RE at key stage 3 (Year 8)
Unit 8A: What does Jesus' Incarnation mean for Christians today?
Section 7: Why is Christmas an important Christian festival?
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Objectives |
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- to evaluate Christian beliefs about the Incarnation
- to select, organise and structure information in a piece of extended writing
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Activities |
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- Referring back to the first lesson in this unit and the list of qualities that were prophesied about the Messiah, ask pupils to think about ways in which they can see Jesus fulfilling them.
- Ask the class to discuss their thoughts, and go on to discuss why they think Christmas is an important Christian festival.
- Look at specific internet resources relating to Christmas,
eg Christmas in Bethlehem in the Holy Land section of www.megastories.com, and make use of them to compare what Christmas means to different people.
- Give pupils the task of completing a piece of extended writing:
What is the meaning of Jesus for Christians today, referring especially to the Incarnation? Give the pupils a set time to plan their answer and to write it up, and set a minimum of 300 words. Ask them to refer to ideas from each lesson in this final piece of writing.
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- explain Christian beliefs about the Incarnation
- produce a piece of extended writing of at least 300 words, with effective use of clearly focused paragraphs and an appropriate sequence
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Points to note |
- The piece of extended writing could be used for RE assessment purposes.
- There is opportunity to use IT skills here, if pupils were to word process their work.
- Language for learning: the skeleton plan or framework might outline a possible sequence, with subheadings for each paragraph. Some pupils may need a set of topic sentence stems to support their writing. They may also benefit from reminders of useful punctuation displayed in the classroom or modelled on the task sheet.
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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of
activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by
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