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Prayer

Prayer
My biggest concern
for the future is...
If I were an animal
I'd be a...
The best letter of the
alphabet is ...
The most important
lesson of my life so
far...
Intelligence is not
enough if…
The song that
Influence me now is
…..
My favorite day of the
year is ...
If I can travel
I will go to…
If I can change
nationality, I want
to be a…
The most difficult
subject for me is …
The most challenging
Subject for me is …
My favorite teacher
Last year is …
If I will receive a gift
today I want a…
I plan to ….
Lesson 1
The Greco-Roman
Legacy
Introduction
FIRST QUARTER TOPICS

I. Getting Information and Making


Generalizations
A. Noting Important Information
B. Using Discourse Markers
C. Making Generalizations
I. Textual Aids

II. The Key Elements of Greek Mythology


A. The Greco-Roman Legacy Introduction
B. Introduction to Greek Mythology
C. Common Elements and Themes in Greek
Mythology
● The Legend of the Trojan War (A Summary)
from “The Iliad” by Homer
D. Cupid and Psyche by Lucious Apuleius

III. The Writer’s Purpose


I. Evaluating Information Sources
A. Print vs Web

II. Analytical Listening in Problem Solving

III. Making Judgments about a Range of Texts


● God Sees the Truth but Wait by Leo Tolstoy

IV. Evaluating Spoken Texts

V. Grammar Review
A. Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns
B. Features of Modal Verbs
Attendance
Hey!
How
are you
today?
1. Describe Greek literature
2. Identify Greek literature
period.
What do you know about Greece?

What is a word that


you can think of
when you hear the
word Greece.
What do you know about Greece?
1. What is Greek
Literature?
2. What are the
periods in
ancient Greek
that affected
Greek Literature?
The name Greece comes from the latin Graecia which in turn comes
from the Greek word Graikoi, the original name of the people living in
Dodona. However, the word is used to address people living in Greece.

The original Greek name was, and still is Hellas., the land of the
Helens.

Influences from their art and culture have made a great impact on the
European and American culture.
Greek Literature

It refers to writings composed in areas of


Greek influence, throughout the whole
period in which the Greek-speaking have
existed.
Let us learn about Greece
Ancient Greek literature (before AD 350)

refers to literature written in ancient Greek


surviving Greek literature was written in
Phoenician-derived alphabet that arose primarily
in Greek Ionia and was fully adopted by Athens in
5th century
Mycenaean Period

Learned various skills like gate


building
Mycenaean Period

Mask Making
Mycenaean Period

Trojan War Heroes


Dark Age
Dark Age

No written Records
Forget to write- use
word of mouth
Dark Age

Geometric Designs in
Pottery
Dark Age

emergence of Greek
Alphabet
Prayer
My family is…
My unforgettable
memory is …
I admire…
Right now I feel…
I have been
struggling with…
I am proud of
myself because…
I hope to someday…
I am afraid of…
I love it when…
I hate it when…
Archaic Age 800-500 B.C.
Archaic Age 800-500 B.C.

Homer wrote down the


epic poems The Iliad and
The Odyssey
Archaic Age 800-500 B.C.

Influenced by Egyptians in
experimenting musical poetry and
statues
Archaic Age 800-500 B.C.

Had the first Olympics,


traditionally, 776 B.C
Archaic Age 800-500 B.C. Aristocracy

Monarchy Started with monarchy


and shifted to aristocracy
Classical Age 500-323 B.C.
Classical Age 500-323 B.C.

Started with monarchy


and shifted to aristocracy
Classical Age 500-323 B.C.

Drama and Philosophy


Flourished
Classical Age 500-323 B.C.

Ends with the death of


Alexander the Great
Classical Age 500-323 B.C.

It is the flowering of Greek tragedy in the hands of Aeschylus,


Sophocles, and Euripides and the architectural marvels, like
the Parthenon, at Athens.
Classical Age 500-323 B.C.

Genres of western literature


flourished

2 major lyrical poets: Sappho and


Pindar Plato and Aristotle

3 authors known for drama:Aeschylus,


Sophocles and Euripides

philosophy: Socrates. Plato and Aristotle


Hellenistic

Rising of Greek Poetry chief


poets: Theocritus,
Callimachus, Apollonius of
Rhodes translation of the Old
Testament into Greek scholars
did the work
What have you learned about
Greek? Make picture collage of
Ancient greek and write a brief
explanation of your work.
Submission in our Orange LMS
Prayer

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