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Elementary Greek II Old Main 003

Classics 235 Macalester College

Spring 2006 Nanette Goldman

MWF 12:00 –1:00 p.m. plus 1 weekly lab: 235L 02 Tuesday 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Office: Old Main 314 Phone: 651 - 696 - 6659 (x6659)

Office Hours: MF 10:50- 11:50, 1:10-1:20, T 1:00 – 2:00, and by appointment.

Email: GOLDMAN@macalester.edu

Course Webpage: http://moodle.macalester.edu (Elementary Greek II)

Preceptor: Erinn Duvall eduvall@macalester.edu

Office Hours: T,Th 9:00 - 11:45, MW 10:50 – 11:50

Course Description:

This 15-week course is the second semester of a year long course that introduces you to the grammatical principles of ancient Greek, the Attic dialect – the language of classical Athens. You will continue to acquire the language through the translation of actual and graded texts, written exercises, pronunciation drills, quizzes and exams. There are four class meetings per week; the ‘lab’ is treated as a regular class period. After the mid-semester break we will add Aesop’s Fables to our curricula, substituting them for reading passages in Athenaze. By the end of this semester you will have been introduced to a substantial portion of the grammar required for the courses in the Intermediate sequence: Greek prose (Plato, Herodotus, Lysias or Xenophon), Homer, New Testament. Upon completion of the 2^nd year, you will have mastered the translating skills necessary to read with fluency the literature offered in Advanced Greek: works by such authors as Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Thucydides and many others. The completion of four semesters of Greek or the equivalent fulfills the Macalester foreign language requirement.

Required Materials:

Balme and Lawall. Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek Bk II. 2^nd ed. Oxford University Press. New York. 2003

Lawall, Johnson and Miraglia. Workbook II: Athenaze 2^nd ed. Oxford University Press. New York. 2003

Lidell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek Lexicon. Oxford University Press. New York. 2000

Oral pronunciation aids

The Pronunciation and Reading of Ancient Greek: A Practical Guide, Stephen Daitz, 2^nd ed., 1984, Audio Forum, Guilford CT.

Available on line from Humanities Resource Center home page (linked through course Moodle page)

Vocabulary and form drill program

Gramma. CD-Rom. Greek vocabulary and form drills keyed to Athenaze.

Available: installed on computer in the Language Lab at the Humanities Resource Center

Downloadable demo available at http://www.centaursystems.com/catalog/gramma.html

Web support (linked through the course Moodle page)

Supplementary Exercises for Athenaze

http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/greek/ (excellent for self-study)

http://abney.homestead.com/athenaze.html (has some exercises but multiple links for listening to Greek)

http://chss2.montclair.edu/classics/javascript/Greek/greekjava.html (good review exercises through chapter 18)

http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/jjohnson/athenaze/ (good exercises but will not work with some browsers)

Resources for Athenaze

http://cornellcollege.edu/classical_studies/ariadne/ (supplies interesting cultural and historical context)

Course Requirements/Spring Semester:

1. Regular attendance and class participation 15%

2. Daily assignments (lowest three scores dropped). 15%

3. Weekly quizzes including principal parts (lowest score dropped). 15%

4. Two Mid-semester exams. 25%

5. Final Exam (comprehensive). 25%

6. Teaching project 5%

Study suggestions and tips:

You learned from last semester that regularity in class attendance and in completion of homework is the most important component in acquiring a language. The 2^nd semester of Greek is no exception and in fact demands daily attention. You should expect the average ratio of hours of outside preparation to hours in class to increase from last semester. Continue using your flash cards and make use of the vocabulary drill program in the Language Lab of the Humanities Resource Center and the drills on the web. The workbook remains a good source of supplementary exercises with keyed answers in the back. It will also help you identify the vocabulary to be memorized. Studying with other class members is always beneficial. If you feel yourself falling behind, come see me or Erinn Duvall immediately and regularly.

Absences:

If there is need for absence from class, please notify me in advance via email or phone. Missed quizzes due to unexcused absences will be scored as zeroes. If absent, you will be responsible for obtaining all handouts from the class period - available in an envelope outside my office OM 314 or on the Moodle page.

Assignments:

All reading and written assignments should be prepared in advance of class on the specified date. I’ll collect written work at the beginning of the class period. A weekly schedule of assignments will be handed out every Friday and posted on the course Moodle page.

7 Homework turned in late will be graded but will suffer point deductions as follows:

-5% submitted on the due date anytime after the beginning of the class period.

-15% submitted one day after the due date. (recorded but not graded or returned)

7 Homework submitted later than one class period after due date will not be accepted

Grading Scale:

*A final grade of C- or higher is required 1) if you are registered Pass/No Credit 2) to advance to the next class in the sequence.

Schedule of Units/Spring Semester:

Read every chapter thoroughly as you will be responsible for all the explanatory grammar contained therein, whether or not we discuss it in class.

Week 1 Jan. 23-27 Athenaze Bk. I. Chapter 16. The Passive Voice. Present and Imperfect.

Week 2 Jan. 30–Feb. 3 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 17. The Passive Voice. Future and Aorist.

Week 3 Feb. 6-10 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 18. The -mi verbs.

Week 4 Feb. 13-17 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 19. The Genitive Absolute. More -mi verbs.

Week 5 Feb. 20-24 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 20. More -mi verbs. Verbs w/ supplementary participles.

Week 6 Feb. 27–Mar. 3 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 21. The Subjunctive Mood.

v Mid-Semester Exam I March 3

Week 7 Mar. 6-10 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 22. Subordinate Subjunctive Clauses.

v No Class March 6

Week 8 Mar. 13-17 Spring Break

Week 9 Mar. 20-24 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 23. Indirect Statements. Articular Infinitive.

Week 10 Mar. 27-31 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 24. Comparison of Adjectives.

Week 11 Apr. 3-7 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 25. The Optative Mood.

v Mid-Semester Exam II April 7

Week 12 Apr. 10-14 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 26. Conditions. Accusative Uses.

v Good Friday Break April 14

Week 13 Apr.17-21 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 27. Perfect and Pluperfect. Middle and Passive.

Week 14 Apr. 24-28 Athenaze Bk. II. Chapter 28. Perfect Active

Week 15 May 1-2 Review.

v Final Exam (two hour comprehensive) Friday, May 5. 10:30 – 12:30

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