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*So I know it has been a while since I have updated this blog. I have been team teaching with another lady and we have been switching every other week so it has been hard for me to keep up when I haven't had to prepare a lesson. So I am going to spend some time getting caught up on lessons so be looking forward to that.*
Moving on to lesson 27. I have a confession to make. Whenever I teach I always go to Sugardoodle and look for ideas on how to go about teaching my lesson. I use that as a starting point and then go from there. One idea that they had on the site for this lesson was a video that I really liked and I think I will show it (if I can get a download to work) and if not I will have the class act it out.
I really liked the message that the story tells. You can find the talk HERE. It was told by President Gordon B. Hinckley who retold it from a talk given by Elder Robert B. Harbertson in a 1989 General Conference. Like I said, I really enjoyed the message. When I first saw the title of this lesson I was taken back to a mutual we did in YW's when I was still a leader titled our Dr. Seuss Night which you can find HERE it takes the analogy of Satan pressuring us to the classic story Green Eggs and Ham. Crazy I know but there is a great correlation between the two, trust me. Go check it out! Anyway, since I have some of the young women in my sunday school class, I didn't really want to use the same thing again so that is another reason why I want to use this video. For the hand out I am taking another idea from Sugardoodle (the mormanad from the first of this post shrunk down into a wallet size picture and then attaching a blowpop to it since I have no air heads or balloons to attach and no time to get to the store. On the back of the Mormonad I have typed up the story of the snake as taken from the talk by President Hinckley with an image of a rattle snake on it. Feel free to copy and paste this into a word document and size it up so that it fits on the back of the mormonad handout.
"An Indian boy climbed a high mountain.
It was cold up there. At his feet was a snake,
a rattle snake. The snake was cold and
pleaded with the young man to pick it up and
take it down where it was warmer.
The Indian boy listened to the enticings of the
serpent. He gave in. He gathered it up into
his arms and cove
red it with his shirt. He
carried it down the mountain to where it
was warm. He gently put it on the grass.
When the snake was warm it raised its head
and struck the boy with its poisonous fangs.
The boy cursed at the snake for striking
him as an answer to his kindness.
The snake replied,
"YOU KNEW WHAT I WAS
WHEN YOU PICKED ME UP."
Elder Robert B. Harbertson
So here is what i ended up doing for my handout/treat. Instead of attaching the handout axes on the bag of lifesavers, i just slipped it into the baggie...as it seemed to be just the right size. So one side shows the card while the other shows the candy.
So I am currently working on taking the quiz on Heaven and Hell that goes with the next lesson and turning it into a game and then having the class teach each other about the different kingdom of glories.
Should be posted later tonight!
**UPDATE** I dont know why I said I was creating something for it. I did do a game but it was really simple. I had a dog toy (one that squeaked) and I put it on a table in the middle of the room. Divided the class into two teams.
I would ask one of the questions from the quiz. Then who ever knows the answer would have to get the "squeaky" and answer. they got one point for getting the answer right and another bonus point if they could explain why (the explainations are found within the lesson). If they got it wrong, the team that didn't answer would get a chance to steal for point.
It can get a little competitive but they kids seemed to like it and it made taking the quiz and answering those questions a little more fun than just answering them regularly
Currently working on a lesson out line for lesson four the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I have been working on it this morning and feel really good about it so far. So I should have that posted either tonight or tomorrow. I am working on trying to do something with the story of the Mediator (a parable from Elder Boyd K. Packer on the Atonement). I am showing them the video and I feel impressed to do something with it so they can remember the message. Its a great video and story. If you haven't listened to it you can find it under the videos topic on my sidebar.
Lesson 5 is on mortality. I am getting the Plan of Salvation handouts ready to go. I will be passing those out when I teach lesson 5 in two weeks. That way they have something to refer back to since we will be using the Plan of Salvation for many of the lessons that are coming up it also saves me time in having to draw or put up a diagram big enough each time.
Whew...that seems like a lot to do especially when added ontop of homework. Be on the look out for those!
I know I have been kind of on the absent side as been busy with school and getting lessons planned out. I plan on getting my lesson outlines posted on the blog as soon as I get them to a place I like, in fact I might do that tonight with at least lesson 3. Working on lesson 4 at the moment. We have ward conference on Sunday so I won't be teaching so look for that in the coming week. I have had some good ideas come to mind so as soon as I get them out onto paper, I will post them here.
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I am working on getting handouts ready to go...the hard part is not making them look sooo girly (hey after working in YWs it kinda becomes a habit). So look for them soon!
