Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Well, it’s obvious that I’ve been away from teaching for a while. I’m feeling like I’m not quite on my A-game yet. I don’t know if the kids have gotten out of the habit of discussing with the other teacher or if I’m not asking the right questions. Either way, my lesson today could have had some improvement. Matthew 21 Yesterday’s was a fun and easy lesson to prepare. I…
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I am going to be unavailable for General Conference weekend, and I will not be uploading the General Conference Jeopardy game like I did last year. :-( I hope to be able to do it for April’s conference, but it definitely won’t happen for October 2012. If you make one, please share it here so that others can use it, too. Matthew 5 I showed the videos from http://biblevideos.lds.org/ on…
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Today we covered Matthew 4, the temptation of Christ. This has always been one of my favorite scripture stories. I’m not sure if it’s because Jesus owns Satan so soundly or if it’s that I feel like the temptations give an insight into the personality of the Savior… whatever it is, I always like this topic. There are a lot of JST footnotes in Matthew 4 that need to be…
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We’ve moved into our regular study of the scriptures. So far it seems to be going well. I am trying to focus my lessons on the expectation that the kids have read so that we get into some good habits of reading while they are still excited about Seminary. Matthew 1-2 I talked to the kids briefly about our very first lesson when I taught that there were two things…
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Wow. That was over fast! It’s always amazing to me how fast Seminary seems to go. The Freshmen are settling in, and they all commented during class today. Having 16 isn’t much different than 12 so far, but I suspect I haven’t gotten their full blown craziness yet. My first absence was today. I think he skipped because he knew we were writing devotional talks. I will have to think…
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Whew. I don’t know about you, but I did not sleep well before my first day of Seminary this morning. A friend came over and we talked for several hours, and so I didn’t get my last minute things finished before class last night. The first Seminary text came in at 4:40am, so I figured that was a sign and just got up. I had realized during the night that…
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Saturday was our regional Seminary training. As usual, the presentations were of varying value and interest, but I was glad I went. This time I took notes on my tablet using Evernote. I am in love with Evernote, I have to say. I also use the Swype keyboard, which makes note taking using a device without a full keyboard totally do-able. I was sitting by a hardcore geek during one…
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“Be Sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.-1 Peter 5:8Satan knows us personally and has had 6000 years to plan how to draw us away- Father Lehi taught us …
Click on the [link below] to download the instructions for the Spin the Dreidel Scripture Mastery Game. This being December, we are approaching the Hanukkah season which has its ties to the Old and New Testament. Your class has learned how the Tabernacle, and other ancient temples, had a large candlestick Menorah which was to be constantly burning (Exodus 25:31-37). In the 400 years between the Old and New Testament,…
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Submitted by: Kelly Miller Added: September 23, 2008 Duration: 5-10 minutes Have students turn to a hymn that you have directed them to. Have them tell you which scripture mastery verse(s) match and why. For example: Lead, Kindly Light [Hymn # 97] could go with Matt. 5:14-16 Choose the Right [Hymn #239] could go with Matt. 6:24 We’re Not Ashamed to Own Our Lord [Hymn #57] could go with Romans…
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Last year in Seminary I used the famed Magic Squares. I loved the idea of the little jingle to memorize scripture locations. My own children learned the little jingles very, very quickly, and I thought surely this was the answer to all Scripture Mastery needs. At the end of the year, I required all students to pass off the Magic Squares rhymes in order to receive credit scripture mastery for…
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