Ninth graders learn the Greek past tense, the aorist (αόριστος) — for completed actions: έγραψα (I wrote), πήγα (I went), έφαγα (I ate), είδα (I saw). Now they can narrate the past.
Students will be able to…
What did you do yesterday? How do you talk about the past in Greek?
Project each item and have students answer about the Greek past tense.
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What did you do yesterday, and how do you say it in Greek?
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Low).
Presentational: narrate past events.
Interpretive: understand past forms.
Compare tense systems.
Interpersonal: talk about the past.
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Have students write one thing they did yesterday in Greek (“χθες ___”). A printable Greek past-tense sheet is in the World Languages library.
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