Exam on Thursday, 02-25-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

Our first midterm exam on Thursday, February 25, will have the following format.

(1) Declining nouns and adjectives:

I'll give you English noun-adjective pairs in the singular or plural, you give me the Greek forms in the four major cases. The adjectives must modify the nouns in case, number, and gender.

(2) Jump drills:

A series of relatively short sequences in which you "jump" (change) one attribute of a verb form at a time, either person, number, tense, or mood.

(3) Passage to translate:

A short passage of connected Greek prose, using vocabulary and grammar through chapter 9. Read it carefully and write out your translation.

(4) Reading out loud (take-home portion, due Saturday, February 27, 11:00 p.m.):

Practice reading the midterm passage out loud: use Groton's textbook to help you determine vowel/consonant sounds and place accents. When you have perfected your reading, call my campus voice mail and read me the Greek over the phone. 

NOTE: Please prepare for and complete this portion of the exam on your own. I'll supply a copy of the passage for you to practice on and mark up. (No, you do not have to memorize the passage. Yes, you can read from the copy.)

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For this exam, you'll be responsible for all concepts and vocabulary through ΑΩ Lesson 9.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 02-23-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

By Tuesday morning, February 23, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 9, on first declension masculine nouns, substantives, and the genitive of possession (#58–63, pp. 51–54). Note any questions along the way.

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (#64, p. 54).

DC

Assignment for Monday, 02-22-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

For Monday morning, February 22, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 8, on adjectives (#52–56, pp. 44–48). Note any questions along the way.

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• English-to-Greek sentences (#57, p. 48); and
• Read and translate "The Treasure Hunt" (same section, p. 49).

DC

(No) Vocabulary for Week 5

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

Just a reminder that there will be no formal vocabulary assignments next week. Rather, use the time you'd normally spend on vocab reviewing the words for ΑΩ 1 through 9, for which you'll be responsible on the first exam.

For convenience, here are the latest two lessons:

• ΑΩ 8: Vocabulary; and
• ΑΩ 9: Vocabulary

DC

Assignment for Thursday, 02-18-16

Dear Hellenists,

By Thursday morning, February 18, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 8, on second declension neuter nouns (#49–51, pp. 43–44). Note any questions along the way.

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.). Translate the following sentences into Greek:

a. Discover (sing.)  the gifts of the goddesses, O mankind!
b. Plants in the river will harm the mares. [Remember section 51, p. 44.]
c. We will no longer chase our sister out of the house and away from the markets.
d. Will you (pl.) hesitate to steal even the plants?
e. No longer be hastening (sing.) with pains into the tent.

DC

Team observations on Tuesday, 02-16-16

Dear Hellenists,,

On Tuesday, February 16, instructional team will be observing your teamwork during class.

During our observations, we'll take notes on how your team interacts. Specifically, we'll be focused on the following questions:

• Is everyone engaged?
• Are questions being addressed by the team, where appropriate?
• Are explanations being offered along with answers?
• Is the team working together and leaving no one behind?
• Is the team discussing the answer key and any mistakes that were made?

We would appreciate your team interacting as it normally does so that you and your peers can receive as honest an evaluation as possible. We also know that this is hard to do, but we want you to try.

The goal of this evaluation is twofold:

(1) We want to offer your team feedback so it can operate most effectively.

(2) With the first official peer review fast approaching, we want our feedback to enable any teams with potential problems to turn them around.

Note that the evaluation your team ultimately receives will be cast in general terms (that is, no names will be named) and no part of this evaluation will impact anyone's grade. There are no official points at stake here, only feedback from the instructional team.

If you have any questions about the upcoming peer review, please consult the following:

• The peer review section of our Policies web page; and
• The CG 110 peer review form, which you'll be filling out after the first exam.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 02-16-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

By Tuesday morning, February 16, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 7, on second declension masculine nouns, their articles, and the datives of means and manner (#42–47, pp. 37–39). Note any questions along the way.

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Read and translate "Old Habits Never Die" (#41, p. 35);
• English-to-Greek sentences (#48, p. 40).

DC