Session | Session Focus | Reading Assignment | Other Assignment | Meeting Place/Exam Dates |
Mon. Jan 18 | The Greek alphabet. Introduction to Indo-European languages and linguistics.
Organization of the course. Review of syllabus. | Taylor: Chapter 1, pp. 1-6 | Article: Mary Norris, "To the Letter: the pleasures of the Greek alphabet".
A. Marcolongo, The Ingenious Language. Chapter 1, "Greek and Us: A History" | |
Wed. Jan. 20 | Continued practice of Greek alphabet
Questions and answers; The verb: present tense
Review of articles | Taylor: page 8ff | | |
Monday, Jan. 25 | Verb practice, sentences. | | | |
Wed. Jan. 20 | Taylor: Nouns of first and second declensions, nominative and accusative
Practice sentences. | | | Monday, Jan. 25 |
Monday: Jan. 25 | Nouns: Practice session; the definite articles. Quiz 1
Reading sentences
Vocabulary | Taylor: pp. 11- 13 | | |
Wed. Jan. 27 | Review and correction of exercises. Word order, negatives, prepositions. | Taylor: pp. 13 - 14 | | Mon. Feb. 1: Quiz 2 |
Mon. Feb,. 1 | Quiz 3 (Chapter 1) Practice sentences. | Taylor, Chapter 1, pp. 14 / 17 | | |
Wed. Feb,. 3 | Chapter 2: Nouns (first & second declensions: nom. and accusative plurals.
The verb "to be" (present tense) | Taylor, Chapter 2, pp. 18 - 22 | | |
Mon. Feb. 8 | Chapter 2: Connecting words. First declension feminine nouns: variant pattern.
Translation of the definite article. Practice sentences | Taylor: Chapter 2: pp. 23 - 26 | | |
Wed. Feb. 10 | Chapter 2: Expressing time. Practice sentences | Taylor, Chapter 2, page 27 | | Friday, Feb. 12: Chapter 2 Quiz 3 |
Friday, Feb. 12 (Make-up day) | Quiz 3. Second declension neuter nouns. | | | |
Monday, Feb. 15 | Chapter 3: Nouns (first and second declensions.) all cases.
Practice sentences. | Taylor: p. 33 | | |
Wed. Feb. 17 | Chapter 3: Prepositions, Sandwich construction, Imperatives.
Practice sentences | Taylor: Chapter 3, pp. 34 - 38 | | |
Monday, Feb. 22 | Chapter 3: Adverbs. Cases taken by verbs, Infinitive.
Practice sentences | Reading Greek 3 | | Wed. Feb. 24 Quiz 4 |
Wed. Feb. 24 | Quiz 4. Adjectives, Adverbs, Particles.
| Taylor: pp. 41- 44 | | |
Mon., March 1 | Reading Greek selections. | | | |
Wed, March 3 | The Aorist of the verb. Chapter 4, page 69 | | | |
Mon - Sunday, March 8 - 12 Spring Break | | Reading and Translation Assignment: TBD | | |
Mon. March 15 | Review of readings and translations,
Chapter 4: Gender and Declension, pp. 75 - 79 | | | Quiz 5: Mon. March 22 |
Wed. March 17 | Revision overview.
Compound verbs.
Reading | | | |
Monday, March 22 | Quiz 5.
Chapter 5, Third Declension Nouns. page 90 | | | |
Mon. March 29 | Elision, Uses of tis.
Readings. | | | |
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Wed. March 31 | Reading Greek, "The Cyclops" | | | |
Mon. April 5 | Chapter 4: Readings, "The Cyclops"
Cases taken by prepositions | | | |
Wed, April 7 | Person Pronouns and adjectives (first and second person plural)
Reading: Cyclops (con't) | Taylor, pp. 107 - 109 | | |
Mon. April 12 | Present Participles (1) | | | Quiz 6, Mon. April 19 |
Wed. April 14 | Present Participle (con't)
Exercises | | | |
Mon. April 19 | Quiz 6
Readings: Alexander
| Taylor: pp. 121 - 126 | | |
Wed. April 21 (Birthday of Rome - 2774 years) | More uses of the definite article | Taylor: pp. 126 - 128 | | |
Mon. April 26 | Greek Readings.
The uses of autos | | | |
Wed. April 28 (Last Class) | The uses of autos.
Greek readings. | | | Final exam: TBA |
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Wed. April 28 (Last class) | Greek readings | | | Final exam: TBA |