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Quizzes
Pass out 3X5 cards and have the students prepare quizzes on the SM they own (owning means they have chosen scripture masteries ahead of time to lead the class in learning ~Jenny). Make copies and save until the week you are concentrating on that scripture. Quiz ideas: Fill-in-the-blank, first letter only, unscramble (each line on the card will need to be put into the correct order).
Unscrambler Challenge
Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Goal: Unscramble the words to get as many points as possible. You can use this game for scripture mastery or to introduce concepts, etc. Needed: ? List of words to unscramble ? this is a great web page that will scramble words for you:http://www.lerfjhax.com/scrambler once you type in the word, copy and paste the scrambled word into…
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Bucket Shoot and Chase
Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Needed: 1 bucket and 1 small ball. We used a ball made from duct tape. Object: The object of the game is for each student to score as many “two-point” buckets as possible, while the other students open their scriptures to the scripture mastery scripture. How to Play: Each student gets one turn to shoot baskets. Their…
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Scripture Mastery Guess the Card then Chase
Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Goal: Be the first team to try to determine which Scripture Mastery card the teacher is holding using ?yes or no? questions. When the correct reference is given, be the first team to have your scriptures open to the reference. Needed: ? Scripture Mastery Cards ? Use the cards on Bro. Kipp?s Seminary Place or use the…
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Memorization Relay
Submitted by: Kelly Miller Added: September 23, 2008 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Divide class into two teams. Divide chalkboard in half, or use two boards if available. Tell the class the SM reference. Upon the command of GO!, students go to the board and write one word per student until the entire reference is complete (to include the actual reference as well as punctuation). Game ends when the one…
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Fly Swatter Game for One Scripture Mastery Passage
Materials needed: two flyswatters paper marker Break a scripture mastery verse up into words or phrases. Write (or have students write — even better!) a scripture mastery passage on pieces of paper or 3×5 cards. Put the papers on the floor. Read the scripture mastery verse aloud, stopping before the first word found on the papers. The first student to smack the correct paper wins. This can be played as…
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Five Straight Words
Submitted by: Kelly Miller Added: September 23, 2008 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Class is divided into two teams. Each team gets a deck of SM cards, which are divided among its members. Team 1 selects a clue of any five consecutive words to give to Team 2. Time starts after the clue is given. Time ends when ALL of Team 2?s members have found the correct reference. Then Team…
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Find It Relay
Submitted by: Kelly Miller Added: September 23, 2008 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Divide the class into two teams. Chairs are lined up one behind the other, one line for each team. The teacher, using two SM decks, hands the same card to the first person in each line. When the first person finds the reference, he hands the card back to the next person. First team to complete the…
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Plate Toss
Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 20, 2007 Duration: 5-10 minutes Goal: Memorize one of the scripture mastery verses. Needed: ? 15 ? 20 paper plates ? Permanent Marker Scoring: ? No scoring for this game ? everyone should learn the scripture mastery verse! How To Play: 1. Write the scripture mastery verse that you want to memorize on the paper plates, 2-3 words per plate. Don?t forget to write…
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