DOCTRINAL MASTERY

2.  Master the doctrinal mastery scripture passages and the doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ that they teach:

• • • Knowing the doctrine taught in the doctrinal mastery scripture passages.

    • Explaining the doctrine clearly using the associated doctrinal mastery scripture passages.

    • Being able to remember and locate the doctrinal mastery scripture passages and memorize the key scripture phrases.

    • Applying the doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge in our daily choices and in our responses to doctrinal, personal, social, and historical issues and questions.

I like to do Doctrinal Mastery daily.  Not only does it help us learn and memorise the passages faster, it has the bonus of waking the students up in the mornings so they are more alert for the lesson 😉 

Now that we no longer teach all of the DM passages, I am going through the list in the order they appear in the scriptures.  I have listed the order on the Pacing Guide as "Suggested DM Practice".

 My Routine 

Monday - Tuesday: 8 minutes

• Straight after Opening Exercies, recite the passage for the week out loud together (including the key statement and rhyme).  

• Play one of the DM Games that is just for 1 DM passage (see the Games Website link below).

I will take a couple of minutes on the Monday to discuss it since there is a good chance we haven't had the lesson for it yet.

Wednesday: 8 minutes

• As above, but play one of the DM Games that is for all the DM passages we've learnt so far this year.  (It takes a few weeks to be able to do this.) 

Thursday: 15 minutes

• We have the lesson straight after Opening Exercises.  It is a slightly shorter lesson so we have time for one of the longer DM Games at the end of class.  It's a cheerful way to finish the week.  Make sure you mix up the teams each week so the students get to know each other.