“Doctrinal Mastery: Assessment 2 Review: Alma 7:11–13 through Moroni 10:4–5,” Book of Mormon Teacher Manual (2024)

“Doctrinal Mastery: Assessment 2 Review,” Book of Mormon Teacher Manual

Doctrinal Mastery: Assessment 2 Review

This doctrinal mastery assessment review is designed as a learning experience to help students review the 12 doctrinal mastery passages from Alma through Moroni. It will allow them to demonstrate understanding and application of the truths in these passages. It is also designed to help prepare students for the upcoming assessment (“Doctrinal Mastery: Assessment 2”)

This learning experience would benefit students most if they can work together during a class session. If you are a home-study or online teacher, be sure to do this during one of your weekly classes.

Use this review and administer the doctrinal mastery assessment any time after you have taught all doctrinal mastery passages from Alma 7:11–13 through Moroni 10:4–5. Allow enough time between this review and the assessment for students to study passages they do not know well. It may be necessary to teach some of the doctrinal mastery lessons before they come up in the lesson sequence so the assessment can be administered before the end of the year.

Possible Learning Activities

Consider the needs of your students and select the portions of this review that will best help them prepare for “Doctrinal Mastery: Assessment 2.” Throughout this review, invite students to note the passages they do not know well and to make plans to study and review these passages in preparation for the assessment.

The quizzes in review activities 1 and 2 are suggestions to help students review the references and key scripture phrases they have studied during this half of the course. Different activities could be used to accomplish this according to students’ needs. Additional ideas can be found in previous doctrinal mastery review lessons or on the Doctrinal Mastery mobile app.

Review Activity 1: Match the scripture references and key scripture phrases

Consider using the following quiz to help students review the scripture references and key scripture phrases they have studied during this half of the course.

Answer key: 1-c, 2-e, 3-a, 4-i, 5-f, 6-b, 7-j, 8-h, 9-k, 10-l, 11-g, 12-d

As an alternative to the quiz, you could print each of the 12 scripture references and key scripture phrases onto separate slips of paper. Give one paper to each student and invite them to find and stand next to the person whose paper has the corresponding reference or key scripture phrase. Afterward, you could mix up the papers and repeat the activity a few more times.

Match the following key phrases in the left column to the correct doctrinal mastery passage references in the right column.

Key Phrases	Scripture References
“Go no more after the lusts of your eyes.”	Alma 7:11–13
“It is upon the rock of our Redeemer … that ye must build your foundation.”	Alma 34:9–10
“And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind.”	Alma 39:9
“Ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.”	Alma 41:10
“I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning.”	Helaman 5:12
“There must be an atonement made, … an infinite and eternal sacrifice.”	3 Nephi 11:10–11
“If men come unto me … then will I make weak things become strong unto them.”	3 Nephi 12:48
“Come unto me and be baptized … that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost.”	3 Nephi 27:20
“Charity is the pure love of Christ.”	Ether 12:6
“Ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ. … And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.”	Ether 12:27
“Be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect.”	Moroni 7:45–48
“Wickedness never was happiness.”	Moroni 10:4–5

Review Activity 2: Know the key scripture phrases

The following fill-in-the-blank activity could be used to help students review the key scripture phrases.

Answer key: 1. sincere; intent; know 2. atonement; infinite; eternal 3. rock; Redeemer; foundation 4. witness; trial; faith 5. will; Father; beginning

Another way to help students review the key scripture phrases is to have them unscramble the phrases. Print out each phrase, and cut them so there is only one word on each slip of paper. You could divide students into small groups and provide each group with one set of papers that will form a complete key scripture phrase. Invite the groups to unscramble the words so the key scripture phrase is reassembled in the correct order. After the groups finish, they could trade papers and repeat the activity.

Fill in the blanks with the missing words from the key scripture phrases.

“Ask with a heart, with real , having faith in Christ. … And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may the truth of all things.” (Moroni 10:4–5)
“There must be an made, … an and sacrifice.” (Alma 34:9–10)
“It is upon the of our … that ye must build your .” (Helaman 5:12)
“Ye receive no until after the of your .” (Ether 12:6)
“I have suffered the of the in all things from the .” (3 Nephi 11:10–11)

Review Activity 3: Apply the doctrine

Help students practice applying the doctrine taught in the doctrinal mastery passages to real-life situations. One way to do this would be to display the following scenarios. Then invite students to decide which doctrinal mastery passage(s) could help the person in each scenario. Invite students to explain how the doctrine taught in the passage(s) they chose could help.

This activity could be done individually, in groups, as a class, or a combination of all three.

A young woman who is learning about the Church wants to know what she should do to follow Jesus Christ.
A group of teenagers recently started being rude to many of their peers at school.
Your friend does not understand the significance of Jesus Christ and asks you what He has done for us.
A young man wants to know how he can receive God’s help and strength to be protected from Satan’s temptations.

Review Activity 4: Use the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge

Help students review the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge and give them an opportunity to practice using them in real-life situations. The following is one way to do this.

Imagine the following scenario:

A young woman sometimes feels like God’s commandments are too restrictive. She wonders if she would be happier if she could just live her life in whatever way she feels is best.

Ponder how you might use the following principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge to help this teenager seek Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ to receive help with her concerns.

Act in faith.
Examine concepts and questions with an eternal perspective.
Seek further understanding through divinely appointed sources.

How could you use each of the three principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge to help with this situation?
Which doctrinal mastery passages from this half of the course might help? How so?
What experiences have you had with using the principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge to resolve your own concerns?

Review Activity 5: Passages with special meaning in your life

Invite students to reflect on which doctrinal mastery passage has impacted them the most. For example, they might choose one that helped them feel the love of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ or helped them better understand Jesus Christ and His Atonement.

What is a doctrinal mastery passage that has been meaningful or helpful to you? How has it been meaningful or helpful?

You will have the opportunity to share these insights and experiences as part of the assessment.

Consider distributing the following handout to students to help them prepare for “Doctrinal Mastery: Assessment 2.”

Doctrinal Mastery: Assessment 2—Study Guide

Book of Mormon Teacher Manual (2024)—“Doctrinal Mastery: Assessment 2 Review: Alma 7:11–13 through Moroni 10:4–5”

Memorize the references and key scripture phrases

Be familiar with the doctrinal mastery scripture references and key scripture phrases. You may want to download and use the Doctrinal Mastery mobile app to help you review.

Book of Mormon Doctrinal Mastery: Alma–Moroni

Scripture Reference	Key Scripture Phrase
Scripture Reference Alma 7:11–13	Key Scripture Phrase “And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind.”
Scripture Reference Alma 34:9–10	Key Scripture Phrase “There must be an atonement made, … an infinite and eternal sacrifice.”
Scripture Reference Alma 39:9	Key Scripture Phrase “Go no more after the lusts of your eyes.”
Scripture Reference Alma 41:10	Key Scripture Phrase “Wickedness never was happiness.”
Scripture Reference Helaman 5:12	Key Scripture Phrase “It is upon the rock of our Redeemer … that ye must build your foundation.”
Scripture Reference 3 Nephi 11:10–11	Key Scripture Phrase “I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning.”
Scripture Reference 3 Nephi 12:48	Key Scripture Phrase “Be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect.”
Scripture Reference 3 Nephi 27:20	Key Scripture Phrase “Come unto me and be baptized … that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost.”
Scripture Reference Ether 12:6	Key Scripture Phrase “Ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.”
Scripture Reference Ether 12:27	Key Scripture Phrase “If men come unto me … then will I make weak things become strong unto them.”
Scripture Reference Moroni 7:45–48	Key Scripture Phrase “Charity is the pure love of Christ.”
Scripture Reference Moroni 10:4–5	Key Scripture Phrase “Ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ … [and] by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.”

Apply the doctrine to real-life situations

Use at least one doctrinal mastery scripture passage to:

Explain what God asks us to do to qualify for eternal life.
Help someone who wants to know how they can strengthen their testimony.
Explain the significance of Jesus Christ’s mission as our Savior and Redeemer.
Explain what the Savior can do to help us with our challenges or temptations.

Be prepared to share which of the doctrinal mastery passages has impacted you the most and why.

Principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge

Review paragraphs 5–12 in the “Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge” section of the Doctrinal Mastery Core Document (2023). Ponder how you could use principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge to help someone overcome a challenge or concern he or she is facing.