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SLUH SUMMER THEOLOGY 2006
INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT

Probable Course Outline & Grading Assignments

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Probable Course Calendar | Text Review Questions | Extra Credit Opportunities
Journals | Web Assignment | Exam Preview | Jesus Sites

General Course Content
  • Students read, journal and are tested on nine chapters of text: Journey Through the New Testament by Teresa LaCompte and The Bible
  • Jerome Kodel, O.S.B.'s How the Bible Came to Be pamphlet. Try this link.
  • Students read the entire Gospel of Matthew and do a web page summary of it.
  • Students learn to read Scripture on Three Levels.
  • They also learn Fr. Joe Tetlow's Praying With Scriptures and the methods of contemplation, meditation and consideration.
  • Students learn how to organize their notes in a three ring binder and learn how to correect theri quizzzes and tests and learn from mistakes.
  • Students improve their web site creation skills.
  • Videos --> First part of A&E Biography Jesus: His Life --> The Last 18 Hours of Jesus

    Section I: Background to Jesus

    Chapter 1: Called Into Relationship
    Jesus as the Fulfillment of the the Covenant

    Chapter 2: Called to Make a Difference
    The World of Jesus

    Chapter 3: Called to Be Like Jesus
    The Gospel According to Matthew

    Section II: The Good News

    Chapter 4: Called to be Compassionate
    The Gospel According to Mark

    Chapter 5: Called to Take Risks
    The Gospel According to Luke

    Chapter 6: Called to Community Acts of the Apostles

    Chapter 7: Called to Love
    The Gospel According to John and the Book of Revelation

    Section III: Discipleship

    Chapter 8: Called to Be Dreamers
    Parables and Miracles

    Chapter 9: Called to Share the Good News
    The New Testament Letters

    Epilogue: Called to Be the Living Word
    Service.

    Extra credit:

    Book ingestion or movie reflection

    Final Exam

    		 Section I
    Chapter 1 test: ____ / 10 journal ____ / 10
    Chapter 2 test: ____ / 10 journal ____ / 10
    Chapter 3 test: ____ / 10 journal ____ / 10
    web assignment 1 ____ / 10 classwork ____ / 10

    Section II

    Chapter 4 test: ____ / 10 journal ____ / 10
    Chapter 5 test: ____ / 10 journal ____ / 10
    Chapter 6 test: ____ / 10 journal ____ / 10
    Chapter 7 test: ____ / 10 journal ____ / 10
    web assignment 2 ____ / 10 classwork ____ / 10

    Section III

    Chapter 8 test: ____ / 10 journal ____ / 10
    Chapter 9 test: ____ / 10 journal ____ / 10
    web assignemnt 3 ____ / 10 classwork ____ / 10

    Web site grade ____ / 10

    Extra credit ____ / up to +10

    Final Exam ____ / 50+

    Total points ____ / 300+



    Grading scale
    A+ = 95-100% A = 90-95%
    B+ = 85-90% B = 80-85%
    C+ = 75-80% C = 70-75%
    D = 60-70% F = Below 60%

    Text Review Questions and worksheets: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
    Exam Preview

    Websites for building web sites
    Barebones Guide to HTML | Iowa State: Help desk about building web pages | RGB color codes | Basic HTML
    W3Schools Thanks Peter McNulty | Creating Your Own Homepage | Sizzling HTML Jalfrezi | Java | The Webby Awards



    • Gospel of Matthew Summary
    Jack Berger | Ryan Berger | Kevin Casey | Danny Chavez | Cole Christian | Chris Cowlen | Andrew Genova | Tom Granger | Will Hussung | David Jones & Nick Kreutzjans | Tim Kernell |Jack Lally | Peter McNulty | Ben Merrill | Pat Moynihan | Gary Newcomer | Pat Nugent| Will Page | Brian O'Hallaron | Michael O'Neill | Colin Rohde | Patrick Roy | Chris Saville | Evan Sullivan | Brandan Thornberry | Tim Wiethop | Dan Zink

    Extra Credit: Michael O'Neill's God and Music Web Site | Gary Newcomer's A History of Doubt


    Sophomore Introduction to New Testament
    Theology Summer Course 2006
    28 students

    Jack Berger | web site
    Ryan Berger | web site
    Kevin Casey | web site
    Danny Chavez | web site
    Cole Christian | web site
    Chris Cowlen | web site
    Andrew Genova | web site
    Tom Granger| web site
    Will Hussung | web site
    C. David Jones | web site
    Tim Kernell | web site
    Nick Kreutjans | web site
    Jack Lally | web site
    Peter McNulty | web site
    Ben Merrill | web site
    Pat Moynihan | web site
    Gary Newcomer | web site
    Pat Nugent | web site
    Will Page | web site
    Brian O'Hallaron | web site
    Michael O'Neill | website
    Colin Rohde | web site
    Pat Roy | web site
    Chris Saville | website
    Evan Sullivan | web site
    Brandon Thornberry | web site
    Tim Wiethop | web site
    Daniel Zink | web site



    New Testament Grade Distribution
    Grades A+ A B+ B C+ C D F
    Final exam grades 4 12 5 3 1 0 2 1
    Semester grades 13 7 3 1 2 1 1 0
    Top exam scorers out of 50: Tom Granger 51, Jack Berger and Kevin Casey 50
    Top semester grades: Tom Granger 101.3%, & Jack Berger 101%, Gary Newcomer 100.7%

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