1st QTR Freshman Review Questions



A Force More Powerful:
A Century of Nonviolent Conflict


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SUMMARY OF FRESHMAN HOMEWORK
AND ASSIGNMENTS:
FIRST QUARTER 2000-2001

Seventh Week of Classes: October 9-13

Past Sunday Readings
Important Jesuit Ideals of the Week: consolation and desolation
Prayer of the Week: St. Thomas Aquinas Prayer Before Studying

Monday, October 9
class Collect bookmarks. (1) Review and go over how to write an essay (2) discuss and answer "Why is it important for Christians to understand Judaism?"
homework 20 point essay due on Wednesday. Give three important ideas you have learned in this class. These can come from anything we have covered: religious content, prayer and Bible, study and organizational ideas, anything. then give one important idea you have learned at SLUH from anywhere else. Be cleal about what you learned, where you learned it, why it's important.
Tuesday, October 10
class Return and go over tests. Give students a way to study for the exam.
homework Correct and learn from your mistakes on the test. Finish your "4 important ideas learned" assignment due tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 11
class "How to prepare for this exam." homework Study for the exam. Do it little by little. Center on 1st QTR Freshman Review Questions and past tests and assignments.
Thursday, October 12
class
homework Theology exam next Thursday! Ever hear Aesop's story about the "Tortoise and the Hare?"
Friday, October 13
class Guest speakers on "Ignatius and the Jesuits." I'll be at a worskhop at the Missouri Historical Society on teaching about the Holocaust .
homework Exam study buddy!

Sixth Week of Classes: October 2-6

Past Sunday Readings
Reading of the Week: The Story of the Rich Young Man Matthew 19
Important Jesuit Word of the Week: Discernment
Prayer of the Week: Likrat Shabbat
Examples of well-written essays: Let's try Mr. Nicollerat's "4 suggestions about how to make freshman year good"
and make this week's prayer an active one.
So take some time, refect upon these and try to apply these:
1. Do the best you can-including preparing the best you can!
2. Try to put God in whatever you do.
3. When you do something, try to do it for someone else.
4. When you foul up, learn how to forgive yourself.

Robert Coles and Ruby Bridges
Video: Robert Coles about Ruby Bridges.
Click here for speech by Ruby Bridges Hall at the 3rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. convocation.
Here are two more optional links about Robert Coles: The Work of Robert Coles and Stories and Living a Moral Life.

Monday, October 2
class Take time to go over words and readings of the week; then give students time to begin reading and marking chapter 3 in the text.
homework Read and mark chapter 3 in the text, due Friday. Expect a 10 point quiz. Don't study it yet. We do not go deeply into this chapter. You can get a worksheet off this site.
Tuesday, October 3
class Return and go over test.
homework Continue to read and mark chapter 3.
Wednesday, October 4
No regular classes: Issues Day
homework Continue to read and mark chapter 3. Let the worksheet guide your study.
Thursday, October 5
class Handout: Mr. Geger's "Three Ways We Can Come to Know God." Big Chart.
homework Study for tomorrow's test.
Friday, October 6
class 10 point test on chapter 3
homework 10 point homework assignment. Create a bookmark. Make this a real sacramental; a sign of God's love and grace. This must have some words on it--and any words on this must be typed. The ideas should come from this class. Give significant ideas that you want to ber reminded of regularly. You should consider going to Kinko�s and getting your bookmark laminated.


Fifth week of classes: September 25-29

Past Sunday Readings
Reading of the Week: The Judgment of Nations
Important Jesuit Word of the Week: Two Kingdoms
Prayer of the Week: Likrat Shabbat

This week we continue to learn about four historical figures that illustrate some key ideas in the text:
Monday, September 25
class Return and discuss homework:how does the life of Ignatius bring out key ideas from the course.
homework R/M/S Pope John Paul II's text of homily at the Youth Rally at Keil Center on his visit to St. Louis.
Text of John Paul II's talks to young people at the Papal Youth Rally at St. Louis!
Tuesday, September 26
class video on John Paul II. Click here for CNN short biography of John Paul II
homework Read and study John Paul II handout it.

Wednesday, September 27
class homework Try to find out something about Ruby Bridges

Thursday, September 28
class homework Study for tomorrow's test on Ignatius, Karol and Ruby.

Friday, September 29
class 20 point test on Ignatius, John Paul II and Ruby Bridges.
homework




Fourth week of classes: September 18-22


Monday, September 18
in class: Second Big Test, Zanzig, ch. 2 and video "A Time for Justice. "
Click here for a site for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. information.
homework Give 5 major things about the life of Ignatius Loyola. Do this in your spiral notebook. Click here for a page of links to Jesuit Ideals
Try to view A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict .

Tuesday, September 19
in class: Return test and review preparation and some ideas. Then check/discuss homework assignment: give one thing you learned about Ignatiius Loyola
homework Correct mistakes on test and learn from them. Check the questions/vocabulary for the second chapter at Review Questions for 1st Semester.

Wednesday, September 20
in class: Begin reading about the life of Ignatius Loyola.
homework Continue to learn about the Life of Ignatius. Go to Ideals of Jesuit Education page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and write the Key terms in your spiral notebook--just write the key terms.

Thursday or Friday, September 21/22 block schedule. Receive and complete Ignatius worksheet. Discuss Ignatius and his life. Begin 10 point homework assignment due Monday: Write an essay explaining how the life of Ignatius of Loyola illustrates a major idea of the text/course. You need to do two things in this paper. First state the key idea as clearly and completely as possible. Then show how the life of Ignatius illustrates this key idea. Type it if you can. Spell check it. Have someone proofread it before you hand it in.

Examples of well-written essays:





Third week of classes: September 11-15

Past Sunday Readings
Reading of the Week: Inward struggle, Romans 7, 14-25
Important Word of the Week: reflection
Prayer of the Week: Ignatius' Prayer for Generosity
During this week, in class, we will begin our occasional study of The American Civil Rights Movement. Students should have learned "how to really get an assigned reading" , so they could read/mark and study chapter two in Zanzig this week due next Monday.

Monday, September 11
in class: First Big Test, Introduction and Zanzig, ch. 1
homework: Check out this website by Wednesday Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America .
Homework for the week is the R/M/S chapter two in Zanzig.

Tuesday, September 12
in class: Return and review test; introduce the idea of a recurring moments in the American Civil Rights Movement throughout the year.
homework: R/M/S chapter 2 in text; test on Monday, Sept. 18

Wednesday, September 13 Mass of the Holy Spirit
in class: Discussion of negative "social values" in your personal society: grade school, SLUH, family.
homework: R/M/S chapter 2 in text; test on Monday, Sept. 18

Thursday, September 14
in class:
Video & worksheet: A Time for Justice. First part of our introduction to the American Civil Rights Movement, a modern Exodus experience. Click here for a site for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. information. homework: R/M/S chapter 2 in text; test on Monday, Sept. 18

Friday, September 15
in class:
Questions/comments on chapter two; idea of faith. homework: Study for Monday's test





Second week of classes: September 5-8

Past Sunday Readings
Reading of the Week: Parable of the Talents, Matthew 25: 14-30
Important Word of the Week: critical consciousness or what Zanzig calls "effective criticism"
Prayer of the Week: St. Ignatius' Suscipe


Monday Labor Day

Tuesday, September 5
in class: Return practice quizzes. Smart people learn from their mistakes.
2) Snail question: metaphor for real learning.
homework Finish up on "parent interview reflection." Finish R/M/S chapter one by Friday.

Wednesday, September 6 Half day/ field trip for many freshmen.
in class: Play the Suscipe. Review quiz: did students learn from their mistakes?
homework Have parent read and sign the final reflection. Finish R/M/S chapter one. 20+ test on Monday.

Thursday, September 7 Parent Interview Reflection due
in class: Discuss and review key ideas fo chapter one.
homework Finish R/M/S chapter.

Friday, September 8
in class: Continue chapter one; Deion Sanders and "answers to life's challenges."
homework Study for Monday's test.





First week of classes: August 28-September 1


Review of Fr. Sheridan's homily, Mr. Curdt's prayer service and Dr. Bannister's comments to you.

Past Sunday Readings Reading of the Week: "One body, many members," I Corinthians 12: 12-26
Important Word of the Week: metanoia
Monday, August 28
in class: hello, seating chart, general introductions, handouts: prayer pages, letter home and course introduction
homework due Tuesday
(1) Bring my letter to your parents home. Let your parents see and read introductory material.
(2) If you have access to the Internet at home, log in to Freshman Theology site and show it to your parents. If they don't know how to do this, teach them.
(3) Read introductory pages for the course.
(4) Come to next class ready to go, with pencil case, folder (with course guidelines and prayer sheet and loose leaf paper in the folder), spiral notebook and Zanzig text.

Tuesday, August 29
class (1) some practical advice (2) review biblical reading, key word and Jesuit ideal (3) questionairre (4)handouts: prayer booklets and Carnegie/Peale
homework due Wednesday,
Ten point, two part assignment: first, after two days of high school, list what you see as three big changes from grade school to high school. These changes can be physical, social, intellectual, spiritual or emotional. Then, list what you need to do to meet each one of these challenges

Wednesday, August 30
class (1) Discuss changes assignment. (2) teach students "how to really get an assigned reading"
homework due Wednesday
1)Give your parents the Parent interview letter.
2) Read, mark and study pages 7-13 in Zanzig. Follow instructions about "how to really get an assigned reading."
Parent interview assignment given. Must be started this weekend! Due Thursday, September 7

Thursday, August 31
class * verbal quiz * quick homework check: is text underlined and numbered? * Discuss "big challenges" and possible responses; begin in groups of four
Fr. Braun's "most important word in the Christian faith is always"
Homework due Friday
Read, mark and study Zanzig pages 14-23. Study for practice quiz.

Friday, September 1
class 1) Meet in east computer room. 2) Peruse Freshman Theology Webpage 3) 10+ point practice quiz
Homework Parent interview.

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