Master Class-Eureka November 15

Study all the following to increase your Knowledge:

Latin Chapters 68-73

Finish Screwtape Letters:  Letters XXIV to XXXI and Screwtape Proposes a Toast

Choose your favorite Screwtape Letter.  Teach us what this letter means…skit, monologue, etc.  Please sign up for a letter so that we do not have duplicates. Create a skit (written, typed out, and prepared before hand), song, poem, artistic creation, model, invention, (see teaching ideas) to share with us what you learned by reading this book

Writing assign:   Write a letter to Screwtape or Wormwood.  What would you want to say to them?  You make take the role of Screwtape, Wormwood, the patient, yourself, or someone on “the enemy’s” team.  Bring your polished letter to class; we will be sharing our letters in class.

Increase your Understanding by choosing from the following inspirements, OR choose your own inspirement to teach us what you studied. Please come prepared to teach the group:

As you read each letter, write down what you think that letter is trying to teach you.  What patterns do you see?  Which letter is your favorite, why?

People either really like CS Lewis or really disagree with CS Lewis.  Which one are you?  Why?  Write a report on CS Lewis, his life, his spirituality, his choices, his writings.  Share with us in class what you learn about him and how it applies to your life.

CS Lewis will be honored on November 22^nd 2013, on the 50th anniversary of his death; Lewis will be honored with a memorial in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.  What do you think CS Lewis would ask you to do to honor him if he was here?    Do it!  Then share with us what you did in honor of CS Lewis

Become a servant of Christ by choosing one of the activities below to serve others.

Which temptations are hard for you to avoid?  What are your personal weakness’ that can lead you into sin and error?   Choose to change a weakness into strength through Christ.  Do something to show your willingness to take action.

What was your big message from Screwtape letters?  Choose some way to apply the message in your life.   This should be an action as well as a change of heart.

Master Class- Art & Literature Nov 8

Study all the following to increase your Knowledge:

Way to Be:  Chapter 5:  Be True and Chapter 8:  Be Still

Screwtape Letters:  Letters XVI to XXIII

Latin Chapters 61-67

Prepared Speech: This week you must prepare a heroes speech! Try and make it on someone who accomplished great things through Christ. Follow the steps from Secrets of the great communicators Pg.43-45. On page 45 there is a list of people J

Complete a word study on "True" (not "Truth") and/or "Still" (do them both; if you could...they are powerful along with the reading!)

Don’t Forget Your Sketch Book…and bring a ruler if you have one

Increase your Understanding by choosing from the following inspirements, OR choose your own inspirement to teach us what you studied. Please come prepared to teach the group:

Look at the examples on page 69-72. Find examples in your own life (or family history) that match these two, either in people that you know or people that you don't. Do a comparison T-chart, and share your findings about what makes them the way they are without mentioning names (unless they are dead and historic).

 

Ask 5-10 people whom you know, love or respect and ask them where their "rock walls" are. Share in class where others Rock Walls are.

 

Take pictures of "rock walls" or ideal places of solitude and bring all your findings and pictures to share.

 

Become a servant of Christ by choosing one of the activities below or creating your own inspirement to serve others.

 

Reflect in your life to a time when you were not true. Repent and make a plan of action to make sure it never happens again. Write about your experience in your journal or reflection notebook and share it with anyone you feel inspired to.

 

If the Spirit whispers to you that you have too much electronic/media influence in your life as you read Chapter 8 of "Way to Be!", take an inspired amount of time to do a "black out" with none of the devices Hinckley mentions on page 105 (or extras if you feel so inspired). Take time to reflect at the end of the period how it felt, challenges, etc. and share your feelings in class.

 

Take time to honestly contemplate why you do what you do in class at Vanguard (how you act, the inspirements you do, what you say, etc.): is it to learn, is it to have "F-U-N!", is it to feel the Spirit and get direction, ...is it to get attention? If changes need to be made, then this is the inspirement for you! Make a plan to change and apply it during your CORE/Journeyman class. Put your feelings down after you have done this in your reflection book then share your experience with a friend, parent, or (even better!) in class :)!

 

Find your own "rock wall" in your life, a place to be still, and spend at least 10 minutes there every day this week, reading that book that you have never ready because you didn't make time to do

Master Class History-November 1

Study all the following to increase your Knowledge:

Da Vinci Excerpt #4

Latin Chapters 54-60

Screwtape Letters:  Letters VIII to XV

Read about the 5 Love Languages.  Which are you?   How do these relate to learning through our sense?

http://www.5lovelanguages.com has some basic information.  As always on the internet, please beware of content.

http://www.5lovelanguages.com/profile/teens/  this link is a test specifically for teens.  You should take it J

 

Increase your Understanding by choosing from the following inspirements, OR choose your own inspirement to teach us what you studied. Please come prepared to teach the group:

Choose a musical piece that you love and perform it for us.  Share with us why you love listening to it.

Create a work of art in a medium of your choice.  During the creation process, have a special emphasis on creating with great detail.  Bring your art to show us.

Complete a Word Study on the following words:  Sense, Experience, Beauty, Sight or Hear

Choose one of your five senses to work on developing.  Each day this week experience an increased development of your chosen sense.   Write for 15 minutes about what you did differently, what you learned from your experience, and how you changed.

Read the 5 Love Languages book (he has several different versions available to read but they all have the same principles) Teach us in a visual way or activity what you learned.

Become a servant of Christ by choosing one of the activities below or creating your own inspirement to serve others.

Create beauty in your home using tastes or smells.  Some ideas…clean something, make a delicious meal, make a treat, bring in some nature that adds beauty and smells good, etc.  Serve your family in some way by making your home a sensory delight.  How does it change your home when we take the time to create an environment of beauty?

Determine what the love languages are of your family.  Show love to each member of your family by using their own love language.

How can you use your senses to bless others?  Read to the blind, help the elderly with a task that is difficult for them, learn sign language, read to a child, sing at a rest home.  Chose some way to serve others by giving of one of your senses.  Do it!  Share with us how serving with your senses changes you.

Master Class Leadership-October 25

Study all the following to increase your Knowledge:

Just Like Jesus:   Hearing God’s Music

Latin Chapters:  48-53

Screwtape Letters:  Preface to Letter VII

Speech Workbook:  Step 2.  Complete the Apprehension Score and choose which type of communicator your think you might be. Complete the Three Steps to Take Right now section of your workbook.  You do not have to complete the third step as we will be doing that for our prepared speech on Nov 8^th….but feel free to get started early J.

 

Increase your Understanding by choosing from the following inspirements, OR choose your own inspirement to teach us what you studied. Please come prepared to teach the group:

Listen to a speech by Winston Churchill.  Really listen to what he is saying, and what he might not be saying.  What did you learn because you chose to listen?

Complete a Word Study on one of the following words:   Hear Sowing, Reaping, or Listen.  What is your own personal definition?   

Bring a visual representation depicting the Parable of the Sower.  Relate this parable to your own life.  How does this parable relate to hearing?

Do you believe that the Lord loves you?  How can you know that He does?  List the ways you have felt the love of the Lord in your life.  Create something to inspire us to all feel the love of the Lord for us.

When do we hearken unto the crowd instead of unto Christ’s voice?  Ponder on the ways you follow the crowd instead of the Savior.  Write for 15 minutes about these choices and what you can do to change your ears so that they can hear.

 

Become a servant of Christ by choosing one of the activities below or creating your own inspirement to serve others.

Have ears to hear God’s voice this week.  Make a deliberate choice this week to spend time with the Lord, uninterrupted time listening for His voice.  Pray every day this week, morning and night and keep a prayer always in your heart.  Write down the things the Lord says to you.  Come prepared to share your insights.

Have ears to hear God’s voice this week.  Make a deliberate choice this week to spend time with the Lord, uninterrupted time listening for His voice.  Read your scriptures every day this week.  Write down one scripture per day that is meaningful to you.  Write down the things the Lord says to you from the scriptures.  Come prepared to share your insights.

Choose to listen, really listen to those who are speaking to you.  Be deliberate in seeking to understand others.  Listening is a gift; give it to someone this week.

Master Class for October 18th

STUDY -- KNOW
Study all the following to increase your Knowledge:
1) Watership Down, Part 4, Hazel Rah
2) Latin Chapters 41-47
3) Creative Writing Inspirement: Write your own story based on a parable. Make sure your characters have some difficulty to overcome. Make sure your parable has a moral. Bring your finished story to class (we will be sharing these in class!)

TEACH -- UNDERSTAND
Increase your Understanding by choosing from the following inspirements. Please come prepared to Teach the group about the following:
● Make a character T chart for one (or more) of the characters in Watership down. What good traits of the character will you try to incorporate into your own life? Teach us what you learn
● Create a physical representation of something you loved from the book (warren, rabbits, Elil, parables, etc.)
● Write your own made up language. Include the language and definitions. Why did you choose this inspirement? Share your new language with us.
● Write down any vocabulary words (other than lapine words ☺)that you didn’t know in the book. Look up the definitions. Complete a word study on one or more of the words.
● Make your own skit or movie based on a story in watership down.
● Write down the quotes at the beginning of each of the chapters. Make a list of the books and authors they come from. Read one of the books from the list.

SERVE -- BECOME
Become a servant of Christ by choosing one of the activities below to Serve others.
● Write for 15 minutes about the lessons you learned from reading this book. When you are finished write how you will change because of reading this book.
● Look for others around you who may need your help or be suffering. Find a way to help them
● Read this book aloud as a family reading to your family. Teach your siblings why reading and stories are important to you.

Master Class October 11th

STUDY -- KNOW
Study ALL the following to increase your Knowledge:
1) Way to Be Chapter 3, Be Involved
2) Watership Down, Part 3 Efrafa
3) Latin Chapters 34-40
4) Prepared Speech Assignment: Prepare a speech to share on the topic of being a contributor. Use examples, quotes, and/or experiences (yours or others.) Remember it’s your speech have fun with it!
5) Pick three of the following topics: human nature, politics, religion, science, medicine, meaning of life, art, marriage, history, etc. In your notebook write down at least three ideas, opinions, assumptions or beliefs that you believe about that topic. Bring these to class with you.
6) Don’t forget your sketch book!

TEACH -- UNDERSTAND
Increase your understanding by choosing from the following inspirements. Please come prepared to teach the group about the following:
● Create positive affirmations for yourself. Affirmations are short statements that inspire you to want to be your best self. Create some form of a visual representation of your affirmations. You should say your affirmations to your self every day. Show your visual representation in class
● Complete a word study on: Work, Involved, Servant, Contribute

SERVE -- BECOME
Become a servant of Christ by choosing one of the activities below to serve others.
● How hard do you work? How is your work ethic? Why is work important? Look around you this week and find some hard work that needs to be done for someone else. Do the hard work without reward (other than spiritual reward ☺)
● Write for 15 minutes about work. Write about a time that you experienced personal satisfaction from working hard and a job well done. OR Write to someone who has worked hard for you (parent, mentor, friend) and your gratitude for their influence in your life. Share your writing with them.
● How bright is your light shining? Look over your time management lists, schedules and SAR’s. Are you using your time wisely? How are you contributing to your family, to Vanguard, to church, to community? Make some resolutions to shine brighter and use your time wisely.

Master Class for October 4th

STUDY -- KNOW
Study ALL the following to increase your knowledge:
1) How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci, excerpt 3
2) Watership Down Part 2, On Watership Down
3) Latin Chapters 27-33
4) If you have any magazines that are not Spiritual magazines please bring them to class with you.

TEACH -- UNDERSTAND
Increase your understanding by choosing from the following inspirements. Please come prepared to teach the group about the following:
● Write your own personal definition of Dimostrazione. Complete a word study on one of the following words: adversity, affirmations, believe or belief, experience, persistence, mistakes
● Write a report about Leonardo Da Vinci’s life. Share your report either orally in class or in written form with a mentor
● Build an invention. Think of a problem you would like to solve. Then think of a way you could solve it. You can either draw/sketch your invention or actually create it. Either way, bring it and show it in class.
● Make a list of at least 3 people who have made mistakes you would like to avoid. How can you learn from their mistakes.

SERVE -- BECOME
Become a servant of Christ by choosing one of the activities below to serve others.
● Write for 15 minutes about one of the following questions: What have I learned about making mistakes? What have my parents, mentors, friends taught me about making mistakes? What role does fear play in choice I make?
● A leader learns to think outside the box. Think of a problem you are having. Write down all the ways you can think of to solve the problem. Think of all the ways that won’t solve the problem. Think out of the box, think of one new way to solve the problem. Try it out!
● What do the scriptures teach about mistakes? Read a scripture story where a scripture hero made a mistake. What were the consequences? How did the hero overcome the mistake? Share your insights in some way with the class.

Master Class for September 27th

STUDY -- KNOW
Study all the following to increase your Knowledge:
1.) Just Like Jesus chapter 9, The Greenhouse of the Mind
(please feel free to stop on page 123-124…in my book. The final 5 paragraphs talk about sexual purity. You are welcome to read it, but you may skip it if reading it makes you uncomfortable.)
2.) Watership Down Part 1 The Journey
3.) Latin Chapters 20-26
4.) Secrets of Great Communicators, Read Step One. Don’t worry about filling out the worksheet pages unless you want to ☺ Set a personal goal regarding public speaking

TEACH -- UNDERSTAND
Increase your Understanding by choosing from the following inspirements. Please come prepared to teach the group about the following:
● Start your own green house or herb garden. Take notes, observe growth, and record the progress you see. Relate growth of plants to growth in yourself.
● How in your life do you take the cheap and easy route? Find scriptures that teach the principle that you reap what you sow. Plan a fun way to teach us (prezi, skit, song, poem, model, etc.) what the scriptures teach about reaping what you sow
● Read, Watch or Listen to a Speech by Ronald Regan. Record good and bad technique from his speech.  Also record in some way what you learned.
● Complete a word study on one of the following: Pure, Heart, Garden, Thought, and Confidence

SERVE -- BECOME
Become a servant of Christ by choosing ONE of the activities below to serve others:
● How are you being careful what you sow? What seeds are you planting in your heart and mind. Write for 15 minutes about the seeds you need to get rid of, and the seeds you need to nourish.
● Think with faith not fear! This week whenever you have a doubt or fear or negative thought you must stop, and change it to a positive thought. Create a visual creation to show yourself overcoming negative thoughts.
● How have you given your heart to Jesus this week? How have you come closer to the Lord? Reflect and Record your thoughts.
● Choose to say NO! To the things in your life that are not bringing you closer to God. Repent of the
things in your life that need to change. Record your resolutions and determinations to grow closer to the Lord

Joy in the Journey to Become-Art and Literature September 20

Master Class- Art and Literature September 20, 2013

Study all the following to increase your Knowledge

http://www.lds.org/broadcasts/article/ces-devotionals/2013/01/what-is-truth?lang=eng

Autodidactic Chapter 3

Bring your sketchbook

Latin Chapters 13-19

Choose a theme for the day. Record in your notebook any time you think of that theme during the day or that it comes up in conversation, observation, or learning. (if you don’t have a theme, look over your 100 questions and pick one from there)

Write a Personal Essay ( select one specific time, moment, event in your life..recreate it in written form)

Increase your Understanding by choosing ONE from the following inspirements.Please come prepared to Teach the group about the following:

Read the rest of the Autodidactic book.Teach the class the things you learned from the rest of the book.

In Autodidactic, the author states that writing is the way to get clear thinking.Why is clear thinking important to you?What has writing done for you?Write every morning this week.Share with us what you learn.

What is truth?How can we know truth?Do a word study on the word truth or a word associated with truth. Teach us what you learn.

Read all the stories that President Uchdorf talks about in his talk.Share with us your favorite one(s) and how they taught you truth.

Become a servant of Christ by choosing ONE of the activities below to Serve others.

Learn about your own strengths and weakness’ and how you can use them to serve the Lord.Ask 10 people you know and trust to answer honestly the following questions about yourself.

What are my weaknesses, blind spots, areas for improvement?

What are my strengths, my best characteristics?

What can I do to be more effective, helpful or sensitive?

In what ways to you notice me making an impact on others?

Don’t judge their answers; accept them honestly and with introspection. How can you use what you learned? Write about it in your notebook.

Writing takes time, dedication and purpose.Make a goal how you will accomplish these three things.Find a friend or mentor who will support you in your goal and help each other to accomplish your writing goals.

Time is important. Sometimes we rush through life filling every moment with things to do.Use some of your time each day this week just to think.Seek for inspiration while you think (you can write during this exercise) What did you think about?What did you feel inspired to do?What do you need to do for yourself?What do you need to do for others?

How can you find truth? How can you share truth with other? Make a list of the ways you can find and share truth.Make a plan to do something on your list.Share with us how you are becoming.

Joy in the Journey to Become- Eureka September 13

Master Class- Eureka September 13, 2013

Study all the following to increase your Knowledge:

How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci, excerpt 2

Autodidactic Chapter 2

Latin Chapters 7-12

Read the Welcome/Introduction to Secrets of Great communicators

Read or Listen to a speech by one of your hero’s.Write down all the great things about their speech.Write down some things they could have improved about their speech.

In your notebook make a list of 100 questions that are important to you….it MUST be important to you. Write the list in one sitting, write quickly, don’t worry about spelling or grammar.Bring the list to class with you.

Increase your Understanding by choosing ONE from the following inspirements.Please come prepared to Teach the group about the following:

Why do you read?What is the purpose of reading to you? Have you realized that your education is your education?How are you going to obtain your education.Write your thoughts or a short essay to be turned in to Sister Johnson.

What books have you read that have shaped your character?Write a list.Write a short summary of the books and why they have had an impact on you.Bring the list to class.Inspire others to read some of the books on your list.

Make a list of hobbies you would like to have.Choose one and ask the following questions:How will this hobby help me?What are my goals with this hobby?What resources will I need?Do I need a teacher/mentor?How much time will I spend on this hobby?What obstacles might I encounter?How will I help others with this hobby?

Become a servant of Christ by choosing ONE of the activities below to Serve others.

What do you do in your free time?How do you spend the precious minutes of your day?For this week.write down every 15 minutes of your day and what you spend doing during each 15 minutes. Look for patterns.Where are you wasting time?What things did you get accomplished?What things didn’t you get accomplished?What did you do to serve others?What will you change about next week?

Pick a language you would like to learn.Be thoughtful and prayerful about it.What language might you need to learn to serve the Lord and serve others?Start your study!Find a book, use repetition, find an online tool, get cds from the library, do your vocabulary exercises with the new language, find people to speak it to.Get Going!

What do you spend your time talking about?Some people talk about things, some people talk about people, and some people talk about ideas.Pay attention to the conversations you have this week.What do you spend your time talking about?What do you want to spend your time talking about?How will you change this?

 

Joy in the Journey to Become-History September 6

Master Class- History September 6, 2013

Study all the following to increase your Knowledge

Just Like Jesus Chapter 7: Golf Game and Celery Sticks

Autodidactic Chapter 1 (some crude humor on page 32 and 33…please skip)

Latin Chapters 1-6

Make a list of all the words you don’t know from your readings and conversations this week. Look up the definition to every word. Pick one word and complete a word study. Carry around a 3X5 card with you and memorize all the words and their definitions.

Bring a copy of a magazine (The Ensign might be a good one) with you to class.

Increase your Understanding by choosing ONE from the following inspirements. Please come prepared to Teach the group about the following:

What is your goal? Brain storm every goal you can think of. Spend at least 15 minutes writing. Ideas?..spiritual goals, physical goals, emotional goals, school goals, religious goals, future goals, family goals, relationship goals. After the 15 minutes choose one goal and make a plan as to how you will accomplish this goal. Teach us what you learned and share your goal plan with the group.

Teach us one of the words from your list definition list. Why did you pick that word? How have you used that word this week? What did you learn from this exercise?

How is your curiosity? Make a list of all the things you can think of to increase your curiosity. Share the list with us in class. Pick one way and inspire us how we can use that way to become more curious.

Answer every question that Max Lucado asks in the chapter Golf Games and Celery Sticks. Bring your answers to class and share with us what you learn..

Make your own Lexicon. Share with us how you are going to do it. Bring your Lexicon to class. Teach us how/why we should make a Lexicon.

Become a servant of Christ by choosing ONE of the activities below to Serve others.

“If you don’t try, you don’t fail” Do one thing this week that you are KNOW you will fail at. If you fail, do it again. Keep doing it until you succeed. If you cannot succeed this week, congratulations…keep trying!

The author tells us on pg. 29 why he looks up words. Do you agree with his reasons? Why or why not? What are some good reasons for wanting to increase your vocabulary. Make a list. Circle all the reasons that include blessing other people lives. Pick one way you can use the things in this chapter to bless someone else. DO IT!

Do you ever pick the wrong target? Make a list of the ways that you can hit the right target. How does your mission in life align with what the Savior wants you to do.

Serve someone else…serve them for all the right reasons. Record your experience!

Joy in the Journey to Become-Leadership August 31st

Master Class-Leadership     August 31, 2010 (Saturday) Master Class Vision Evening.  4:00-7:00 pm

Youth and Parents interested in Participating in Master Class this year are invited to a Master Class Vision Evening.  The purpose of this evening is to give an overview of Master Class and inspiration to do the hard work in our lives to Become who Christ wants us to become.  Dinner provided 4:00-7:00

Study  all the following to increase your Knowledge

Read Autodidact’s Forward and Prologue

Read How to Think Like Leonardo DaVinci excerpt #1

Reach Just Like Jesus Chapter One, A Heart Like His

Read http://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual/enrichments/enrichment-k-seek-learning-even-by-study-and-also-by-faith?lang=eng

Increase your Understanding by choosing ONE from the following inspirements.  Please come prepared to Teach the group about the following:

Many authors include some of their favorite quotes at the beginning of each chapter…like in Autodidactic.  Gather a collection of your favorite quotes.  Share your quotes and teach us why it is important to you. 

Make a list of all the books. Movies, magazines, media referred to in Autodidactic (hint..they are italicized)  Then rewrite the list in the order you of which sound most interesting to you.  Then rewrite the list again in the order of which you think would be most difficult to easiest.  Pick one thing from the list and make a plan to read, view, or listen to it. What did you choose and why?  How did writing and rewriting change your understanding?

Write a few of your own thoughts about why education and learning is important.  Why is education important to you now?  Why might education be important to you in the future?  How can education be used to bless others?  Bring your writing to class and share with us.

Become a servant of Christ by choosing ONE of the activities below to Serve others.

What shortcuts are you taking in your education?  What shortcuts are you taking in your relationships with others?  What shortcuts are you taking in your relationship with the Lord?  Write down your short cuts—as many as you can think of!  Make a goal.  Plan how you will overcome a shortcut.  Make a commitment.

He quotes from The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.  The quote states that the army trained with double the weight they would need in war.  This preparation was powerful.  What weight do you need to double?  Make a list of skills, talents, character attributes that you feel you will need double of to Serve the Lord.  Choose one from your list.  Do double what you think you need to do.  For example if you need to learn to cook you may choose to cook every meal this whole week.  But if you are going to double it you would cook not only for your own family but for someone else as well….do double what you think is enough.    If you need to be physically strong   (beware…doubling your weight (lbs.) could be hazardous to your health)  do double the number of weight lifting reps you have been doing…or lift until you get tired and then do 15 more—if your bench pressing it might be wise to have a spotter J! 

In John 8 :32 it states  ^“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”  What ways will learning make you free?   How can you help others to become free as well.  How can/will you teach truth?  Write about truth and then act on your desires to spread freedom.