Welcome Back to Greek!
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Welcome back!
We are reading Greek! This term we will continue with our grammar and vocabulary adventure in the language of the ancient Greeks, using From Alpha to Omega by Anne Groton, along with the Ancillary Exercises, bu Jon Bruss. We alwo will make use of Greek Paradigm Handbook, by Geannikis, Romiti, and Wilford. In addtion, students will have the abridged Greek-English Lexicon, by Liddell and Scott. A real Greek lexicon at last! All texts should be in the U of A Bookstore.
I am committed to doing my utmost to help you to learn Greek, and to enjoy the process.
This term we will move more slowly, in order to solidify what we have learned, and to learn new things well. You will see from the Schedule below that we plan to review for the first week, and then to complete fewer chapters in our textbook than than last term. Students continuing next fall will complete the last chapters in the first half of Greek 2003, and read New Testament Greek in the second half of the semester.
This slower pace will allow us to spend more time on the stories at the end of each chapter, so we will be doing more with 'real Greek' throughout the semester. That's great!
Homework will be assigned for each class, but students will seldom hand it in.
Each class will end with a short quizlet of five to seven minutes, covering the material assigned as homework.
Bad Weather Policy. Your instructor will be here when the University is open. If a student is prevented by weather from reaching class, the absence will be excused, and the work will be made up without penalty.
Grades are weighted towards daily participation and daily short quizlets: Class participation (40%), Daily Quizlets (40%), Secret Word Presentations (10%), Final Learning Opportunity (10%).
Didaskalos Daniel B. Levine, Professor, Classical Studies
Office: Kimpel Hall 502, Office Hours: MWF 9:30-10:20, and by appointment.
Office Phone: 575-5937; Home Phone: 521-3294 (not after 9:00 PM, please)
FAX: 575-6795, EMAIL: dlevine@uark.edu
Tentative Spring, 2009 Schedule. Greek 1013
Week 1
Monday, January 12. Welcome and Review. Recite principal parts and translate sentences 1-20 of section 8 on page 101 of FROM ALPHA TO OMEGA: ANCILLARY EXERCISES.
Wednesday, January 14. Review continued.
Friday, January 16. Review continued, and preview of Lesson 23
Week 2
Monday, January 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. No Class. Look over Lesson 23.
Wednesday, January 21. Lesson 23, Alpha to Omega p. 151-152 Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences. Vocabulary Quiz: Lesson 23.
Friday, January 23. BAT BUSH AND BIRD (page 152). Preview Lesson 24.
Week 3
Monday, January 26. Lesson 24, Alpha to Omega p. 159-160. Greek to English Sentences 1-10. Complete one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences. Also, complete Ancillary Exercises #1-5, pages 29-30.
Wednesday, January 28.'Dinner Goes to the Dogs,' p. 160. Preview Lesson 25.
Friday, January 30. Lesson 25, Alpha to Omega p. 165-166-152 Greek to
English Sentences 1-10.
Week 4
Monday, February 02. , Lesson 25 continued. Complete one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences, and 'A Hare-Raising Experience'. Also, complete Ancillary Exercises #1-3, page 31. Preview Lesson 26.
Wednesday, February 04. Lesson 26, Alpha to Omega p. 172-173-152 Greek to English Sentences 1-10. Ancillary Exercises 7.1-2.
Friday, February 06. Complete one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences, and 'Healing of the Man Born Blind Part 1.' Preview, Lesson 27.
Week 5
Monday, February 09. Lesson 27, Alpha to Omega p. 180-181-152 Greek to English Sentences 1-10.
Wednesday, February 11. Lesson 27 Continued. Complete two of your choice from English to Greek Sentences, and 'Healing of the Man Born Blind Part 2.' Preview, Lesson 28.
Friday, February 13. Lesson 28, Alpha to Omega p. 186-187 Greek to English Sentences 1-10.
Week 6
Monday, February 16. Lesson 28 continued. Complete one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences, and read 'Healing of the Man Born Blind Part 3.' Preview of Lesson 29.
Wednesday, February 18. Lesson 29, Alpha to Omega p. 192-193, Greek to English Sentences 1-10.
Friday, February 20. Lesson 29 continued. Complete and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences. "Athens Reacts to Bad News Part 1". Preview of Lesson 30.
Week 7
Monday, February 23. Lesson 30, Alpha to Omega p. 199 Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
Wednesday, February 25. Lesson 30 continued. "Athens Reacts to Bad News" Part 2. Preview of Lesson 31.
Friday, February 27. Lesson 31, Alpha to Omega p. 207 Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
Week 8
Monday, March 02. Lesson 31 continued. "Why Epigenes Should Shape Up" Part 1. Preview of Lesson 32.
Wednesday, March 04. Lesson 32, Alpha to Omega p. 215 Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
Friday, March 06. Lesson 32 Continued. "Why Epigenes Should Shape Up" part 2. Preview of Lesson 33.
Week 9
Monday, March 09. Lesson 33, Alpha to Omega p. 223 Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
Wednesday, March 11. Lesson 33 Continued. "Why Epigenes Should Shape Up" Part 3. Preview, Lesson 34.
Friday, March 13. Lesson 34, Alpha to Omega p. 231 Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
SPRING BREAK (No Class March 16, 18, 20)
Week 10
Monday, March 23. Lesson 34 Continued. "The Athenians Go Too Far" part 1. Preview Lesson 35.
Wednesday, March 25. Lesson 35, Alpha to Omega p. 239-240, Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
Friday, March 27. Lesson 35 Continued. "The Athenians Go Too Far" Part 2. Preview of Lesson 36.
Week 11
Monday, March 30. Lesson 36, Alpha to Omega p. 248, Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
Wednesday, April 01. Lesson 36 Continued. "The Athenians Go Too Far" -- Part 3. Preview of Lesson 37.
Friday, April 03. Lesson 37, Alpha to Omega p. 254-255, Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
Week 12
Monday, April 06. Lesson 37 Continued. "The Athenians Go Too Far" -- Part 4. Preview of Lesson 38.
Wednesday, April 08. Lesson 38, Alpha to Omega p. 254-255, Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
Friday, April 10. Lesson 38 Continued. "The Athenians Go Too Far" Part 5. Preview Lesson 39.
Week 13
Monday, April 13. Lesson 39, Alpha to Omega p. 268, Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
Wednesday, April 15. Lesson 39 Continued. "Justifiable Homicide?" Part 1. Preview of Lesson 40.
Friday, April 17. Lesson 40, Alpha to Omega p. 276, Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences
Week 14
Monday, April 20. Lesson 40 Continued. "Justifiable Homicide?" Part 2. Preview, Lesson 41.
Wednesday, April 22. Lesson 41, Alpha to Omega p. 283, Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
Friday, April 24. Lesson 41 Continued. "Not What Darius Expected" Part 1. Preview, Lesson 42.
Week 15
Monday, April 27 Lesson 42, Alpha to Omega, p. 292: Greek to English Sentences 1-10, and one of your choice from English to Greek Sentences.
Wednesday, April 29. Lesson 42 Continued. "Not What Darius Expected" part 2.
Friday, May 01 Dead Day
Exam Week:
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:00 am - 12:00 noon. Last Learning Opportunity.