Moroni 7 – Charity suffereth long…
Today the youth finished off their presentations/Spiritual Finals on Moroni 7. Once they shared their thoughts on their assigned sections, I led them through a step-by-step analysis of Moroni 7:45. We listed on the board each of the essential parts to charity, as mentioned in verse 45. And if a definition in the scripture was mentioned in a “negative” term,…
Scripture Mastery – a Historical Perspective
Unfortunately, today is our last day of seminary for this week. We do not have seminary tomorrow since there is no school. So since Scripture Mastery Day is being held at the Stake on Saturday, we had a “Friday” day today, playing scripture mastery games. There are a lot of things which went “right” this year, working with these…
Moroni 7 “Spiritual Finals” cont.
Today the youth presented the first two parts of their research for their Spiritual Finals into Moroni 7. The spirit was strong and I even learned from their perspectives. What a blessing and privilege to be a seminary teacher and to work with the Lord’s future leaders. The sacrifices are truly worth it.Free resources for the LDS seminary teacher.
Moroni 7 – “Spiritual” Finals
[example of students’ score sheets for Five in a Row] Today, after opening exercises of devotional, etc., we played one round of our scripture mastery game Five in a Row to review for our scripture mastery day. ATTENTION GETTER:Then we moved on to the research topic for the day – the powerful spiritual content within Moroni 7. I had “Finals”…
Moroni 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 – Your Perspective, Please
[example of student’s class journal] Today we covered Moroni 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (with a little bit from Ether 15). To start off today, I asked the students to think of one of the loneliest times they have ever experienced. I distributed their class journals and asked them to journal about that for just a moment, listing…
Scripture Mastery – Five in a Row!
[example of student work] Today for a scripture mastery game, we played FIVE IN A ROW! I had gotten the idea from the scripture mastery ideas booklet I’d been given when first a teacher. The booklet is entitled Scripture Mastery: A Guide for Teachers and was prepared by the Church Educational System and published by The Church of Jesus Christ…
Ether 13, 14, & 15 – Building a City
[example of student work – to see up close, click on picture] Today we covered Ether 13, 14, & 15. I started off by drawing a city silhouette on the board and then asked the students, “Of all the cities you could live in, which one would it be and why?” (from the lesson manual) The students call out a…
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…