GREEK help at LSU

Greek Help
at LSU

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The Introduction to Greek Exam
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.
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.
National Greek Exam 2009: The application form to have NGE's sent to your institution in 2009 (for more details, see the basic packet and the official web site below).
National Greek Exam: Information, applications, and more from the official site of the exam.
Sample Greek promotional flyer (Word document so you can modify it to your needs)
Sample Greek promotional brochures (Word document of a series of tri-fold brochures, which you can modify to your needs)

The Big Alphabet: each full-size page has a letter, along with its name and pronunciation.
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!
Greek Loan Words: A set of words in both upper and lower case Greek which come into English almost unchanged (courtesy of Tom Sienkewicz).
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).

The 50% list: 65 words which make up half of all Greek!
The 80% list (= Core Vocabulary for the two-year program): 1,100 words which make up 80% of all Greek. Find out more!
Principal parts of all verbs in the Core Vocabulary. Also available in separate files by type:

vowel stems: including contract verbs
labial stems: stems in b, m, p, and pt
dental stems: stems in d, z, th, and s
palatal stems: stems in g, k, kh, and and tt/ss
liquid stems: stems in l, m, n, and r
mixed stems: verbs which display radical stem change
-mi verbs: everybody's favoriate athematic Greek verbs!
Compound verbs: 60 verbs which compound to form 157 additional verbs from the Core Vocabulary
Verbs with contract futures: 35 verbs which have contract futures
Verbs with deponent futures: 33 verbs which have deponent futures
Deponent verbs: 28 deponent verbs from the Core Vocabulary
Verbs with a second (strong) aorist: 36 verbs with a second aorist from the Core Vocabulary

Verbs of saying: a chart of Greek verbs of saying in each tense
Verbs of coming and going: a chart Greek verbs of coming and going by tense
Verbs of seeing and knowing: a chart Greek verbs of seeing and knowing by tense
Personal Pronouns: an outline of personal pronouns and possessive adjectives
Prepositions and Prefixes: an outline of the forms of prepositions which also serve as prefixes to verbs
Proclitics: one page covers all ten proclitics
Enclitics: one page covers all the enclitics in Greek
General Conditions: a handy succinct overview of conditions in Greek

Skills set: the assessment matrix for the two-year program
Greek 1001 vocabulary: the Core Vocabulary by chapter and for the entire first semseter (248 words)
Greek 2051 vocabulary: the Core Vocabulary by chapter and for the entire second semseter (170 words)
Vocabulary for First Year Greek (1001 and 2051 combined): 418 words
Index for Cynthia Shelmerdine L.A. Wilding's Greek for Beginners. Newburyport: Focus, 2001.
Supplemental Readings: the exciting supplementary passages we read in first year Greek!