Brandon C shared his Doctrinal Mastery Case Studies, saying I've been working on some doctrinal mastery resources over Christmas break. My students really enjoy case studies, so I created a case study to go with each of the doctrinal mastery verses we cover this semester. I intentional used a casual tone to make it feel […]

Jeopardy is a fantastic game for seminary! I've used it to review material, train new students how to use the scripture study helps, and review doctrinal mastery. You can make your own games using some of these free online templates: http://sctritonscience.com/ https://jeopardylabs.com/ https://www.playfactile.com/ From Laura T - We discovered this morning that the online Jeopardy […]

Following is a list of escape room game ideas from the Seminary Teacher Facebook Group: Jessi's Escape Room Our stake (3 seminary classes) combined this morning to do this activity so now its time for results feedback for those interested in knowing how it went. We had about 40 kids so we had 4 rooms […]

From Cyndi B. Zoom (or regular) Taboo Students take turns giving clues. Everyone else closes eyes while teacher prepares the clue giver for that round. Clue giver looks at the passage and key word cards that teacher shows on the screen. Give him/her a few seconds to prepare thoughts. After everyone else opens eyes, the […]

From Jocelyn F. - A good way to do quick daily Doctrinal Mastery Scriptures in Zoom is to use the "polling" feature. You can ask a few questions (single answer or multiple choice). I found this in some of the training and it has multiple uses! I am very new to this and not an […]

This is an escape/breakout room I created for a combined YW/YM activity a year or so ago. I set up six rooms in the building with identical clues so that each group of up to 8 kids could compete against each other and hopefully escape during the time allotted for mutual. The goal was to […]

Ken Alford This information was originally published at http://kenalford.com/semlist/2002/02feb02.htm and sent out as part of Ken Alford’s email list to Seminary teachers. Scripture Mastery Devotional Preparation Activity Day This idea is similar to the idea above, but students are given time to prepare devotionals. If your students are like mine, devotionals are too often done “on […]

Ken Alford This information was originally published at http://kenalford.com/semlist/2002/02feb02.htm and sent out as part of Ken Alford’s email list to Seminary teachers. Scripture Mastery “Be Prepared” Activity Day Allow students to prepare short talk outlines based on various scripture mastery scriptures. Then, whenever they get called upon to give a talk or thought; they’ll have a […]

Ken Alford This information was originally published at http://kenalford.com/semlist/2002/02jan25.htm and sent out as part of Ken Alford’s email list to Seminary teachers. In the next several [Seminary-Notes] messages, we’ll consider some ideas for “non-game” scripture mastery activity days that you might wish to try. The first idea is to hold two “scripture mastery scripture chain” activity […]

From Sharra D on the LDS Seminary Teachers Facebook Group: My class did the Toilet Paper game last week and LOVED it. I got the idea from some ‘minute to win it’ post. I had two rolls of toilet paper hanging on a straight [horizontal] pole at the front of the class. I had about […]

This super fun game was written by a Seminary student for his class.  Here are some notes on how to play it: We had a student plan an amazing week of scripture mastery activities. Yesterday it was hunger games themed on Mosiah 4:30. Their battles were rocks, paper, scissors. The person who lost had a […]

This great idea comes from Shauna at http://seminaryatsixam.blogspot.com/ As students arrive, each seat has 2-3 post-it notes with a word, number, or punctuation mark. When I tell them to go, they must work as a group to get their words in order to make a scripture mastery scripture. Until they see who has the name […]

Word strip activities can help your students become very familiar with, and memorize, the scripture mastery scriptures. Usually it is best to use word strips with the longer scripture masteries scriptures that they may have gone over already. To save you a ton of time in your preparations, I [John Bushman] have placed the text […]

Here is an easy one. Each student should draw hangman gallows on a blank piece of paper. Give a clue and let the students chase against the clock for ten to fifteen seconds. If they fail to find the scripture, they add a part of the body to the gallows. Be sure that the parts […]

Have the students make a collage (from old Ensigns and church magazines) representing their SM.

Students stand in circle. One student steps out of circle and faces away from the others. He begins reading (or reciting from memory) one of the SM, while everyone else tosses the bean bag back and forth. The reader stops mid way and turns to face the group. Who ever is holding the bean bag […]

Tape a piece of paper with the key words onto the ceiling. Give a treat to the first student to notice it and a treat to the first student who shouts out the reference. (or finds it in their scriptures).

Enlarge SM and cut into strips. Hide around the room before students arrive. On “go” the each hunt for a piece and then must assemble themselves into the correct order and recited the SM to you.

Print out the SM (in 90 pts, landscape), then cut and tape into one long line. (Roll it up.) (Or have the students write out the SM on a piece of adding machine tape—which you can buy at Walmart.) Do this 3 more times so you have 4 copies. Divide the room into 4 squares […]

Enlarge the SM (print it in big font so it fills the page) and make a copy for each team. Cut into 12 equal squares, mix up, and place in an envelope (one envelope per team.) Phase one: teams open their envelope and race to put together the puzzle. Award a point for completing the […]

Type the scripture 3 different times on the same sheet of paper, but each time have different words missing (replace them with a blank line). Fold the paper so only the first is showing. First round: students fill in as many missing words as possible without using scriptures (and then may peek to complete the […]

Give the students 2 minutes to memorize as much as possible. They all stand. The first person recites the scripture until they miss a word (or can’t remember any more). That person then sits down, looks at the word they missed and tells it to the class. The next person tries to say more than […]

Enlarge the SM (or use the large poster once you are finished with it) and cut it into puzzle pieces.

Give each team an envelope with the SM cut up into small phrases. The students lay out the pieces onto a table. Teacher says “go” and they must transfer the words to a second table and put them in the correct order. The catch? They each have a straw (to suck up each piece for […]

You need 12 styrofoam cups per team, each marked with a colored stripe so the teams know their color. On the board write out the SM so that the entire scripture is divided into four equal lines, and number the lines 1-4. Have all the cups separated and grouped in colors. All students begin sitting […]

Divide the class into teams of 3 students. Each team has two dice, a pie tin, a set of scriptures, a pencil and paper. Open scriptures to the SM. When teacher says “go”, the first student on each team begins to read the scripture while the second student writes down exactly what the first student […]

Divide the SM into phrases (or lines from the SM card). Number each phrase or line. Assign each student a number (several students should have the same number). Give a few minutes for students to memorize their line. Call up a student per phrase/line and have them recite the SM (each their own line). Then […]

One student stands and reads (or quotes) one of the scriptures. The object is for the reading student to finish reciting the SM before all the others can locate and find the reference in their own scriptures.

Prepare by making two copies of several “quizzes” on the SM or SM’s you are focusing on. These quizzes can be “fill in the blanks” “match key words to references” “unscramble the phrases” “first letter only (write the scripture with only the first letter of each word given as a clue)” etc. Divide the class […]

Prep: Divide the SM scripture into short phrases and write each phrase onto a popsicle stick. (Let the students help you prepare the sticks.) You’ll need two sets of sticks for each scripture if you want to race teams against each other. (You could use a different color ultra-fine Sharpie marker for each set. Make […]

All team members are given a few minutes to review the scripture. Each person is given a piece of paper and when the teacher says go they must write the scripture down on a piece of paper. The trick comes when the teacher tells them to switch papers. All persons in their team must switch […]

Enlarge a SM card and cut it up into each individual word. (Or cut up the large poster if you are done with it). Place the individual words of a SM on a table. Everyone surrounds the table. Teacher reads the SM stopping suddenly mid-sentence. The students try to be the 1st person to grab […]

Supplies per group: 1 die,1 pie pan,1 pen,1 piece of paper per student, and scriptures for each student. Game: Sit in a circle with scriptures opened to a pre-selected SM. Student will roll die into pan trying to get a 6, the pan and die continues around the circle with each student rolling the die […]

Game is like musical chairs, but played with paper plates. Written on each plate is part of a scripture mastery. Divide the scripture up so only parts of the scripture is on each plate. (Let students write their part on the plates). Play music while the students exchange their plates with each other, (no order […]

Each team has chalk and board (if only one board, divide board into half with a line). Each team forms a line and when the teacher says “go” the first person starts writing the scripture on the board. When the teacher says switch the next person starts writing where the first ended. Eventually 1 team […]

Each student finds and writes out the SM. As they finish, teacher assigns them a number. When all are done, roll the dice (or choose # from a draw bag) and a candy is given to the number rolled. (This eliminates the “racing” –anyone who finishes has equal chance at the prize.)

A student gets to shoots baskets (one point each) for as long as it takes for all other students to locate SM in their own scriptures. (or write it out)

Divide the scripture into parts and have each student draw a rebus for the SM. (A rebus is when you replace words with symbols or pictures, i.e. “I” becomes a picture of an eye, “be” becomes a picture of a bee. Etc.

One student is given a piece of bubble gum. As soon as he starts opening the wrapper, all students start to write out the SM (copy from scriptures if necessary). See who can write the most down before the gum chewer blows a bubble.

Have one student read the scripture aloud while you time how long it takes. Write the time on the board. Now, have one student say the first word, the next student say the next word, the third student say the third word, etc. Time and see how long this takes. Do the same thing again […]

Have one student read the scripture aloud while you time how long it takes. Another student tries to beat the time, while everyone else listens for missed words, etc. Must be understood and accurate to qualify.

Have everyone look at the poster and write down or discuss what they think the key phrase is. Compare the phrase to the phrase on the bookmark—did you pick the same phrase?

Using the large poster with the scripture written out (that the student prepared), have the class recite the SM together. One student then places a block of paper (these blocks can be different sizes and shapes) over some of the words. Recite again. Cover more of the poster and recite again, etc.

Pass out 3X5 cards and have the students prepare “quizzes” on the SM they “own” (owning means they have chosen scripture masteries ahead of time to lead the class in learning ~Jenny). Make copies and save until the week you are concentrating on that scripture. Quiz ideas: Fill-in-the-blank, first letter only, unscramble (each line on […]

Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Goal: Unscramble the words to get as many points as possible. You can use this game for scripture mastery or to introduce concepts, etc. Needed: ? List of words to unscramble ? this is a great web page that will scramble words […]

Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Needed: 1 bucket and 1 small ball. We used a ball made from duct tape. Object: The object of the game is for each student to score as many “two-point” buckets as possible, while the other students open their scriptures to the […]

Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Goal: Be the first team to try to determine which Scripture Mastery card the teacher is holding using ?yes or no? questions. When the correct reference is given, be the first team to have your scriptures open to the reference. Needed: ? […]

Submitted by: Kelly Miller Added: September 23, 2008 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Divide class into two teams. Divide chalkboard in half, or use two boards if available. Tell the class the SM reference. Upon the command of GO!, students go to the board and write one word per student until the entire reference is […]

Materials needed: two flyswatters paper marker Break a scripture mastery verse up into words or phrases. Write (or have students write — even better!) a scripture mastery passage on pieces of paper or 3×5 cards. Put the papers on the floor. Read the scripture mastery verse aloud, stopping before the first word found on the […]

Submitted by: Kelly Miller Added: September 23, 2008 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Class is divided into two teams. Each team gets a deck of SM cards, which are divided among its members. Team 1 selects a clue of any five consecutive words to give to Team 2. Time starts after the clue is given. […]

Submitted by: Kelly Miller Added: September 23, 2008 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Divide the class into two teams. Chairs are lined up one behind the other, one line for each team. The teacher, using two SM decks, hands the same card to the first person in each line. When the first person finds the […]

Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 20, 2007 Duration: 5-10 minutes Goal: Memorize one of the scripture mastery verses. Needed: ? 15 ? 20 paper plates ? Permanent Marker Scoring: ? No scoring for this game ? everyone should learn the scripture mastery verse! How To Play: 1. Write the scripture mastery verse that you […]

Submitted by: Kelly Miller Added: September 23, 2008 Duration: 5-10 minutes Give scripture clue. Say, “those wearing sandals!” OR: “Juniors!” “Girls!” “Those wearing shorts!” “Those wearing jewelry!” Etc?. Those called are the ones who chase the key word, clue, or key phrase.

Submitted by: Kelly Miller Added: September 23, 2008 Duration: 5-10 minutes Announce a time limit (such as 20 seconds). Time starts after the clue is read. All who get the SM within the time limit get a candy (such as the Brachs? pound candy).

I have a Shock Ball that I bought at Amazon.com for around $20. It’s a small plastic ball with metal discs around the outside that emit a small electric pulse at random. Set a timer for 1-3 minutes. Allow students to look over a scripture mastery passage until the buzzer sounds. Students sit in a […]

Submitted by: Kelly Miller Added: September 23, 2008 Duration: 5-10 minutes Announce a time limit. Give a key word, and chase. http://home.earthlink.net/~colby.kipp/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfile…

Submitted by: Kelly Miller Added: September 23, 2008 Duration: 5-10 minutes Write the first letter of each word of a mastery reference on the board. Have students identify the reference. Use it to recite the reference as a class, first with their books open, and then again with their books closed. http://home.earthlink.net/~colby.kipp/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfile…

Submitted by: Kelly Miller Duration: 5-10 minutes Show a random object. Have students take turns telling how the object applies to each scripture mastery verse. They cannot repeat a SM that someone has used before them.