assignments

Current as of 29-Nov-2021

Assignments due by beginning of class on indicated days. Schedule subject to change at instructor's discretion.

25-Aug Introduction to class, no assignment.
27-Aug Review for class the the oral Greek that we did in class 25-Aug.

Translate in writing ch9 alpha story, lines 1-19. Skip multiple lines, three or more!

  • Be able to answer extremely simple questions about the content of the passage in Greek. (Get a sense of what's going on in the passage. It might help for you to summarize for your own notes)
  • Be able to answer simple questions (probably in English) about the grammar — basically for review
30-Aug Oral and written Greek as follows:
  • Review the Let's Speak Greek document (oral Greek worked on in class) as per usual
  • Translate in writing and hand in ch9 alpha story, lines 20-38. Be ready to answer questions in Greek and English, as per 27-Aug assignment
Henceforth, all classes will begin with Oral Greek based on review of Oral Greek previously done plus some new material added!
1-Sep CH9 α grammar, vocab, exercises. Study grammar (present active PTCs) pp. 158-159. Write 9β ALL, 9γ ALL. 9δ ENG-to-GRK 1-4. Ch9-alpha handout.
3-Sep CH9 β-reading, write translation of lines 1-25.

CH9 Quiz-Quote — translate it in writing, note down (in writing) a very brief comment to share in class.
10-Sep [3-Sep assignment, cont'd]
13-Sep CH9 β grammar, vocab, exercises. Study grammar pp. 168-172 (more third decl. nouns, genitive uses, uses of article).

Oral quiz JUST on all forms of ἄστυ ("city/town"), ναῦς ("ship"), from ch9-beta handout sect. 4 (a)-(b).

Write 9ε ODDS. 9ζ 3-9. 9η 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12.
15-Sep [13-Sep assignment, cont'd. Expect the whole nine yards on it, including the oral quiz part]
17-Sep IN-CLAS WRITTEN QUIZ ON CH9, as per Syllabus.
22-Sep CH10 alpha sect. Study pp. 184-187 (future forms, regular and irregular).

Oral quiz on all forms of act. fut of λύω and of mid fut of παύω, ch10-alpha handout sect. 3 (a)-(b).

Write 10 β, 10γ ODDS (for guidance, use principle parts in chapter vocabs, also "Greek to English Vocabulary," pp. 323 ff.); 10δ 1-6, 8-10; 10ε 2-5.
24-Sep [22-Sep assign. cont'd]
27-Sep CH10 β-reading, write translation of lines 1-29.

CH10 QUIZ-QUOTE, as per syllabus — translate it in writing, note down (in writing) a very brief comment to share in class. Be sure to read and process all notes and commentary. This is a tough one linguistically, and even tougher conceptually.

Links to:
29-Sep CH10 beta sect. Study pp. 194-197, only sections 5-6 ("liquid-nasal" futures,εἶμι-"go" [NOT εἰμί-"to be"!] as irreg. future of "to go").

Oral quiz on all future forms of βάλλω, κάμνω; all forms of εἶμι-"go," as given on ch10-beta handout sect. 1 (b)-(c), plus all of handout sect. 2.

Write 10η all, 10 θ odds.
1-Oct CH10 beta sect. (cont.). Study pp. 197-199, sects. 7-9 (purpose fut. PTC, impersonal verbs, questions).

Write 10ι all. 10κ, all ENG-to-GRK and GRK-to-ENG.
4-Oct Two things:
6-Oct CH11 alpha sect. Read pp. 205-210 (2nd aorist; aoristic aspect w/ imperatives, infinitives, PTCs). Study carefully handout!

Oral quiz on:

Write 11ε all.
8-Oct CH11 alpha sect. (cont.). Oral quiz on first three principal parts (pres., fut., aor.), handout sect. 8 (pp. 5-6), these verbs:
  • ἀποθνῄσκω
  • εἰσάγω
  • λείπω
  • μανθάνω
  • πάσχω

Write 11ζ 1-5 (note added directions — identifications, etc.); 11η 1-5.
11-Oct Ch11 beta reading lines 1-20 (through γέγονεν). CH11 quiz-quote (that's the first three lines of passage from Herodotus 2.178).Write translations of both as per usual; write comment on the quote.
13-Oct Study pp. 219-221 (irreg. 2nd aorist stems, augment). Review handout ch11 for additional exploration of ch11 issues.
  • Note the table of irregular princ. parts at end of handout.
  • Oral quiz on all princ. parts given on handout section 7. ("Principal parts with "irregular" stems" — starts p. 5)
  • Write 11ι 1-3; 11μ 1-3, 11ν 1-4 (please do not guess, please try, rather, to look everything up — thanks!)
18-Oct Review for Wed ch11 quiz.
20-Oct Two things:
22-Oct CH12. Read CAREFULLY pp. 227-199 (sigmatic 1st aorist).

Oral quiz on first three princ parts λύω (λύω λύσω ἔλυσα) + all printed aor. forms of λύω (act. & mid.), ch12-alpha handout sect.4.

Write 12γ all.
25-Oct Oral quiz on ch12 handout sect. 9, obviously not that whole thing. JUST PRINCIPAL PARTS OF:
  • ἐλαύνω
  • καλέω
  • μάχομαι
  • πράττω

Write 12ε odds. 12ζ 7-10 (ID as per instructions); 12η 1-4.
27-Oct Write out translation of ch12 beta-reading, p. 237 lines 1-23. Do quiz-quote (that's lines 4-6 of the passage from Herodotus 2.178) as per usual.
29-Oct CH12 BETA SECTION. READ-STUDY text pp. 207-209 (asigmatic liquid-nasal 1st aor., irreg. sigmatic 1st aor., compound verb augment).

Oral quiz on asigmatic principal parts as found in list, ch12 handout sect. 9 ("Challenging principal parts [first 3] so far"):

  • αἴρω
  • ἀποκτείνω
  • ἐγείρω
  • καλῶ
  • μένω

Write 12κ odds (with IDs); 12μ 1-5; 12ν 1-3.
1-Nov Midterm review
3-Nov Midterm
8-Nov CH13 ALPHA SECTION
  • STUDY web handout
  • READ-STUDY pp. 247-250 (imperfect tense)
  • ORAL QUIZ on imperfect active and middle of λείπω (web handout p. 2, "Regular and Irregular Imperfect: Sample Verbs")
  • WRITE 13-gamma 1-4 (note the instructions — IDs and such!). 13-delta odds. 13-epsilon 1-4.
10-Nov CH13 Beta-reading: written translation of lines 1-21. Quiz-Quote. Both as per usual (ditto for all remaining beta-reading translations and quiz-quotes).
12-Nov CH13 BETA SECTION
  • STUDY web handout
  • READ-STUDY grammar issues pp. 258-262 (relatives, more 3rd and 3rd/1st decl. nouns & adjs.)
  • ORAL QUIZ on all forms of relative pronoun (web handout p. 3)
  • WRITE 13-eta 1-3, 7 (note directions!). 13-theta 1-3. 13-iota 1-2, 5
15-Nov Two things:
  • Finish 2-Nov assignment
  • Intro to CH14
17-Nov CH14 ALPHA SECTION
  • STUDY web handout
  • READ-STUDY pp. 270-273 (regular, irregular comparison of adjectives, adverbs)
  • ORAL QUIZ on regular and irregular comparison forms, web handout section 5. (a) — on regular adjectives (just the forms given on the handout)
  • WRITE 14-β 1, 2, 5, 7, 8. 14-γ 1-3
19-Nov WRITTEN QUIZ ON CH13, as per Syllabus
22-Nov Ch14 beta-reading, pp. 282-283, lines 1-20. Quiz-Quote.
29-Nov CH14 BETA SECTION (grammar).

Oral quiz on:

  • Demonstrative οὗτος, p. 284
  • But we'll be drilling all three demonstratives: οὗτος, ἐκεῖνος, ὅδε)
  • All interrogative/indefinite adverbs p. 286
  • I say, "where?" You say, ποῦ; (with accent). And so on. . . .

Read carefully pp. 284-286

  • Demonstratives οὗτος, ἐκεῖνος, ὅδε — note word-order issues! Interrogative and indefinite adverbs, note accent and word-order issues (interrogatives always accented, indefinites always enclitic, often unaccented).

Compare that with 14-beta material handout.

Write:

  • 14-δ odds
  • 14-ε 7-10 (look up everything!)
  • 14-ζ (follow directions!) 1-5
1-Dec WRITTEN QUIZ ON CH14, as per Syllabus
3-Dec CH15 ALPHA SECTION
  • STUDY web handout
  • ORAL QUIZ on
    • βαίνω princ. parts (βαίνω, βήσομαι, ἔβην)
    • All forms of bainō in the ATHEMATIC 2ND AORIST (ἔβην etc.) — see sect. 2.c. (p. 2) of the CH15-alpha handount
  • READ-STUDY text pp. 292-293 (athematic active 2nd aorists), p. 254 (more 3rd decl. contract nouns)
  • WRITE 15-β 1, 4, 5, 7. 15-γ 1-4.
6-Dec Ch 15 beta reading, pp. 301-302, lines 1-22 (ἐκφυγεῖν).
  • Be ready to ID any and all verb princ. parts. (Please also pay close attention to tense & participle versus finite moods.)
Quiz-Quote.
8-Dec CH15 BETA SECTION
  • ORAL QUIZ on
    • Principal parts ἐλευθερόω (p. 304)
    • ALL LISTED FORMS (active and middle) of eleutheroō ("to free," αν "omicron-contract" verb), CH15-beta handout sect. 1.c. (p. 2)
  • STUDY web handout
  • READ-STUDY text pp. 303-307 (contract verbs in omicron, 2nd-decl. contract nouns, more numbers, idioms in ὡς)
  • WRITE 15-ζ 1-5. 15-η 1-3
10-Dec Review
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