# # # # # # # # # I A # # # # # Introduction to the Unit: Reflecting His A Practical Application to Christian Living “ Ms. Boston, how can I live a life after Christ when he lived so long ago!” “Pastor Boston, I am trying my best to live this Christian life, but the people in my church always identify my faults.” These are quotes I hear on a consistent basis, students who feel that they are not worthy to be in the presence of God, let alone reflecting His image. Students who come to our YOU
Students will take 5-7 minutes to write three paragraphs in their notebook that will summarize what they learned today about how the way they live affects their relationship with God. Encounter Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Class: Religion Teacher: Damali Boston Lesson Descriptors Standards & Benchmarks Faith Integrated Objectives Subject: Encounter Starting from Scratch Again Audience: 9-12th Grade Materials: Notebook, Pen BC.9.6.4 Develop a relationship with Christ (art and music, writing, worship, testimony, etc.). BC.10.1.1 Recognize Scripture as the revelation of God. TSW - Discuss the implications of living a life of complete surrender to God. - Analyze their feelings of feeling distant from God.
Subject: Encounter Topic: The Invitation Date: Audience: High School Bible Classes Materials: Bible, Notebook, Pen BC.9.6.4 Develop a relationship with Christ (art and music, writing, worship, testimony, etc.). BC.10.1.1 Recognize Scripture as the revelation of God. BC.10.1.2 Identify Seventh-day Adventist biblical doctrines. BC.10.3.1 Respond to Scripture (reading, researching, creating, presenting, etc.). BC.10.3.2 Identify key spiritual concepts and themes. BC.10.3.3 Develop spiritual formation (prayer, meditation, Bible study, etc.). TSW - Understand the differences between an invitation to repent and an invitation to surrender. - Identify the key qualities in the disciples that enabled them to just drop their livelihoods and follow Christ. - Recognize that a life fully surrendered to Christ, results in true happiness. Technology Biblical Integration Ideas & Questions Provision for Diverse Learners - What are the essential steps in having a true encounter with Jesus Christ? LD- More time to finish writing assignments. GT- Extra work provided in the Extension section Anticipatory Set: (warm-up, advanced organizer) Listen to the song and then use the fishbowl strategy to have the students share their opinions about the song.
Role Play: In groups of four the students will come up with scenarios of typical excuses that people use when they are ashamed to witness for God. These scenarios will be presented in class. Phase 2: Construction (Making the Strange Familiar) Step 1. Provide Information: Witnessing to those around you Factual Information: 1) Witnessing helps others to learn about God. 2) Witnessing helps you to gain a closer relationship with Christ and others. 3) Witnessing help others find the love and fellowship of God. Step 2. Present the Analogy: Witnessing is Like Farming Witnessing is like farming because as the seed of truth is implanted or imparted on the hearts of men and woman the harvesting of souls will become evident with growth. Like farming the Adventist Message preached as straight truth will raise up an army that will not be bought or sold; but will give to the world an abundant harvest of light and life. Witnessing is like farming. Step 3. Use Personal Analogy to Create Compressed Conflict Ex: Farming: pesticides, growth, harvest, germinate Pesticides and Growth (Best Compressed Conflict) Step 4. Compare the Compressed Conflict with the Subject Ex: Witnessing is like farming because although the devil tries to interrupt growth with pesticides we stand strong because the right soil and great care produces good harvest. .