PC 101 Life Skills
Gathering Agenda for Week 11
Overcoming Thinking Errors
Gathering Purposes
• Discuss the BYU-Pathway Worldwide devotional
• Teach one another about the enabling power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ
• Practice STAR to overcome thinking errors
Preparation
• For face-to-face Gatherings, arrive early to setup the room, prepare any visual aids, and greet students
as they arrive.
• For virtual Gatherings, start the meeting early, share your screen with a message welcoming them to
the gathering and letting them know you’ll start soon.
o When the Gathering Agenda asks that students meet in small groups, use Breakout Rooms.
o When the Gathering Agenda asks you to display things on “the board,” you can use the
whiteboard.
Min. Activities Teaching Tips
Welcome and Devotional
10 Welcome Welcome, announcements, and housekeeping
Hymn or Please sing one or two verses of a hymn. If you meet with a virtual
Thought, gathering, the lead student or another student should be invited to
Prayer share a brief spiritual thought. A volunteer will then give an opening
prayer.
BYU- Students were asked to watch the BYU-Pathway Worldwide Look up the
Pathway devotional this week, as contained in the course. They should have questions in
Worldwide done this prior to the gathering. As a class discuss the devotional advance so you
Devotional using the discussion questions provided in the course. are ready.
Math Gathering Activity
10 Read and Sandra recently realized that she has being making excuses for not
Discuss furthering her education. She found herself falling into the category
of “The Basic Survivor” and thought she was too busy to continue
her education. She has been overcoming this thought process by
realizing that a formal education will bless her life and help her go
farther in her chosen career. Sandra is making a plan to attend
school as soon as possible. Part of her planning involves budgeting
for her first semester of school and she is trying to determine her
total cost of attending for one semester.
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, Sandra’s total cost of attending for one semester will include tuition,
books, and some other fees. Sandra knows that one semester of
tuition will equal about ¾ of her total cost and her books will be
around $320. If she knows that her tuition plus her books equals
$2600, what is the total cost each semester?
Hints - Start by organizing the information we know:
Let C = Total Cost = Tuition + Books + Fees
Tuition + books = 2600
Tuition = ¾ Total Cost = ¾ C
Substitute the things we know into the equation.
¾ C + 320 = 2600
Solve for Total Cost [C]
Answer:
Let C = Total Cost
¾ C + 320 = 2600
Total Cost (C) = $3040
What is the cost of the fees each semester?
Hints-Solve for fees:
Let F = Fees
Total Cost = Tuition + Books + Fees
(Answer for total cost from previous question) = 2600 + F
Solve for F
Answer:
Total Cost (C) = $3040 = 2600 + F
F = 3040 - 2600 = 440
The Atonement and the Journey of Mortality
20 Small Group Have the large group divide into five small groups. Hand each group If virtual, use
Study and a portion of the article you printed and cut out already (or provide a breakout rooms
Summary digital copy, if virtual). Allow each group to read their portion to and assign each
each other for about 5-10 minutes. They should then spend an group an excerpt
additional 5-10 minutes preparing a summary of their portion of the from the article.
article. They should select someone who will present their summary
to the entire gathering. The group leader should make sure the
group stays on task.
Large Group For the last 10 minutes of this activity, have each group take 30
Summary seconds to present their summary. Make sure they go in order.
and When each group has presented, discuss the following questions.
Discussion Follow the question and answer format below carefully:
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Gathering Agenda for Week 11
Overcoming Thinking Errors
Gathering Purposes
• Discuss the BYU-Pathway Worldwide devotional
• Teach one another about the enabling power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ
• Practice STAR to overcome thinking errors
Preparation
• For face-to-face Gatherings, arrive early to setup the room, prepare any visual aids, and greet students
as they arrive.
• For virtual Gatherings, start the meeting early, share your screen with a message welcoming them to
the gathering and letting them know you’ll start soon.
o When the Gathering Agenda asks that students meet in small groups, use Breakout Rooms.
o When the Gathering Agenda asks you to display things on “the board,” you can use the
whiteboard.
Min. Activities Teaching Tips
Welcome and Devotional
10 Welcome Welcome, announcements, and housekeeping
Hymn or Please sing one or two verses of a hymn. If you meet with a virtual
Thought, gathering, the lead student or another student should be invited to
Prayer share a brief spiritual thought. A volunteer will then give an opening
prayer.
BYU- Students were asked to watch the BYU-Pathway Worldwide Look up the
Pathway devotional this week, as contained in the course. They should have questions in
Worldwide done this prior to the gathering. As a class discuss the devotional advance so you
Devotional using the discussion questions provided in the course. are ready.
Math Gathering Activity
10 Read and Sandra recently realized that she has being making excuses for not
Discuss furthering her education. She found herself falling into the category
of “The Basic Survivor” and thought she was too busy to continue
her education. She has been overcoming this thought process by
realizing that a formal education will bless her life and help her go
farther in her chosen career. Sandra is making a plan to attend
school as soon as possible. Part of her planning involves budgeting
for her first semester of school and she is trying to determine her
total cost of attending for one semester.
1
, Sandra’s total cost of attending for one semester will include tuition,
books, and some other fees. Sandra knows that one semester of
tuition will equal about ¾ of her total cost and her books will be
around $320. If she knows that her tuition plus her books equals
$2600, what is the total cost each semester?
Hints - Start by organizing the information we know:
Let C = Total Cost = Tuition + Books + Fees
Tuition + books = 2600
Tuition = ¾ Total Cost = ¾ C
Substitute the things we know into the equation.
¾ C + 320 = 2600
Solve for Total Cost [C]
Answer:
Let C = Total Cost
¾ C + 320 = 2600
Total Cost (C) = $3040
What is the cost of the fees each semester?
Hints-Solve for fees:
Let F = Fees
Total Cost = Tuition + Books + Fees
(Answer for total cost from previous question) = 2600 + F
Solve for F
Answer:
Total Cost (C) = $3040 = 2600 + F
F = 3040 - 2600 = 440
The Atonement and the Journey of Mortality
20 Small Group Have the large group divide into five small groups. Hand each group If virtual, use
Study and a portion of the article you printed and cut out already (or provide a breakout rooms
Summary digital copy, if virtual). Allow each group to read their portion to and assign each
each other for about 5-10 minutes. They should then spend an group an excerpt
additional 5-10 minutes preparing a summary of their portion of the from the article.
article. They should select someone who will present their summary
to the entire gathering. The group leader should make sure the
group stays on task.
Large Group For the last 10 minutes of this activity, have each group take 30
Summary seconds to present their summary. Make sure they go in order.
and When each group has presented, discuss the following questions.
Discussion Follow the question and answer format below carefully:
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