LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 6D
Time: 11:45am-12:35pm
Date: 07/06/16
Learning Area: Christian Studies
Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum
Key Idea 3: Christians pray, worship and celebrate the
sacraments.
Outcome 3.3: Students investigate and describe the
purposes and significances of worship and sacraments in
the Lutheran Church.

Students Prior Knowledge:

Roles ad functions of the Church such as worship,
community, faith, family and freedom.
The Medieval Church
The Spanish Inquisition
Constantine, including who he was and the
influence he had on the Christian Church.
Rituals, routines, Traditions and worship
procedures.
Church buildings
The Traditional Church
Prayer What it is, purpose, what people pray for,
types of prayer, The Lords Prayer

Students participate in school Chapel tour and hear

explanations from the Pastor on the different
functions of various parts of the Church building.

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
Critical and
Ethical
competence
creative
behaviour
thinking
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and cultures (N)

Personal and
Social
competence

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

(N)

Intercultural
understanding

Sustainability (N)

Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
Repeat learned information from Tuesday prayer lesson such as what is prayer, purpose of prayer, why
people pray, types of prayer etc.
Outline key points of The Lords Prayer and answer corresponding questions on The Lords Prayer
Worksheet (Appendix 1)
Construct own prayer using learned information from Prayer Hand activity.
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:
Observation of prior Christian Studies lessons.
Liaise with Mentor approximately 2 days before
scheduled lesson to allow for editing and improvement
of lesson plan if necessary.
Printing of The Lords Prayer Worksheet (Appendix 1)
has been copied to accommodate from all students (23)

Provision for students at educational risk:

Students with learning difficulties (including but not
limited to dyslexia, dyspraxia, low level
concentration, and/or low level cognitive ability) will
benefit from both linguistic and visual aids such as
written work on interactive whiteboard, YouTube
videos, reading from text as well as completing
written work in student work books.

Decorated Prayer Blank (Appendix 2) has been copied

to accommodate for all students.
YouTube video I Pray International Day of Prayer for
Children (1:33) is loaded and ready to be projected
onto the interactive whiteboard.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTW5zrYapCM

Students who are gifted and/or talented will benefit

from linguistic activities and class discussion.
Students will have opportunities to contribute
knowledge and personal experiences of topic.
Students with CAPD, ESL or vision impairments will
have the option of viewing YouTube videos with
subtitles.
Students will have option to use their IT device
(iPad) to type answers if writing proves difficult.

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:
Objective 1: Met or Not Met

Objective 2: Met or Not Met

Objective 3: Met or Not Met

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

***See lesson feedback form***

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Time
11:45am

Motivation and Introduction:

Resources/References

Students transition from PC

Good morning 6D
One student to give out Christian Studies books from box.
Teacher to assess prior knowledge (what is prayer, purpose of prayer, why
people pray, types of prayer)

Lesson Steps
11:50am

11:55am

Play YouTube video I Pray International Day of Prayer for Children (1:33)
Discussion:
What people (children in particular) pray for
Similarities/differences to what students pray for

YouTube
https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=TT
W5zrYapCM

Teacher to give out The Lords Prayer Worksheet (Appendix 1) one to each
student.

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Teacher and students move through work sheet going line by line of The Lords
Prayer.
**Teacher to facilitate discussion while students write entries into worksheet**
When finished, students glue work sheet into book.
Early finishers collect another Decorated Prayer Blank (Appendix 2)
If students chose one group of people to focus on in last weeks lesson
for their prayer, this week they will do the opposite writing a prayer for all
types of people (see Prayer Hand Activity)

Lesson Closure and Transition:

12:30pm

Students glue work sheets into Christian Studies work books.

One student to collect Christian Studies books and put in box.

12:35pm

Teacher dismisses students and they return to their classroom.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)
Objective 1:
Repeat learned information from Tuesday prayer lesson such as what is
prayer, purpose of prayer, why people pray, types of prayer etc.
To meet objective, students verbally relay prior knowledge of topic of prayer.
Objective to be judged by verbal assessment.
Objective 2:
Outline key points of The Lords Prayer and answer corresponding
questions on The Lords Prayer Worksheet (Appendix 1)
To meet objective, students will complete The Lords Prayer Worksheet
(Appendix 1). Students will also participate in class discussion on topic.
Objective to be judged by verbal and written assessment of class discussion and
worksheet.
Objective 3:
Construct own prayer using learned information from Prayer Hand
activity.
To meet objective, students will create an original prayer using the Decorated
Prayer Blank (Appendix 2). Students will use information learned in the Prayer
Hand (Appendix 1) activity. Objective to be judged by assessment of student
prayers.