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Textbook Chapters

Introduction, Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Ch. 2, Ch. 3

Ch. 3, Ch. 4

Ch. 4, Ch. 5

Ch. 5, Ch. 6

Ch. 6, Ch. 7

Ch. 7

Ch. 7, Ch. 8

Ch. 8

Major Skills

Writing the Greek alphabet; pronouncing Greek letters; building confidence in reading

Building vocabulary; deducing meanings of compound verbs; making cultural comparisons

Reading comprehension; Analyzing syntax; Using cases correctly

Reading comprehension; Making cultural connections; Making linguistic comparisons

Reading comprehension; Making cultural comparisons; interpretive communication

Reading comprehension; Deducing meaning from context; Building derivative-based vocabulary

Reading comprehension; Making cultural connections through literature

Reading comprehension; Understanding the concept of declension

Reading comprehension; Identifying English cognate vocabulary

Reading comprehension; Expressing concepts of time

Themes

The Athenian Farmer

Slavery

Slavery, Athenian Citizens

Athenian Citizens, The Role of Women

The Role of Women, Greek Religion

Greek Religion, Myth

Myth, Heroism

Heroism

Heroism, Athenian History

Athenian History

Topics

3 rd person singular verbs; nominative and accusative of 2 nd declension nouns; grammatical agreement; accents

1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd person singular verbs; singular imperatives; accents; 2 nd declension masculine and neuter nouns

Articles; adjectives; case usage; 3 rd person plural verbs; plural imperatives; infinitives; plural nouns of the 2 nd declension;

Compound verbs; complete presentation of verb forms; 1 st declension nouns; 1 st and 2 nd declension adjectives;

Irregular adjectives μεγας and πολυς; formation of adverbs; forms and uses of the definite article; Contract verbs in –α-; verb accents; elision; neuter plural subjects with singular verbs

Personal pronouns; attributive and predicate positions; possessive adjectives; forms of πλεω; concept of voice; deponent verbs

Uses of the dative; prepositions; substantive use of adjectives; 3 rd declension consonant stem nouns; reflexive pronouns

3 rd declension adjectives; 3 rd declension interrogative and indefinite pronouns and adjectives

Present middle participles; uses of participles; 3 rd declension nouns with –ερ- stem; irregular noun γυνή; πας; cardinal numbers from one to ten; declension of cardinal numbers

Ordinal numbers from first to tenth; dative of time when; accusative of duration of time; genitive of time within which; use of cardinal and ordinal adjectives

 Coached Projects

Debate: Slavery in Ancient Greek Economy

Pamphlet on the “Life and Times of Greek Women”

Biography: A Hero’s Life

 Seminars

Horace Satires 2.6; Hesiod Works and Days

Seneca the Elder Letters 47, concerning the treatment of slaves

Petronius Satyricon

Laudatio Turiae

“Croesus Consults the Oracle” from Herodotus’ Histories 1.53-56

Hesiod Theogony

“Tale of Arion” from Herodotus’ Histories 1.24

“Death of Hector” from Homer’s Iliad, Book 22

“Aristocracy Challenged” from Homer’s Iliad 2.211-277

“Pericles’ Funeral Speech” from Thucydides Peloponnesian War, Book 2