English Connect # 3

  Week 1: Visions, Goals and Plans Directions: Read the article. Then, click on "Practice" at the top to complete the writing assignment. An Agent Learner Lehi, a prophet in the Book of Mormon, teaches that we are not like rocks, waiting for somebody to change us and move us. We are agents who can decide for ourselves what we believe, what we do, and who we become. Lehi taught: “[God] hath created all things, … both things to act and things to be acted upon. … Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should act for himself” ( 2 Nephi 2:14, 16 ). This power to act is moral agency. David A. Bednar defines moral agency as “the ability and privilege to choose and to act for ourselves in ways that are good, honest, virtuous, and honorable” (Nov. 2024). You can use this power to act to become an agent learner. Agent learners take responsibility for their own learning. They do not passively wait for someone else to teach them. They act in faith by seeking help from Heavenly Fat...

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  Instructions. Study the Principle for Agent Learners: Learn by Study and by Faith In EnglishConnect, we rely on God as we learn by study and by faith. Directions: Read the principle for agent learners. Then, click on "Practice" to answer the ponder questions. Study In 1832, Joseph Smith and some of the early leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were directed to start a school.  God  wanted them to learn, grow, and be prepared to lead others. This group of members did not have degrees from universities or even much education. They didn’t have a lot of money or resources. In the  scriptures , God taught them a pattern for learning,  “And as all have not  faith , seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith”  (Doctrine and Covenants 88:118).  God teaches that we need to learn by study, and we also need to learn by faith. We give our bes...