Basic Curriculum for GCSEs

Textbooks

• NEA ELLHNIKA gia to GCSE (text book and exercise book) (E.DIA.M.ME) + audio cd Mathaino Ellinika 5 (A + B) – Text Book and Exercise Book by Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus
• Ellinika me tin Parea mou 2 by University of Crete
• Photocopies of PRE-GCSE-GCSE material given by the headteacher (school material)
• Collins Greek-English Dictionary
• Oxford English-Greek Dictionary

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

Listening / Speaking

• Carry on conversations with teacher and other students in Greek on a variety of topics
• Participate in discussions topics studied in class, and extra-curricular topics
• Express feelings, wishes, plans Individual and pair/group projects.
• Formal and informal oral presentations in Greek – topics determined by teacher
• Supplementary: songs, poems, word games
• Videos relating to Culture/History/Geography component

Reading

• Selected lessons from variety of texts listed above: Newspaper, magazines, internet
• Word study: new vocabulary, frequent review, use of dictionary
• *It is highly recommended that students purchase a bilingual dictionary

Writing / Spelling

• Compositions consisting of a series of paragraphs on a variety of topics
• Journal: Entries 4 – 6 sentences written both at home and at school
• Dictation of 3 – 5 sentences from reading lesson
• Focus on spelling word endings correctly (πλένετε – πλένεται etc)
• Use of dictionary as an aid in spelling

Grammar

• Review all parts of speech
  • Nouns, adjectives: All declensions
  • Auxiliary verbs είμαι, έχω e.t.c
  • Verbs: Ενεργητική – Παθητικη Φωνή
  • Add perfect tenses: (παρακείμενος – υπερσυντελικος)
  • Pronouns: Αντωνυμίες Προσωπικές, Δεικτικές, Κτητικές, Αόριστες, Ερωτηματικές.

Culture / Mythology / Geography

• Seasonal topics
• Alexander the Great: early life, his teacher, his conquests, his achievements
• Map study: The conquests of Alexander
• Videos: Excavations at Vergina
• Macedonia
• History and Religion based activities

Culminating Activity

• An Interview group project: Greek traditional life
• Interview grandparents about traditional Greek way of life
  • Breadmaking, making prozimi, farming/fishing methods
  • preserving food for winter
  • making traditional food (hilopites, trahana)
  • wine-making
  • olive picking and olive oil production
  • traditional wedding, marriage customs from around Greece, etc.
• Written, oral and visual components required

Dance

• Koulouriastos
• Sigathistos
• Zonaradikos
• Sousta
• Kotsari
• Zorba
• Hasapiko
• Zeimbekiko
• Ikariotiko
• Tatsia