Greek Prose Composition and Style

Eleanor Dickey, An Introduction to the Composition and Analysis of Greek Prose, CUP, 2016. ISBN 978-0-521-18425-0.

First Thursday homework: do Accentuation Exercises A, B, C, and D

• After that, we will proceed as follows: one lesson per week.
• There are several items for each lesson:
• grammar explained
  
• preliminary exercises
• vocabulary (if in doubt, look for the list of new words for each lesson in the appendix)
• exercises                   
  
• sentences to analyze
• note that there are some answers to some exercises in the back of the book
  
• Homework:
• Tuesday homework:
  
• memorize vocabulary for the week's chapter
  
• Do preliminary exercises: on paper
  
• Prepare sentences for analysis: i.e. translate them and do the assigned task
  
• Thursday homework
  
• Exercises: on paper
  
• mop up from Tuesday
• preview next lesson
• In class proposed procedure
  
• Tuesdays
  
• hand in exercises: Bailly quickly assesses completeness and hands back in class
  
• briefly quiz each other on vocab: done in pairs/threes
  
• work with each other on exercises: done in pairs/threes, then full class
  
• correct/create full answer key for exercises in the book on google doc
  
• work on sentences for analysis
  
• Thursdays
• hand in exercises: Bailly quickly assesses completeness and hands back in class
  
• briefly quiz each other on vocab: pairs/threes
  
• work with each other on exercises: pairs/threes then full class
  
• create full answer key for the book on google doc
• assess next lesson and how to proceed: put anything unusual about it on google doc
• Assessment:
• 30% End-of-term anonymous peer review evaluation of your contribution to class, which will include participation in discussion, creation of google doc, and impression of overall level of preparation.
• 20% completion of homework as described and checked in class above
• 50% midterm and final exams (25% each): to consist of exercises from Dickey.