  • Self-guided review for 1.5-2 hours

In class:
  • Beavers! (excerpted from Aelian, On the Characteristics of Animals)
    • Handout
    • Vocabulary List

Tuesday, April 30

Homework:
  • Study Quizlet set of all verbs in Lysias with p.p.'s
  • Memorize first 20 for quiz in-class tomorrow
  • Review MI verbs (present system) with handout from Mastronarde
    • Do exercise 1, #1-8 (translate)
    • Complete exercise 3, #1-3 (readings)

In-class
  • Complete sight-reading on beavers
  • Begin sight-reading on OCTOPODES! (handout)

Wednesday, May 1

Homework:
  • Study Quizlet set of all verbs in Lysias with p.p.'s
  • Memorize second 20 for quiz in-class tomorrow (list here)
  • Review MI verbs (aorist system) with handout from Mastronarde
    • Do exercise 1, #1-8 (translate)
    • Do exercise 3, #3 only (readings)


​Thursday, May 2

Homework:
  • Read handout on Further Uses of the Genitive and Dative Case (you do not need to read the part of the handout on contract verbs unless you wish to do so), pp. 218-222
  • Complete Reading, p. 224-225

In class:
  • Students submit homework (Reading, p. 224-225)
  • Recitation: parsing μι verbs (handout)
  • Reading: Exodus 3-4
    • Handout
    • Vocabulary list

​Friday, May 3

​Homework:
  • Read & take notes on handout on 'Temporal Clauses with ἕως and the Like; πρίν; Assimilation of Mood'
  • Write out a translation of the Reading on p. 306 (Lysias, Oration 12.13-15)

In class:
  • Review/party!!
  • Handout (life lessons from Greek language and literature)
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