Greek 002: Intensive First-Year Greek (Part 2)

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Instructor:	John Bauschatz
Time/Location:	M/F, 9:30–10:20 a.m.; Tu/Th, 9:00–9:45 a.m.; Trotter 115
Contact Info:	Office: Trotter 104 Phone: (610) 957-6168 (office); (610) 328-0424 (home) email: jbausch1@email.arizona.edu

OVERVIEW

In this course, students continue to learn the basics of ancient Greek, begin reading major classical writers and are introduced to the culture and thought of the Greeks. The course meets four times a week and carries 1.5 credits each semester. Students who begin the Greek 001–002 sequence must pass Greek 002 to receive credit for Greek 001. There is no assumption that students enrolled in Greek 001 and/or 002 have studied Latin.

GOALS

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

Translate basic Attic Greek sentences with greatly increased speed and accuracy.
Identify and comprehend both simple and complex Greek constructions.
Recite Greek prose with confidence and polish.
Read passages of continuous Greek prose successfully (with the help of a dictionary).

PREREQUISITES

Greek 002 is normally taken after Greek 001 (GREK 001). If you're concerned about placement in the course, please let me know.

READINGS

You will need to buy a copy of the following text:

C. Shelmerdine. L. A. Wilding's Greek for Beginners. Focus, 2001.

The book may be available in the bookstore, but since this is the second half of a two-semester sequence, it is assumed that most students will already own a copy of the text. If you need a copy, try amazon, Barnes & Noble or abe Books (you can probably find a used copy for cheap). *Please make sure that you have the proper edition of this text.*

The rest of the reading assignments for this course will be provided to you in class or made available for download from this website as pdf files. To view/download them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download available here).

If you plan to continue with Greek, you will eventually need to purchase Liddell and Scott's Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (the so-called "Middle Liddell;" 7th edition: Oxford UP, 1959). Smaller (the "Little Liddell") and larger (the "Great Scott" - ha ha ha!) editions are also available. You will doubtless also eventually need a copy of Herbert W. Smyth's Greek Grammar (revised edition: Harvard UP, 1983), a must for thorough study of the language. The bookstore may have copies of both/one of these texts. If not, they are widely available online.

GRADING

Grading for the (first half of the) course will be based on the following breakdown:

Attendance/Participation (25%): How often you come to class and how enthusiastically you participate in class discussions. I will not take attendance, but will keep an eye out for regular absences and reserve the right to arbitrarily deduct points from those who choose to cut.
Homework (25%): Nightly homework assignments from the textbook. This will be collected at the beginning of class and corrected. We will address any serious problems with the homework assignments in class.

Quizzes (25%): Quizzes (generally no more than 5–10 minutes in length) will occur at the beginning of every class. These will cover grammar, syntax, form identification and generation, translation and vocabulary. In most cases, we will already have discussed the material appearing on a quiz—with the exception of vocabulary, which I assume you will learn as soon as it is presented to you. Note: vocabulary is cumulative, and I reserve the right to ask you to define words from Greek 1. Buy some flash cards and start memorizing!
Hour Exams (25%, 12.5% each): There will be two hour exams in this course. They will occur on Friday, February 16 and Friday, March 9. The exams will cover all material read and discussed in the course over a specific period of time and will consist of identification and generation of forms, declension, conjugation and translation. Do not miss the exam.

OTHER INFO

Surprise! Cheating is not allowed. If you cheat, and I find out, you will receive a grade of 0 for the assignment and be reported to the Office of the Deans. (See their policies on academic honesty.)

Office hours will be held whenever I am in my office. One can generally find me there between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., M–F. (A more detailed breakdown of when I will be available is posted outside my office door.) You are also welcome and encouraged to make an appointment to meet with me. Call, email or holler.

COURSE SCHEDULE

What follows is a sketch outline of the first half of the Spring semester. Assignments are due on the dates specified. On most nights, you'll read a section of the textbook, memorize and/or review a number of forms, practice vocabulary and do a number of written exercises. *NOTE: In the schedule below, Greek words have been transliterated (because Greek will not always display properly in web browsers). Transliterated Greek words are rendered in italics; long vowels are indicated by the circumflex (ˆ) mark.*

Check this page often. Readings and assignments are subject to change. I'll try to give a heads-up in class if a major shake-up is imminent. I'll also try to have readings posted at least a week before the due date.

Week

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Friday

1/22 Introductions

BUY: Shelmerdine (if necessary), flash cards

RECEIVE: syllabus

IN CLASS: practice sight reading from Shelmerdine

1/23 Chapter 19

READ: chapter 19.1 (p. 91)

MEMORIZE: chapter 19 vocabulary (p. 95); declension of adjectives of the hêdus type (p. 91)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: 1st and 2nd declension adjectives (p. 25); 3rd declension nouns, basic endings (p. 30)

WRITE OUT: hêdus exercises

1/25 Chapter 19

READ: chapter 19.2 (p. 92)

MEMORIZE: declension of adjectives of the euphrôn and eugenês types (p. 92)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: chapter 19 vocabulary (p. 95); declension of adjectives of the hêdus type (p. 91)

WRITE OUT: euphrôn, eugenês exercises

PREPARE: exercise 100 (p. 94)

1/26 Chapter 19

READ: chapter 19.3 (pp92–3)

MEMORIZE: declension of megas, polus and adjectives of the talas type (p. 93)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: declension of adjectives of the euphrôn and eugenês types (p. 92)

WRITE OUT: exercise 98 (p. 93); exercise 99 (p. 93)

1/29 Chapter 20

READ: chapter 20.1–2 (pp96–8)

MEMORIZE: chapter 20 vocabulary (p. 104); present active participle endings (p. 96)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: declension of megas, polus and adjectives of the talas type (p. 93)

WRITE OUT: exercise 101 (p. 98); exercise 102 (p. 98)

1/30 Chapter 20

READ: chapter 20.3–6 (pp99–103)

MEMORIZE: future, aorist and perfect active participles (pp99–100); declension of pas (p. 100)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: chapter 20 vocabulary (p. 104); present active participle endings (p. 96)

WRITE OUT: exercise 103 (p. 101); exercise 104 (p. 101)

2/1 Chapter 20

READ: chapter 20.7–8 (pp101–3)

MEMORIZE: present middle/passive participles; future, aorist and perfect middle and passive participles (pp101–3)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: future, aorist and perfect active participles (pp99–100); declension of pas (p. 100)

WRITE OUT: exercise 105 (p. 103); exercise 106 (p. 103)

PREPARE: exercise 107 (p. 104)

2/2 Chapter 21

READ: chapter 21.1–3 (pp105–8)

MEMORIZE: chapter 21 vocabulary (p. 112); perfect and pluperfect middle/ passive of consonant stem verbs (pp105–6); start memorizing table of principal parts (pp107–8)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: present middle/passive participles; future, aorist and perfect middle and passive participles (pp101–3)

WRITE OUT: exercise 108 (p. 109); exercise 109 (p. 109)

2/5 Chapter 21

READ: chapter 21.4–6 (pp108–9)

MEMORIZE: liquid future, liquid aorist and strong aorist of bainô (pp108–9); continue memorizing table of principal parts (pp107–8)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: chapter 21 vocabulary (p. 112); perfect and pluperfect middle/ passive of consonant stem verbs (pp105–6)

PREPARE: exercise 112 (p. 111); exercise 113 (pp111–2)

2/6 Chapter 21

READ: chapter 21.7 (pp109–10)

MEMORIZE: continue memorizing table of principal parts (pp107–8)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: liquid future, liquid aorist and strong aorist of bainô (pp108–9)

WRITE OUT: exercise 110 (p. 110); exercise 111 (p. 110)

2/8 Chapter 22

READ: chapter 22.1–2 (pp113–4)

MEMORIZE: chapter 22 vocabulary (p. 116); all comparative and superlative forms on pp113–4

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: table of principal parts (pp107–8)

WRITE OUT: exercise 114 (p. 114); exercise 115 (p. 114)

PREPARE: exercise 118 (p. 116)

2/9 Chapter 22

READ: chapter 22.3–4 (pp114–5)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: table of principal parts (pp107–8); chapter 22 vocabulary (p. 116); all comparative and superlative forms on pp113–4

WRITE OUT: exercise 116 (p. 115); exercise 117 (p. 115)

2/12 Chapter 23

READ: chapter 23.1–5 (pp117–9)

MEMORIZE: chapter 23 vocabulary (p. 122); reflexive and reciprocal pronouns, question markers (pp117–9)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: table of principal parts (pp107–8)

WRITE OUT: exercise 119 (p. 119); exercise 120 (p. 119)

2/13 Chapter 23

READ: chapter 23.6–7 (pp119–121)

MEMORIZE: declension and meaning of ekeinos, hode, houtos and toioutos (p. 120)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: chapter 23 vocabulary (p. 122); reflexive and reciprocal pronouns, question markers (pp117–9)

WRITE OUT: exercise 121 (p. 121); exercise 122 (p. 121)

2/15 Review: Chapters 19–23

REREAD AND REVIEW FOR EXAM: chapters 19–23 (pp91–122)

WRITE OUT: review sheet for chapters 19–23

PREPARE: exercise 123 (pp121–2)

2/16 Hour Exam #1: Chapters 19–23

2/19 Chapter 24

READ: chapter 24.1–4 (pp123–5)

MEMORIZE: chapter 24 vocabulary (p. 128); subjunctive forms, pp123–4 (present, aorist and perfect tenses)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: regular and contract (thematic) verbs, active/middle/passive, in the present, aorist and perfect indicatives (see tables on pp179–83)

WRITE OUT: exercise 124 (p. 125); exercise 125 (p. 125)

2/20 Chapter 24

READ: chapter 24.5–7 (p. 126)

MEMORIZE: forms of interrogative and indefinite pronouns (p. 126)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: chapter 24 vocabulary (p. 128); subjunctive forms, pp123–4 (present, aorist and perfect tenses)

WRITE OUT: exercise 126 (pp126–7); exercise 127 (p. 127)

2/22 Chapter 25

READ: chapter 25.1–3 (pp129–31)

MEMORIZE: chapter 25 vocabulary (p. 135); optative forms, pp129–130

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: forms of interrogative and indefinite pronouns (p. 126); regular and contract (thematic) verbs, active/middle/passive, in the present, future, aorist and perfect indicatives and subjunctives (see tables on pp179–83)

WRITE OUT: exercise 129 (p. 132); exercise 130 (p. 132)

PREPARE: exercise 133, first paragraph (pp134–5)

2/23 Chapter 25

READ: chapter 25.4–5 (pp132–3)

MEMORIZE: forms of eimi, "go" (p. 133)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: chapter 25 vocabulary (p. 135); optative forms, pp129–130; forms of eimi, "be" (p. 133)

WRITE OUT: exercise 131 (p. 133); exercise 132 (pp133–4)

2/26 Chapter 26

READ: chapter 26.1 (p. 136)

MEMORIZE: chapter 26 vocabulary (p. 139)

REVIEW FOR QUIZ: subjunctive and optative forms, pp123–4 and 129–30, respectively

WRITE OUT: exercise 134 (p. 137); exercise 135 (p. 137)