Subject: Religion

Group: 1st years

Lesson Plan Number: 3

Topic: Three stages of the gospel

Year

No. of Students: 21 Date:

4/02/16
Time: 12:30
Length of Lesson: 40
minutes
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1.
KEY CONCEPT(S):
What Key Concept(s) (ideas) will I teach in this lesson?
Oral and written tradition
(The number of appropriate Key Concepts will vary depending on the lesson you intend on teaching)

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2.
LESSON AIM(S):
What am I going to teach?
Trace the way information about Jesus passed from the oral tradition to the written word
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3.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to.
Trace the development of the Gospels from oral tradition to written word
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4.
ASSESSMENT/EVIDENCE OF STUDENT LEARNING:
How will I know that the learning outcomes are being achieved?
Brainstorm will gather their prior knowledge on the oral and written tradition. Their learning will then be assessed by
the use of both oral and written questions. Homework will also provide a form of assessment of the learning outcome.

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5.
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE:
What prior knowledge do students have about this topic?
Student will have good prior knowledge this topic as they have studied the gospels as source of evidence of Jesus and
the evangelists in previous lesson. They will also be familiar with the oral tradition from everyday experiences

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TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
What activities will I use to facilitate the teaching of EACH Key Concept? How much time for each activity?

7.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES:
What activities will the students be engaged in to understand EACH Key Concept? How much time for each
activity?

8.

QUESTIONS:
Please list lower and higher order questions that are linked to each Key Concepts. (A minimum of six
questions specifically related to the key concepts, identifying higher/lower order with HO/LO)
1. Key
6. Teacher Activity
7. Student Activity
8. Questions
Concept(s)
Teaching
Correct homework
Correct homework
Key
What was the main source of
Concept
Introduce learning outcome
Listen to the learning outcome
evidence about Jesus? LO
Trace the
developmen
t of oral
tradition to
the written
word

Refer back to previous lesson

of evidence about Jesus.
Get students to identify the 3
stages involved in writing the
gospel and
Brainstorm what happened in
each stage

40 mins
Read each stage in depth in
the text book and compare it
to brainstorm after.

Listen to the scenario and think

about stages that could be involved
in recording the story
Brainstorm ideas on stages in
involved in writing the story
Listen to the teacher identify the
stages involved and think pair
share about what was involved in
each stages based on the gospel
story
Play a game of Chinese whispers

Introduce the game of

Chinese whispers to explain
the oral stage.
Explain to student how the
oral tradition depended on
word and mouth to develop
into written gospel.
Refer back to learning
outcome and get students to
answer some questions their
copy

Listen to the teacher explain how

oral tradition depended on word
and mouth to develop into the
written gospel.
Refer back to learning outcome
and get students to and answer
question based on lesson in copy

Who wrote the gospels? LO

Where did each evangelist get
his information to write the
gospel? LO
What stages do you think were
involved in recording Jesus
story? H/O
What do you think happened in
each stage? HO
Why do you think written
tradition ensured continuous
spread of good news? HO

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9.
DIFFERENTIATION:
How will I differentiate the content knowledge of this lesson so as to include all learners in a mixed
ability class?
Throughout the lesson I will ask a series of both Higher and lower order questions. This will allow for a clearer
understanding of the topic and also to cater for abilities in the classroom.
By playing a game of Chinese whispers the students will be asked to analyse how hard it was to spread the word of
god correctly. This needs a higher form of thinking and will challenge the students in the class
This lesson also incorporates a number of different techniques to cater for all learning styles such as group work
writing reading talking and discussing
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10.
RESOURCES:
What materials/resources will I need/use?
Whiteboard
Whiteboard markers
Religious guidelines
Religion syllabus
Text book: Duffy C (1994). Religion for Living. 2nd ed. Dublin: Alpha
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11.
LITERACY & NUMERACY:
What are the essential aspects of literacy/numeracy in this lesson?
Questioning allows thinking
Reading allows interpreting and thinking
Brainstorming allows listening to others ideas and thinking about their own ideas
Interpreting new vocabulary and ideas
Word bank
Oral tradition
Written tradition
Witness
Evangelist
Recording
Christian story

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12.
SELF EVALUATION:
Were the Learning Outcomes achieved? Why /why not? How do I know they were/were not achieved?

What have I learned about my own practice from this lesson?

What will I do differently in my next class?