Lesson Plan Number:

Subject: Religious Education Topic: The Person and Preaching Year Group: 1st year (1.1) of Jesus No. of Students: 28 Date: 6th January 2014 Time: 10.40-11.20 Length of Lesson: 40 minutes ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. KEY CONCEPT(S): What Key Concept(s) (ideas) will I teach in this lesson? Kingdom of God How we create a Kingdom of God

(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 what is meant by the term the "Kingdom of God" and to explore how we can create a Kingdom of God. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to. demonstrate and understanding of term Kingdom of God explain how we can create a Kingdom of God in today's society

_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 to identify what previous knowledge they have already 2. Key concept two will be assessed by: students identifying times in their lives when they demonstrated the Kingdom of God

______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: What prior knowledge do students have about this topic? Students might have a limited knowledge of this subject as it would not have been covered in a lot of depth in primary school. However, for those students whom are mass goers they might have heard of various terms and stories such as the Kingdom of God and the parable stories. If religion is practiced in the home environment, students will gain an informal knowledge of the topics being studied.

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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 a roll call Facilitate a brainstorm on the term the "Kingdom of God" Ask both higher and lower order questions to probe answers for the brainstorm 7. Student Activity Answer roll call Students actively participate in the brainstorm Answer questions to contribute to the brainstorm 8. Questions Has anyone heard of the term the "Kingdom of God" before? LO Can anybody explain what that term Kingdom of God means? HO Where do we learn about the Kingdom of God? HO Who are the people within the Kingdom? HO What is the purpose of those people? HO Do you think that you are also part of the Kingdom of God? LO Following the brainstorm, can you form a definition of the term " Kingdom of God"? HO Do you think Jesus was fair in paying everyone equally even though some people worked longer than others? Why? HO How would you feel if you were a person that had worked the long hours? HO Have you ever come across a similar situation in your own lives? HO Write down three ways in which you help to create a Kingdom of God in your everyday lives. HO

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1. Key Concept(s) Teaching Key Concept 1

The Kingdom of God

Ask students to try and from a definition from the words produced from the brainstorm activity

Attempt to formulate their own definition from the words produced from the brainstorm

(15 minutes) Teaching Key Concept 2 (etc.) Ask a student to read the definition of the Kingdom of God from the textbook page 52 Continue by reading the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard Ask questions following the passage that was read How we create a Kingdom of God Ask students to write three ways in which they create a kingdom of God in their everyday lives Ask different individuals for their answers Encourage a discussion from the answers Assign homework task (20 minutes) One student reads from the book as the others listen

Another student read, others pay attention Answer questions

Complete the assigned activity in their copybooks

Students answer if asked, others listen to the answers Participate in discussion

Make note of the homework

______________________________________________________________________________________________ 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...have heard of the term the Kingdom of God Students should...be able to describe some characteristics of the Kingdom of God Students could...make links from their own lives to the Kingdom of God, recognise that they are the People of God

___________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. RESOURCES: What materials/resources will I need/use? A Question of Faith, Lori Whelan and Niamh McDermot Whiteboard Whiteboard markers Duster 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, students will come across new terms such as the Kingdom of God and denarius. By conducting a brainstorm at the beginning of the lesson, this will allow students to see what they already know about the topic. Also by allowing them to generate their own definition following the brainstorm will enhance learning as they are learning from language that they can understand. Also in this lesson I have incorporated a reading element. I will provide assistance should someone get stuck on a word or do not understand the meaning of something. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 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?