Test Prep TEST ON MONDAY

Test Prep TEST ON MONDAY

Here are my recommendations for preparing for the test on Monday.

1) You can take the test online at any time this weekend.  

Go to http://la.ldschurch.org/online login with your lds account and select the assessment called Doctrine and Covenants 76-Official Declaration 2 Learning Assessment.  I would recommend that you do this if you will be missing class on Monday or if you do better with tests when you have more time to think about it.  Anyone can take the test online before or during class.  Please don't use your scriptures or any other study help when you take the test.

2) Go to join.quizizz.com and use these two game codes to review the material before you take the test. 

1. GAMECODE 093125 (this one will help you master the 10 Doctrinal Mastery passages that are on the test.
2. GAMECODE 494520 (this one will ask you to login...just make one up...AND it will prepare you for the type of questions that are on the final)

3) Work through the Study Guide (everything on this study guide will be on the test.  Please don't miss the BOLDED/HIGHLIGHTED SECTION below..that section will help you prepare for the WRITING portion of the test)

The study guide is available in 2 ways

1. Online/Gospel library.  CLICK HERE TO OPEN IT.  The hyperlinks in the online version will speed up your study. 
2. Right here. What could be easier?  Links should work here too.

Doctrine and Covenants 76–Official Declaration 2

Doctrinal mastery questions: Understand the doctrine taught in the doctrinal mastery passages.

• Doctrine and Covenants 76:22–24
• Doctrine and Covenants 82:10
• Doctrine and Covenants 84:20–22
• Doctrine and Covenants 88:118
• Doctrine and Covenants 89:18–21
• Doctrine and Covenants 107:8
• Doctrine and Covenants 121:36, 41–42
• Doctrine and Covenants 130:22–23
• Doctrine and Covenants 131:1–4
• Doctrine and Covenants 135:3

Context questions: Understand some of the major events or accounts that surround and give background to a particular passage.

• The messengers who restored certain priesthood keys to the Prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the Kirtland Temple (see D&C 110:11–16)
• Principles the Prophet Joseph Smith learned about trials while in Liberty Jail (see D&C 122:7)
• The major gathering places of the early Saints (see D&C 124, section heading; D&C 136, section heading, 1–18)
• The establishment of the Relief Society (see Daughters in My Kingdom: The History and Work of Relief Society [2011], 11–25)
• The coming forth of the Pearl of Great Price (see the introduction to the Pearl of Great Price)

Doctrine and principles: Understand major doctrine and principles taught in the Doctrine and Covenants.

• The oath and covenant of the priesthood (see D&C 84:33–44), resurrection and kingdoms of glory (see D&C 88:14–24), the Word of Wisdom (see D&C 89), watchmen on the tower (see D&C 101:43–62), Church disciplinary councils (see D&C 102; True to the Faith: A Gospel Reference [2004], 37–38), when the practice of plural marriage is justified (see D&C 132:45, 48), and tithing (see D&C 119)
• Temple work (see D&C 109; 110), performing ordinances for our ancestors (see D&C 128:15), and preaching the gospel in the spirit world (see D&C 138:29–32)
• Receiving a kingdom of glory and receiving exaltation in the celestial kingdom (see D&C 76:30–70; 131:1–4; 137:10)
• Truths taught in “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” (see “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,”Ensign or Liahona, May 2017, 145)
• WRITING QUESTION: The role of the Prophet Joseph Smith in restoring truth, ordinances, and the priesthood (see D&C 135:3)
• Revelation announced in Official Declaration 2
• Succession in the First Presidency when a prophet dies (see D&C 107:23–24)
• The new and everlasting covenant of marriage (see D&C 132:19–21)

Key terms: Understand the meaning of key terms.

• Being endowed in the temple (see D&C 95:8; 109:22–23)

The highlighted and bolded prompt above will help you prepare for the written portion of the test.  Study and prepare to write about: 

1.  Any truth restored to the earth through the Prophet Joseph Smith and how that truth can help you receive eternal life.
2. Any ordinance that was restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith and how that ordinance can help you receive eternal life.
3. Any example of priesthood authority that was restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith and how it can help you receive eternal life.
4. Your personal thoughts on the importance of the Prophet Joseph Smith

Remember, the whole purpose of the learning assessment is to help you remember how much we have learned together and to ponder how these truths can bless you and your family.  Please continue the learning process by discussing what you have learned with your parents.

Official Declaration #2

Official Declaration #2

Reading for class on Thursday, May 16: Gospel Topics Essay titled "Race and the Priesthood."

Click here to link to the learning activity: 

How does the Lord show His love to His children regardless of mortal race?

Mark your reading in the app when you are done or online at https://myseminary.lds.org/

Additional reading to enhance your study:

SCRIPTURES ARE THE BETTER PART OF THE WORLD'S LITERATURE: “The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price do not contain the wisdom of men alone, but of God. . . . What mattereth it though we understand Homer and Shakespeare and Milton (and I might enumerate all the great writers of the world), if we have failed to read the scriptures, we have missed the better part of this world's literature.” (George Albert Smith, Conference Report, October 1917, 43.)

2 Nephi 26:33

Coming Forth of the Pearl of Great Price

Coming Forth of the Pearl of Great Price

Reading for class on Thursday, May 9: Gospel Topics Essay titled "Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham"

Click here to link to the learning activity: 

How can I know that changes and new revelation are from God?

Mark your reading in the app when you are done or online at https://myseminary.lds.org/

Additional reading to enhance your study:

DON'T NEGLECT
“One would not forgo partaking of the sacrament because he is trying to lose weight, yet some neglect the scriptures because they are too busy minding the pressing cares of the world.”
(Neal A. Maxwell, The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book, p. 300)

Mosiah 8:13-18

Tuesday May 7, 2019

The Utah War

Reading for class on Wednesday, May 8: Gospel Topics Essay titled "Peace and Violence among 19th-Century Latter-day Saints." 

Click here to link to the learning activity: 

Look for what lessons we can learn from Saints who may not have made good decisions.  

Mark your reading in the app when you are done or online at https://myseminary.lds.org/

Additional reading to enhance your study:

STUDY TO FIND ANSWERS
Harold B. Lee, “Find the Answers in the Scriptures,” Ensign, Dec 1972, 2
We need to teach our people to find their answers in the scriptures. … But the unfortunate thing is that so many of us are not reading the scriptures. We do not know what is in them, and therefore we speculate about the things that we ought to have found in the scriptures themselves. I think that therein is one of our biggest dangers of today.

3 Nephi 12:23-26; Helaman 5:12

LEARNING ASSESSMENT

LEARNING ASSESSMENT

The time has finally arrived for our first learning assessment.  Here are some tips to help you prepare

1.  You can review for the assessment by using the study guide which is available in gospel library (Use this LINK to open the study guide in  gospel library OR on a computer).  I've included the written version below.

2. I would also encourage you to review doctrinal mastery using QUIZIZZ.  Go to https://join.quizizz.com and use any of these gamecodes

294581

742465

776377

Or you can search for “CJH SEM” and take any of the quizzes we have used this year.

3. Please ask your parents to review your attendance at https://myseminary.lds.org.  If you have any unexcused absences they need to be excused in order to avoid losing credit.  Also, if you have more than 10 excused absences you will need to complete makeup at http://www.seminarymakeup.org (Select Viewmont Seminary) for any days over those 10 absences. Makeup instructions  can be found onmyseminary.lds.org or in the LDS Seminary & Inst app.

“Doctrine and Covenants 1–75 and Joseph Smith—History Learning Assessment Study Guide,”

Doctrinal mastery questions: Understand the doctrine taught in the doctrinal mastery passages.

·       Joseph Smith—History 1:15–20

·       Doctrine and Covenants 1:30

·       Doctrine and Covenants 1:37–38

·       Doctrine and Covenants 6:36

·       Doctrine and Covenants 8:2–3

·       Doctrine and Covenants 13:1

·       Doctrine and Covenants 18:10–11

·       Doctrine and Covenants 18:15–16

·       Doctrine and Covenants 19:16–19

·       Doctrine and Covenants 21:4–6

·       Doctrine and Covenants 29:10–11

·       Doctrine and Covenants 42:11

·       Doctrine and Covenants 49:15–17

·       Doctrine and Covenants 58:42–43

·       Doctrine and Covenants 64:9–11

Context questions: Understand some of the major events or accounts that surround and give background to a passage.

·       Oliver Cowdery’s witness that the work of Joseph Smith was of God (see D&C 6:22–23)

·       The loss of the 116 manuscript pages and the principles Joseph Smith learned (see D&C 3; 10)

·       Truths learned from the First Vision (see Joseph Smith—History 1:11–20)

·       The general timeline of key events: the First Vision, Joseph receiving the golden plates, the restoration of the priesthood, the organization of the Church, and the move to Kirtland, Ohio

·       The messengers who restored the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods (see D&C 13; Joseph Smith—History 1:72)

·       The center place of Zion and the meanings associated with the word Zion (see D&C 57; True to the Faith: A Gospel Reference [2004], 189–90)

Doctrine and principles: Understand major doctrine and principles taught in the Doctrine and Covenants.

·       Principles that govern revelation: receiving revelation (see D&C 9:7–9), recognizing revelation (see D&C 8:1–5), discerning true revelation from false ideas (see D&C 50:10–36), and understanding that the prophet receives revelation to guide the Church and that those with callings receive revelation for their responsibilities (see D&C 28:1–7)

·       Reasons why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only true and living church (see D&C 1:30; 18:1–5; 27:5–14; 33:1–6)

·       What the Doctrine and Covenants teaches about the Atonement of Jesus Christ (see D&C 29:30–45), baptism (see D&C 20:72–74; 22:1–4), the sacrament (see D&C 20:77, 79; 27:1–2), gifts of the Spirit (see D&C 46:8–26), marriage (see D&C 49:15–17), preparation for the Second Coming (see D&C 45:32, 39, 57), scripture (see D&C 68:2–4), the law of consecration (see D&C 42:30–42), and the Book of Mormon (see D&C 20:8–12)

·       The role of the Prophet Joseph Smith in the final dispensation (see D&C 27:5–14; 65:2)

·       The role of the prophet in receiving revelation for the Church (see D&C 21:1, 4–6; 28:2, 6–7; 43:1–7)

Key terms: Understand the meaning of key terms.

·       Eternal life (see D&C 14:7; 20:17–28; 29:22–29; 66:4–13)

·       Immortality (see True to the Faith, 52)

·       New and everlasting covenant (see D&C 66:2)

·       The Great Apostasy and individual apostasy (see True to the Faith, 13–14)

·       Spiritual death (see D&C 29:40–41)

D&C 69-70

D&C 69-70

Reading for class on Thurs 1/3: D&C 69-70

Click here to link to the learning activity: 

How can I prepare myself to be trusted by the Lord?

Mark your reading in the app when you are done or online at https://myseminary.lds.org/

REVIEW FOR THE TEST (WHICH IS ON FRIDAY)

Go to https://goo.gl/AVPwbj (https://quizizz.com/join/) enter   GAMECODES 

526484
294581
742465
776377

Additional reading to enhance your study:

CAN'T BE CASUAL OR INFREQUENT--“A casual, infrequent exposure to the scriptures will generally not open the door to the whisperings of the Spirit or provide insights into the Savior's life and character.” (Merrill J. Bateman, Ensign, November 1992, p. 27)

MORONI 8:8-12

There are no Saints chapters that correspond with Doctrine and Covenants 69-70.

LEARNING ASSESSMENT FRI. JAN. 4TH

What should you do to get ready for the Learning Assessment?

Remember that after we get back we only have 1.5 weeks till the semester break (term ends on January 10).

1. The Learning Assessment will take place on January 4.  You can review for the assessment by using the study guide which is available in gospel library (Use this LINK to open the study guide in  gospel library OR on a computer).  I've included the written version below.

2. I would also encourage you to review doctrinal mastery using QUIZIZZ.  Go tohttps://join.quizizz.com and use any of these gamecodes

526484 

294581

742465

776377

Or you can search for “CJH SEM” and take any of the quizzes we have used this year.

3. Please ask your parents to review your attendance at https://myseminary.lds.org.  If you have any unexcused absences they need to be excused in order to avoid losing credit.  Also, if you have more than 10 excused absences you will need to complete makeup at http://www.seminarymakeup.org (Select Viewmont Seminary) for any days over those 10 absences. Makeup instructions  can be found onmyseminary.lds.org or in the LDS Seminary & Inst app.

“Doctrine and Covenants 1–75 and Joseph Smith—History Learning Assessment Study Guide,”

Doctrinal mastery questions: Understand the doctrine taught in the doctrinal mastery passages.

·       Joseph Smith—History 1:15–20

·       Doctrine and Covenants 1:30

·       Doctrine and Covenants 1:37–38

·       Doctrine and Covenants 6:36

·       Doctrine and Covenants 8:2–3

·       Doctrine and Covenants 13:1

·       Doctrine and Covenants 18:10–11

·       Doctrine and Covenants 18:15–16

·       Doctrine and Covenants 19:16–19

·       Doctrine and Covenants 21:4–6

·       Doctrine and Covenants 29:10–11

·       Doctrine and Covenants 42:11

·       Doctrine and Covenants 49:15–17

·       Doctrine and Covenants 58:42–43

·       Doctrine and Covenants 64:9–11

Context questions: Understand some of the major events or accounts that surround and give background to a passage.

·       Oliver Cowdery’s witness that the work of Joseph Smith was of God (see D&C 6:22–23)

·       The loss of the 116 manuscript pages and the principles Joseph Smith learned (see D&C 3; 10)

·       Truths learned from the First Vision (see Joseph Smith—History 1:11–20)

·       The general timeline of key events: the First Vision, Joseph receiving the golden plates, the restoration of the priesthood, the organization of the Church, and the move to Kirtland, Ohio

·       The messengers who restored the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods (see D&C 13; Joseph Smith—History 1:72)

·       The center place of Zion and the meanings associated with the word Zion (see D&C 57; True to the Faith: A Gospel Reference [2004], 189–90)

Doctrine and principles: Understand major doctrine and principles taught in the Doctrine and Covenants.

·       Principles that govern revelation: receiving revelation (see D&C 9:7–9), recognizing revelation (see D&C 8:1–5), discerning true revelation from false ideas (see D&C 50:10–36), and understanding that the prophet receives revelation to guide the Church and that those with callings receive revelation for their responsibilities (see D&C 28:1–7)

·       Reasons why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only true and living church (see D&C 1:30; 18:1–5; 27:5–14; 33:1–6)

·       What the Doctrine and Covenants teaches about the Atonement of Jesus Christ (see D&C 29:30–45), baptism (see D&C 20:72–74; 22:1–4), the sacrament (see D&C 20:77, 79; 27:1–2), gifts of the Spirit (see D&C 46:8–26), marriage (see D&C 49:15–17), preparation for the Second Coming (see D&C 45:32, 39, 57), scripture (see D&C 68:2–4), the law of consecration (see D&C 42:30–42), and the Book of Mormon (see D&C 20:8–12)

·       The role of the Prophet Joseph Smith in the final dispensation (see D&C 27:5–14; 65:2)

·       The role of the prophet in receiving revelation for the Church (see D&C 21:1, 4–6; 28:2, 6–7; 43:1–7)

Key terms: Understand the meaning of key terms.

·       Eternal life (see D&C 14:7; 20:17–28; 29:22–29; 66:4–13)

·       Immortality (see True to the Faith, 52)

·       New and everlasting covenant (see D&C 66:2)

·       The Great Apostasy and individual apostasy (see True to the Faith, 13–14)

·       Spiritual death (see D&C 29:40–41)