Extra-Credit Assignment for Monday, 04-04-16

Dear Hellenists,

For Monday morning, April 4, you have the OPTION of doing the following:

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

• Lesson 16 English-to-Greek sentences (#101, p. 99).

If you choose to complete this OPTIONAL assignment, it will count as extra credit in your individual assignment points, up to 30 extra points.

If, after preparing for the exam and completing your readings and peer reviews, you choose not to do the assignment, that's fine, too.

DC

Vocabulary for Week 11

Dear Hellenists,

Your vocabulary assignments for Week 11 are as follows:

(1) By 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, please complete at least three Quizlet Study/Play exercises for each of the following sets of flashcards (6 exercises total):

• ΑΩ 17: Vocabulary; and
• ΑΩ 18: Vocabulary.

(2) By 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, please complete a Test exercise for each of the above sets (two tests total).

DC

Assignment for Saturday, 04-02-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists:

By 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, please do the following:

(1) Complete Section E (Reading aloud) of our second exam. Call my campus voicemail with your perfected reading of the midterm passage. Before you left the exam, I handed you a sheet with full instructions and a copy of the passage to mark up.

NOTE: There's a link to a YouTube video of me reading the practice midterm passage on our Resources page, if you'd like a high-end idea of what a reading might be.

(2) Complete a peer review form for each member of your team (not including yourself). Instructions and a link to the electronic peer review form are available on our course website.

NOTE: If you fail to submit any or all reviews, you will forfeit the chance to earn peer review points this time around.

NOTE: Peer reviews are anonymous. You will receive copies of the review forms that you have sent to me. I, in turn, will anonymize all of the data and send an individual report to each team.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC

Exam on Thursday, 03-31-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

Our second midterm exam on Thursday, March 31, will have the following format.

(1) Vocabulary:

I'll give you English nouns, adjectives, pronouns, or verbs, you give me their Greek vocabulary entries as they appear on Quizlet (full forms, no abbreviations). The focus will be on the vocabulary for Groton Lessons 10–16.

(2) Declining demonstratives-articles-nouns:

I'll give you English demonstrative-article-noun trios in the singular or plural, you give me the Greek forms in the four major cases. The demonstratives and articles must modify the nouns in case, number, and gender.

(3) Verb clusters:

I'll give you an English verb and a specific person/number. You give me all of the indicative forms in that person/number in the present, imperfect, and future tenses, active, middle, and (where appropriate) passive.

(4) Passage to translate:

A short passage of connected Greek prose, using vocabulary and grammar through chapter 16. Read it carefully and write out your translation.

(5) Reading out loud (take-home portion, due Saturday, April 2, 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 16.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 03-29-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

By Tuesday morning, March 29, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 16 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Special features of the third declension (#99, pp. 96–7); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 16 (#100, pp. 97–8).

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

• Lesson 15, "Mighty Mouse" (#96, p. 93).

DC

Assignment for Monday, 03-28-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

By Monday morning, March 28, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lessons 15 and 16 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Contracted futures of certain verbs (#94, pp. 90–1);
• Vocabulary for Lesson 15 (#95, pp. 91–2); and
• Third declension theory, stems, and example forms (#97–8, pp. 95–6).

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

• Lesson 15 Greek-to-English sentences 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 only (#96, p. 92); and
• Lesson 15 English-to-Greek sentences 1, 3, and 4 only (same section as above).

DC

(No) Vocabulary for Week 10

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 16, for which you'll be responsible on the second exam (especially Lessons 10–16).

CG 110 on Quizlet

DC

Assignment for Thursday, 03-24-16

Dear Hellenists,

By Thursday morning, March 24, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 15, on the following forms and concepts (#91–3, pp. 87–90). Note any questions along the way:

• Contract verb theory;
• Vowel contractions;
• Accentuation of contract verbs; and
• Forms of τιμάω, φιλέω, and δηλόω.

(2) Midterm exam preview. Read the blog post on midterm exam 2. Note any questions and bring them to class.

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

• "Blame it on Mom" (#90, p. 86).

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 03-22-16

Dear Hellenists,

By Tuesday morning, March 22, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 14, on the following forms and concepts (#87–9, pp. 83–5). Note any questions along the way:

• First-person pronouns: ἐγώ and ἡμεῖς;
• Second-person pronouns: σύ and ὑμεῖς
• Third-person pronoun: αὐτός (note the various uses and positions);
• Dative of possession; and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 14.

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

• Greek-to-English sentences 1–10 (#90, p. 85).

DC

Assignment for Monday, 03-21-16

Dear Hellenists,

By Monday morning, March 21, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 13. Note any questions along the way:

• The demonstratives οὗτος and ἐκεῖνος (#84.2–3, pp. 77–8); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 13 (#85, p. 78)

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

• English-to-Greek sentences 2, 3, and 5 (#86, p. 80).

DC

Vocabulary for Week 9

Dear Hellenists,

Your vocabulary assignments for Week 9 are as follows:

(1) By 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, please complete at least three Quizlet Study/Play exercises for each of the following sets of flashcards (9 exercises total):

• ΑΩ 14: Vocabulary;
• ΑΩ 15: Vocabulary; and
• ΑΩ 16: Vocabulary.

(2) By 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, please complete a Test exercise for each of the above sets (three tests total).

DC

(No) Vocabulary for Week 8

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

Just a reminder that there will be no formal vocabulary assignments next week, which is our spring break. I do, however, recommend that you review the lists for Lessons 1 through 13 during break just to keep current — but that's up to you.

There will be an assignment due the Monday after break, and a vocabulary assignment for that week, both of which I'll blog in due course.

DC

Assignment for Thursday, 03-10-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

By Thursday morning, March 10, please do the following:

(1) Readings:

• Groton, Lesson 12, on enclitics (#80, pp. 72–4).
• Groton, Lesson 12, vocabulary (#81, pp. 74–5).
• Groton, Lesson 13, on the demonstrative ὅδε, ἥδε, τόδε (#84.1, pp. 77–8) and the position of demonstratives (#84, pp. 78–9).

As always, note any questions along the way.

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

• Read and translate "A Sheepish Mistake" (#82, p. 76); and
• Decline the following demonstrative-article-noun trios (NOM through ACC, sing. and plur., using ὅδε, ἥδε, τόδε only, 72 forms in all):
  
  -- this the wisdom, this the war, this the tree

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 03-08-16

Dear Hellenists,

By Tuesday morning, March 8, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 12, on the verb εἰμί (#79, pp. 71–72). Note any questions along the way. You should learn the following forms:

• Indicative: present, future, imperfect;
• Infinitive: present, future; and
• Imperatives: present.

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

• Greek-to-English sentences 6–10 only (#82, p. 75); and
• English-to-Greek sentences 1, 4, and 5 only (same section, p. 75).

DC

Vocabulary for Week 7

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

Your vocabulary assignments for Week 7 are as follows:

(1) By 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, please complete at least three Quizlet Study/Play exercises for each of the following sets of flashcards (9 exercises total):

• ΑΩ 11: Vocabulary;
• ΑΩ 12: Vocabulary; and
• ΑΩ 13: Vocabulary.

(2) By 11:00 p.m. on Saturday,  March 12, please complete a Test exercise for each of the above sets (three tests total).

(And, yes, I realize the 12th is the first Saturday of break. Feel free to submit your tests earlier than the deadline.)

DC