Information regarding Make-up Lessons, Readings, & Assessments.
Students have until 1 year after their Year 13 at High School to complete all Seminary work to graduate.
For 2025 - the Make-up Work deadline is 9am on Tuesday 28th October.
Click on the list of contents below to go straight to that section.
To gain COURSE CREDIT for Seminary each year,
students complete two terms of study.
This means that, for each term, students must:
Have an attendance of 75% or higher.
Complete all of the required readings.
Take part in an assessment.
Course completion certificates are issued at the end of the year.
For 2025, all attendance, readings, and assessment information needs to be completed and on WISE by Tuesday 28th October.
To GRADUATE FROM Seminary
students complete four years of study.
That is, gained Course Credit for the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine & Covenants courses.
They must also receive an Ecclesiastical Endorsement from a bishopric member.
For students who fall behind in the course requirements, they can do make-up work. This applies to the current year as well as previous years. There is make-up work for each of the requirements: attendance, readings, and assessments. See below for more details.
Once all make-up work is done, they can receive course credit, if it is completed in time. Students have until one year after they could have finished Seminary, i.e., one year after they are a Year 13 at school.
MAKE-UP LESSONS ARE NEEDED WHEN A STUDENT'S ATTENDANCE FALLS BELOW 75%
To pass each Seminary course, student attendance must be 75% or higher.
If a student's attendance is below 75%, WISE will let you know how many lessons have to be made-up.
FOR THE TERM WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING it will look similar to this on WISE:
In the example above - "4 DTMU" means "4 Days To Make Up".
The student needs to complete 4 make-up lessons to get them to 75% attendance so they can complete the course. At the moment, they are on 47% attendance, having been to 6 out of 13 lessons.
"0 DMU" means that currently they have "0 Days Made Up", ie. completed no make-up lessons. As the number of DMU goes up, the number of DTMU will go down.
There are pdf files for every lesson. In all cases - students need to read the lesson and complete the writing component of it. This can be done on a Word document, an email, or on paper. They then need to get their answers to their teacher.
There are many ways you can approach make-up work lessons. A list is below. Find a way that works for the student and yourself. To see a more detailed selection of each one, click on the list below or on the down arrow to the side:
Pdf lesson files to email to students (a good option if there aren't too many lessons to make-up)
Pdf lesson files to print (a good option if students haven't access to internet or devices, or there are a lot of lessons)
Links to the Student Manual via Email (a good option for students who find it easy to use devices)
Links to the Student Manual via Google Doc (very handy when there are lots of lessons to make-up)
General Make-up Work Sheet (adaptable to any lesson)
The MySeminary Website - only from 2024 onwards (good for proactive students who are good with technology)
Below are pdf lesson files you can download and email to the student to complete. They email you back their answers. We recommend you encourage one email per lesson - it's easier to keep track of them that way.
Below are pdf lesson files you can download and then print to hand to the student. This is a good option for those with limited computer or internet access, as well as those with large numbers of lessons to do. Plese contact your Stake Supervisor or Administration Assistant if you need help with the printing.
You can email links to specific lessons from the Student Manual, or,
You can email links to the Student Manuals along with a list of those lessons to complete. Here are the current manual links:
Book of Mormon Seminary Student Manual
New Testament Seminary Student Manual
Old Testament Seminary Student Manual
Doctrine & Covenants Seminary Student Manual
This takes a few minutes to set up, but it is great for keeping track of progress from then on. It can also be added to if needed.
For this option, create a Google Document. You can download the copy shown below and adapt it.
Complete the table with the lessons - including the links to the student manual for each one. Share the document with the student and their parent/s.
This is a sheet that can be used for any lesson. The students will read the scriptures and find their own principles and applications of them.
Students and parents can see what lessons need to be made up by going to the website mySeminary.churchofjesuschrist.org
They Sign In with their Username and Password. They can see what lessons they were absent for and how many they will need to do.
Students then go online to the Seminary Student Manual (you might want to send them the link). They look up the lessons they missed and complete them.
See below for a short video on how to do this.
Mickey's Makeup WorkHere's an example of a Google Doc for option 4.
Seminary Make-up Sheet.docxHere's the file to download for option 5.
Using MySeminary to Identify Makeup Lessons.pdfHere's a help sheet that goes with option 6.
Makeup Lessons Using MySeminary - Apr 2024.mp4Here's a video that goes with option 6.
AFTER STUDENTS HAND THEIR LESSONS IN
Because Make-up work is extra work for teachers, you are not expected to give detailed responses to the lessons. If it looks as though the student has made an effort and applied some truths, you can tell the student "thank you, it's completed". If it looks as though the student has put no effort in, or hasn't learnt anything, ask them to try again and see if they can learn something else from the lesson.
MARKING WISE - for the CURRENT TERM
When make-up work is done for the current term, you can change student's attendance.
Go to the day of the lesson they have made-up.
Change "Absence" to "Makeup Absence".
You should see their attendance percentage go up for each day you change.
MARKING WISE - for PREVIOUS TERMS or YEARS
It the Makeup work is for previous terms, please let your Administrative Assistant know. All you need to share is the student's name, which term the lessons are for, and how many are completed. For example:
Daphne Moon, Book of Mormon, Term One, 5 lessons completed.
WHEN STUDENTS HAVE WORK FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
It can be difficult when students have make-up work for years you did not teach, especially if the number of lessons missed is large. If this is the case, and you need help, please reach out to your Stake Supervisor or a Stake Leader for support.
This one is a lot easier than lessons 😅 Students just have to complete the required readings for each term & year. These are listed below with the assessments.
HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH READINGS NEED DOING?
Hopefully, your student will remember. Anything they completed in the past still counts. It is just the readings they missed that they will need to do. If they don't remember what they read, or didn't read, you can go onto WISE and look at the class records for that year. I'll try to post a video on how to do this early in 2025.
MARKING WISE - for PREVIOUS TERMS or YEARS
Once students have completed ALL their readings for a previous term or year, please let your Administrative Assistant know. They will need to know the student's name, and which term and year it is for. For example:
Niles Crane, Old Testament, Term One, all readings completed.
MAKE-UP ASSESSMENTS ARE NEEDED IF STUDENTS ARE MISSING AN ASSESSMENT
There is one assessment per Seminary term - so - two each year. If students miss an assessment, email them a copy to complete. Students complete it (with family or friends if they'd like to) and them email it back to the teacher. Or, if it's best for them, you can give them a paper copy instead.
Teachers check the Assessment is completed and thank the student for their efforts. Students pass the Assessment by attempting it - there is no grade or mark given.
Please let the Administrative Assistant know when an Assessment has been completed so they can add it to WISE.
DOWNLOAD
2025 D&C
LESSONS HERE
TERM ONE: D&C 1 - 70
TERM TWO: D&C 71 - Proclamations
For the 2025 D&C Student Manual Term 1: Click Here Term 2: Click Here
Below are individual pdf files for students:
D&C
READINGS
Term One:
Joseph Smith - History
D&C 1 - 4
D&C 8 - 10
Term Two:
D&C 76
D&C 84
D&C 93
D&C 110
D&C 121 - 123
DOWNLOAD
2025 D&C
ASSESSMENTS HERE
Assessment for Term 1:
D&C 1 - 70
Assess Your Learning Term 1 (D&C 1-70).pdfAssessment for Term 1:
D&C 71 - Proclamations
Assess Your Learning Term 2 (D&C 71-Proclamations).pdf
DOWNLOAD
2024 BOOK OF MORMON
LESSONS HERE
TERM ONE: 1 Nephi 1 - Alma 16
TERM TWO: Alma 17 - Moroni 10
For the 2024 Book of Mormon Student Manual: Click Here
Below are individual pdf files for students:
BOOK OF MORMON
READINGS
Term One:
1 Nephi 1, 8, 11
2 Nephi 9:1-29
Mosiah 2 - 5
Alma 5, 7
Term Two:
Alma 32-34
3 Nephi 11, 15 - 21
Moroni 10
DOWNLOAD
2024 BOOK OF MORMON
ASSESSMENTS HERE
Assessment for Term 1:
1 Nephi - Alma 16
2024 Book of Mormon Assessment 1.pdfAssessment for Term 1:
Alma 17 - Moroni 10
2024 Book of Mormon Assessment 2.pdf
DOWNLOAD
2023 NEW TESTAMENT
LESSONS HERE
TERM ONE: Matthew - John
TERM TWO: Acts - Revelation
For the 2023 New Testament Student Manual: Click Here
Below are individual pdf files for students:
NEW TESTAMENT
READINGS
Term One
Matthew 5 - 7
Luke 2
Luke 22:1-20
John 10 - 21
Term Two
Acts 1 - 12
Romans 8
1 Corinthians 13
Hebrews 11
2 Timothy 3
DOWNLOAD
2023 NEW TESTAMENT
ASSESSMENTS HERE
Assessment for Term 1:
Matthew - John
New Testament Assessment 1 Assessment for Term 1:
Acts - Revelation
New Testament Assessment 2
DOWNLOAD
2022 OLD TESTAMENT
LESSONS HERE
TERM ONE: Moses, Abraham, Genesis - Ruth
TERM TWO: 1 Samuel - Malachi
These are the older style Word Documents which can be emailed or printed for students. They follow along with the lessons in the older style Old Testament Student Manual. Email your student:
The Word documents to complete (see below)
The link to the Student Manual: Old Testament Seminary Student Manual
Alternatively, you can give the lessons to your students on paper. Either way, students complete the lessons and return them to you for feedback.
OLD TESTAMENT
READINGS
Term One:
Moses 1 - 5
Abraham 1 - 3
Genesis 37, 39, 41
Term Two:
Isaiah 1-2, 6, 9, 11-12
Isaiah 29, 49, 53, 58, 61
Psalms 23 - 24
Daniel 1-3, 6
Malachi 3
DOWNLOAD
2022 OLD TESTAMENT
ASSESSMENTS HERE
Note - these are the older style, multiple choice questions.
Assessment for Term 1:
Genesis - Ruth
2022 Old Testament Test 12022 Old Testament Test 1 AnswersAssessment for Term 1:
1 Samuel - Malachi
2022 Old Testament Test 22022 Old Testment Test 2 Answers