Vocabulary for Lesson 5

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Learning is work. There are multiple ways to study. Different study strategies will work differently for each student. Serious students should try all of them several (6-7) times to see how they work when done well. For the best learning, every student will likely need to use more than one strategy and switch between them. Here are some tips relating to studying vocabulary. You can adapt them for memorizing texts.

  1. Use multiple senses: read, speak, and hear the material aloud. Then, write your version with a pencil into your notebook and notice how that feels. Then, read your own definition aloud as you study. (combine with the next two strategies)
  2. Use your brain: condense the definitions into a form that makes sense to you. Identify key words for every definition. Think of synonyms that you would use. (combine with the other strategies)
  3. Use your body: say your definition and act it out with an expressiveness that fits the meaning.
  4. Use your friends and family: Ask someone to quiz you using spaced repetition for a set amount of time, from your notes. (Example: for 10 minutes, all questions get repeated, but the quicker and more accurate your answer, the longer the interval until that question comes back. Questions you get wrong are repeated sooner.)
  5. Use basic technology: Show all definitions and hide all the terms on this page. Try to remember each term before you show it (by clicking the definition) to check your answer. Then, show all terms and hide the definitions on the page. Only show a definition (by clicking the term) after you have made your best effort to remember your own version of it.
  6. Use tools: Make a stack of index cards with terms on one side and your definitions on the other. When reviewing, don't check the opposite side until you've made your best effort to remember. Sort them into three stacks: Easy, Hard, and Failed. Then re-sort the Failed cards and work through the Hard cards until they are all Easy.
  7. Use advanced technology: On the web (Example: SuperNotes with free signup or with subscription.) or on an app (Example: Anki), create a stack of virtual cards and let the software quiz you. It will use spaced repetition automatically.
  8. Use brute force memorization: Copy a term and definition from this page. Then navigate to Catechesis Contents > Memorization Tool and paste it into the box, then follow the instructions on that page. (Caution: this works quickly for memorizing texts, but must be repeated a few times after a break for long-term recall. It is less effective than the other strategies for understanding what you memorize.)
Pharisees
They were laymen who were "experts" in the Law and trusted in their own righteousness for salvation. Their name means "separated" because they did not associate with people "beneath" them. They were considered to be morally and spiritually superior to the rest of Jewish society because of their strict adherence to the Law of Moses and the tradition of the Jews. They were held up as examples to emulate.
Sadducees
Unlike the large Jewish sect of the Pharisees, this small group of clergy rejected the supernatural aspect of the Law of Moses and tradition, while accepting Moses' general teaching. They did not hold to the teachings of the Old Testament books written after Moses. They were skeptical about the supernatural and the spiritual, and denied the resurrection, life after death, and the existence of angels.
Sanhedrin
The supreme council of the Jewish nation comprised of priests, elders, and scribes, and presided over by the high priest. At the time of Jesus, this council did not have the authority to put criminals to death—the power of capital punishment rested with the Roman procurator.
persecution
To suffer harm to our person—body, possessions, good name, or reputation—because of adherence to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.