CW Homer

[Lene Mahler Jaqua]

If you are using the workbooks this small error will not affect you. The workbooks have all the stories in them and correlate with the Core book.

In the back of the core book there is a schedule for those who want to use the model pdf book.

If you are using the Homer Core schedule with the Homer Models PDF... in The Forty Weeek Schedule for Younger Students, the story for week 16 (the second half of the Defeat of Cyrus) is actually "The Retreat of the Ten Thousand" listed in week 17.

For Week 17 instead we suggest this new story, which you can cut and paste into your word processor and print: It is a the story of Diogenes, very appropriate sicne the students will be studying Classical writing -Diogenes next.
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DIOGENES THE WISE MAN
[108] AT Corinth, in Greece, there lived a very wise man whose name was Diogenes. Men came from all parts of the land to see him and hear him talk.
But wise as he was, he had some very queer ways. He did not believe that any man ought to have more things than he really needed; and he said that no man needed much. And so he did not live in a house, but slept in a tub or barrel, which he rolled about from place to place. He spent his days sitting in the sun, and saying wise things to those who were around him.
At noon one day, Diogenes was seen walking through the streets with a lighted lantern, and looking all around as if in search of something.
"Why do you carry a lantern when the sun is shining?" some one said.
"I am looking for an honest man," answered Diogenes.
When Alexander the Great went to Corinth, all the foremost men in the city came out to see him and to praise him. But Diogenes did not come; and he was the only man for whose opinions Alexander cared.
And so, since the wise man wonld not come to [110] see the king, the king went to see the wise man. He found Diogenes in an out-of-the-way place, lying on the ground by his tub. He was enjoying the heat and the light of the sun.
When he saw the king and a great many people coming, he sat up and looked at Alexander. Alexander greeted him and said,—
"Diogenes, I have heard a great deal about your wisdom. Is there anything that I can do for you?"
"Yes," said Diogenes. "You can stand a little on one side, so as not to keep the sunshine from me."
This answer was so different from what he expected, that the king was much surprised. But it did not make him angry; it only made him admire the strange man all the more. When he turned to ride back, he said to his officers,—
"Say what you will; if I were not Alexander, I would like to be Diogenes."
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[Lene Mahler Jaqua]

Homer Instructor's Guide A
« Thread Started on May 15, 2006, 5:43pm »

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Heather alertly caught an error in one of the diagrams for week 14. The diagram on page 77 of the answer key should not show 'back' modifying 'conduct', but rather 'back to' working as a compound preposition, placed on a single line. For the parsing chart, 'back to' would be parsed on one line, as a preposition.

Thank you, Heather, for catching this. And thanks to all who wrestled with what to do with 'back.'

Carolyn

[Carolyn]

A week or so ago, someone (whose post has since disappeared, along wiht my answer to it ... I have no idea where it went) brought it to our attention that home.att.net/~MikeJaqua/homer.html, as given on p. 20 of the Core, is a broken link.

The information that was there is now contained in the models book, available from Lulu. Apart from mainlesson.com, we don't have any recommended sites for ancient history narratives.

Carolyn

[Carolyn]

The definition of 'name' in the parsing table should be 'idea', not 'thing.'

[Carolyn]

The diagram for the first sentence on this page has 'singing' modifying the wrong word. It should be modifying the subject 'bird'.

Thanks to Heather for bringing this to our attention!

Carolyn

[Carolyn]

'accept' should be 'to accept', with the role of 'an adverbial infinitive phrase.'

[Kathy]

The student is to do Theon's table for each scene in the narrative. The IG has just one table for the whole narrative. Below are the tables for each scene.

Scene 1

Person – guide, governor, Hellene soldiers

Action – Hellenes are given a guide to the sea.

Place – Asia Minor

Time – past (400 B.C. after the defeat of Cyrus)

Manner – guide encourages Hellenes to “burn and harry”

Cause – to cause trouble for the country he is passing through




Scene 2

Person – soldiers in front, Xenophon, rearguard, inhabitants of the country

Action – Xenophon in the rear heard soldiers in front shouting and thought they were being attacked.

Place – near the mountain

Time – on the fifth day

Manner – Xenophon was wary

Cause – constant fighting with angry inhabitants of country which had been burned



Scene 3

Person – soldiers, Xenophon, Lycius, cavalry

Action – Xenophon sees soldiers keep running up and shouting, so he runs forward, then realizes the soldiers have sighted the sea.

Place – on the mountain

Time – fifth day

Manner – Xenophon goes forward quickly, joyful shout by the soldiers.

Cause – Xenophon thinks the soldiers need help; soldiers finally see the sea that also borders their own country.




Scene 4

Person – generals, officers, and soldiers

Action – They celebrate and build a cairn.

Place – mountain top

Time – fifth day and following

Manner – joyful, grateful

Cause – to show their gratitude (to the gods)



Scene 5

Person – Hellenes, guides, soldiers

Action – Guide leaves the Hellenes, and they reward him with goods and rings.

Place – near the sea

Time – following the fifth day

Manner – grateful

Cause – guide asked for the rings

[Homer IG A Week 6]

Homer IG A, Week 6, Good Samaritan Scene Summaries

Scene 1
Person – certain man (no other information given in this narrative)
thieves (no other information)
Action - man fell among thieves as he traveled; is stripped, wounded,
and left half dead; dishonorable, harmful to man,
Place - road from Jerusalem to Jericho
Time - in the time of Jesus (no other information given)
Manner - willingly and by force
Cause - (no information given)

Scene 2
Person – origins: Priest, Levite (no other information given, but from this
description and historical context, we know that they are Israelites - “true” Jews in the minds of Jesus’ hearers)
Action - passed by on the other side, and didn’t help the man in distress
Place - road from Jerusalem to Jericho
Time - sometime after the beating
Manner - willingly and in full knowledge of the man’s need
Cause - lack of compassion and loving their neighbor

Scene 3
Person – origin: Samaritan (no other information given, but historical context
teaches Samaritans were hated by Jews of Jesus’ day and not
considered true Jews)
Action - journeying along, sees the wounded man, tends his wounds, and
takes him to an inn to take care of him
Place - road and inn
Time - after the Priest and Levite passed by
Manner - willingly, not necessary
Cause - for sake of good, out of compassion

Scene 4
Person – Samaritan
Action - leaves man at the inn, asks the innkeeper to care for him, promises
to pay the bill
Place - inn
Time - on the morrow
Manner - willingly, not necessary
Cause - out of compassion

Scene 5
Person – Jesus speaking to people
Action - asks who is the true neighbor?
Place - not given in this portion of the narrative
Time - 1st century Jerusalem
Manner - openly, not in secret
Cause - sake of good, in order to teach truth

Clearly, the emphasis is on the action. There is very little description of time, place, and persons. What is known about the persons is due to historical context. The emphasis on action is to show that loving your neighbor is about what you do, not who you are.

[Kathy in VA]

Homer IG A, Week 7, Workers in Vineyard Scene Summaries

Scene 1
Person – householder - wealthy enough to hire workers for his vineyard
laborers - idle in marketplace
Action - householder hires laborers
Place - marketplace
Time - early in the morning, then the third hour (later in the morning)
Manner - householder hired willingly, laborers agreed to his terms willingly
Cause - householder needed help, laborers agreed to his terms willingly

Scene 2
Person – householder, other laborers
Action - householder hires more laborers
Place - marketplace
Time - sixth, ninth, and eleventh hours
Manner - householder hired willingly, laborers agreed to his terms willingly
Cause - householder needed help, laborers agreed to his terms willingly


Scene 3
Person – householder, steward
Action - householder askes steward to pay laborers, starting with the last hired
Place - vineyard
Time - when even(ing) was come
Manner - householder pays willingly
Cause - owes them for their work

Scene 4
Person – laborers hired earlier; laborers hired later
Action - all received same wage; laborers hired earlier complained against
householder
Place - vineyard
Time - after they were paid
Manner - householder paid everyone openly, willingly, and with complete honesty;
this was a bold action
Cause - laborers were discontent because they had borne the heat of the day and
worked longer, yet the householder made them equal to other workers

Scene 5
Person – householder
Action - answers the laborers
Place - vineyard
Time - after the laborers complained
Manner - explained boldly and honestly to the laborers
Cause - “I can do whatever I want with my own money”; for the good of those who
came last, out of love and pity

Here, the emphasis is on cause and manner. The householder has a right to do as he pleases with his money, and the laborers have no right to complain.

[Kathy in VA]

Homer IG A, Week 8, Prodigal Son Scene Summaries

Scene 1
Person – certain man, younger son disposed to eat, be merry, and spend money,
older son
Action - younger son asks his father to give him his inheritance; the father divides
his goods between his sons; younger son leaves home and wastes all his
substance
Place - original country not specified; younger son goes to “far country”
Time - in the past (Jesus’ day)
Manner - father willingly gives son his inheritance, younger son foolishly and willingly
wastes it all
Cause - father out of love; son for sake of evil and rioutous living

Scene 2
Person – younger son
Action - famine comes in the far country and the younger son has to get a job feeding
swine; he is in great need with no one to help him
Place - far country
Time - after his money is gone
Manner - out of necessity to keep from starving
Cause - in order to survive

Scene 3
Person – younger son
Action - decides to return to his father and ask to be one of his servants
Place - far country
Time - when he “came to himself”
Manner - willingly and out of necessity
Cause - he remembered his father’s mercy; he is repentant

Scene 4
Person – younger son, father
Action - son returns to his father’s home; his father sees him and runs to him, kissed
him, and tells his servants to prepare a great feast
Place - home of the father
Time - after his sojourn to the far country
Manner - father joyously lavishes gifts and affection on his younger son
Cause - out of his love, mercy and compassion

Scene 5
Person – elder son disposed to serve his father faithfully, father
Action - elder son complains when he finds that his brother has returned and
his father is throwing a party for him
Place - home of the father
Time - during the party
Manner - elder son angry and bitter; father explains honestly and openly
Cause - elder son is jealous; father gives feast because he loves his son

[Carolyn]

In the markings for the sentence, "Peter was most dreadfully frightened", the verb "was frightened" is marked as an intransitive verb.

It is not - it is a transitive verb in the passive voice, and therefore ought to be marked "TV"

Carolyn

[Lene Mahler Jaqua]

On p. 127 in the Homer
A workbook in the Parsing Review, the second sentence reads, "A
soothsayer told Priam that Hector would bring trouble on Troy." Hector should be "Paris".

[Carolyn]

In the second sentence parsed on p. 75, the verb 'became' should be listed as a linking verb, past tense.

Carolyn

[Carolyn]

The second sentence on this page has an incorrect marking. 'Pierced' is a participle, and could either be unmarked or marked as an adjective. It's not a direct object, as indicated.

Pierced could be diagrammed either as an adjective modifying the subject, or as a predicate adjective.

Carolyn

[Carolyn]

The first parsing table lists 'his' as an adjective.


While some grammar texts do consider 'pronouns functioning as adjectives' to be adjectives, our convention is to parse them as pronouns in the possessive case.

The line should simply be deleted from the table at this level of grammar study.

[Carolyn]

Week 18 - p. 100, the adjective 'every' should be classified as definitive.

Week 18 - p. 101, the verb 'held' is singular.

Week 19 - p. 108 'what' should be marked as a DO, and 'this' marked as the subject.