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The Youth of Aristotle by
Charles Degeorget c.1875 (WorldArtKiosk) |
Week
1
Tues., Wednes., Fri.
11.10 am - 12 noon G.02 William Robertson
Week 2-3
Mon., Tues., Wednes., Thurs.
11.10 am - 12 noon G.02 William Robertson
Weeks 4-5 and 7-11
Mon., Tues., Wednes.
11.10 am - 12 noon G.02 William Robertson
Thursday
11.10 am - 12 noon Tutorial Groups
Week 6
Week 6 is a review period because firm
foundations are needed to progress beyond
this point.
Class will not meet on Mon., Tues., Wed.
Tutorial groups will meet as usual in Week
6. |
Listed in tables below
are the Units (in TYAG) and topics to be covered
in each class session. Note
the links to additional helpful materials.
More class handouts
and links will be added to the tables as the
term progresses. Text
in pink indicates material still to be
uploaded.
Do read the
Study Notes at the bottom of this page.
Week 1 ( 19 Sept. - 22 Sept.)
Week
One Vocabulary List
| Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
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Unit One
Introduction to course
Alphabet and accents
Pronunciation
Homework
• Read TYAG Unit 1
• Practise pronunciation
with Guide
and practice
and see help
with browser
settings
• Do Exercise on p.6
• Pronounce vocab.p.17
• Practice writing letters
with help of letter
diagram
and writing
demo
• For interest see Regional
letter forms and Map
of Greek dialects
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Unit Two
Verb Person, Number, Tense,
Mood, Voice
Present Tense& Infinitive
Future Tense & Infinitive
Verb accents
Homework
• Read TYAG pp.12-13
• Memorise the Present &
Future paradigm for λύω
• If English grammar is
causing problems try
Parts
of Speech
Intro.
&
Exercises and
TYAG's
glossary
of
terms.
• Begin learning verb vocab.
on pp.17-18
• Mark and translate all the
finite verbs in the Reading
pp.15-16
• Complete verb
exercise &
bring to class on Thurs.
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Unit Two
Noun Number and Gender
Case Usage
1st Decl. Fem. τιμή
Noun accents
Definite Article and usage
1st decl. fem. χώρα & θάλαττα
Word Order
Prepositional Phrases, Elision
Homework
• Read TYAG pp.9-11 & 14
• Memorise the 1st Decl.
feminine paradigms & the Definite
Article. Recite aloud.
• Begin learning 1st decl. nouns
on pp.17-18
• Mark all the 1st declension nouns
in the Reading pp.15-16, identify
the case and specific function.
• Complete verb/noun
exercise and
bring to class on Mon.
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NB From here onwards it
will be assumed that 1) you organise your own
schedule and method for
keeping up to date with memorising forms (especially)
and
vocabulary; 2) you repeatedly
review with the help of the text-book
exercises, especially
the ones we do not go over in class.
Week 2 ( 25 Sept. - 28 Sept.)
Week
2 Vocabulary List
| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Unit Three
2nd Decl. Nouns
Masc. & Neut. Def. Art.
1st/ 2nd Decl. Adj.s
Attributive/ Predicative
Adverbs
Homework
• Do noun/adj
exercise
• Mark all the adj.s in
the Reading, the noun they qualify and
case.
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Unit Three
1st Decl. Masc. Nouns
πολύς and μέγας
Present of "I am"
1st
& 2nd Decl. Nouns
1st
& 2nd Decl. Adj.s
Homework
• Read TYAG Unit 3
• Translatethe Aesop
Fable on pp.24-25 |
Unit Four
Imperfect Tense
Weak Aorist and Infin.
Augments
Homework
• Read TYAG pp. 28-30
• Parse all finite verbs
in the Fall of Croesus
pp.34-5 |
Unit Four
Personal Pronouns
Particles
More uses of Def. Art.
Homework
• Read TYAG pp.31-34
and 42-3
• Translate the Fall of
Croesus pp.34-5 |
Week 3 ( 2 Oct. - 5 Oct.)
| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Unit Five
3rd Declension Nouns
Homework
• Read TYAG 38-40
• Mark the 3rd decl.
nouns in the Reading,
identify case & why.
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Unit Five
Contracted Verbs
Contracted Futures
Homework
• Read TYAG 40-42
• Translate Reading 21
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Unit Six
Weak aorist consonants
Homework
• Read TYAG Unit 6
• Mark, parse & translate
all the finite verb forms
in the Reading p 54-5
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Unit Seven
Strong aorist
Principal Parts
Principal
Parts handout
Homework
• Read TYAG 58-60
• Id. Parse & translate all
the aorist forms in the
Reading pp.64-5
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Week 4 (9 Oct. - 12 Oct.)
Weeks
3 and 4 Vocabulary List
| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Unit Seven
Strong Aorist continued
Homework
• Translate Reading 12 &13 |
3rd Declension Adjectives
Mixed Declension Adjectives
Present Participle Active
3rd/
Mixed Decl. Adj. Exercise
Homework
• Read TYAG 96-7
• OCGC paradigms 36-41
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Present Middle Voice
Present Passive Voice
Deponent Verbs
Middle/Passive
Handout
Homework
• Read TYAG 69-71
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Week 5 (16 Oct. - 19 Oct.)
Week
5 Vocabulary List
| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Overview of Nouns & Adjs
1st
& 2nd Decl. Handout
3rd
Decl. Handout
Imperfect, Future, Aorist
Middle and Passive
Agent and instrument
Participle Formation
Vowel
Stem Verb Handout
Homework
• Read TYAG Unit 6 as review
• Middle/ Passive
Ex. |
Unit Eleven
Root, Mute and Liquid Aorists
Compound Verbs
Unit Twelve
Participle Usage
Participle Handout
Homework
• Read TYAG 102-106 &111-116
• Participle
Exercise
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Unit Twelve
Participle Usage Contd.
Genitive Absolute
Accusative Absolute
More Noun/Adj forms
Time and Space phrases
Homework
•Read TYAG 62-4 and 213-4
•Read TYAG 106-7 about crasis
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Week 6 (23 Oct. - 26 Oct.)
Week
6 Vocabulary List
Week 7 (30 Oct. - 2 Nov.)
Week
7 Vocabulary List
| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Clause Overview
Indirect Statement
Indirect Command
Homework
• Read TYAG 60-1, 72-4
• Indirect
Speech Exercise
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Unit Nine
Demonstrative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
3rd person Pronouns
Reflexive & Possessive Pronouns
Pronoun Handout
Homework
• Read TYAG Unit 9
• Relative
Clause & pronoun Ex.
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Unit Ten
Direct and Indirect Questions
Question Handout
/ Ex.
Result Clauses
Homework
• Read TYAG 154-5
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Week 8 (6 Nov. - 9 Nov.)
Week
8 Vocabulary List
| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Unit Fourteen
Subjunctive Forms
Optative Forms
Subj. & Opt Forms
Handout
Independent Subj.
& Opt. handout
Homework
• Read TYAG 121-128
• Read TYAG 133-136
• Indep. Subj./Opt
Exercise
• Mark independent Subj/Opt in
Reading pp. 141-2 |
Unit Fourteen
Subj. & Opt. in Subordinate
Clauses
Subordinate Subj./Opt.
handout
Homework
• Read TYAG 136-140
• Subord. Subj./Opt.
Exercise
• Find e.g. of each type in
Reading pp.141-2 |
Unit Fourteen
Subj. & Opt. in Subordinate
Clauses contd.
Homework
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Week 9 (13 Nov. - 16 Nov.)
Week
9 Vocabulary List
| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Final and Indefinite Clauses
Pronouns
Pronominal Adjectives
Homework
• Read TYAG pp.125-8
• Read TYAG Unit 14
• Prepare Plato passage TYAG p.100-101
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Result/ Consecutive Clauses
Final and Indefinite Clause Practice
Plato Passage TYAG p.100-101
Homework
• Read TYAG Unit 9
• Fully prepare Extra Reading
pp. 100-101 |
Passage 18 in TYAG p.141
Root Aorists
Introducing the Perfect System
Homework
• Read TYAG 144-5
• Passage 14 TYAG p.150
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Week 10 (20 Nov. - 23 Nov.)
Week
10 Vocabulary List
| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Unit Seventeen/ Eighteen
Imperatives
Conditional Clauses Handout
Homework
• Read TYAG 182-184
• Conditional
clause exercise
• Fully prepare extra reading
pp.175-177 |
Unit Eighteen
-μι verbs
δίδωμι τίθημι
Handout
Homework
• Read TYAG 178-180
• Id. and parse forms of -μι verbs
in the Reading pp.185-6
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Unit Eighteen
-μι verbs contd.
Homework
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Week 11 (27 Nov. - 30 Nov.)
Week
11 Vocabulary List
| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Review
Fully prepare extra reading pp.187-8 |
Review
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Review
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Review Vocabulary
1st
Declension Nouns
2nd
Declension Nouns
3rd
Declension Nouns
1st
and 2nd Declension Adjectives
3rd
and Mixed Declension Adjectives
Study Notes
•It is absolutely vital that you spend
time memorizing forms and vocabulary every day
and that you attend every class. Language learning
is cumulative, each class building on the previous
ones, and you will quickly lose the thread if
you miss class and/or do not keep on top of
the material. This is especially important in
an intensive course.
•There is no avoiding a huge amount of
memorizing in the early stages and so it is
worth taking the time and effort to experiment
with different methods in order to find the
one(s) that work(s) best for you. See, for example,
online
guides to mnemonic systems.
•Experiment with ways of organizing information.
For example, grammar books usually arrange noun/
verb endings vertically in columns. Some people
find this arrangement the easiest to remember
but others find it easier to remember information
arranged horizontally.
•Since Greek uses its own alphabet, any
memorizing techniques that you have used before
may have to be modified somewhat.
•Unlike when learning a modern language,
you will not automatically have a strong oral/aural
component to reinforce memory. You will find
that it helps significantly if you develop the
habit of speaking ancient Greek aloud as much
as possible when you are completing coursework
or memorizing.
•'Little and often' is by far the best
way to learn vocabulary: 5-10 minutes at a time,
several times a day.
•Review by re-reading earlier exercises;
it will help you consolidate grammar and vocabulary,
and it will bolster your confidence.
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