Orthodox EducationEffective Lesson Planning

Fr. Gheevarghese John

Effective Lesson Planning Preparing Ahead Questions To Ask Yourself Before During After

Effective Lesson Planning Preparing Ahead

• The day/night before• Reading ahead• Highlighting• Notes• Check for understanding• Personal reflection

Effective Lesson Planning Questions to ask yourself:

• What is the topic of the lesson? • What do I want students to learn? • What do I want them to understand and be

able to do at the end of class?• What do I want them to take away from this

particular lesson?

Effective Lesson Planning Before

• Preview and introduces the text• Prior knowledge• Purpose for reading• Preview new or challenging vocabulary

Effective Lesson Planning During

• Teacher reads the text or students read as everyone follows along

• Practical approach• Identifying and clarifying key ideas• Bible connections• Making it relevant

Effective Lesson Planning After

• Real-life connections• Summarizing• Collaborative groups• Sharing• Assessment

Effective Lesson Planning 12th Grade

• Religions of mankind• Lesson 18

Effective Lesson Planning Preparing Ahead of Time

• Other religions• Apologetic works• Absolute claims of Christianity• Uniqueness of Christianity

Effective Lesson Planning Questions lead to Objectives

• I want my students to explain the difference between different world religions and Christianity.

• My students will be able to defend the absolute claims of Christianity when faced with pluralism, secularism and ecumenism.

Effective Lesson Planning Before

• Name different religions• Knowledge about each religion• Key Vocab:

Mohammed Karma Idolatrous Avatar Quran

Effective Lesson Planning During

• Read the text New information Information you already knew Question

• Real-life connection• Witnessing Christ• Religious discussions• Thoughts

Effective Lesson Planning After

• Summarize important points• Interesting and new• Question from the text• Use what they learned

Witness the uniqueness of Christ Read a piece of apologetic literature

Effective Lesson Planning

QUESTIONS?