General Conference Bowl!

03/26/2012

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        First off, thank you to Sister Linda Sutton for sharing this idea with me.  I have modified things a bit, but the general idea is from what she shared with me.  Click on the picture, or HERE to get the instructions.  
        A quick summary of the game is that you assign students to make 4 multiple choice questions while they are watching General Conference.  Then when you have seminary, you have the classroom set up like Family Feud and you play with the questions they provided.  The instructions give the needed details.
        Feel free to stop during the bowl, or after to discuss what inspired them. 
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General Conference Helps

03/20/2012

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        Part of our charge as seminary teachers is to teach the words of the living Prophets.  And there is no better time for this then General Conference.  
        I wanted to get this out a bit early because this weekend is the General Young Women’s Broadcast.  And many of you will be having Spring Break before that so you will want to get some of these items in their hands before that.  
        Because of our charge to teach the living Prophets, I’ve always given one day of makeup work for every hour they watch (and at least one page of notes for that hour).  So all of our students would be able to make up 10 days (or hours) of makeup work in a short period of time.  For the Young Ladies, you get to 10 hours by counting the broadcast this weekend.
        So here are some helps. The first handout HERE is a simple conference report form for 5 speakers.  It has them name the speaker, summarize, share principles from the talk, and list any Old Testament stories or scripture masteries that were mentioned.  Also in the corner it has a place where they can write personal notes on how the Lord is directing them as they listen.  I like to assign at least one of these pages as homework, regardless of makeup work.  But I let them use the form or their own notes. 
        The handout HERE is simply the pictures of all 15 living prophets.  Your students should learn to recognize them by sight (in case they run into them on vacation) so this is a fill in the blank for their names. This is fun to do before Conference, and then quiz them again after conference. You can use an overhead projector for this too. 
        The last handout HERE is a list of interesting facts about all 15 living prophets.  This may be best to use before conference to get them excited to watch.   Thank you Brother McArthur for sharing some of these!
        The next time you have seminary after Conference, and before they turn in their notes, have them share what they liked.  If you give them prompts, they will have a lot to share. Those are great seminary lessons.  Maybe see who watched the most hours and have a surprise for them.

Here is another great resource.  http://www.lds.org/study/prophets-speak-today/what-are-prophets?lang=eng
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Gotcha!

03/12/2012

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"Gotcha" is similar to the game "Slap Jack" but with some cool changes and additions. Click on the image here to download the game instructions.
    Also, Click Here to download the alternative seat changeing rules.  For some classes, this is easier to follow. Thanks Bro. Moon for sharing the idea.
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Proverbs Worksheet

03/06/2012

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It is a shame we can’t spend more time in Psalms and Proverbs.  Here is a worksheet that will help your class get some to some of the highlights of Proverbs. Click on the image here to get the worksheet. The first two pages are the handout for your class (you can copy front and back).  The last two pages are a key you can use. 

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Personal Psalms of Praise

03/05/2012

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       This has been one of the most enjoyable activities I have done with Seminary students. I got the idea years ago from Brother M. Ashton and have used it ever since.  The first time I tried it, I wasn’t sure how willingly the students would participate. But I have always been pleasantly surprised with how willing and amazing their personal psalms of praise were.  The creative writing assignment on the worksheet is pretty self explanatory.  
          After they have all turned their papers in, read the ones that you have been given permission on.  After you read those I read the other’s privately and sometimes I have asked again if it is ok to read their publicly.  After they hear others, they often are then ok with people hearing theirs. 
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March Madness!

03/01/2012

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        I love March. For those who don’t know, this is the month that college basketball teams from all over the nation battle it out for #1.   For me, March also seems to be the time that hope is back in the air.  Help your kids feel that.  I know that some of you teachers do a little competition with March Madness to decrease TARDIES, and increase READING.   There are many ways to do this. Break the class into two EVEN teams for the month of MARCH and let them choose a team name.  Then you can set up a hoop (converted trashcan can work) in the room and then at the end of class, if they READ they can shoot for their team, and if they were there ON TIME, they can shoot.  I would give them the option of choosing to take their earned shots at a 2 point or 3 point line.  Over the month the teams will battle it out by being on time and reading.
          The trick to all this is don’t let it take much class time.  For this reason, let them simply mark being on time and reading as they come in. (Don’t take class time for that!)  Then leave the last 3 minutes of class for the shooting for the entire month. 
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