Lesson 2

Giving Prayers

19:15

Gospel Practice

WATCH: The Story of Lehi
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[Pointer] Vocabulary Preview
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(Using pictures, board, and mime the teacher explains the following words.)

Nouns
Book of Mormon
Brass Plates
desert
faith Jerusalem
Laman
Lehi
Lemuel
Nephi Sam
Scriptures
story Verbs
bring
complain
do
get help
leave
need
obey
send teach
tell
thank
want
write Other
favorite
important

[Pointer] Story
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(Teacher retells story using the pictures.)

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

Who is this?
Who are these people?
What happened to Lehi?

What did God tell Lehi to do?
What did Lehi do?
What are these?
Where did Lehi send his sons?

What did Laman and Lemuel do?
What did Nephi say?
What happened in the end?
What two lessons does this story teach?

[Pointer] Listening Practice
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(Teacher reads the story or plays the video, and the students fill in the blanks.)

Lehi was a prophet. His family lived near ___________. Lehi had four sons, ___________, Lemuel, Sam, and ___________. Lehi had a ____________. god told Lehi to leave Jerusalem with his family. Lehi obeyed God. He and his family ____________ Jerusalem and went to the ___________. When ___________ got to the desert, Lehi ___________ and thanked God for _____________ them.

Then God ____________ Lehi that he needed the ____________. The scriptures were written on ___________ ____________. ___________ sent his sons to ____________ to get them. Laman and Lemuel did not want to go. They ____________. But ___________ said, "I will do what God ____________ me to do. He will _____________ me." Nephi and his ___________ got the brass plates. God helped them. They brought them back to their ____________.

EXTRA MILE

Reading
- Read the Script at the end of this lesson
- Read the Book of Mormon Reader, pp. 18-25. (from the ward library)
- Read from the English Scriptures
  - 2 Nephi 33:12 And I pray the Father in the name of Christ that many of us, if not all, may be saved in his kingdom at that great and last day.
  - 3 Nephi 18:19 Therefore ye must always pray unto the Father in my name.
  - 3 Nephi 19:20 Father, I thank thee...
  - Matthew 6:9
  - Luke 11:2
  - 1 Nephi 2:2-3
  - Moroni 4:2-3
  - Moroni 5:2
Writing
- Write the story of Lehi's vision in your own words.
- Write a prayer to share next class.
Listening/Speaking
- In your own words tell someone the story of Lehi's vision or of Joseph Smith.
- Without reading the text, listen to the prayers in lesson two and try to write them down. Practice saying them aloud.
- Listen and sing along to the hymns you have learned.

Who is this?	Who are these people?	What happened to Lehi?
What did God tell Lehi to do?	What did Lehi do?	What are these?	Where did Lehi send his sons?
What did Laman and Lemuel do?	What did Nephi say?	What happened in the end?	What two lessons does this story teach?