PC 101 Life Skills
Gathering Agenda for Week 13
Work and Perseverance
Gathering Purposes
• Discuss the BYU-Pathway Worldwide devotional
• Contrast the principles of idleness and leisure
• Better understand the principle of work
Physical Preparation
• Prepare the room for groups:
o For face-to-face Gatherings, arrive early to setup the room, prepare any visual aids, and greet
students as they arrive.
o 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.
When the Gathering Agenda asks that students meet in small groups, use Breakout
Rooms.
When the Gathering Agenda asks you to display things on “the board,” you use the
whiteboard.
Min Activities Teaching Tips
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Welcome and Devotional
5 Welcome Welcome, announcements, and housekeeping
Devotiona Please sing one or two verses of a hymn. If you meet with a virtual
l gathering, the lead student or another student should be invited to share
a brief spiritual thought. A volunteer will then give an opening prayer.
BYU-Pathway Worldwide Devotional
10 Discuss Students were asked to watch the BYU-Pathway Worldwide devotional Be sure to
this week at http://byupathway.lds.org/devotionals. They should have watch the
done this prior to the gathering. As a class discuss the devotional devotional
according to the information provided on the website. before the
gathering and
review the
accompanying
information on
the website.
Ask several
people to
share their
insights.
Math Gathering Activity
1
, 5- Discuss In this gathering activity you will solve a math magic trick using the
10 concepts you learned throughout the course. In the first part of the trick
you will apply addition and subtraction. In the portion where you figure
out how it works you will apply what you learned about variables, place
value, the distributive property of multiplication, and combining like
terms.
This is meant to be fun so don’t spend more than 10 minutes on it. You
will not be quizzed on any of this.
Read Your Mind Trick
Have the members of your gathering do the following steps.
1. Pick a whole number between 10 and 99. (Example: 23)
2. Now add the digits of the number together plus 1. (Example: If
your number was 23, add 2 + 3 +1 = 6.)
3. Next take your original number and subtract this new number.
(Example: 23 - 6 = 17)
4. Now look at the following picture and find your number.
Remember the symbol next to it. (For example, if your number is
33 you see a picture of a boat.)
Tell the students you will now read their mind:
Now I will read your mind….
You are looking at the symbol of a flower in a pot.
How does this work?
If you aren’t looking at a flower in a pot then you made a mistake when
doing the math. Here is why.
Look at the digits in your original number and give them the variable
names X and Y.
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Gathering Agenda for Week 13
Work and Perseverance
Gathering Purposes
• Discuss the BYU-Pathway Worldwide devotional
• Contrast the principles of idleness and leisure
• Better understand the principle of work
Physical Preparation
• Prepare the room for groups:
o For face-to-face Gatherings, arrive early to setup the room, prepare any visual aids, and greet
students as they arrive.
o 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.
When the Gathering Agenda asks that students meet in small groups, use Breakout
Rooms.
When the Gathering Agenda asks you to display things on “the board,” you use the
whiteboard.
Min Activities Teaching Tips
.
Welcome and Devotional
5 Welcome Welcome, announcements, and housekeeping
Devotiona Please sing one or two verses of a hymn. If you meet with a virtual
l gathering, the lead student or another student should be invited to share
a brief spiritual thought. A volunteer will then give an opening prayer.
BYU-Pathway Worldwide Devotional
10 Discuss Students were asked to watch the BYU-Pathway Worldwide devotional Be sure to
this week at http://byupathway.lds.org/devotionals. They should have watch the
done this prior to the gathering. As a class discuss the devotional devotional
according to the information provided on the website. before the
gathering and
review the
accompanying
information on
the website.
Ask several
people to
share their
insights.
Math Gathering Activity
1
, 5- Discuss In this gathering activity you will solve a math magic trick using the
10 concepts you learned throughout the course. In the first part of the trick
you will apply addition and subtraction. In the portion where you figure
out how it works you will apply what you learned about variables, place
value, the distributive property of multiplication, and combining like
terms.
This is meant to be fun so don’t spend more than 10 minutes on it. You
will not be quizzed on any of this.
Read Your Mind Trick
Have the members of your gathering do the following steps.
1. Pick a whole number between 10 and 99. (Example: 23)
2. Now add the digits of the number together plus 1. (Example: If
your number was 23, add 2 + 3 +1 = 6.)
3. Next take your original number and subtract this new number.
(Example: 23 - 6 = 17)
4. Now look at the following picture and find your number.
Remember the symbol next to it. (For example, if your number is
33 you see a picture of a boat.)
Tell the students you will now read their mind:
Now I will read your mind….
You are looking at the symbol of a flower in a pot.
How does this work?
If you aren’t looking at a flower in a pot then you made a mistake when
doing the math. Here is why.
Look at the digits in your original number and give them the variable
names X and Y.
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