A great way I like to start Alma 5 is by going to Alma 4:19. I bring a bottle of Italian dressing to class (not shaken up) and ask them what the ingredients are (Oil, vinegar, and spices). Then I ask it they would put it on their salad as it is (not shaken and separated). Then I ask questions like, “What does the dressing have to do with Alma 4:19? What has to happen for the dressing to be good? How are people like that? What shakes or stirs people up to be good?” The point is that Alma’s people had settled down into their comfortable, easy places with the Gospel. Alma 5 was to wake them up and “stir” them up spiritually. Alma 5 will do the same with us.
Here are a couple of worksheets I have used to teach Alma 5. They work well because they direct the students through almost the whole chapter. As usual, click on the picture to get the worksheets.
A great way I like to start Alma 5 is by going to Alma 4:19. I bring a bottle of Italian dressing to class (not shaken up) and ask them what the ingredients are (Oil, vinegar, and spices). Then I ask it they would put it on their salad as it is (not shaken and separated). Then I ask questions like, “What does the dressing have to do with Alma 4:19? What has to happen for the dressing to be good? How are people like that? What shakes or stirs people up to be good?” The point is that Alma’s people had settled down into their comfortable, easy places with the Gospel. Alma 5 was to wake them up and “stir” them up spiritually. Alma 5 will do the same with us.
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One of the toughest parts of Scripture Mastery is helping students learn the reference from the key words. A teacher suggested that I put together the new mnemonics on a one page handout like I’ve done with past years. This can help you go over a group of them on a given day. I suggest on one day of the week, you go over 8 or 12 of them, let them practice with each other, and then focus on those when doing activities and games with scripture mastery. This way, in a few weeks, you would have gone over and practiced all of the 25 Scripture Mastery mnemonics. There are instructions on the handout of how to use mnemonics effectively. Under the “Scripture Mastery” tab at the top of the website, you will see “Book of Mormon Scripture Mastery” where you will see other uses with the mnemonics and learning the scripture masteries. As teachers, we are to help our students learn to identify doctrines and principles in the scriptures. This can be difficult because most of our students haven’t really learned what doctrines and principle are. This Jacob 1&2 worksheet helps them in the initial step of seeing what well written statements of doctrine and principle look like. It is also a spring board to teach those powerful doctrines and principle to your class. Click on the picture to get the worksheet. After they have gone through the worksheet with their partner, have different groups read the verses and ask the class what they picked and why. Ask why that is an important doctrine or principle to know for life. Later you will want to help your class learn to construct their own statements of principle. The following link is a great lesson idea of how to do that and it can be used with most any block of scripture. http://nwseminaryshare.weebly.com/1/post/2013/04/scripture-study-skills-lesson-3-fishing-for-principles.html By the way, I’ve had a tragic accident with the website. I was making changes with my other website and I accidently deleted my blog page on this website. So in essence, all my past blog posts are gone. LUCKILY, I have archived all the ideas I’ve shared under then tabs at the top of the page: Scripture Mastery, BOM Teaching Ideas, and Seminary Resources. So it isn’t as bad as it could have been. Still, it is quite frustrating. Sorry for the inconvenience if any. |
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