LESSON PLAN

Part 1

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 6D
Time: 11:45am-12:35pm
Date: 31/05/16
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

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:
Compare what students talk to their friends and family about and what students talk to God about.
Discuss prayer as a way to communication with God about anything and everything
Locate specific Bible verses and passages from the Lion Book of Prayers and Explain their importance to the
topic of prayer.
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.
NotePad function on interactive whiteboard is loaded.
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

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 and listening to the Bible and
the Lion Book of Prayers as well as completing
written work in student work books.
Students who are gifted and/or talented will benefit

Teacher to choose various prayers in the Lion Book of

Prayers
Teacher to have copy of Bible (Matthew 6:5-15 located)
Matthew 6:9-13 (Lords Prayer) is projected onto
interactive white board

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/Not Met

Objective 2: Met/Not Met

Objective 3: Met/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
11:45pm

Motivation and Introduction:

Resources/References

Student move from Yr 6 classroom to MS11.

Good morning 7M
Inform students that I will be taking their Christian studies lessons for week 6.
One student to hand out Christian Studies books from box.

Lesson Steps
11:50am

Teacher to use interactive whiteboard to create table with the headings

What do you talk to your friends and family about?

What do you talk to God about?

Interactive
Whiteboard

Lion Book of Prayers

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

Bible (Matthew 6:515)

**Students to copy table into student workbooks with entries**

12:00pm

Transition: How do you talk to God? Prayer

What is Prayer and Why do people Pray?
Different types of prayer, including:
Asking for help
Asking for forgiveness
For others
For self
Teacher to read following passages out of Lion Book of Prayer:
Pages:

12:15pm

Discussion: Prayer as a way to communication with God about anything and

everything.
Not just self interest
Teacher to pose question to students: What do you pray for?

12:20pm

Teacher to play YouTube video I Pray International Day of Prayer for Children
(1:33)

12:30pm

Teacher to read Matthew 6:5-15 from the Bible

Discussion: What Jesus says about the purpose of Prayer and the Lords prayer
Do not pray in front of people/to show off/to bee seen by others
Pray in solitude
Father knows what you need before you ask him
If you forgive, God will forgive you

12:35pm

Lesson Closure and Transition:

One student to collect Christian Studies books and put in box.
Teacher dismisses students and they return to their classroom.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)
Objective 1:
Compare what students talk to their friends and family about and what
students talk to God about.
To meet objective, students will participate in class discussion and complete
table on interactive whiteboard. Students copy table and entries into student
work books. Objective to be judged by verbal assessment and observation of
table entries.
Objective 2:
Discuss prayer as a way to communication with God about anything and
everything
To meet objective, students will participate in class discussion. Objective to be
judged by verbal assessment.
Objective 3:
Locate specific Bible verses and passages from the Lion Book of Prayers
and Explain their importance to the topic of prayer.
To meet objective, students will accurately locate Bible verses and passages
from the Lion Book of Prayers and participate in class discussion on their
importance to topic of prayer. Objective to be judged by verbal assessment.