Lesson Plan Number: 3

Subject: Religious Education Topic: The Person and Preaching of Jesus Year Group: 1st year (1.1) No. of Students: 28 Date: 10th January 2014 Time: 12.35-1.10 Length of Lesson: 40 minutes ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. KEY CONCEPT(S): What Key Concept(s) (ideas) will I teach in this lesson? Miracle Real-life miracles Religious miracles

(The number of appropriate Key Concepts will vary depending on the lesson you intend on teaching)

______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. LESSON AIM(S): What am I going to teach? In this lesson I aim to examine the meaning of the word "miracle" and I also intend to explore the different miracles that exist, both those of real-life miracles and religious miracles. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to. demonstrate and understanding of the word "miracle" provide an example of a real-life miracle identify a religious miracle found in the bible explain what has happened in various different miracles

_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. ASSESSMENT/EVIDENCE OF STUDENT LEARNING: How will I know that the learning outcomes are being achieved? 1. Key concept one will be assessed by: conducting a brainstorm on the word "miracle" 2. Key concept two will be assessed by: teacher observation while a power point is presented 3. Key concept three will be assessed by: completion of a worksheet task following a video clip of a religious miracle

______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: What prior knowledge do students have about this topic? Students will have a prior knowledge of this topic as they would have heard of various religious miracles from both primary school and from mass should they be mass goers. In primary school they would have been read many stories that included miracles. They might be able to recall some of these stories in this class. Students will also have a knowledge of miracles from various sources of media and technology. With easy access to the internet, students are able to watch a variety of videos that can relate to various types of miracles. Also by watching the news and being aware of their surrounding environment they can hear of many real-life miracles from the news and from their parents. Students could have heard of various places and people where miracles have occurred.

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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? STUDENT ACTIVITIES: What activities will the students be engaged in to understand EACH Key Concept? How much time for each activity? 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)
6. Teacher Activity Take roll call Ask various students to read out their homework answers of a miracle that they have heard of Set up laptop and overhead projector for power point presentation of miracles Brainstorm the word miracle by asking higher and lower order questions to probe answers Form a definition following the brainstorm Present power point on miracles Participates in brainstorm by answering questions 7. Student Activity Answer when called for roll Students read out their answers while teacher sets up power point 8. Questions Does anyone know what a miracle means? Can anyone give an example of a miracle? Can anyone name a religious miracle? Can you form a final definition of what a miracle is? HO

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1. Key Concept(s) Teaching Key Concept 1

Miracle

Form a definition from the brainstorm

Make notes of the main points of the power point

(10 minutes) Teaching Key Concept 2 Discuss any real-life miracles that have occurred Read out some real-life miracles that have happened Present a picture of the miracle on the power point (picture of Padre Pio) Ask higher and lower order questions about the miracles read out Participate in the discussion Can anyone think of a real-life story that has occurred in life either in general or to themselves? LO Does anyone know who Padre Pio is? LO What does the word "stigmata" mean? HO What does the term "incorruptible " corpses" mean? HO Do you believe that this can actually happen? LO Do you believe in miracles? LO (15 minutes ) Why?/Why not? HO

Listen to various stories of real-life miracles Answer higher and lower order questions based on the miracles read out

Real-life Miracles

Teaching Key Concept 3

Introduce the title of religious miracles Ask students questions Continue by showing a YouTube clip of the religious miracle of "The Calming of the Storm" Ask students to answer a worksheet on what they have seen in pairs Assign homework task of reading the miracle of "Healing the Leper" and answering questions on page 60

Answer questions Provide examples of miracles in religion Watch YouTube clip Answer worksheet in pairs Make note of the homework exercise

What does a religious miracle mean? HO Who preformed religious miracles? LO Can you name a religious miracle? LO Can you explain what happens in this miracle? HO Does anyone know the story of the miracle of the Calming of the Storm? HO What happens in this miracle? HO Any questions about the homework task?

Religious Miracles

(20-25 minutes)

______________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. DIFFERENTIATION: How will I differentiate the content knowledge of this lesson so as to include all learners in a mixed ability class? Students must...be able to demonstrate an understanding of what a miracle is. Students should...be able to provide an example of a miracle. Students could...be able to explain a story of a miracle either in real-life or in religion.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. RESOURCES: What materials/resources will I need/use? A Question of Faith, Lori Whelan and Niamh McDermott Whiteboard Whiteboard markers Duster Laptop Overhead projector Cable for laptop to overhead projector YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzPwRXytr7U, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCh1tc6iuPc Worksheets Junior Certificate Religious Education Syllabus Junior Certificate Religious Education Teachers Guidelines

______________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. LITERACY & NUMERACY: What are the essential aspects of literacy/numeracy in this lesson? In this lesson I will be presenting a power point presentation on the topic of miracles. This will involve students reading and understanding the material presented. In order to avoid any difficulty with words or sentences, I will accompany the students by reading the text and explaining any difficulties that arise. They will come across terms such as "stigmata" and "incorruptible corpses". I will also include a YouTube clip of a miracle followed by a worksheet to be completed; this will involved understanding of the video clip in order to complete the task. I will also put students into pairs to answer the worksheet, therefore students will benefit from peer teaching enhancing learning.

______________________________________________________________________________________________ 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?