Lesson Plan Number:

Subject: Religion
1st Years

Topic: St. Blaise

No. of Students: 28
Date:
2rd Feb 16 Time:
of Lesson: 35mins
1.
KEY CONCEPT(S):
What Key Concept(s) (ideas) will I teach in this lesson?

Year Group:
12.25

Length

The Saint that is St. Blaise and his teachings

(The number of appropriate Key Concepts will vary depending on the lesson you intend on teaching)

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2.
LESSON AIM(S):
What am I going to teach?
In this lesson I hope to develop the students understanding of saint Blaise and his history and how his
teaching practices affect our lives today
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3.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to.
Explain the history of St. Blaise and how his teachings affect our lives today in Ireland
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4.
ASSESSMENT/EVIDENCE OF STUDENT LEARNING:
How will I know that the learning outcomes are being achieved?
1. Learning outcome one will be assessed by: the answering of both lower and higher order level
questions throughout the class
2. Learning outcome two will be assessed by: The filling out of a hand out sheet in class by the
students

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5.
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE:
What prior knowledge do students have about this topic?
For some students they may have heard of St. Blaise before as his feast day comes around every year, for
other however they may not have. Some of the studnets may also have gotten their throats blessed before so
they may have knowledge here of how he affects our lives today in Ireland.

6. TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
What activities will I use to facilitate the teaching of EACH Key Concept? How much time for each activity?
7.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES:
What activities will the students be engaged in to understand EACH Key Concept? How much time for each
activity?

8.

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)

1. Key
Concept(s)
Teaching
Key
Concept 1

History of
St. blaise

30 mins

6. Teacher Activity

7. Student Activity

8. Questions

Take role

Take role with the teacher

Who was St. Blaise? L/O

Prayer

Prayer

Why is he connected to the

blessing of the throats? H/L

Thought of the day

Thought of the day

Introduce the new topic of St.

Blaise

Listen to the new topic being

introduced

Brainstorm with the students

on who they think St. Blaise
is

Take part in the Brainstorm with

the teacher

Write up their answers on the

board
Get all the students to take
down the other students
answers on the board

Do you think this is important?

L/O

Take down all the other students

answers from the board also
Draw image of St. Blaise from the
board

Place an image of St. Blaise

on the board and get all the
students to draw this image
into their copy
Teaching
Key
Concept 2
(etc.)

Impact on
our lives
today
10 mins

Listen to the new activity

being introduced

Take part in the new activity

Do you think he has affected on

Work in pairs as instructed to by the your family life? H/O
Get students to work in pairs teacher
to see how they feel St. Blaise
Can you name three facts about
has impacted on their lives
Give up answers to the teacher
him. H/O
today
Take all the answers down from the Do you know any person that
Take up all the students
board
you think slightly relates to St.
answers
Blaise in your life? H.O
Write them up on the board
Get all the students to take
down all the answers

9. DIFFERENTIATION:
How will I differentiate the content knowledge of this lesson so as to include all learners in a mixed
ability class?
By asking both higher and lower level questions in the class, so that all students will be engaged and actively
learning at all times in the classroom. Also when it comes to the use of brainstorm I would hope that this would get
all the students engaged in their own learning and that peer learning would also take place. This will also be the case
when it comes to the pair work in thinking up of St. Blaises impact on our lives today.
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10.
RESOURCES:
What materials/resources will I need/use?

11.

Whiteboard
Markers
Internet
Computer
USB
Pens
Text Book
Diagram from the internet on the board

LITERACY & NUMERACY:

What are the essential aspects of literacy/numeracy in this lesson?

Some of new terms the students will be meeting may be difficult for some. To help with this I will get them to fill out
these words into their word bank. This will also help for revision and will help improve their literacy. By placing the
key words on the board at the beginning of class, this will help keep the student focused on the class tasks at hand and
must be completed for the other students to move on also.
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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?