Greek 104: Second-Semester Greek

Greek 104: Second-Semester Greek

Spring 2016

Dr. Kevin Muse, Assoc. Prof. of Classics

MWF 10:00-10:50 a.m. (with hybrid online components); 4 cr.

Room: Merrill 315

Office: Curtin 813

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 11:15-12:15 or by appointment

Email:

I. Course Description

Greek 104 is the second semester of a three-semester sequence of elementary Ancient Greek. This semester will continue our study of the fundamental morphology, syntax, and vocabulary of the language. Greek 104 is a hybrid course. Most of our time together (three of the four credit-hours) will be spent face-to-face in the classroom. But for the “fourth hour” you will be watching videos that will reinforce essential concepts of the course and give you tips and instruction regarding homework.

Completion of Greek 104 counts toward fulfillment of language requirements at UWM.

II. Prerequisites

First-Semester Ancient Greek (i.e., Greek 103 or the equivalent)

III. Course Objectives and Methods

In addition to adding a substantial amount of vocabulary to your store of knowledge, by the end of this course you will have also greatly expanded your knowledge of Greek morphology and syntax, including such topics as:

The future tense (active and middle)
The first and second aorist (active and middle)
Third declension irregular nouns
Third declension adjectives
Relative pronouns and relative clauses
Demonstrative pronouns
Numbers

Through lectures, in-class exercises and drill, short instructional videos posted on D2L, and daily homework exercises, you will have ample opportunity to master all of the essential skills to begin exploring Greek texts.

IV. Required Texts

In Greek 104 we will continue to use volume 1 of the third edition of Athenaze and volume 1 of the third edition of the Athenaze Workbook:

Balme, Maurice and Gilbert Lawall. 2015. Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek. Book I.3rded. Revised by James Morwood.Oxford University Press.ISBN-13:978-0199363247

Lawall, Gilbert, James F. Johnson, and Luigi Miraglia. 2015.Athenaze: Workbook I. Edited by James Morwood. Oxford University Press.ISBN-13:978-0199363261

Note:Sometime after midterm we will switch to the revised volumes 2 of the textbook and workbook. These will be available from the campus online bookstore as a bundle for a discount price under this ISBN:9780190612863

V. Course Grade

Your final course grade will be calculated as follows:

Midterm Examination: 30%

Final Examination30%

Daily Homework: 40%(lowest four homework scores will be dropped)

VI. Workload Statement

On average students should expect to invest 48 hours of total work per credit hour in a college course. The estimated breakdown of time required to complete the work for Greek 104 is:

Course meetings (50 minutes, three days a week): 50 minutes X 42 meetings = 35 hours

Online assignments (videos, readings, etc.) = 50 minutes a week X 15 weeks = 12.5 hours

Midterm Examination = 50 minutes = .83 hours

Final Examination = 2 hours

Reading and Studying = 77.17 hours

Homework Assignments = 64.5 hours

Total time invested = 192 hours

Keep in mind that this is an estimate. Your course grade will be based on your performance on assignments, quizzes, and tests, not on how much time you invest in preparing. The bulk of time is devoted to reading, studying, and preparing homework. How you divide up your time will depend on what works best for you.

VII. Attendance and Make-up Policies

Attending class, participating, and taking carefulnotes will be essential to success in this course; much of what we will cover in course meetings will not be in your books or on the D2L site.

Homework not submitted by the beginning of class on the due date, regardless of the reason, will not be accepted. You will receive a grade of 0 in such instances. However, I will drop your four lowest homework grades when calculating your course grade. Thus, if you miss class for a week due to illness or some other emergency, but otherwise attend regularly and on time, your quiz average will not be affected by your absence, since your zeros on the missed homework will be dropped from the final calculation. If you anticipate being absent, I will accept your homework if it is turned in before the due date.

Late work:Assignments are due by the beginning of class on the due date listed in the syllabus. I will provide feedback on late work, but I can provide no credit for it. As noted above, I will drop your four lowest homework grades.

Make-up examinations are allowed only in documented cases of illness or emergency. If a make-up exam is necessary, it must be taken as soon as possible after the regularly scheduled exam, and it may differ from the original exam in content.

VIII. Other Course Rules

1) Attend every course meeting and participate in the discussion. Take careful notes in class and review them everyday.

2) Do all of the online work assigned, including watching videos or other supplementary assignments. The university has multiple computer labs, so a broken computer is no excuse for not doing work on time.

3) Check your email at least once a day. If I need to make adjustments to the schedule of assignments or communicate other information to you, you will usually receive notice well in advance, both by email and announcements in class. It is your responsibility to come to class and check your email regularly so that we are all on the same page.

4) Do all of the assigned reading before you come to class and bring it with you.

5) Etiquette: Please refrain from talking during the lecture unless you have a question or are called on. Please do not eat or chew gum during class. Please be on time. Please refrain from using personal electronic devices in class. If you need special accommodations that require the use of a computer, please discuss this with me after class.

IX Academic Misconduct

You are expected to uphold the standards of academic integrity in this course. Plagiarism and other forms of cheating will not be tolerated. For the UWM policy on academic misconduct see

X Links to Important UWM Policies

1. Students with disabilities.

2. Religious observances. Accommodations for absences due to religious observance should be noted.

3. Students called to active military duty. Accommodations for absences due to call-up of reserves to active military duty should be noted. Students: Employees: (Editorially Revised, 3/25/09)

4. Incompletes. A notation of "incomplete" may be given in lieu of a final grade to a student who has carried a subject successfully until the end of a semester but who, because of illness or other unusual and substantiated cause beyond the student's control, has been unable to take or complete the final examination or to complete some limited amount of term work.

5. Discriminatory conduct (such as sexual harassment). Discriminatory conduct will not be tolerated by the University. It poisons the work and learning environment of the University and threatens the careers, educational experience, and well-being of students, faculty, and staff.

6. Academic misconduct. Cheating on exams or plagiarism are violations of the academic honor code and carry severe sanctions, including failing a course or even suspension or dismissal from the University.

7. Complaint procedures. Students may direct complaints to the head of the academic unit or department in which the complaint occurs. If the complaint allegedly violates a specific university policy, it may be directed to the head of the department or academic unit in which the complaint occurred or to the appropriate university office responsible for enforcing the policy.

8. Grade appeal procedures. A student may appeal a grade on the grounds that it is based on a capricious or arbitrary decision of the course instructor. Such an appeal shall follow the established procedures adopted by the department, college, or school in which the course resides or in the case of graduate students, the Graduate School. These procedures are available in writing from the respective department chairperson or the Academic Dean of the College/School.

9. The final exam requirement, the final exam date requirement, etc.

Schedule

Important Notes:

1. The dates below refer to our MWF class meetings. Prepare all tasks listed for each class, including online assignments, textbook readings and exercises, etc. before class begins on that day.

2. This semester the videos are intended to help you complete your homework assignments. You must copy and complete each exercise. I will omit some of the items from the video and will grade only those omitted items that you complete on your homework. Note that you must turn in both the exercises we complete together on the video and those I omit from the video for you to attempt yourself.

2. Note that all written homework exercises are from the Athenaze textbook. We will use the workbook for drills in class, so please bring both of your books to every course meeting.

3. I will notify you well in advance if the schedule of assignments changes and will post the updated syllabus promptly to D2L.

Homework Rules:

Please write out all exercises by handon lined paper. Neatness is very important. Written assignments to be turned in to me should have the following format. I will deduct points if you do not follow these directions:

1)Put your name in the top right corner

2)Staple multiple pages (no paper clips or folded corners)

3)Write only in black pencil (recommended) or black or blue ink.

4)Each exercise should be copied from the book, single-spaced. Skip a line after each item and then write your answer. If your answer has more than one line, double-space it. Skip a line, then copy the next exercise, and so on.

5)Place your homework on the table at the front of the room when you arrive.

Week 1

Mon.Jan. 25

Topics to be discussed in class:

Review and warm-up using the first two paragraphs of 9β, p. 166

2. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in ντ

3. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems ending in a Vowel: ἡ πόλις and τὸἄστυ

4. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in Diphthongs or Vowels: ὁ βασιλεύς and the Irregular Nouns ἡ ναῦς and ὁ βοῦς

Wed. Jan. 27

Video to watch before class:Athenaze Ex. 9ε

Hand in:Athenaze Ex. 9ε 1-14

Topics to be discussed in class:

9β Reading

5. Uses of the Genitive Case

Fri. Jan. 29

Video to Watch Before Class: AthenazeEx. 9ζ

Hand in:AthenazeEx. 9ζ 1-11

Topics to be Discussed in Class:

9β Reading

6. Some Uses of the Article

Week 2

Mon. Feb. 1

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze 9η

Hand in:Athenaze 9η 1-13

Topics for this Class:

Preview of New Verb Forms

10α Reading

1. Verb Forms: Verbs with Sigmatic Futures

2. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic Contract Future of Verbs in -ίζω

3. Verb Forms: The Sigmatic Future of Contract Verbs

4. Verb Forms: Verbs with Deponent Futures

Wed. Feb. 3

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex 10β, 10γ, 10δ

Hand in:Athenaze Ex 10β (1-10), 10γ (1-10), 10δ (1-5 only)

Topics for this Class:

10α Reading

5. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic Contract Future of Verbs with Liquid and Nasal Stems

6. The Irregular Verb εἶμι

7. Future Participle to Express Purpose

Fri. Feb. 5

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 10θ, 10ι

Hand in:Athenaze Ex. 10θ 1-10; Ex. 10ι 1-5

Topics for this Class:

8. Impersonal Verbs

9. Review of Questions

Week 3

Mon. Feb. 8

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 10k, 10λ

Hand in:Athenaze Ex. 10k 1-5 entire, 10λ 1-8

Topics for this Class:

11α Reading

1. Verb Forms: Past Tense: The Aorist

2. Verb Forms: The Thematic 2nd Aorist

3. Aspect

Wed. Feb. 10

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 11β.1, 11γ.1-2

Hand in:Athenaze Ex. 11β.1, 11γ.1-2 (write out, no need to photocopy)

Topics for this Class:

11α Reading

4. Thematic 2nd Aorist Active and Middle Participles

5. Verb Forms: Common Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists

Fri. Feb. 12

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 11ζ

Hand in:Athenaze Ex. 11ζ 1-10

Topics for this Class:

11β Reading

6. Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists from Unrelated Stems

7. Accents on Thematic 2nd Aorist Active Imperatives

Week 4

Mon. Feb. 15

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 11ι

Hand in: Athenaze Ex. 11ι 1-10

Topics for this Class:

11β Reading

8. Augment

12α Reading

1. Verb Forms: Past Tense: The Sigmatic 1st Aorist

2. Sigmatic 1st Aorist Active and Middle Participles

Wed. Feb. 17

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 11μ, 12γ, 12ε

Hand in: Athenaze Ex. 11μ, 12γ, 12ε

Topics for this Class:

12α Reading

1. Verb Forms: Past Tense: The Sigmatic 1st Aorist (cont.)

2. Sigmatic 1st Aorist Active and Middle Participles (cont.)

Fri. Feb. 19

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 12ζ

Hand in:Athenaze Ex. Ex. 12ζ 1-10

Topics for this Class:

12β Reading

3. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic 1st Aorist of Verbs with Liquid and Nasal Stems

4. Irregular Sigmatic 1st Aorists

Week 5

Mon. Feb. 22

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 12ι, 12κ

Hand in: Athenaze Ex.12ι, 12κ

Topics for this Class:

12β Reading

5. Verb Forms: Augment of Compound Verbs

Wed. Feb. 24

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 12λ, 12μ

Hand in:Athenaze Ex. 12λ, 12μ

Topics for this Class:

13α Reading

1. Verb Forms: Imperfect or Past Progressive Tense

2. Aspect

Fri. Feb. 26

Video to Watch Before Class: AthenazeEx. 13α

Hand in:AthenazeEx. 13α

Topics for this Class:

13α Reading

1. Verb Forms: Imperfect or Past Progressive Tense (cont.)

2. Aspect (cont.)

Week 6

Mon. Feb. 29

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 13γ

Hand in:Athenaze Ex. 13γ

Topics for this Class:

13β Reading

3. Relative Clauses

Wed. Mar. 2

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 13η

Hand in:Athenaze Ex. 13η

Topics for this Class:

13β Reading

4. 3rd Declension Nouns and Adjectives with Stems in –εσ-

5. 1st/3rd Declension Adjectives with 3rd Declension Stems in –υ- and –ε-

Fri. Mar. 4

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 13θ, 13ι

Hand in:AthenazeEx. 13θ, 13ι

Topics for this Class:

14α Reading

1. Comparison of Adjectives

2. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives

3. Comparison of Adverbs

4. Uses of Comparatives and Superlatives

Week 7

Mon. Mar. 7

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 14β

Hand in:Athenaze Ex. 14β

Topics for this Class:

14α Reading (cont.)

Wed. Mar. 9

Video to Watch Before Class: Athenaze Ex. 14γ

Hand in:Athenaze Ex. 14γ

Topics for this Class:

Review for Midterm Examination

Fri. Mar. 11

Midterm Examination

March 13-20 Spring Break

Note: The schedule of topics and assignments following the break are TBA

Week 8

Mon. Mar. 21