Directly Taught With Simple Cooperative Learning
Sample Lesson 2
Teacher: Cruz/Lazarus | Date: 18 June 1998 |
Subject: Bible | Grade: 9 |
Lesson Title: Making Spiritual Choices in I Kings 18 |
Objectives:
- Dimensions of Learning: Students will apply the knowledge of making choices to their lives in a meaningful manner.
- Content:
- Students will learn that there are always choices to make.
- Students will become familiar with the story of Elijah on Mount Carmel and the issue of making spiritual choices.
- Social Skills:
- Students will listen politely to each other.
- Students will participate in whole class discussion.
Materials:
Teacher: Bible flip chart/chalkboard markers duplicated worksheet |
Student: Bible |
Warm-Up: Anecdote (personal experience)
I was given theater tickets for a famous play which related to school work. The play started one and a half hours before sunset on Friday. The dilemma — to go or not to go? I went and stayed past the setting of the sun. Feeling guilty, I went home and prayed never to put myself before doing what is right.
Question to class: What would you have done?
Situation 2: You are undercharged for the flowers for the senior class farewell. Do you tell the clerk or do you think it is a blessing from God?
Presentation/Instruction: (Brainstorming)
- Randomly assign students to groups of four with flip chart, paper, and markers for each group.
- Each group should respond to the following question: What choices are we confronted with in our daily lives?
- Students record answers on the flip chart paper and post answers on the wall/blackboard.
- One person from each group reads responses to the entire class.
Guided Practice: (Read and Explain Pair)
I Kings 18: 16-46. Elijah on Mount Carmel. Pair students (high/low achievers). Each student will silently read the passage. Student A is initially the summarizer for verses 16-29 while Student B is the accuracy checker. Roles are switched for verses 30-46. Students are to summarize the content of the passage and the spiritual choices made on Mount Carmel by answering the following questions:
- Who are the major players/characters?
- Which characters have a choice to make?
- What choices does she/he make?
- What is the outcome of the choice?
- Explain the relationship of the two/three major scenes with regard to making choices?
- Upon what evidence do the characters base their choices?
- Why don't the people say anything in response to Elijah (verse 21)?
- What attitudes might account for their silence?
- Are the people fickle following whomever performs the most magnificent miracle or are they sincere and eager to return to worshiping the true God?
- Why do we make the choices we do?
Independent Practice: (Spiritual Application)
Write 2-3 paragraphs on a spiritual choice that you have had to make. Describe the situation/choice/dilemma and the outcome of your choice. (Extend into a homework assignment if not completed during class time.)
Closure: Why was Ahab willing to risk a confrontation on Mount Carmel?
Appraisal:
- How many listened politely/quietly today? (Stickers for those students)
- Who participated willingly in the question/answer period? (Stickers)
- How well did your pairs work? How do you know?
Evaluation: Grade homework informally.