Basic Curriculum for Grade 5-6

Textbooks

• Mathaino Ellinika 5 (A + B) – Text Book and Exercise Book by Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus
• Margarita 5 by university of Crete
• Emeis kai oi alloi Epipedo 2, by University of Crete

*Parents should provide opportunities for children to use Greek at home.

Listening / Speaking

• Carry on conversation with teacher and other students in Greek on a variety of topics.
• Oral presentation in Greek – topics to be determined by teacher
• Individual and/or group projects, formal and informal
• Supplementary: songs, poems, word games
• View videos relating to mythology

Reading

• Selected lessons from texts selected above.
• Word study: vocabulary lists, frequent review
• Dictionary use to find word meanings

Writing

• Improve handwriting skills: Copy passages from text
• Keep a journal: 4-6 sentence diary entries to be written both at home and at school

*emphasis will be on expression, not on correct spelling or grammar

• Creative writing: Write one paragraph consisting of 4-6 sentences
• Dictation: 2 – 3 sentences from story
• Stress correct spelling of noun and verb endings, adjective-noun agreement
• Use of linking words

Grammar

• All parts of speech
• Nouns: Concrete, abstract, ισοσύλλαβα/ανισοσύλλαβα
• All declensions, singular/plural
• Adjectives: comparative degree, agreement with nouns, singular and plural
• Decline adjectives ός, ή, ό, ιά/-υς, -ιά. –υ
• Adverbs of place-time
• Prepositions
• Pronouns
• Verbs: -First and second conjugations
• Past and future simple and continuous tenses
• Active-Passive Voice

Culture / Mythology / Geography

• Ancient Greek civilizations: Minoan, Mycenian. Athens, Sparta.
• Peloponesan wars, The oracle at Delphi, Myth of Atlantis
• Videos: Μυθολογία
• Map study: review geographical divisions, important islands, main cities, mountains, rivers, seas, foreign borders, ancient sites.
• The products of Greece for trade (olives, oil, cotton, fruit, etc.)
• Suggested project: bristol-board map of Greece, showing cities, geographical divisions, rivers, mountains, products, ancient sites
• History and religion based activities

Culminating Activity

• My roots: an individual project based on a city or region, home of student’s grandparents or parents.
  • geographical location, land features (mountains, rivers, etc.)
  • places of interest
  • historical interest of the area
  • common occupations, way of life, products for trade
  • population, climate
• Resources: Internet, interviews (relatives, friends), travel brochures, family photos
• Personal writing: Student – describes the above city/region in his/her own words
• express personal feelings about his/her roots
• Oral/Visual/Written components required

Dance

• Kalamatianos
• Mpaitouska
• Antikristos
• Ballos
• Kerkyraikos
• Tsamikos
• Xasapiko
• Zeimbekiko
• Tatsia