Greek Help
at LSU
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- The College Greek Exam
- Announcement flyer for the 4th Annual College Greek Exam (2012)
- Syllabus for the 2012 College Greek Exam
- Reports
- Albert Watanabe and Wilfred E. Major, "The College Greek Exam," Classical Outlook
87 (2009) 28-38, outlines the development of the exam, including the
full text of the pilot (2008) exam and the first annual (2009)
exam.
- Albert Watanabe, "The 2010 College Greek Exam," Teaching Classical Languages 2 (Fall 2010) 53-68
reports on the second annual (2010) exam, including the full text of
the exam itself. The syllabus for the third annual (2011) exam is also
appended.
- Albert Watanabe, "The 2011 College Greek Exam," Teaching Classical Languages 3 (forthcoming, Fall 2011) will report on the third annual (2011) exam, including the full text of the exam itself.
- The National Greek Exam
- National Greek Exam: The "Introduction to Greek" Exam
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Below are the components of the packet of materials distributed at the
"From Zero to the National Greek Exam" workshop at the 64th Annual Institute of the American Classical
League in Minneapolis, MN, June 25, 2011. This workshop neither expects or
requires any knowledge (or recollection) of Greek. The materials
are to help teachers who want to introduce Greek to their program or school.
It is arranged around the syllabus for the "Introduction to Greek" level
of the National Greek Exam, a syllabus designed specifically for teachers
and students starting Greek but who do not have a full class to commit
to the language.
- From Zero to the National Greek Exam 2011: the 45 page packet of the syllabus, grammar, exericises, vocabulary, etc.
- Below
are the components of the packet of materials distributed at the
Pre-Institute Workshop at the 61st Annual Institute of the American
Classical
League in Durham, NH, June 26-27, 2008. This workshop neither expects
or
requires any knowledge (or recollection) of Greek. The materials
are to help teachers who want to introduce Greek to their program or
school.
It is arranged around the syllabus for the "Introduction to Greek"
level
of the National Greek Exam, a syllabus designed specifically for
teachers
and students starting Greek but who do not have a full class to commit
to the language. Some of the information about the National Greek Exam
and the print/electronic sources are updated in the 2011 packet above,
but the basic material is the same.
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From
Zero to Greek: An Introduction to the Language for Everyone: the basic
packet
- From
Zero to Greek: Writing the Alphabet and Exercises: Power Point slides
showing how to write, say, and transliterate the alphabet, along with exercises
and answer key.
- Promotional Materials for the Greek Classroom
- Sample
Greek promotional flyer (Word document so you can modify it to your
needs)
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Sample
Greek promotional brochures (Word document of a series of tri-fold
brochures, which you can modify to your needs)
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The Greek Alphabet Decorate your room while you learn the Greek
alphabet!
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The
Big Alphabet: each full-size page has a letter, along with its name
and pronunciation.
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The
not-as-big Alphabet: each full-size page has both the upper case and
lower case letter, along with its name and pronunciation.
- The Greek Alphabet Code Cracker
by Christopher Perrin: A short, entertaining introduction to and
workbook on the Greek alphabet. Suitable for all ages, elementary
school and up!
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Greek
Loan Words: A set of words in both upper and lower case Greek which
come into English almost unchanged (courtesy of Tom Sienkewicz).
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Biblical
Greek Loans words: A set of words in both upper and lower case Greek
which come into English almost unchanged (courtesy of Tom Sienkewicz).
- A list of current books for beginning Greek.
- A list of current books for Intermediate Greek.
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Vocabulary
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The
50% list: 65 words which make up half of all Greek!
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The
80% list (= Core
Vocabulary for the two-year program): 1,100 words which make up 80%
of all Greek. Find out more!
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Principal
parts of all verbs in the Core Vocabulary. Also available in
separate files by type:
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vowel
stems: including contract verbs
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labial
stems: stems in b, m, p, and pt
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dental
stems: stems in d, z, th, and s
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palatal
stems: stems in g, k, kh, and and tt/ss
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liquid
stems: stems in l, m, n, and r
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mixed
stems: verbs which display radical stem change
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-mi
verbs: everybody's favoriate athematic Greek verbs!
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Compound
verbs: 60 verbs which compound to form 157 additional verbs from the
Core Vocabulary
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Verbs
with contract futures: 35 verbs which have contract futures
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Verbs
with deponent futures: 33 verbs which have deponent futures
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Deponent
verbs: 28 deponent verbs from the Core Vocabulary
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Verbs
with a second (strong) aorist: 36 verbs with a second aorist from the
Core Vocabulary
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Nouns
in the Core Vocabulary by declension and stem type
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Adjectives
in the Core Vocabulary by declension and stem type
- NEW! Online flashcards of Greek Vocabulary!
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Greek Grammar Pages
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Greek at LSU
- LSU uses C.W. Shelmerdine. Introduction to Greek. 2nd ed. Newburyport, MA: Focus, 2008. ISBN 978-1585101849.
- Greek
1001 vocabulary: the Core Vocabulary by chapter and for the entire
first semseter (223 words in Chapters 1-17)
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Greek
2051 vocabulary: the Core Vocabulary by chapter and for the entire
second semseter (141 words in Chapters 18-34)
- Supplemental Readings: the exciting supplementary passages we read in first
year Greek!
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Grek 1001 Classical:
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Grek 1001 Biblical: Chapter
1, Chapter
2, Chapter
3, Chapter
4, Chapter
5, Chapter
6, Chapter
7, Chapter
8, Chapter
9, Chapter
10, Chapter
11, Chapter
12, Chapter
13, Chapter
14, Chapter
15, Chapter
16, Chapter
17
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Grek 2051 Classical:
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Grek 2051 Biblical: Chapter
18, Chapter
19,
Chapter
20, Chapter
21, Chapter
22, Chapter
23, Chapter
24, Chapter
25, Chapter
26, Chapter
27, Chapter
28, Chapter
29, Chapter
30, Chapter
31, Chapter
32, Chapter
33, Chapter
34.
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Power Points for Shelmerdiine:
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Alphabet Writing, Alphabet Sounds, Chapter
1, Chapter
2, Chapter
3, Chapter
4, Chapter
5, Chapter
6, Chapter
7, Chapter
8, Chapter
9, Chapter
10, Chapter
11, Chapter
12, Chapter
13, Chapter
14, Chapter
15, Chapter
16, Chapter
17, Chapter
18, Chapter
19,
Chapter
20, Chapter
21, Chapter
22, Chapter
23, Chapter
24, Chapter
25, Chapter
26, Chapter
27, Chapter
28, Chapter
29, Chapter
30, Chapter
31, Chapter
32, Chapter
33, Chapter
34, Chapters 31-33 (Perfect System), Chapters 31-33 (leftovers).