First Form Greek Complete Set is an introduction to Ancient Greek by Memoria Press. Learning Ancient Greek has been on my list of things to do one day. I have been blessed by the opportunity of being able to review First Form Greek.
sFirst Form Greek is a course for grades 7 through 12. The recommended prerequisites are at least 2 years of Latin Grammar and completing The Greek Alphabet. Students may begin First Form Greek as early as 6th grade, if they have completed the prerequisites.
Included in the set:
- Teacher Manual
- Instructional DVD’s
- Lessons on CD
- Student Text
- Student Workbook
- Flash Cards
- Quizzes & Tests Book
- Teacher Key for the Workbook, Quizzes, & Tests.
The Teacher Manual is very user friendly. It has everything broken down and makes planning a breeze! Along with the daily tasks there are copies of the student text in the teacher manual. There are also check boxes for you to check off when things are completed. The set-up is open to both an independent study as well as in a classroom or co-op setting.
The instructional DVDs contain the video lessons. The lessons are short. The DVD goes in the same order as the text so it is easy to follow along, but like listening to a lecture in class, it won’t be word for word. I found it helpful watching the lesson every day and reading along in the text so I could hear pronunciations.
I like the way the student workbook is laid out. It is already broken down into daily work, four days of work for every lesson. Every lesson will have around 1-2 pages to completed every day.
Students are encouraged to write in their best handwriting and I agree! Writing sloppy can change the word that you are writing as some of the Greek letters are very similar.
For example:
- The lower case letters mu, nu, and upsilon are very close
- Lower case gamma has a small loop at the bottom while the upper case upsilon bottom is a straight line.
- lower cases epsilon and xi
- upper case epsilon and upper case sigma
For this reason I believe that having the student book with a spiral bind, like the Teacher Key, or perforated pages would be beneficial.
Like mentioned in the beginning, Memoria Press recommends working through The Greek Alphabet Book prior to taking First Form Greek. If not, they suggest spending more time in Lesson One learning the alphabet. I did not complete The Greek Alphabet before beginning First Form Greek and as suggested, I spent extra time in Lesson 1 learning the alphabet.
While it can be done, Lesson One does not work on learning how to write the letters and that is where I struggled the most. I took a look at the sample pages for The Greek Alphabet on Memoria Press’ website. From those samples I do highly recommend taking The Greek Alphabet prior to beginning First Form Greek.
After spending a lot of time on Lesson One the alphabet, I am working through Lesson Two now. I am spending as much time as I need on each lesson, and only moving along when I feel confident that I know the material. I recommend First Form Greek for high school students and adults who are interested in learning Ancient Greek. Even though the course is designed for middle school age as well I would recommend it on a case by case basis as it may be too much for some 7th and 8th graders.
First Form Greek can be purchased from Memoria Press for $125.00.
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