Kirk Ormand	GREK 102: Elementary Ancient Greek II (with Plato’s Apology)
King 105c; x8394
Office Hours:	Spring, 2003

Purpose: In this course you will continue the arduous and rewarding process of learning ancient Greek. This semester you will learn the remaining tenses of the verbs, and expand your knowledge of verbal moods significantly. We will also solidify our knowledge of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns. But the greatest work of this semester will focus on learning the permutations of basic Greek syntax, such that by the second half of the semester we will be able to read Plato’s Apology in the original Greek. Our study of grammar will be ongoing when we shift to the Apology; we will continue to use Athenaze as a source for grammatical knowledge, but we will abandon Dikaiopolis, Myrrhine, and their charming family at that point.

Schedule: This course is 4 credits, and meets 4 days a week. You are expected to come to class having studied the grammar, learned the vocabulary words, and read the Greek text in the chapter indicated for that day. Failure to attend class, or failure to prepare for class will affect your grade. You will also have a brief written assignment each day. These will not be graded, but I will keep record of whether or not you turn them in, and this also factors into your grade. Late homework will not be accepted unless you have a darned good reason.

There will be a quiz every week on that week’s material, and on the principal parts of select Greek verbs. Quizzes will be taken during class time, and you may not take a quiz at another time without a darned good reason, discussed with me before class. Quizzes will be short, and we will use the other half of class that day to cover new material. Our time is brief, and I will be ruthless and efficient about getting as much out of it as humanly possible.

Once we begin reading Plato’s Apology, the same principles apply: you are expected to come to class prepared to translate that day’s lesson.

A word of caution: learning Greek is a cumulative experience. If you get a day behind, it will make it difficult for you to keep up with the next day’s class. If you get two days behind, you should consider yourself to be in grave danger. The key to success in this course is to keep up, day in and day out. You will learn the material better, and more easily, if you set aside some time every day to study Greek.

Grading: Your final grade will be determined as follows:

Quizzes: 60%

Midterm: 15%

Final: 20%

Completion of Homework: 5%

New Feature: If you have a grade of A- or better going in to the final, you need not take the final. If your grade is a B+ or lower, you must take the final.

Attendance: For the duration of this semester and for the purposes of this class, we are a community of scholars. Please plan to attend every class session. If you miss class, it is your responsibility (not mine) to find out what you missed.

Academic Honesty: You are encouraged to form study groups and work together on the homework assignments. Remember, however, that on quizzes and tests you are on your own.

In the unlikely event that a student is found to have engaged in academic dishonesty (cheating, helping other students to cheat, plagiarism) he/she will automatically fail this course. I will also report the transgression to the Honor Board. If any student is unclear as to what may be considered plagiarism, cheating, etc., she/he should speak to me about it.

How to Use the Textbook (Athenaze)

Each chapter of Athenaze is divided into to sections, a and b. Before each reading is a list of new vocabulary words, and after each reading is a discussion of new grammar and exercises. Here is how I recommend preparing for class:

1) Read over the new vocabulary words for the new reading. Make a flash card for each new word.

2a) Lock yourself in a small room and read the new paragraphs aloud. Do not try to translate, just listen to the sound of the words. You must not skip this step!

2b) Did you skip step 2a? Are you sure?

2c) Try to read through the paragraphs. Don’t worry too much about grammatical constructions that you haven’t seen before – just see if you can read it and get the general sense. (No more than 15 minutes on this step. If you take longer, you’re worrying too much. )

3a) Turn to the explanation of new grammar. Read through it carefully. If there are new forms to learn, memorize them.

3b) Make sure you’ve memorized them by taking out a blank sheet of paper and writing them out from memory. No, really.

4) Now go back and translate the assigned paragraphs, paying special attention to the new grammatical constructions or forms. I prefer that you not write your translation out. We will go over the passage in class, and it is best if you have to re-read it then.

5) Spend 15 minutes with your flash cards memorizing new vocabulary.

6) Write out the Exercise that is listed for that day.

This process is labor-intensive, but is virtually guaranteed to work. In general, if you sit and focus while doing it – no IRC or instant messaging – each day’s assignment should take about 2 hours. If it is taking longer than that, please let me know.

Date	Assignment
Feb. 3	Review
4	Read: 17a Do: 17 a #1-5, 17b #6-10
6	Read: 17b 1-32 Do: 17f#2
7	Read: 17b 32-end Quiz #1 (Principal Parts from ch. 17)
10	Read: 18a Do: Write out t€yhmi and d€dvmi
11	Read: 18b 1-26 Do: 18g #2
13	Read: 18b 26-end Do: Review t€yhmi and d€dvmi
14	Read: 19a Quiz #2 (PP from ch.18)
17	Read: 19b Do: 19d #2
18	Read: 20 g Do: Write out ·shmi
20	Read: 20 d Do: 20a (all)
21	Quiz #3 (PP from 19 and 20) Any extra time will be used to catch up
24	Read: 21a Do: 21c #1,2
25	Read: 21b 1-26 Do: Write out ·hmi
27	Read: 21b 26-end Do: 21d
28	Quiz #4 (PP from 21 and extensive test of ·hmi)
March 3	Read: 22a Do: 22c #2
4	Read: 22b Do: 22d #1-6
6	Read: 23a Do 23b #1
7	Read: 23b Do: 23c #1, 2
10	Review and catch up
11	Quiz #5 (Indirect questions and statements, PP from 22 and 23)
13	Begin Apology : Read 17a1-18a6 in English Athenaze pp. 147-50 (perfect middle), 209 (crasis) Apology 18a7-c3 in Greek
14	Athenaze pp.162-5 (perfect active) Apology 18c4-e4
17	Athenaze 116-118, 187-188 (optative) Apology 18e5-19c1
18	Athenaze 124 (more optative) Apology 19c2-d7
20	Athenaze 110-111 (comparison of adjectives) Apology 19d8-20a6 (Dual)
21	Apology 20a6-d4 Quiz on the optative, perfect, and Apology so far
March 24-28 Spring Break
31		No assignment over break ; review day
April 1		Apology 20d4-21a8 -
3		Athenaze pp.200-202 (indirect discourse) Apology 21b1-e2
4		Athenaze pp. 214-217 (verbal adjectives) Apology 21e3-22c8 Quiz : PP 23-24, indirect discourse
7		Athenaze 102-104 (Aorist passive) Apology 22c9-23c1
8		Athenaze 171 …w Apology 23c2-24b2
10		Athenaze 223 (3^rd person imperative) Apology 24b3-d11
11		Quiz: Aorist Passive, Apology thus far, PP from 25-27
14		Apology 24e1-25c4
15		Athenaze 181 o‰da Apology 25c5-26a7
17		Athenaze 192-4 (conditions) Apology 26a8-27a7
18		27a8-28a1 Quiz: conditions, PP from 28-29
21		Apology 28a2-d5
22		Athenaze 130-131 (correlatives) Apology 28d6-29b9
24		Athenaze 136-40 (cases) Apology 29b9-30c1
25		Apology 30c2-31c3 Quiz: o‰da, correlatives, Apology thus far
28		Athenaze 156-157 (infinitive) Apology 35e1-36b2 (plus 31c4-35d8 in Eng.)
29		Apology 36b3-37a1
May 1		Athenaze 220-221 (negatives) Apology 37a2-e2
2		Apology 37e3-38b9 PP Quiz, ch. 30-31
5		Apology 38c1-39b8
6		Apology 39c1-40c3
8		Apology 40c4-41c7
9		Apology 41c8-42a5
May 10		Review
Wednesday, May 14		7:00 pm Final Examination