The Teachers Notes to Reading Greek second edition First published in 1978 and now thoroughly revised, Reading Greek is a best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students of any age. It combines the best of modern and traditional language-learning techniques and is used in schools, summer schools and universities across the world. The Teachers Notes to Reading Greek are intended to help teachers at school, at university and in adult education to use the Course to their best advantage. They do not tell the teacher what to do but describe the practice of experienced users of the Course and offer suggestions for tactics to adopt, including advice on matters such as lesson planning, year-plans and potential examination papers. This volume of notes has been thoroughly updated to match the revised edition of the Course.
The Teachers Notes to Reading Greek second edition
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Contents Preface The publications of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers (JACT) Greek course Abbreviations The plan of the Teachers Notes page vii viii x xi Basic methodology and lesson planning 1 The Speaking Greek CD 6 Teachers Notes to Reading Greek 8 Notes on the illustrations in Reading Greek (Text) 137 Appendix of verbs, nouns and adjectives (by section) for Sections 1 7 144 Year-plans 152 Examination papers 155 v
Preface The original Teachers Notes to Reading Greek was compiled by James Neville, formerly Head of Classics at Tonbridge Girls School, Kent, with additional help from John Muir, then of the King s College London, Faculty of Education. James Neville had used Reading Greek (RG) from its earliest trial versions, and subsequently as Associate Lecturer for Open University Greek courses, in a wide variety of teaching conditions. The notes on the illustrations in the Text of RG (pp. 000 000) were contributed by Brian Sparkes, now Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Southampton, who was responsible for their selection; Professor Sparkes also wrote the notes on Attic vases and vase-painters (pp. 000 000). Professor Edward Phinney of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst described how RG might be used in the American high schools. One final act of thanks was made to Professor W. K. Lacey and his students at The University of Auckland, NZ, for the full index to the (first edition) Grammar volume of RG, which for technical reasons appeared in the Teachers Notes. This index, now revised and updated, appears in its proper place, the Grammar and Exercise volume of the second edition of RG. The notes have now been revised by James Neville and the Director of the JACT Greek Course series, Dr, to bring them in line with the second edition of Reading Greek, while the notes on the illustrations have been revised by Professor Sparkes. My heartfelt thanks to them both. Dr. Iveta Adams did miracles copy-editing a complicated text. All errors of (c)om(m)ission are to be laid at my door. Director, JACT Greek Project October 2011 vii
The publications of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers (JACT) Greek course The constitution, aims and working of the Project team which produced the JACT Greek Course are set out in the Text & Vocabulary volume of Reading Greek. Project publications to date are: Reading Greek (RG) (Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition 2007) an intensive introductory course in Ancient Greek for mature beginners, to be completed in about one year, which covers all the basics of classical Attic Greek, Herodotus and Homer. There are two units: RG (Text & Vocabulary TV) and RG (Grammar and Exercises GE). An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek (Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition 2008) contains notes on the text of RG, translates all of the Greek, answers the exercises in the GE volume, and contains other help and advice about how to get the best out of the course. Speaking Greek (Cambridge University Press, 2008) is a pronunciation CD to accompany the course. It features an introduction on Pronouncing Ancient Greek, a talk by Professor David Langslow, and readings of many sections of Reading Greek: those are mentioned in the relevant parts of these Teachers Notes. The World of Athens (WoA) (Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition 2008) is a cultural and historical introduction to fifth-century Athens for the mature beginner which serves as the background book to RG. It requires no knowledge of Ancient Greek, and it will also be found useful in its own right as a thorough, lively and up-to-date appraisal of the culture and achievements of fifth-century Athens. Reference is made to this volume throughout the Teachers Notes and it is an essential tool in the teachers hands. If each student cannot have a copy, several should be available for use in the library. A World of Heroes (WoH) (Cambridge University Press, 1979) and The Intellectual Revolution (IR) (Cambridge University Press, 1980) follow RG with selections from Homer, Herodotus and Sophocles (WoH), Thucydides, Euripides and Plato (IR). Both texts have vocabulary glossings on the facing page and are intended to help the intensive beginner to read widely in Ancient Greek. Greek Vocabulary (GV) (Cambridge University Press, 1981) contains the total learning vocabulary of RG, WoH and IR. This is a useful learning aid in its own right but also makes WoH and IR accessible to anyone whatever introductory course he or she has completed: any words not glossed on the facing pages of these texts will be found in GV. viii
The publications of the JACT Greek course ix Further JACT readers for post-beginners The Triumph of Odysseus: Homer s Odyssey Books 21 and 22 (Cambridge University Press, 1979) contains the complete texts of Odyssey xxi and xxii, with full facing-page vocabulary. New Testament Greek: A Reader (Cambridge University Press, 2001) contains a representative selection with vocabulary and grammatical help. A Greek Anthology (Cambridge University Press, 2002) contains selections from fourteen authors, both prose and verse, each with its own introduction and special vocabulary giving some linguistic help. There is a general vocabulary at the end.
Abbreviations GE GV IR RG Text TV WoA WoH Grammar and Exercises volume of Reading Greek Greek Vocabulary The Intellectual Revolution Reading Greek Text of Reading Greek Text and Vocabulary volume of Reading Greek The World of Athens A World of Heroes x
The plan of the Teachers Notes The introduction to the basic methodology and lesson planning appropriate to RG (pp. 1 5) is followed by a description of the accompanying Speaking Greek CD and the two accents of Ancient Greek (pp. 6 7). Then come the bulk of the teachers notes to the Text of RG (pp. 8 136); and the notes on the illustrations of the Text (pp. 137 143), and on Attic vases (shapes and vase-painters). The Notes end with an appendix of verbs, nouns and adjectives for Sections 1 7 (by section), to help teachers who wish to construct their own exercises, pp. 144 151); two year-plans, by semester (pp. 152 154); and a number of different-style examination papers (pp. 155 173). xi