The Ranieri-Roberts Approach to Ancient Greek

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1		THE RANIERI-ROBERTS	Abstract:
2		APPROACH TO	The essence of this approach to learning Ancient Greek as an autodidact is to read many introductory readers simultaneously,
3		ANCIENT GREEK	according to a sequence of grammatical "anchors," in order to become exposed to sufficient input in grammar, vocabulary, and syntax to achieve reading fluency,
4			explained in detail in this video:		https://youtu.be/2vwb1wVzPec
5		v.1.0 (2024-01-26)		link to this page:	http://bit.ly/ranieri-roberts-approach
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7		anchors (see below)				(a)							(b)							(c)				(d)											(e)				(f)												(g)
8																																					relative pronoun
9						verbs 3ps							verbs 123ps		verbs 123ps&p		middle voice			mid-pass. particip.	act. particip.	future tense		act. aorist		imperfect	comp. & superlat.	athematic 2nd aorist		passive	fut. & passive	δίδωμι, τίθημι	gen. absolute	ἵστημι	subjunctive	indirect statemets & questions	indirect statements	comparison of adject.	optative	conditional											perfect mid-pass	perfect act.	complex sentences in indir. statments		complex sentences in indir. statments
10	ATHENAZE series					volume 1																									volume 2			λανθάνω+part.			with infinitives & particip.																- primary secquence		- secondary sequence
11		Athenaze (Ox.)				Ch. 1							Ch. 2	Ch. 3	Ch. 4	Ch. 5	Ch. 6	Ch. 7		Ch. 8	Ch. 9	Ch. 10		Ch. 11	Ch. 12	Ch. 13	Ch. 14	Ch. 15		Ch. 16	Ch. 17	Ch. 18	Ch. 19	Ch. 20	Ch. 21	Ch. 22	Ch. 23	Ch. 24	Ch. 25	Ch. 26											Ch. 27	Ch. 28	Ch. 29α,β	Ch. 29γ,δ	Ch. 30
12		Athenaze (V.N.)				Ch. 1							Ch. 2	Ch. 3	Ch. 4	Ch. 5	Ch. 6	Ch. 7		Ch. 8	Ch. 9	Ch. 10		Ch. 11	Ch. 12	Ch. 13	Ch. 14	Ch. 15		Ch. 16	Ch. 17	Ch. 18	Ch. 19	Ch. 20	Ch. 21	Ch. 22	Ch. 23	Ch. 24	Ch. 25	Ch. 26											Ch. 27	Ch. 28	Ch. 29	Ch. 30	Ch. 31
13		Ephodion																								Ch. 13	Ch. 14	Ch. 15		Ch. 16	Ch. 17	Ch. 18	Ch. 19	Ch. 20	Ch. 21	Ch. 22	Ch. 23	Ch. 24	Ch. 25	Ch. 26											Ch. 27	Ch. 28	Ch. 29	Ch. 30	Ch. 31
14		Cebetos Pinax																																Ch. 1	Ch. 2	Ch. 3	Ch. 4	Ch. 5	Ch. 6	Ch. 7											Ch. 8	Ch. 9	Ch. 10	Ch. 11	Ch. 12
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16																												ὅτι, acc.+infinitive
17																			acc. & dat.									act. aor. particip.				-μι verbs																				perfect participle
18			"to be" 3ps&p	article & gender	intro to 1st, 2nd, 3rd decl.	verbs 3ps&p	gen.	dat.	gen.	3rd decl.	dat.	acc. sing.	verbs 123ps&p	acc. sing. & pl.	syntax of dat.	imperf. tense	relative pron.	infinitive	passive syntax	particip. m	particip. f	adjectives	part. syntax	act. aorist	compar. & superl.	act. aorist -ίζω	demonyms	exortative subjunct.				aor. infinit.	future tense		ἵνα + subj.	fut. part.									aorist. pass.							aorist mid. & pass. part.
19		Logos	Ch. 1	Ch. 2	Ch. 3	Ch. 4	Ch. 5	Ch. 6	Ch. 7	Ch. 8	Ch. 9	Ch. 10	Ch. 11	Ch. 12	Ch. 13	Ch. 14	Ch. 15	Ch. 16	Ch. 17	Ch. 18	Ch. 19	Ch. 20	Ch. 21	Ch. 22	Ch. 23	Ch. 24	Ch. 25	Ch. 26				Ch. 27	Ch. 28		Ch. 29	Ch. 30									Ch. 31							Ch. 32
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21																											act. aorist 123ps&p		pres. mid-pass part.
22																		prepositions		prepositions				act. particip.	act. aor.		future tense
23	ALEXANDROS series												personal pron. 123p		article & gender		relative pron.	infinitive	contract verbs	imperative	middle voice	more 3rd decl.	imperfect	act aorist	-μι verbs	act. aor. part.	mid-pass. imperf.	pres. subj.	act. aor. particip.
24		Alexandros											Ch. 1α	Ch. 1β	Ch. 2α	Ch. 2β	Ch. 3α,β	Ch. 4α,β	Ch. 5α,β	Ch. 6α,β,γ	Ch. 7α,β	Ch. 8α,β	Ch. 9α,β	Ch. 10α	Ch. 10β	Ch. 11α	Ch. 11β	Ch. 12α	Ch. 12β
25		Mythologica																		Ch. 1-16		Ch. 17, 18			Ch. 19, 20				Ch. 21
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27																					middle voice							future tense										imperatives	pres. & aor. subjunct.
28															art, 123ps				contract verbs		comp & superl	pronouns	relat. pron.	pres. particip. mid.	pres. particip. act.	3rd decl. noun		act. aorist	aor. act. particip.	imperfect	passive pres.	passive aor.					irr. aor.	infinitives	pres. optative	aor. optative	verbs of fearing											perfect & pluperfect		-μι verb review				οἶδα	ἔοικα
29		Thrasymachus													Ch. 1	Ch. 2			Ch. 3		Ch. 4	Ch. 5	Ch. 6	Ch. 7	Ch. 8	Ch. 9	Ch. 10	Ch. 11	Ch. 12	Ch. 13	Ch. 14	Ch. 15					Ch. 16 & 17	Ch. 17	Ch. 18	Ch. 19	Ch. 20	Ch. 21	Ch. 22	Ch. 23	Ch. 24							Ch. 25	Ch. 26	Ch. 27	Ch. 28	Ch. 29	Ch. 30	Ch. 31	Ch. 32
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31																								pres. part. act. & mid.	imperfect act. & mid.	future act. & mid.	1st aor. act. & mid.	2nd aor. act. & mid.	infinitives, comp. & superl.	act. & mid. 1st aor. particip.	act. & mid. 2nd aor. particip.								optative	more opt. & prin. parts	aor. infinitives	fut. inf. & 3p imperat.	aorist opt., δίδωμι	pres. & imperf. passive	aor. passive, ἵστημι	infinitives in reported speech	conditional, wishes	fut. passive	fut. particip.	conditionals	gerunds	perf. indic. act.	opt. indirect speech	perf. mid-pass, inf., particip.	subjunctive	fut. perfect, meter	pluperfect, -τέος	acc. absolute	ἵνα or ὅπως + subj. or opt.	indefinite clauses in secondary sequence	perf. opt.	jussive subj., ἕως ἄν	ἕως + opt.	ἕως + ind., πρὶν ἄν + subj. or opt.	ὥστε + ind. & inf.	aor. pass. imperat., depon. v. with aor. pass.	deliberatives, dual	acc. of respect	Homeric dialect & meter
32		Reading Greek													Sec. 1A-B	Sec. 1C-D	Sec. 1E-F	Sec. 1G	Sec. 1H-J	Sec. 2A-D	Sec. 3A-B	Sec. 3C-E	Sec. 4A-B	Sec. 4C-D	Sec. 5A-B	Sec. 5C-D	Sec. 6A-B	Sec. 6C-D	Sec. 7A-C	Sec. 7D-F	Sec. 7G-H								Sec. 8A-C	Sec. 9A-E	Sec. 9F-G	Sec. 9H-J	Sec. 10A-E	Sec. 11A-C	Sec. 12A-D	Sec. 12E	Sec. 12G	Sec. 12H-I	Sec. 13A-B	Sec. 13C	Sec. 13D	Sec. 13E	13FSec.	Sec. 13G-I	Sec. 14A-F	Sec. 15A-C	Sec. 16A-B	Sec. 16C	Sec. 16D	Sec. 16E	Sec. 16F	Sec. 16G	Sec. 17A	Sec. 17B	Sec. 17C	Sec. 17D	Sec. 18A-E	Sec. 19A-F	Sec. 20A-G
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35		A Greek Boy at Home																															Ch. 2	Ch. 3	Ch. 4	Ch. 5	Ch. 6	Ch. 7	Ch. 8		Ch. 9	Ch. 10	Ch. 11	Ch. 12	Ch. 13							Ch. 14	Ch. 15	Ch. 16 & 17	Ch. 18	Ch. 19	Ch. 20	Ch. 21	Ch. 22	Ch. 23	Ch. 24	Ch. 25	Ch. 26	Ch. 27	Ch. 28	Ch. 29	Ch. 30	Ch. 31	Ch. 32	Ch. 33	Ch. 34	Ch. 35	Ch. 36	Ch. 37	Ch. 38	Ch. 39	Ch. 40	Ch. 41	Ch. 42	Ch. 43	Ch. 44	Ch. 45
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37						(read this!)	1st decl. f.	2nd decl., article	accents	αὐτός	cases	1st decl. m., 2nd decl. f	agreement	bound vs. unbound	indirect discourse, ὁ μέν / ὁ δέ	pres. mid-pass. part.	comp & superl	relative pron.	demonstr.	3rd decl.	compar. adv.	more 3rd decl.	more 3rd decl.	particip.	interr. pron.	pro/enclitics	more 3rd decl.	more 3rd decl.	personal pron.	ὤν, οὖσα	imperfect	aorist	more aor.	gen. absol.	future	-έω verbs	-άω verbs	contrary to fact	indirect discourse	principal parts, mood	subjunctive	more subj.	perfect tense	οἶδα	optative	pronouns: indef, relative, interr. etc.	opt. indir. discourse	imperative	indic. middle	perfect middle	mid. imperat.	more middle	passive system	aorist pass.	all passive	-μι verbs	contract verbs	-τέος etc.	τίθημι, ἵημι	ἵσημι, δίδωμι	(read this!)
38		Ancient Greek Alive				Intro Lesson	Les. 1	Les. 2	Les. 3	Les. 4	Les. 5	Les. 6	Les. 7	Les. 8	Les. 9	Les. 10	Les. 11	Les. 12	Les. 13	Les. 14	Les. 15	Les. 16	Les. 17	Les. 18	Les. 19	Les. 20	Les. 21	Les. 22	Les. 23	Les. 24	Les. 25	Les. 26	Les. 27	Les. 28	Les. 29	Les. 30	Les. 31	Les. 32	Les. 33	Les. 34	Les. 35	Les. 36	Les. 37	Les. 38	Les. 39	Les. 40	Les. 41	Les. 42	Les. 43	Les. 44	Les. 45	Les. 46	Les. 47	Les. 48	Les. 49	Les. 50	Les. 51	Les. 52	Les. 53	Les. 54	Thesaurus
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41			GRAMMAR SEQUENCE ANCHORS					Summary:
42			a)	verbs (other than "to be") third person singular				Jonathan Roberts, co-founder of the Ancient Language Institute, in 2020 proposed to fellow ALI instructor Luke Amadeus Ranieri
43			b)	verbs in all persons singular				(both of whom espouse direct method approaches to language acquisition, including extensive reading)
44			c)	participles				that, given the pedagogical problems and lack of sufficient comprehensible input available in the various Ancient Greek textbooks,
45			d)	aorist				an effective way to improve the learning of the language might be to take many introductory graded readers
46			e)	subjunctive				and have students read a chapter of each before moving on.
47			f)	optative
48			g)	perfect				There are two ways the autodidact might apply the Jonathan Roberts Approach to Ancient Greek:
49								1) Have some or all of the above graded readers available, and read from any of them until you feel a block that discourages further progress (boredom, difficulty, etc.),
50								whereupon you then select another graded reader and start from the beginning, again progressing as far as you can before you reach another block.
51								Then choose a third graded reader, and read in that one until you reach a wall; repeat this with as many textbooks as you like, until you feel like
52								picking up one of the other books you've already seen to try to advance again. You'll find it will be much easier to progress, as the reinforced input
53								you gave yourself by such broad exposure in vocabulary, grammar, and syntax has prepared you to go further. Continue as desired, with the goal of
54								finishing all the readers you selected.
55								2) Use the above spreadsheet, prepared by Luke Amadeus Ranieri, to coordinate your studies of some or all of the listed graded readers.
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57								Both these ways to apply the approach are effective, but neither is efficient. Option 2 may be more effective and efficient.
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59								See this video to learn more about the approach in detail:
60								https://youtu.be/2vwb1wVzPec
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