Todd Parker - Scripture Mastery
 
Minds remember pictures.  Use pictures to teach the scripture mastery verses. 
 
Have the kids learn them in their memories first, they can mark them in their scriptures another day. 
 
Encourage the students to review the SM verses with their parents.
 
Let them verbally review the verses with each other before each scripture chase.
 
Become an artist. TRACE!! Use overhead projector to trace pictures on the board with captions underneath that relate to SM verses.
 
Know the mastery verses yourself.  Set the example.
 
Have students study in pairs.  Pair up the weakest with the strongest - especially cute girls with struggling boys.  They will pull them right out of the trenches by "will you do it for me?" 
 
Use repetition and use as many of the senses as possible.
 
Be a participator in prophecy.  "I have a vision of thousands of missionaries going into the mission field with hundreds of scripture passages memorized . . . "  (President Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, October 1988, page 5)
By teaching diligently the SM verses to our students we can fulfill prophecy and our students will be among those that President Benson spoke of. 
 
 

Laurie

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