Vocabulary for Lesson 19

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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.)
The Presentation of our Lord
Forty days after Jesus' birth, when He, as the first-born son, was brought to the temple to be dedicated to the Lord, and Mary offered the required sacrifices for her purification. This feast day is celebrated on 2 February.
Simeon
The aged "just and devout man" in Jerusalem, who took Jesus up in his arms at His presentation in the temple and prophesied concerning Him to Mary and Joseph. He could now depart this life in peace, because "it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ" (Luke 2:26). His prophecy became known as the "Nunc Dimittis," a New Testament canticle used in the Divine Service, Vespers, and Compline.
Anna
The aged prophetess and widow who served in the temple night and day and prophesied concerning Jesus at His presentation. When she saw the infant Christ, "she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem" (Luke 2:38).
The Nunc Dimittis
The New Testament song of Simeon at the presentation of the infant Jesus in the temple. Its Latin title means "now you dismiss" and is taken from the first line of the canticle, “Lord, now You let your servant depart in peace: according to Your Word, For my eyes have seen your salvation" (Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary, p. 124). It is sung as one of the canticles in Vespers, the chief canticle in Compline, and as a Post-Communion Canticle in the Divine Service.