Religion

Where do we find God in the Text?

Term 1

Learning Intention (WALT)

By the end of this series of learning experiences, you will be able to :
Develop your understanding of God's Word in Scripture as you use the
Bible's referencing system to locate books, people, places and things
Engage with a variety of text types in the Old Testament and the New
Testament
Listen to, read, view and interpret Scriptural passages that express God as
Father, as Son and as Holy Spirit
Examine prayers of petition and intercession as significant forms of prayer
for Christian communities

Success Criteria (WILF)

I can locate and identify a variety of books and text types in the Old
Testament and New Testament.
I can explain how a reader uses knowledge about the Bible to better
understand God's Word.
I can identify and explain Scriptural passages that express God as Father, as
Son and as Holy Spirit.
I can use an appropriate structure to create prayers of petition and
intercession.

Learning Intention: The Bible and its structure

I can investigate the referencing system and text organisation
of the Bible and use some features of the text organisation to
locate books, people, places and things in the Bible.

Explore the Purposes of Written Texts

Look at the features of a storybook - title,
author, illustrator, contents, chapters,
headings.

In pairs look at a bible - What features are

similar and what features are different?
Complete a Venn Diagram
T/ P/ S - What do you think the purpose of
the bible is?

Investigate the Structure of the Bible

Complete the Bible Treasure Hunt using
an online or print version of the NRSV
bible.

How did you locate the different stories,

bible figures and events?

Why are stories of Jesus only found in

the New Testament?

Old and New Testaments

For Christians, the Bible is divided into the Old Testament (containing 46 books)
and the New Testament (containing 27 books).

The word testament means covenant or agreement. The Old Testament was put
together by the Hebrews and the New Testament was collected and preserved by
early Christians after the time of Jesus Christ. Most of the Old Testament forms
the sacred text for the followers of Judaism and is the scripture that Jesus knew
(because Jesus was a Jew).

Activity
Use your Bible to sequence the
parts of the bible. Discuss your
answers with a friend.

Bible SKills Worksheet

Assessment

Explore Parallel Stories in the New Testament

LI: I can investigate how gospel writers have recorded the same event in different
ways.

Zacchaeus
Watch the clip on the story of
Zacchaeus. Three people will be
chosen randomly to retell the story.

Retelling the story

Complete the Graphic Organiser, recording the key ideas retold by the 3 different
students.
Student 1

Student 2

Student 3

How were they the same? Different? Why were they different?

Parallel Stories
Investigate in pairs how gospel writers
have recorded the same event differently
by exploring the healing of Peter's (also
called Simon) mother in-law as it appears
in Matthew, Mark , and Luke's gospels
using Synoptic parallels online or in the
Bible: Matt 8:14-15, Mark 1:29-31, Luke
4:38-39.
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Complete a 3 Circle Venn Diagram.

Parallel Stories

The Gospels were

written at different
times, by different
people, in different
places for different
audiences.

Finding Gods Voice in the Text

LI: I can engage with a variety of text types in the Old Testament and the New
Testament to explore how a reader uses knowledge about the Bible to better
understand God's Word.

Exploring Text types in the Old Testament: Creation

Brainstorm what they know about the
Creation story in the Christian tradition
e.g. Where do we find the story of
Creation? What are the different parts of
the story? How many Creation stories
are there in the Old Testament?

Watch the clip on the Creation Story.

Creation Story
Read through the print version of the
Creation story. Record what happens in the
beginning the middle and the end.

How is Gods voice heard through the story?

Complete the story probe to examine the

textual features of the creation story.

Indigenous Creation Stories

Watch the Butchulla Creation
Story of Fraser Island.

Class Brainstorm - What are the

common features of these
creation stories?

The Story of Moses

Watch the clip. WHat do
you know about this story?

Locate and read the story

Ex 1:8-22; 2:1-10 in the
New Revised Standard
Version Catholic edition
(NRSV Cath ed.) using
Bible Gateway. What type
of text is this?

The Story of Moses

Compare the movie version and the
story version. Why is the story of Moses
birth not exactly the same?
Read as a class Ex 3: 1-14.
Complete a class Biblical retrieval chart
to identify the text types, the meaning
and the way God's voice is heard in the
Exodus story.

Jonah
You will work in pairs. One
student will read Jonah 1
and the other Jonah 2.
Compare the 2 stories then
compare with the Yom
Kippur song.
In your groups, create an
artwork representing
different parts of the Jonah
story.

The New Testament - Parables

Parables are a particular ancient narrative form used by Jesus in the
New Testament as a teaching device. The simplest parables are
metaphors or similes drawn from nature or everyday life with a
message that unsettles the listener. The structure of the parable often
follows the rule of three; three characters, three actions, etc.
Recall fairy tales and other writings that also use the rule of three.

The Parable of the Sower

Identify the rule of three in
the story and the message.

The House Built on the Rock

Locate and read the parable of
the house built on the rock
(Matthew 7: 24-29) using either
Bible Gateway or print Bible.

Complete the worksheet

identifying the purpose of the
parable and how Gods voice
can be heard.

Assessment
Demonstrate your understanding of the
structure and purpose of the parables
by writing your own short parable for a
year 4 audience.

Use Voki to record and share your

parable.

Psalms of Petition
Read Psalm 29. Focus on the last two lines, May the Lord give strength to
his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace and identify this part of
the Psalm as a type of petition.
How have you experienced prayers of petition in your life.
Create a list of individuals or groups of people you would like to pray for.
Participate respectfully in a class prayer using the constructed prayers of
petition/intercession.

Learning Intention
LI: Scripture speaks of God in many ways but most significantly for Christians as
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Christians name this understanding of God as Trinity

The Trinity
Make the Sign of the Cross.
In the name of the father, and of
the son and of the Holy Spirit.
This is called the Holy Trinity.
These are symbols of the holy
trinity.
Draw and Label these in your
Religion book

Borromean Rings

Triquetra

God as Father, God as Son, God as Holy Spirit

Use the bibles to locate the scripture
references on the retrieval chart.

Record your findings of how the New

Testament refers to these three
entities.

Images of the Trinity

View images of the Trinity across
different times and cultures using the
link
http://www.textweek.com/art/trinity.htm
In small groups use the Visual
Language strategy to analyse one of the
images.

Assessment
You are to create a set of 3 holy
trinity cards by selecting 3 images,
one to represent God the Father,
one to represent God the Son and
one as God the Spirit.
Write a prayer of intercession on the
back of each one using Big Huge
Labs Trading Card Maker.