Advice for teachers - Classical Greek - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Advice for teachers - Classical Greek

Translate into English passages of seen and unseen Classical Greek text written by the prescribed prose author.

Use lexical and grammatical resources to analyse the syntax of the set text.
Read the set text section by section.
Refer to exegetical resources to enhance understanding of the set text.
Demonstrate understanding of the set text by translating it into fluent English and by responding to questions on its content and context.
Apply acquired skills and knowledge to the comprehension of unseen Classical Greek text.
Analyse the syntax of unseen text written by the prescribed author.
Translate passages of unseen text into English.

Establish an agreed methodology (e.g. color-coding, initialing, bracketing, underlining).
Skim-read the target passage noting sense units indicated by punctuation and grammatical signposts.
Break each sentence into its component clauses and phrases.
Identify the function of words as indicated by their inflections.
Identify the type of each clause and phrase.
Establish the meaning of each component.
With lexical assistance, translate the passage into English.
Respond in writing to questions on the linguistic features of the passage.

Analyse the grammar of a seen passage of Classical Greek text written by the prescribed prose author.

Enter each verb into a table as it occurs in the set text.
Identify the verb form and indicate its grammatical function.
Use lexical assistance to establish the principal parts of the verb.
Record the principal parts in the table.
Create a version of the table in alphabetical order.
Participate in a verb quiz entailing form identification, composition and transformation.