Dear Elementary Hellenists,
For Thursday, January 28, please do the following:
(1) Read Groton, Lesson 1, on the Greek alphabet and diphthongs (#4–9, pp. 4–6) and study the alphabet chart (p. 3). Note any questions along the way, especially on the more nuanced material we didn't cover today.
(2) Memorize the names of the letters of the Greek alphabet in their proper order, such that you can either say or sing their names in order in 9 seconds or less. Khang and I will check your times before you enter the classroom on Thursday; if you fail, you won't be allowed in the classroom until your order or time (or both) is correct.
(3) On a lined sheet of paper, write out a line of 24 consecutive alphas, betas, gammas, and so on, all the way through omega. Do this for both lower and upper cases — 48 lines of Greek letters in all. Make sure your name is on the sheet, and turn it in at the beginning of class (a rare exception to the PDF-and-email-before-class routine we'll soon be in).
DC
PS: If you want to join our Quizlet group, which has flashcards on the alphabet/diphthongs in chapter 1 and might help you with the above work, (1) sign up for a (free) Quizlet account, if you haven't yet done so, and (2) send me a request through Quizlet to join the group. All I ask is that your username resemble your real name in some way so that I can make sure I'm adding Skidmore people.
DC
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