(ABOVE: The Law Code of Gortyn, Crete, ca 450 B.C.)

Instructor:	John Bauschatz
Time/Location:	M–Th, 2:00–2:50 p.m.; Modern Languages 505
Contact Info:	Office: Social Sciences 135 Phone: (520) 621-7422 email: jbausch1@email.arizona.edu

OVERVIEW

In this course, students learn the basics of ancient Greek, begin reading major classical writers and are introduced to the culture and thought of the Greeks. There is no assumption that students enrolled in Greek 101 and/or 102 have studied Latin.

GOALS

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

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

PREREQUISITES

None.

READINGS

The required text is the following:

C.W. Shelmerdine, Introduction to Greek. 2nd ed. Focus Publishing, 2008.

The book will be available in the bookstore, though you probably can find it cheaper at amazon, Barnes & Noble or abe Books. *Please make sure that you have the proper edition of these texts.*

Any additional reading assignments for this course will be provided to you in class, emailed to you or made available on the Greek 101 D2L site (see below). To view/download them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download available here).

If you plan to continue with Greek beyond Greek 101/102, 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 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 course will be based on the following breakdown:

Attendance (15%): How often you come to class (duh). Your grade for attendance = the number of hours you actually spend in the classroom / the total number of hours you're scheduled to spend in the classroom. There are no exceptions to this policy, but I will allow you to make up up to four hours (= 4 classes) of missed time. The only way to do this is a 1/1 time trade: i.e., you'll spend however many hours you missed—up to four—in my office doing Greek-related work.
Participation (10%): The quality and quantity of your participation in class discussions. I expect you to actively engage in class discussions! To a degree, your participation will be forced, as I will call on you. But I also expect you to volunteer to translate passages, do drills, write on the board, etc. If you do not, your grade will suffer.

Homework (15%): Nightly homework assignments from the textbook. There are 36 of these in Greek 101. HW will be collected at the beginning of class and corrected. You will have the opportunity in class to ask questions about homework assignments before handing them in. We will address any serious problems with homework assignments in class. Your lowest 6 HW grades will be dropped. One final note about homework: PLEASE SKIP LINES! This allows me room to make comments.

Quizzes (15%): There are 33 quizzes (generally no more than 5 minutes in length) in Greek 101. These will occur at least twice a week and will cover form generation, translation and vocabulary. Buy some flash cards and start memorizing! Your lowest 6 quiz grades will be dropped. (Note: If you miss a quiz, you can make it up in my office before the next class session. Otherwise, it's a zero.)

Hour Exams (30%, 10% each): There will be three hour exams in this course. They will occur on Wednesday, September 17; Monday, October 13; and Wednesday, November 5. 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 exams.

Final Exam (15%): The final exam is scheduled for Friday, December 12 from 1–3 p.m. Do not miss it.

*Please note: All students enrolled in Greek 101 must receive regular letter grades. That is, pass/fail grading is not available for Greek 101. If you have enrolled for Greek 101 pass/fail, you will be have to change to regular (i.e., letter) grading.*

OTHER INFO

My office hours for the fall semester are M–Th, 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. You are also welcome and encouraged to make an appointment to meet with me. Call, email or holler.

Please note: there is a Greek 101 D2L site. Grades will be posted on D2L, as will the occasional handout/review sheet. If you are unfamiliar with D2L, please get familiar soon!

Students with disabilities should contact the UA Disability Resource Center (520 621-3268) for any special needs or accommodations.

Surprise! Cheating is not allowed. If you cheat, and I find out, you will receive a grade of 0 for the assignment and other bad things will happen. (See the U of A's code of academic integrity.)

COURSE SCHEDULE

What follows is a sketch outline of the fall semester. Assignments are due on the dates specified. On most nights, you'll read a section of the textbook, prepare a reading in Greek, memorize and/or review a number of forms, practice vocabulary and do a number of written exercises.

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

Wednesday

Thursday

8/25 (1) Introduction/
Chapter 1

BUY: textbook (see above)

RECEIVE: syllabus

IN CLASS: review syllabus, course policies, schedule; Grammar 1 (pp1–2)

8/26 (2) Chapter 1

READ: Chapter 1 (pp1–5)

WRITE OUT (HW 1): Write out the Greek alphabet, upper and lower cases, 5 times each

IN CLASS: Grammar 2–6 (pp2–4)

8/27 (3) Chapter 1

REREAD: Chapter 1 (pp1–5)

WRITE OUT (HW 2): Exercises 1–3 (p. 5), column 1

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 1): Greek alphabet

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–6 (pp1–4)

8/28 (4) Chapter 2

READ: Chapter 2 (pp7–11)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–3 (pp7–9)

9/1 Labor Day: no class

9/2 (5) Chapter 2

REREAD: Chapter 2 (pp7–11)

WRITE OUT (HW 3): Exercises 4–8 (p. 10), column 1

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 2): Chapter 2 Vocabulary (p. 11)

IN CLASS: Grammar 4–5 (p. 10)

9/3 (6) Chapter 2

REREAD: Chapter 2 (pp7–11)

WRITE OUT (HW 4): Exercise 9 (p. 11)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 3): 5 qualities of finite verbs; present active indicative forms

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–5 (pp7–10)

9/4 (7) Chapter 3

READ: Chapter 3 (pp13–18)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–6 (pp13–16)

9/8 (8) Chapter 3

REREAD: Chapter 3 (pp13–18)

WRITE OUT (HW 5): Exercises 10–13 (pp16–17), 1–4 for each exercise (where possible)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 4): Chapter 3 Vocabulary (p. 18)

IN CLASS: Grammar 7 (p. 17)

9/9 (9) Chapter 3

REREAD: Chapter 3 (pp13–18)

WRITE OUT (HW 6): Exercises 14–16 (pp17–18), 1–4 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 5): 3 qualities of nouns; first declension nouns types a and b

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–7 (pp13–17)

9/10 (10) Chapter 4

READ: Chapter 4 (pp19–22)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–3 (pp19–20)

9/11 (11) Chapter 4

REREAD: Chapter 4 (pp19–22)

WRITE OUT (HW 7): Exercise 17 (p. 20)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 6): Chapter 4 Vocabulary (p. 22)

IN CLASS: Grammar 4–5 (p. 21)

9/15 (12) Chapter 4

REREAD: Chapter 4 (pp19–22)

WRITE OUT (HW 8): Exercises 18–20 (pp21–22), 1–4 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 7): masculine first declension nouns; imperfect active indicative

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–5 (pp19–21)

9/16 (13) Review: Chapters 1–4

REREAD: Chapters 1–4 (pp1–22)

IN CLASS: review Grammar from Chapters 1–4 (pp1–22)

9/17 (14) Hour Exam #1

9/18 (15) Chapter 5

READ: Chapter 5 (pp23–27)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–3 (pp23–24)

9/22 (16) Chapter 5

REREAD: Chapter 5 (pp23–27)

WRITE OUT (HW 9): Exercises 21–24 (pp24–25), 1–3 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 8): Chapter 5 Vocabulary (p. 27)

IN CLASS: Grammar 4–5 (pp25–26)

9/23 (17) Chapter 5

REREAD: Chapter 5 (pp23–27)

WRITE OUT (HW 10): Exercises 25–27 (p. 26), 1–4 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 9): aorist active indicative; masculine and feminine second declension nouns

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–5 (pp23–26)

9/24 (18) Chapter 6

READ: Chapter 6 (pp29–32)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–6 (pp29–31)

9/25 (19) Chapter 6

REREAD: Chapter 6 (pp29–32)

WRITE OUT (HW 11): Exercises 28 & 29 (pp31–32), 1–5 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 10): Chapter 6 Vocabulary (p. 32)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–6 (pp29–31)

9/29 (20) Chapter 6

REREAD: Chapter 6 (pp29–32)

WRITE OUT (HW 12): Exercises 28 & 29 (pp31–32), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 11): neuter second declension nouns; complementary infinitive

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–6 (pp29–31)

9/30 (21) Chapter 7

READ: Chapter 7 (pp33–38)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–3 (pp33–35)

10/1 (22) Chapter 7

REREAD: Chapter 7 (pp33–38)

WRITE OUT (HW 13): Exercise 30 (p. 35)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 12): Chapter 7 Vocabulary (p. 38)

IN CLASS: Grammar 4–6 (pp35–37)

10/2 (23) Chapter 7

REREAD: Chapter 7 (pp33–38)

WRITE OUT (HW 14): Exercises 31 & 32 (p. 37), 1–5 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 13): first and second declension adjectives

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–6 (pp33–37)

10/6 (24) Chapter 8

READ: Chapter 8 (pp39–44)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–3 (pp39–41)

10/7 (25) Chapter 8

REREAD: Chapter 8 (pp39–44)

WRITE OUT (HW 15): Exercise 33 (p. 41)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 14): Chapter 8 Vocabulary (p. 44)

IN CLASS: Grammar 4–5 (pp41–43)

10/8 (26) Chapter 8

REREAD: Chapter 8 (pp39–44)

WRITE OUT (HW 16): Exercises 34 & 35 (p. 43), 1–5 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 15): third declension nouns with stems in kappa and tau; present active imperative

PREPARE: Reading (p. 44)

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–5 (pp39–43)

10/9 (27) Review: Chapters 5–8

REREAD: Chapters 5–8 (pp23–44)

IN CLASS: review Grammar from Chapters 5–8 (pp23–43)

10/13 (28) Hour Exam #2

10/14 (29) Chapter 9

READ: Chapter 9 (pp45–50)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–4 (pp45–47)

10/15 (30) Chapter 9

REREAD: Chapter 9 (pp45–50)

WRITE OUT (HW 17): Exercises 36 (p. 45) and 37 (p. 47)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 16): Chapter 9 Vocabulary (p. 50)

IN CLASS: Grammar 5 and 6 (pp48–49)

10/16 (31) Chapter 9

REREAD: Chapter 9 (pp45–50)

WRITE OUT (HW 18): 38 & 39 (pp48–49), 1–5 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 17): third declension noun forms (p. 45); uses of autos (pp46–47)

PREPARE: Reading (pp49–50)

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–6 (pp45–49)

10/20 (32) Chapter 10

READ: Chapter 10 (pp51–55)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–3 (pp51–53)

10/21 (33) Chapter 10

REREAD: Chapter 10 (pp51–55)

WRITE OUT (HW 19): Exercises 40 & 41 (pp53–54), 1–5 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 18): Chapter 10 Vocabulary (p. 55)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–3 (pp51–53)

10/22 (34) Chapter 10

REREAD: Chapter 10 (pp51–55)

WRITE OUT (HW 20): Exercises 40 & 41 (pp53–54), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 19): relative pronouns, forms and uses

PREPARE: Reading (p. 54)

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–3 (pp51–53)

10/23 (35) Chapter 11

READ: Chapter 11 (pp57–64)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–3 (pp57–59)

10/27 (36) Chapter 11

REREAD: Chapter 11 (pp57–64)

WRITE OUT (HW 21): Exercises 42–45 (p. 59), 1–3 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 20): Chapter 11 Vocabulary (p. 64)

IN CLASS: Grammar 4–5 (pp60–61)

10/28 (37) Chapter 11

REREAD: Chapter 11 (pp57–64)

WRITE OUT (HW 22): Exercises 46–48 (p. 62), 1–4 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 21): third declension nouns with stems in rho; second (strong) aorist active indicative

PREPARE: Reading (p. 63)

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–5 (pp57–61)

10/29 (38) Chapter 12

READ: Chapter 12 (pp65–71)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–3 (pp65–66)

10/30 (39) Chapter 12

REREAD: Chapter 12 (pp65–71)

WRITE OUT (HW 23): Exercise 49 (p. 65); Exercises 50 & 51 (p. 67), 1–4 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 22): Chapter 12 Vocabulary (p. 71)

IN CLASS: Grammar 4–6 (pp67–69)

11/3 (40) Chapter 12

REREAD: Chapter 12 (pp65–71)

WRITE OUT (HW 24): Exercises 52 & 53 (pp69–70), 1–5 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 23): conditions

PREPARE: Reading (p. 70)

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–6 (pp95–69)

11/4 (41) Review: Chapters 9–12

REREAD: Chapters 9–12 (pp45–71)

IN CLASS: review Grammar from Chapters 9–12 (pp45–69)

11/5 (42) Hour Exam #3

11/6 (43) Chapter 13

READ: Chapter 13 (pp73–79)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–2 (pp73–74)

11/10 (44) Chapter 13

REREAD: Chapter 13 (pp73–79)

WRITE OUT (HW 25): Exercises 54 & 55 (pp74–75), 1–5 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 24): Chapter 13 Vocabulary (p. 79)

IN CLASS: Grammar 3–5 (pp75–77)

11/11 Veterans Day: no class

11/12 (45) Chapter 13

REREAD: Chapter 13 (pp73–79)

WRITE OUT (HW 26): Exercises 56 & 57 (p. 77), 1–5 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 25): third declension nouns with stems in sigma; aorist and future active infinitives

PREPARE: Reading (p. 78)

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–5 (pp73–77)

11/13 (46) Chapter 14

READ: Chapter 14 (pp81–88)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–2 (pp81–82)

11/17 (47) Chapter 14

REREAD: Chapter 14 (pp81–88)

WRITE OUT (HW 27): Exercises 58–60 (pp82–83), 1–4 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 26): Chapter 14 Vocabulary (p. 88)

IN CLASS: Grammar 3–5 (pp83–85)

11/18 (48) Chapter 14

REREAD: Chapter 14 (pp81–88)

WRITE OUT (HW 28): Exercises 61–65 (pp85–86), 1–3 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 27): third declension nouns with stems in iota and upsilon; phêmi and nomizô

PREPARE: Reading (p. 87)

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–5 (pp81–85)

11/19 (49) Chapter 15

READ: Chapter 15 (pp89–96); "Review of Principal Parts" (pp97–98)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–3 (pp89–91)

11/20 (50) Chapter 15

REREAD: Chapter 15 (pp89–96); "Review of Principal Parts" (pp97–98)

WRITE OUT (HW 29): Exercises 66–68 (pp89–92), 1–3 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 28): Chapter 15 Vocabulary (p. 96)

IN CLASS: Grammar 4–6 (pp92–94)

11/24 (51) Chapter 15

REREAD: Chapter 15 (pp89–96); "Review of Principal Parts" (pp97–98)

WRITE OUT (HW 30): Exercises 69–71 (p. 94), 1–4 for each exercise (where possible)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 29): present and imperfect passive indicative

PREPARE: Reading (p. 95)

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–6 (pp89–94)

11/25 (52) Chapter 16

READ: Chapter 16 (pp99–104)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–5 (pp99–103)

11/26 Thanksgiving recess - no class

11/27 Thanksgiving recess - no class

12/1 (53) Chapter 16

REREAD: Chapter 16 (pp99–104)

WRITE OUT (HW 31 AND 32): copy out table of principal parts (pp97–98)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 30): Chapter 16 Vocabulary (p. 104)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–5 (pp99–103)

12/2 (54) Chapter 16

REREAD: Chapter 16 (pp99–104)

WRITE OUT (HW 33): Exercises 72 & 73 (p. 103), 1–5 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 31): regular comparison of adjectives

PREPARE: Reading (p. 104)

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–5 (pp99–103)

12/3 (55) Chapter 17

READ: Chapter 17 (pp105–112)

IN CLASS: Grammar 1–3 (pp105–107)

12/4 (56) Chapter 17

REREAD: Chapter 17 (pp105–112)

WRITE OUT (HW 34): Exercises 74 & 75 (p. 108), 1–5 each (where possible)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 32): Chapter 17 Vocabulary (p. 112)

IN CLASS: Grammar 4–5 (pp108–110)

12/8 (57) Chapter 17

REREAD: Chapter 17 (pp105–112)

WRITE OUT (HW 35): Exercises 76 & 77 (p. 109), 1–5 each

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 33): middle voice: forms

PREPARE: Reading (p. 111)

IN CLASS: review Grammar 1–5 (pp105–110)

12/9 (58) Review: Chapters 13–17

REREAD: Chapters 13–17 (pp73–112)

WRITE OUT (HW 36): Exercises 78 & 79 (pp110–111), 1–5 each

IN CLASS: review Grammar from Chapters 13–17 (pp73–112)

12/10 (59) Review: Chapters 13–17

REREAD: Chapters 13–17 (pp73–112)

IN CLASS: review Grammar from Chapters 13–17 (pp73–112); evaluations; wrap-up

12/11 Reading Day: no class

***Final Exam: Friday, 12/12, 1:00–3:00 p.m.***

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