Beginning Ancient Greek I

Daily Schedule

Day 1 Introduction & Chapter 1

Grammar: The Greek alphabet; pronunciation; dipthongs; double consonants; breathings; punctuation; syllabification; Nouns: gender, case, and agreement; Verbs: 3rd singular.
Culture: Introduction to Ancient Athens.
Hwk: 1) Read Part 3: Writing Greek Letters, Athenaze, pp. xxx-xxxiii; then write out on lined paper the upper and lower case of each letter of the Greek alphabet: on each line write the same letter over and over until you reach the end of the line;
2) complete Part 4. Practice in Pronunciation and Writing, 1-40 (Athenaze, p. xxxiii);
3) In the English grammar packet (second last page), find the nouns in the passage from Plato's Republic;
4) In the first paragraph of "The Athenian Farmer," Athenaze, p. 6, identify the function of each noun (subject, predicate nominative/complement, direct object, or object of a preposition; then read the rest of the culture essay.
5) Do the exercises in Ariadne for Chapter 1.
6) Practice saying and writing the vocabulary for Chapter 1a (audio file in Ariadne); study the grammar on pp. 3-5; complete Exercise 1a (p. 5);
Read and understand the Greek passage on p. 2.

Day 2 Chapter 1b-2a

Grammar: Accent placement: grave, acute, circumflex; enclitics & proclitics. Verbs: 1st, 2nd & 3rd singular, indicative and imperative singular
Culture: The Athenian Farmer
Hwk: In the English grammar packet (second last page), find the adjectives in the passage from Plato's Republic;
Vocabulary, Chapter 1b and 2a
Read "Slavery," Chapter 2 Culture
Greek reading passages, Chapter 1b and 2a
Exercises 1b, 1c (beta-gamma); 2a, 2b, 2c (alpha-gamma)
Ariadne, Chapter 2a Oral Script and Culture

Day 3 Chapter 2b-3a

Grammar: All four cases, singular; Accent placement: nouns and verbs; Verbs: 3rd person plural, plural imperatives, infinitives
Culture: Slavery
Hwk: Vocabulary, Chapter 2b and 3a
Read the grammar explanations, pp. 24-25, then do Exercises 2d-2f (delta-zeta); Read grammar explanations, pp. 31-32, then do Exercises 3a-3b;
Read the "The Deme and the Polis," Ch 3 Culture
Greek Reading passages, Chapter 2b and 3a
Ariadne, Chapter 2b Oral Script, Chapter 2 writing assignment

Week 2

Day 4 Chapters 3b

Grammar: 2nd declension, masculine and neuter, singular and plural; accent shifting on nouns; 1st declension, feminine, singular and plural (pp. 40-42)
Culture: The Deme and the Polis
Hwk: Vocabulary, Chapter 3b-4a
Ariadne for chapter 3
Write in Greek a complete set (sing. and pl.) of the forms of "the brave slave" and "the long plow" (Practice: p. 40 bottom)
Exercises, Chapter 3 (gamma-epsilon)
Greek reading passages, Chapter 3b; after reading chapter 3b, identify all the plural forms in the second paragraph

Day 5 Chapter 4a-b

Recorded Reading/Story #1 Due at 5 p.m.
Grammar: Verbs: all persons, singular and plural; Adjectives: 1st-2nd declension adjectives
Culture: Women
Hwk: Catch up on recent homework and readings
Vocabulary, Chapter 4a-4b
Ariadne for chapter 4
Write in Greek a complete set (sing. and pl.) of the forms of "the festival" and "the house" (Practice: p. 51)
Exercises, Chapter 4 (beta-epsilon)
Greek reading passages, Chapter 4a and 4b

Day 6 Chapter 4b-5a

Grammar: English grammar: adverbs.
Verbs: alpha-contract verbs; article at the beginning of a clause to show a change of subject; elision

Day 7 MIDTERM #1 (Chs 1-4) Study Guide

Hwk: Vocabulary, Chapter 5a-b
English grammar packet (last two pages), find all the adverbs in the passage from Plato's Republic
Exercises Chapter 4 (iota, kappa) and Ch5 (alpha-gamma)
Ariadne, Chapter 5 Images
Greek Reading passage, Chapter 5a

Day 8 Chapters 5b

Grammar: Adjectives: 1st & 2nd review, irregular adjectives; Nouns: masculine nouns of the 1st declension; adverbs; article review; elision; personal pronouns.
Culture: Gods
Hwk: Vocabulary, Chapter 5a-b
Practice: p. 48: Write in Greek a complete set (sing. and pl.) of the forms of "the sea" and "fate" (Practice: p. 51); and "the citizen" and "the lazy young man" (Practice: p. 58)
Exercises for Ch 5 (zeta, eta)
Greek Reading Passage, Chapter 5b; after reading 5b, draw a map/diagram showing all the locations mentioned in the reading and also showing (with a dotted line) who went where and in what order.
Ariadne, Chapter 5 Writing

Week 3

Day 9 Chapter 5 & 6a

Grammar: Verbs: Middle Voice: Meaning
Culture: Gods
Hwk: Vocabulary, Chapter 6a-b
Ariadne, Chapter 6 Culture; Chapter 6 Writing has some good ideas for a story for tomorrow's story-writing assignment
Exercise 6 gamma-thetaiota, plus finish up Chapter 5 eta
Culture: Myth
Greek Reading, Chapter 5b-6a

Day 10 Chapter 6

Recorded Reading/Story # 2 Due at 5 p.m.
Grammar: Nouns: 3rd decl., uses of the dative; prepositions; reflexive pronouns
Culture: Myth
Hwk: Vocabulary, Chapter 6b
Greek Reading, Chapter 6b and "Theseus leaves Ariadne," p. 91
Ariadne, Chapter 6 audio file "Who am I?"
Exercises, Chapter 6 (kappa, lambda, mu, nu)

Day 11 Chapter 7

Grammar: Nouns: more 3rd decl. Adjectives: 3rd decl.; interrogatives; indefinite pronouns & adjectives;
Culture: Homer
Hwk: Vocabulary, Chapter 7a and 7b
Ariadne: Chapter 6b Oral Script; Chapter 7 Images and Culture
Write in Greek a complete set (sing. and pl.) of the forms of "hope" (Practice: p. 99), "the letter" (to gramma), and "the thief" (Practice, p. 107);
Exercises, Chapter 7 alpha-gamma, epsilon
Greek Reading, Chapter 7a-b

Day 12 Chapter 8

Day 13 MIDTERM #2 (Chs. 5-7) Study Guide

Hwk: Vocabulary, Chapter 8a-b
Culture: Athens, A Historical Outline
Greek Reading, Chapter 8a

Week 4

Day 14 Chapters 8

Grammar: Participles: present middle; Verbs: alpha contracts middle voice; Nouns: more 3rd decl.; numbers; expressions of time
Culture: Athens: A Historical Outline
Hwk: Vocabulary, review Chapters 6-8
Culture: Athens, A Historical Outline
Ariadne, Chapter 8
Word Building, p. 144
Exercises Chapter 8 beta-delta, zeta, eta (3-10)
Greek Reading, Chapter 9a

Day 15 Chapter 9

Recorded Reading/Story # 3 Due
Grammar: Nouns: present active participles; uses of the genitive case
Culture: The City of Athens
Hwk: Vocabulary, Chapter 9a-b
Ariadne, Chapter 9 Images, Reading
Exercises, Chapter 9 beta, delta-epsilon, zeta
Greek Reading, Chapter 9a-b

Day 16 Chapter 10

Grammar: Verbs: future tense; the verb "to go" in the future; impersonal verbs; verb review;
some uses of the article.
Culture: Festivals
Hwk: Vocabulary, Chapter 10a-b
Ariadne, Chapter 9b Writing
Exercises Chapter 9 eta, Chapter 10 alpha-eta
Greek Reading, Chapter 9b and 10a

Day 17 Chapters 10 & 11

Grammar: verb review cont.; preview of new verb forms emphasis on the aorist.

Day 18 FINAL EXAM (Chs. 8-10) Study Guide for the Final