Ha! I found my lesson notes for this lesson! I am going to back date it so that it shows in order on the website, but really I’m writing this three weeks after I gave the lesson, so hopefully I…
D&C 30-35
I felt good about this lesson when it was over. My attempt to accommodate my visually impaired student was successful, and the discussion was pretty great. The student in class who was a former seminary teacher texted me afterward to…
D&C 24-29
This lesson felt a lot better to me for some reason. I didn’t spend as much time on Emma as I expected to, given the audience, but it worked out fine. My outline is pretty sparse, but I’ll try to…
D&C 20-23
Okay — this lesson bombed for me. Even I was bored teaching this junk. The ladies seemed fine with it, but I was bored to death. My lesson objectives were Students will learn about the organization of the church Students…
How to Teach with the Spirit
When I first began teaching, I kept hearing people say that teachers should “teach with the Spirit”. What did that even mean? It’s not like I can control when the Holy Ghost testifies or if another person can hear or…
What’s new with the website?
I’ve completed the move to WordPress, or at least, I’ve completed it far enough to take the website live, anyway. I’ll blog another day about why I moved to WordPress from Drupal, but for now, I’m just going to make…
D&C 17-19
This lesson was another winner. I am relieved that things seem to be going along steadily. Today we talked about the Three Witnesses, the Atonement with an emphasis on repentance and punishment, and covered the job description of the Twelve…
D&C 8-9, 11-16
After last week, I thought that the class might be dwindling to an unsustainable level. Even though people keep expressing “interest” many were not showing up or were scheduling other appointments during class time. I was thinking that we might…
My Lesson is Boring!
AC expressed a common concern on the LDS Seminary Teacher Facebook Group: “I’m a new teacher this year, not creative at all and need desperate help. I have my two boys in my class and they both tell me I’m…
Increasing Student Participation during Gospel Lessons
Most gospel teachers struggle with classroom participation. Sometimes you’ll get a classroom of students who are very active and loud, and other times you may have a classroom of very quiet students. We want students to enjoy each other, but…