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Mid-Term. January 30, 2013. Materials needed:. Pens – used for everything except what goes on Scantron # 2 lead pencils (sharpened) Used on Scantron . Avoid erasure. Make sure it is a #2 lead pencil. Parts. Short multiple choice type on Ch. 1-5 Short responses on: Night The Last Days
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Mid-Term January 30, 2013
Materials needed: • Pens – used for everything except what goes on Scantron • # 2 lead pencils (sharpened) Used on Scantron. Avoid erasure. Make sure it is a #2 lead pencil
Parts • Short multiple choice type on Ch. 1-5 • Short responses on: Night The Last Days • Essay (based on concepts studied in the text)
Themes • Chapter 1: Identity and Autonomy • Chapter 2: Creativity, Learning and Growth • Chapter 3: Work • Chapter 4: Money and Possessions • Chapter 5: Suffering
For the Essay • Chapter 6: Sexuality (Since it is recent material)
Pertinent pages – Ch. 1 • 11, 23, 24 CONCEPTS • Being fully alive (potential to love and be loved) • Jesus as the way – models how to love God and neighbor; the Great Commandment • Christian freedom vs. license [seeing the big picture + responsibility instead of license] • Autonomous (direct our own lives and actions) but interdependent
Pertinent pages – Ch. 2 • 32-33, 39 CONCEPTS • Developing our full range of talents (St. Paul) • Creative impulse – people with vision like Jesus who make a positive difference in the world • The Genesis vision: Sabbath (as practiced by the Jewish people and particularly, Jesus)
Pertinent pages – Ch. 3 • 53-59 CONCEPTS • The dignity of work – where it comes from [JP2] • Genesis: Being God’s coworkers • Jesus: carpentry, teaching, preaching, healing • St. Paul: tentmaker
Pertinent Pages – Ch. 3 cont’d. • Church documents –vocation to build up the world • JP2: We become more human though work • Meaning comes from the type of work we do and the way we do our work
Pertinent Pages – Ch. 4 • 77-83 CONCEPTS • Christian approach: unmasking illusions about money and possessions • Be wary – St. Paul “root of all evil”; also, St. James • Be free of being attached to it – Jesus Can’t serve 2 masters; Where your treasure is, so is your heart
Ch. 4 continued • Different idea of ownership – the goods of the earth belong to all of us [Early Christians pooled resources] • Fair balance - St. Paul • Simplicity, Sharing, Equality • See the 4 Guidelines
Pertinent Pages – Chapter 5 • 92-96 CONCEPTS • Job – Why do people suffer? Mystery • Thea Bowman • Jesus – compassion for those who suffer suffering as redemptive, transformative [Resurrection]
Pertinent Pages – Ch. 6 • 106-109; 114 CONCEPTS • Genesis: creation as good; made in God’s image = we are relational = we are made to love and be loved; sexuality as a gift • Song of Songs – literal and allegorical levels • St. Paul – our bodies are “temples of the Holy Spirit”
Ch. 6 continued • Jesus – a whole person – free of gender stereotypes • Chastity • Sexual intercourse – for marriage – a permanent commitment
Organization of essay: Into • Tried to grab reader’s interest • Contains a thesis statement • In this case, the statement would say that Jesus, the Church and the Scriptures help us to create a Christian lifestyle in regard to ________.
Body paragraph • This is the longest paragraph • It will contain several learnings from the chapter in question. You can say, first of all, secondly, a third point raised, etc. • It will have what is learned as well as the source. You can quote or paraphrase. Example: We are made in God’s image. Reference to Genesis and the story of creation. Also tell what it means.
Conclusion • Summary of your main points
Length • At least 3 paragraphs – can be more • The more specific you are, the better. This also applies to the shorter answers.