New Testament Scripture Mastery Helps
Scripture Mastery "Taboo"
Here is a great scripture mastery activity to help your class learn the scripture Mastery’s better, the key words, and the references. The game is played like the popular game Taboo. CLICK HERE to get the general instructions on how to play Taboo, and CLICK HERE (or on the graphic) to get the New Testament Scripture Mastery version of the game. Thanks for sharing Brother Hathaway!
New Testament "Scripture Clips"
I have two great things to share this week. One is a great series of “Scripture Clips” videos that are great for Scripture Mastery Bowls, or just to have your students learn and chase to the 25 New Testament Scripture Mastery scriptures. It is FREE and is at http://scriptureclips.wordpress.com . The website explains, “Scripture Clips is an educational DVD designed to be used in an LDS Seminary classroom environment for the purpose of strengthening students’ mastery of the New Testament Scripture Mastery scriptures. The DVD contains 50 distinct hints, divided into two Rounds of 25 hints. Each Round has one hint for each of the New Testament Scripture Mastery scriptures.” More information is on the web site. Thanks Mike Amelang for all the hard work and sharing your talents. Mike is a early morning teacher here in Western Washington.
"Friends who need your scripture power" -NT Scripture Mastery Worksheet
Here is probably the last worksheet I will send this year that helps your students understand the purposes behind Scripture Mastery.
And again, I am not sending an answer key. It is better to have them fill it out, then go over it as a class and decide which is best based on good discussion and process of elimination.
And again, I am not sending an answer key. It is better to have them fill it out, then go over it as a class and decide which is best based on good discussion and process of elimination.
"Marvin the Missionary" NT Scripture Mastery Worksheet
Here is another worksheet to help your students learn how to apply the Scripture Mastery scriptures to situations in life. These help from the context of a missionary helping an investigator. Click on the image to get the worksheet.
Life's Questions Answered Scripture Mastery
We have to help students see that the purpose of Scripture Mastery is to be better prepared to answer life's questions, for ourselves and others. Click on the image here, then each day during your scripture mastery time, read one of these and see if the students can come up with the right scripture. Realize that there may be other scriptures that can help in the situation.
Scripture Mastery Poetry
By this point in the year, your students need to not just see Scripture Mastery as “Scripture Chasing”. The purpose is that these scriptures will be there for them when they come across different situations in life. Will they think of the scripture in different ways (other than just when they hear the key words)?
In this worksheet, they need to figure out which scripture mastery best fits the poem couplet, and write the reference below the couplet.
In this worksheet, they need to figure out which scripture mastery best fits the poem couplet, and write the reference below the couplet.
Scripture Mastery Weekly Handout
A few teachers have mentioned some difficulty in using the Scripture Mastery handout I sent out before (Click Here to see that). They mentioned how students would lose the pages. Then some teachers said how they would simply cut them up and give them as a small handout each week. This sounded like a great idea.
SO, the document here (click on the image), simply has a single scripture mastery on each page. This is so you can give your students a small handout as you spotlight a particular Scripture Mastery each week. At the beginning of the week, simply copy off the desired scripture mastery page and then cut them up so each student can have one. The multiples on each page should save you from having to make too many copies. Then once they pass it off to a neighbor, they can initial it and turn in the little paper to you so you can keep track of it. Hope this helps. The Lord be with you as you start seminary this year.
SO, the document here (click on the image), simply has a single scripture mastery on each page. This is so you can give your students a small handout as you spotlight a particular Scripture Mastery each week. At the beginning of the week, simply copy off the desired scripture mastery page and then cut them up so each student can have one. The multiples on each page should save you from having to make too many copies. Then once they pass it off to a neighbor, they can initial it and turn in the little paper to you so you can keep track of it. Hope this helps. The Lord be with you as you start seminary this year.
5-Day-A-Week Scripture Mastery
I am sending this out early because next week I will be doing EFY and then on vacation with my family.
Experience has shown that Scripture Mastery is most successful if you do a little bit of it EVERY day in seminary, rather than whole days dedicated to it occasionally. “BUT what do I do for a few minutes every day with Scripture Mastery?” Good question! This worksheet, along with the following information should help.
It is best to spotlight a single Scripture Mastery scripture each week. I found it is usually best to do scripture mastery after the opening song, prayer, and scriptural thought. Try to only take a few minutes with this. Each day you recite the scripture as a class, and then do some additional thing with it. The worksheet was created with this in mind. Here is an example for a given week of how you could use the worksheet, or modify for your own needs:
MONDAY: Recite the scripture together and then ask the class questions like: “Of all of the verses in the scriptures, why was this verse chosen? Why would it be useful to know this scripture? What is a situation when you would want to know this scripture?” Once they understand why it would be really useful to know for the future, they will be more likely to want to memorize it.
TUESDAY: Recite the scripture together again and then go over the mnemonic as discussed in previous blog posts. This will help them memorize the key words to the reference of the scripture.
WEDNESDAY: Recite again and then have them do it with the blanks. Some teachers like to write the whole scripture on a chalk board and then have a student come up and erase a few words, and then have the class recite the scripture again and then remove more words. This helps them memorize.
THURSDAY: Recite again and then have them recite it but only using the first letter of each word (as shown in the handout).
FRIDAY: Recite, then review and get them ready to pass it off to someone in the class. Make sure they say the reference along with quoting the verses. When they do it, give them a small sticker to stick to the chart next to their name. The chart is a simple grid with class members’ names on one side, and scripture references on the other.
For really long scriptures, you may want to split it in half and take two weeks to do it. If you are diligent, by the end of March, you could have your whole class passed off with each scripture mastery scripture.
The handout can be just for you to use to plan what you will do, or it can be a handout to give each student.
Experience has shown that Scripture Mastery is most successful if you do a little bit of it EVERY day in seminary, rather than whole days dedicated to it occasionally. “BUT what do I do for a few minutes every day with Scripture Mastery?” Good question! This worksheet, along with the following information should help.
It is best to spotlight a single Scripture Mastery scripture each week. I found it is usually best to do scripture mastery after the opening song, prayer, and scriptural thought. Try to only take a few minutes with this. Each day you recite the scripture as a class, and then do some additional thing with it. The worksheet was created with this in mind. Here is an example for a given week of how you could use the worksheet, or modify for your own needs:
MONDAY: Recite the scripture together and then ask the class questions like: “Of all of the verses in the scriptures, why was this verse chosen? Why would it be useful to know this scripture? What is a situation when you would want to know this scripture?” Once they understand why it would be really useful to know for the future, they will be more likely to want to memorize it.
TUESDAY: Recite the scripture together again and then go over the mnemonic as discussed in previous blog posts. This will help them memorize the key words to the reference of the scripture.
WEDNESDAY: Recite again and then have them do it with the blanks. Some teachers like to write the whole scripture on a chalk board and then have a student come up and erase a few words, and then have the class recite the scripture again and then remove more words. This helps them memorize.
THURSDAY: Recite again and then have them recite it but only using the first letter of each word (as shown in the handout).
FRIDAY: Recite, then review and get them ready to pass it off to someone in the class. Make sure they say the reference along with quoting the verses. When they do it, give them a small sticker to stick to the chart next to their name. The chart is a simple grid with class members’ names on one side, and scripture references on the other.
For really long scriptures, you may want to split it in half and take two weeks to do it. If you are diligent, by the end of March, you could have your whole class passed off with each scripture mastery scripture.
The handout can be just for you to use to plan what you will do, or it can be a handout to give each student.
New Testament Mnemonics
The handout I sent before with the New Testament Mnemonics was accidently an older file. Here are the newer mnemonics. Sorry for the mistake. I think you will like these a little better. Click on the pictures to see the 8 ½ by 11 full size Mnemonics, and also click on the other picture for the Handout that you can give your students. Sorry again for the mix up.
Part of Scripture Mastery is helping students recall (memorize) the references from the key words. This is essential to getting scripture chasing to work. For instance, if you say, “Ye are the light of the world”, can they recall “Matthew 5:14-16”? The way I help them memorize this connection is through mnemonics. Mnemonics is simply helping your students create a visual image or idea that connects the key words to the reference.
For instance, when they hear “Ye are the light of the world”, I have them think of holding a light while stand on a door mat. Then I ask, “What scripture book does that door MAT remind you of? (Matthew). Then I ask “How many finger are you holding that light with?” (5). “At what age do you especially need to start being a light to the world?” (Teachers & Mia Maids =14-16 years old). Then I have them put the whole reference together. When I am chasing with the class, I give them clues from the mnemonic rather than letting them look on their bookmarks. Feel free to help the class come up with their own mnemonics. You will find that some of the mnemonics are more helpful than others. Also, you may find that the more ridiculous it is, the better they remember.
Click on the picture to download the mnemonics I have for the 25 New Testament scripture mastery scriptures. Some teachers will print and show the particular mnemonic when spotlighting the particular scripture mastery that week. Others teachers print them all and use them to decorate the class.
In addition, click on the picture below to download a handout (front and back) that has all 25 NT Scripture Mastery mnemonics on one page. This also has some instructions on how to memorize with mnemonics. This is great for having the students quiz each other. Later this summer, I will have other resources that use these mnemonics for scripture mastery.
Just so you know, Todd Parker is who came up with most of these mnemonics with small modifications from me. I put together the graphics for them. The mnemonics are used with permission as long as it is a non-commercial use like seminary.
Part of Scripture Mastery is helping students recall (memorize) the references from the key words. This is essential to getting scripture chasing to work. For instance, if you say, “Ye are the light of the world”, can they recall “Matthew 5:14-16”? The way I help them memorize this connection is through mnemonics. Mnemonics is simply helping your students create a visual image or idea that connects the key words to the reference.
For instance, when they hear “Ye are the light of the world”, I have them think of holding a light while stand on a door mat. Then I ask, “What scripture book does that door MAT remind you of? (Matthew). Then I ask “How many finger are you holding that light with?” (5). “At what age do you especially need to start being a light to the world?” (Teachers & Mia Maids =14-16 years old). Then I have them put the whole reference together. When I am chasing with the class, I give them clues from the mnemonic rather than letting them look on their bookmarks. Feel free to help the class come up with their own mnemonics. You will find that some of the mnemonics are more helpful than others. Also, you may find that the more ridiculous it is, the better they remember.
Click on the picture to download the mnemonics I have for the 25 New Testament scripture mastery scriptures. Some teachers will print and show the particular mnemonic when spotlighting the particular scripture mastery that week. Others teachers print them all and use them to decorate the class.
In addition, click on the picture below to download a handout (front and back) that has all 25 NT Scripture Mastery mnemonics on one page. This also has some instructions on how to memorize with mnemonics. This is great for having the students quiz each other. Later this summer, I will have other resources that use these mnemonics for scripture mastery.
Just so you know, Todd Parker is who came up with most of these mnemonics with small modifications from me. I put together the graphics for them. The mnemonics are used with permission as long as it is a non-commercial use like seminary.