Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Divide into teams. One student comes up and teacher hands him a SM card. He must draw a picture to represent that SM while his team guesses the reference. (Can be timed if needed.) Cannot draw words or numbers, no making sounds or hand gestures. If you want to take this to a new level, then have the student roll a dice and do accordingly: #1 or #4 Draw the…
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Set up – 9 chairs in the center of the class in a tic tac toe formation. XXX XXX XXX Divide into two teams (x’s and o’s). Everyone on each team gets a number (We had 8 on each team so numbered them from 1-8) Object – your team makes a tic tac toe before the other team. The teams stand to the sides, x’s on one side of the…
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Divide into teams. One team rolls the die and follows these directions: #1choose any category #2Historical Setting #3Doctrinal Teaching #4Missionary Application #5Personal Application #6other team chooses a category for you The teacher mixes up the SM cards and randomly reads clues from the correct category [from the backs of the scripture mastery cards]. Some of the statements are valid for several different SM. If they say a different SM than…
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Teams bid for the right to name the scripture, (lowest bid wins). The captain of team #1 says “I can name that scripture in ____words.” Other teams can bid lower or say “Name that Scripture.” The teacher then reads the number of words bid. The words can be at the beginning of the scripture (or the teacher may choose to pick a spot in the middle of the verse and…
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Pass out 3X5 cards and have the students prepare clues for quizzes. Quiz ideas: Have each student choose three important words from the scripture they own. Mix up the cards and teacher reads off the clues while students write the references. SM shapes. Each student writes out the entire scripture they own on a card. Then they cut their card into a shape. Number the backs of the cards and…
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Students stand in circle. One student steps out of circle and faces away from the others. He begins reading (or reciting from memory) one of the SM, while everyone else tosses the bean bag back and forth. The reader stops mid way and turns to face the group. Who ever is holding the bean bag must now become the reader and pick up where reader #1 left off. Continue repeating…
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Enlarge SM and cut into strips. Hide around the room before students arrive. On go the each hunt for a piece and then must assemble themselves into the correct order and recited the SM to you.
Enlarge the SM (print it in big font so it fills the page) and make a copy for each team. Cut into 12 equal squares, mix up, and place in an envelope (one envelope per team.) Phase one: teams open their envelope and race to put together the puzzle. Award a point for completing the puzzle first. Phase two: someone from an opposite team turns over one of the square…
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Type the scripture 3 different times on the same sheet of paper, but each time have different words missing (replace them with a blank line). Fold the paper so only the first is showing. First round: students fill in as many missing words as possible without using scriptures (and then may peek to complete the verse). Second round: fold the paper so that only the second section is showing. Fill…
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Give the students 2 minutes to memorize as much as possible. They all stand. The first person recites the scripture until they miss a word (or cant remember any more). That person then sits down, looks at the word they missed and tells it to the class. The next person tries to say more than the first person. And so on. People sitting down can help the person reciting, if…
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Enlarge the SM (or use the large poster once you are finished with it) and cut it into puzzle pieces.
Give each team an envelope with the SM cut up into small phrases. The students lay out the pieces onto a table. Teacher says go and they must transfer the words to a second table and put them in the correct order. The catch? They each have a straw (to suck up each piece for transit). If a word drops they must use the straw to pick it up. …
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