SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

RE LESSON PLAN
Primary

LESSON ORGANISATION

Unit of work: Loving like Jesus
Year Level: 3
Salvation topic: Jesus Human person Topic: Jesus
teaches us to be more loving, by
using our bodies to communicate
with others.
Students’ Prior Knowledge

In previous units associated with the salvation

Key Understanding:
Topic, loving like Jesus: students have learnt
C1 Friends of Jesus celebrate who he is about how they can use their bodies to
communicate with others.
Learning Point(s): Students have learnt how Jesus used his body to
communicate with others.
C.2.1: States ways in which Jesus helped people to
change. Students have learnt how they can be more like
Jesus, through reading and discussing scripture.
In year two students have heard the scripture
story about the Paralysed man, along with other
scripture stories detailing Jesus and his love for
us.

Spiritual and Religious Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperanc Faith Hope Charity
eg Right eg Right eg Inner e eg Prayer eg eg Service
choices relationships strength eg Reconciliati
Moderation on
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal Intercultural
competence creative behaviour and Social understanding
thinking competence

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Asia and Australia’s Sustainability
Islander histories and cultures engagement with Asia
Lesson Objectives:
1. Listen to and discuss the story of the Paralysed man.
2. Explain how they feel from another person’s point of view.
3. Identify and explain the story accurately from another person’s point of view. (using at least three 3
important parts from the story)
Provision for students at educational risk:
Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation:
Focus of the lesson: This lesson will focus on how Jesus Extension: Gifted students will be paired with
healed students who have a learning
disability/intellectual disability to offer as a peer
 The paralysed man. It shows how his friends believed
and went
to great lengths to get their friend to Jesus.
We will need:
Towels, a white board, the smart board for the cartoon
scripture
Story.
Teacher Witness:
I have many friends that I am close to and would do
anything to help them when they are in need. I can
understand why the men went to such lengths to help
their friend.
helper, while students discuss the Wonder
Questions (think, pair, share)
Intellectual Disability – Students will
participate in the discussion and wonder
questions with the help of an EA or Gifted
Student.
Students with an Intellectual disability will
complete their post card with the help of the EA.
Once the gifted students are completed they can
assist in helping too.
Special Considerations – Students will be put
into groups that are of different physical
strengths for the first activity. (This will make it
easier to carry the other students)

LESSON DELIVERY attach worksheets, examples, marking keys, etc. as relevant

Resources/
Time Motivation and Introduction:
References
10 Take the students outside and put them in groups. Students will work in groups of Towels
minutes five.
Get the students to place a towel on the floor in the middle of the group.
Let the students choose the lightest person in the group to lay down on the towel.
The other four students will take one corner of the towel and attempt to carry the
student.
This will be done outside on the grass area.
After this activity, the students will come inside and sit on the mat.
The teacher will ask
1. Was it easy to carry your friend?
2. What made it difficult?
The teacher will discuss how difficult it was for the students to carry their friend.
The teacher will explain: “It was really hard for you to carry your friend, but in the
scripture story we are reading today we can see how a mans friends carried him
and lowered him into a roof to see Jesus.”

20 Lesson Steps Smart

minutes
Board and
Introduce the scripture: Mark 2:1-11 and Mark 2:15-17. YouTube
set up
Watch online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LqHYkGU4Zg
After the story:
The teacher will propose these questions to the students: This will be done as a
think, pair share. Student partners have already been assigned.
Wonder Questions:
I wonder why the four friends wanted to take their paralysed friend to Jesus?
- They loved their friend
- They wanted to see Jesus, so he could heal him
I wonder how the mans friends felt when they carried him?
- Tired, sore, frustrated, but hopeful.
I wonder how the men felt when they heard Jesus’ voice
- Happy, relieved.
I wonder how they felt when they got to the house, but they could not get in.
- Sad, disappointed, angry
I wonder how they felt when they figured out how to get their friend in?
- Happy, anxious.
I wonder how the man felt when Jesus healed him?
- Surprised, happy
I wonder how his friends felt when Jesus healed him?
- Happy, surprised
I wonder how all the people felt when Jesus healed the man?

Teacher: “Today we are going to write a post card.

We are going to choose a character from the scripture story and write a post card
home, explaining what has happened.
This post card will describe what happened to you on that day.
This needs to include at least three things that happened in the scripture story we
have reviewed.”
The teacher will discuss the key events. that happened in the story.
For example:
1. The journey
2. The healing
3. Feelings White board
- The journey to see Jesus (carrying the friend) and markers
Prompting Question: how did this feel?
- Getting to the destination (we could not get into the house) Prompting Post card
Question: how did this feel? templates
- Carrying the friend through the roof
Prompting Question: was this easy?
- Finally getting your friend through the roof
How did you feel?
- Jesus heals your friend
How do you feel?
These ideas will be written on the white board.

The teacher must encourage students to explain how they would feel if they were a
character in the scripture story.
The students will choose one of the following points of view:

1. Jesus
2. One of the paralysed man’s friends
3. The paralysed man

Once this is complete the teacher will collect the post cards for marking, these will
be shared in the beginning of the next lesson. Where students will come up and
openly share their post cards.

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

Teacher:
 Teacher: “Whatever hardships life had given him; the paralysed man was blessed
with faithful friends. His friends were great believers and they knew Jesus could
5 heal their friend. “
minutes
Prompting Questions:
Think about your best friend. What do they do for you that makes you happy?
How do you make them happy?
What makes a best friend?
Sometimes we fight with our friends, why do we fight with our friends?
We all have best friends, but we must remember Jesus is our forever friend! Jesus
does not put boundaries or conditions on our relationship with him. He is faithful,
loving and caring. Jesus teaches us to be loving, faithful and caring, if we live as
Jesus did we can become more like him.
Once this is complete: The teacher will display a prayer about friends on the smart
board.
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

Students will pray “A Prayer for my friend” together. (attached at the end of the
lesson) This will be displayed on the white board. The students will already be on
Smart
the mat. After praying their friendship prayer, they will stay on the mat, ready for
board-
their maths lesson.
prayer.
Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will they be assessed?)
Anecdotal notes and observations of participation relating to the Wonder
Questions. I have chosen a group of 5 students to observe today. I will be asking
them questions to observe and note their responses.
Completion of the Post card. A rubric will assess how students have:
1. Explained how they felt from another person’s point of view Rubric
2. Accurately retold the story from another person’s point of view.
Anecdotal
Mentioning at least three key events in the scripture story.
and
Observation
notes