Lesson 3

Conducting Meetings

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  • 37:23
    Gospel Practice

    WATCH: The Story of Samuel the Lamanite
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    [Pointer] Vocabulary Preview
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    (Teacher shows the pictures and identifies them. The students repeat after him/her.)

    Nouns
    America
    arrow
    city
    Lamanite
    people
    rock

    Samuel
    sin
    time
    wall
    year
    Zarahemla
    Verbs
    accept
    baptize
    believe
    call
    die
    forgive

    live
    protect
    repent
    shoot
    stand
    throw
    Other
    about
    ago
    angry
    like
    long
    many

    soon
    wicked

    [Pointer] Story
    [EGP Bar]
    (Teacher retells story with pictures.)

    [Pointer] Comprehension Questions
    [EGP Bar]
    (Teacher holds up the corresponding picture as he/she asks the questions.)

    Book of Mormon
    What book
    is this?
    Wall
    Who is this?
    Map
    Where did he
    live?
    Samuel
    Where did
    Samuel stand?
    Samuel Teach
    What did
    Samuel teach
    the people?
    Samuel Teach II
    What did the
    people do to
    Samuel?
    Baptize
    What did Samuel do for
    the people who repented?
    Appear
    Who came in
    five years?
    Joseph Smith
    What do prophets
    tell us to do today?
    [Pointer] Fill in the Blank
    [EGP Bar]
    (Students fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.)

    Samuel was a ____________ in the ____________ ___ ____________. He lived in ____________ a long time ago. He went to____________ and stood on the city ____________. He told the people to ____________ and believe in ____________ ____________. The were ____________ and threw ____________ and shot ____________ at him. ____________ ____________ protected Samuel. Some people believed ____________ and were ____________. In ____________ years Jesus came like Samuel said. Jesus died for our ____________.


    EXTRA MILE


    • Reading
      • Read the Script at the end of this lesson (pp. 23-24)
      • Read the story of Samuel the Lamanite from the Book of Mormon Reader (pp. 83-85) from the ward library
      • Read from the English Scriptures
        • Genesis 4:9 ...Am I my brother's keeper?
        • Genesis 18:14 Is anything too hard for the Lord?
        • D&C 122:8 ...Art thou greater than he?
        • D&C 132:35 Was Abraham, therefore, under no condemnation?
        • Helaman 13-16
    • Writing
      • Write the story of Samuel the Lamanite in your own words.
    • Listening/Speaking
      • In your own words tell someone the story of Samuel the Lamanite, or any of the other scripture stories from the video.
      • Without reading the text, listen to the conducting phrases in lesson three and try to write them down. Practice saying them aloud.
      • Listen and sing along to the hymns you have learned.
    • Singing
      • "Book of Mormon Stories" (from the Children's Songbook)

        Book of Morman stories that my teacher tell to me
        Are about the Lamanites in ancient history
        Long ago their fathers came from far across the sea
        Giv'n this land if they lived righteously.

        Samuel the Lamanite, high on the city wall,
        Came to warn the people and repentance was his call.
        Arrows could not hurt him, for a man of God was he,
        And the taught in the land righteously.


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    Last updated: Friday, September 5, 2003