Assignment for Wednesday, 10-05-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday morning, October 5, please do the following:

(1) Review vocabulary in Lesson 28 in preparation for the vocabulary quiz.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "Healing of the Man Born Blind — Part 3" (#179, pp. 193–4).

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 10-02-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, October 2, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 28 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• The formation of the future passive tense, including participles (#175, p. 189);
• The formation of the future perfect tense, active and passive (#176, p. 190);
• The forms of the irregular verb οἶδα (#177, pp. 190–1); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 28 (#178, p. 192).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (all) (#179, pp. 192–3).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 09-30-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

By Friday morning, September 30, please do the following:

(1) Homework (due 8:00 a.m. via email):

• English-to-Greek sentences (all) (#174, p. 187).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 09-28-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday morning, September 28, please do the following:

(1) Review vocabulary in Lessons 26 and 27 in preparation for the vocabulary quiz.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "Healing of the Man Born Blind — Part 2" (#175, p. 188).

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 09-25-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, September 25, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 27 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• The sixth principal part (#160, p. 181; and #172, pp. 183–85);
• The formation of the first and second aorist passive tense, including participles (#170–1, pp. 181–3); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 27 (#171, p. 186).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m. via email):

• Greek-to-English sentences (all) (#174, p. 187).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 09-23-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

By Friday morning, September 23, please do the following:

(1) Homework (due due 8:00 a.m. via email)

• Translate the direct and indirect questions from Wednesday's worksheet into Greek; and
• English-to-Greek sentences 4 and 5 (#168, p. 178).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 09-21-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday morning, September 21, please do the following:

(1) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "Healing of the Man Born Blind — Part 1" (#168, p. 178).
• Review Vocabulary in Lessons 24 and 25 in preparation for the vocabulary quiz.

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 09-18-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, September 18, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 26, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Interrogative words (#163–4, pp. 171–2);
• Direct and indirect questions (#165, pp. 172–5);
• Alternative questions (#166, pp. 175–6); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 26 (#176, p. 176–7).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (all) (#168, p. 177).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 09-16-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

By Friday morning, September 16, please do the following:

(1) Review: Groton, Lessons 24 and 25 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• Formation of active participles in various tenses (#146–7, pp. 154–6);
• The present participle of εἰμί (#148, p. 156)
• Participles of contract verbs (#149, p. 157);
• Aspect of participles (#150, pp. 157–8);
• Uses of participles: attributive, circumstantial, and with particles (#151, pp. 158–9)
• Vocabulary for Lesson 24 (#52, p. 159).
• Formation of middle/passive participles (#154–8, pp. 163–5)
• Supplementary participles (#159, p. 166);
• Summary of prepositions and their cases (#160, p. 166); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 25 (#161, p. 167)

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "A Hare-Raising Experience" (#162, p. 169).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 09-14-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

By Wednesday morning, September 14, please do the following:

(1) Review: Groton, Lesson 23, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Relative pronouns (#140, pp. 145–7;
• The adjective πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν (#141, pp. 147–8);
• Expressions of time (#142, p. 148); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 23 (#143, pp. 148–9).

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

• Greek-to-English sentences (all) (#144, p. 150).

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 09-11-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday, September 11, please do the following:

(1) Review: All verb systems through the perfect and pluperfect middle/passive. Especially helpful will be Lessons 3, 6, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 20, and 22. I'm not saying you need to re-read everything, just that you'll want to revisit the salient points in some way. And there are always the Appendices (pp. 395 and onward) if you want the paradigms in one place.

(2) Homework (via email, due 11:00 p.m.)

• Verb synopses for the following:

-- frighten, they
-- stop, we
-- take, you pl.

Friendly reminders:

• A verb synopsis is a matrix of the six tenses we've covered (present, imperfect, future, aorist, perfect, and pluperfect) and two voices (active and middle) -- so, twelve forms in all, using the same person and number throughout. Middle forms are the same as the passive, except in the future (and we haven't learned the future passive...yet).
  
• I'll grade this assignment and turn it back on Wednesday. If you want it back sooner, let me know.
  
• If you hand-write your answers, please be sure to send me a legible PDF with a bright image  (no dark patches).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC

Assignment for Friday, 09-09-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

As noted in class, your assignment is to read and translate Groton's supplemental passage for Lesson 22, "A Happy Exchange." Unlike other assignments, there is nothing to turn in ahead of time; have it done by the time you come to class).

As you work through this passage, bear in mind the following:

(1) DO consult the accompanying vocabulary as well as Lesson 22 of our textbook.

(2) DO make little notes in the margins (notes on cases or tenses or other important points).

(3) DON'T write out a full translation of the passage (or DON'T bring it to class if you do), for reasons explained on the Policy page of our website.

(4) DON'T rush it, but DON'T despair if you don't finish (though DO try). Unlike other readings, I won't attach any points to this particular assignment. Rather, I want to use it as an in-class opportunity to illustrate how we can read together in a deeper, more nuanced way.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC

Welcome!

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

Welcome to the blog for CG 210: Elementary Greek!  Here I'll post assignments and other notices, as well as other ephemera pertaining to the study of ancient Greek.

With each post, you'll get an email alerting you to the new content.  The message will contain the entire post, so you'll have the option of reading it on email or navigating over to the blog. Similarly, if you'd like to reply to a post, you can either use the "Comments" feature on the blog, or you can reply to the email message you received.  Either way, everyone in the class will be able to read your response.

None of this is meant to substitute for in-class interaction.  However, since our sessions together will go by quickly, I hope the blog will save us precious minutes here and there.

Again, welcome!

DC