Ether 12 – “Ether’s Jeopardy”
[example of student game] Yesterday we talked about how we received spiritual protection by learning from the lives of others in the scriptures. Today we continued that coverage by studying Ether 12. As per the lesson manual, I started off today with an anchor I’d drawn on the board. I asked what an anchor does for a ship. Then we…
Ether 8, 9, 10 & 11 – Scriptural Protection
[example of work – to see up close, click on picture] Today we covered Ether 8 through 11. That is a lot of material, and after coming off yesterday’s Convoluted Pathways activity, I especially did not want to gloss over the convoluted choices of these descendents of Jared and the others (who had come over in the barges). The ability…
Ether 6 & 7 – Convoluted Pathways
[example of student work – to see up close, click on picture] Today we researched the beginning of the convoluted pathways of the Jaredites, as recorded in Ether 6 & 7. I created an Inspiration document which I called “Convoluted Pathways.” At the beginning of class, after our devotional, etc., we quickly rehearsed what we’d studied thus far in Ether:…
Ether 4, 5, & 6 – Student Presentations
Today the students finished with their presentations they had worked on yesterday. It was really neat to see what they had come up with and how they summarized what they had learned from their scripture research yesterday. Then we moved on to a scripture mastery game. I took a game that had been given to me from my supervisor and…
Ether 4 & 5 – Building Spirituality
[example of student work – click on picture to see a close-up] Today as a class we studied Ether 4 & 5. But there was so much meat in this part of the scriptures that I decided to hold what I call “Spiritual Midterms.” We’ve done this off and one throughout the year, but it is where I give them…
Ether 3 – Journey to our Promised Lands
Today we discussed truths and principles from Ether, ranging from the end of Ether 2 to most of Ether 3. I started off by sharing two articles from the newspaper. One was a picture of a truck that had crashed into five cars and then a shop. A car had swerved into the path of the truck driver and as…
Ether 2 – Building Your Barge
[example of student work – to see up close, click on picture] Today I reprised a bit of what we discussed yesterday – how Jared, seeing the fragmenting of his society’s language, implores his brother to ask the Lord that at least the two of them will retain understanding of each other. The brother of Jared does so and the…
Mormon 9/Ether 1 – Scripture Scholar Moment!
[example of student work – to see up close, click on picture] I was excited to share this scripture block today. I didn’t spend much time in front of class doing it though, because I really wanted the kids to delve into the scriptures for these particular principles taught in these verses. [Actually I try never to be in front…
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