SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

RE LESSON PLAN
Pre-Primary/
Primary

LESSON ORGANISATION

Unit of work: Loving our Salvation topic: Prayer Human person Topic: Our Bodies
Differences are Different

Year Level: 2 Students’ Prior Knowledge: (include faith

situations/previous lessons/Units)

Jesus communicated with people to teach them

Key Understanding:
about God’s love. Jesus came to help people to
C1 Jesus taught God’s family to pray
communicate in loving ways. The children also
explored the following understandings of prayer:
Learning Point(s):
C1.5 Expresses that God’s family prays in ways that • Prayer is communication with God
Jesus taught • Prayer has many forms
• Prayer can occur in different places
Spiritual and Religious Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity
eg Right choices eg Right eg Inner strength eg Moderation eg Prayer eg Reconciliation eg Service
relationships
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative behaviour Social understanding
thinking competence

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement with Sustainability
histories and cultures Asia
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
• Students recognise the different types of prayer
• Students create their own wonder questions about the prayer

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for student diversity:

• Godly Play set (We Gather for Mass)
Learning difficulty:
• Materials for Godly play
• Group students who are not as capable with
• Class prayer box
students who are capable and understand
the task
• Group students that work well together

Physical disability:
• Assist student/s to participate in the group
work by setting up a table and allowing group
to work around student/s
LESSON DELIVERY attach worksheets, examples, marking keys, etc. as relevant

Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
9:00
Align these with the segment
1. Start the lesson by sharing with the students that Jesus taught
where they will be introduced.
his followers to pray in many different ways
• Together in the Eucharist (Mass)
• Praying together at other times
• Praying alone
• Praying in their own words and through learned prayers
• Praying daily

2. Then introduce a Godly Play – We Gather for Mass

3. Explain to the students that the Godly Play of ‘We Gather for
Mass’ is one of the ways people can pray, which is what one of
many ways Jesus taught his followers to pray
4. Ask the students to share their knew knowledge about the
different types of prayer
• Pose question – “can anyone share with us the different
ways Jesus taught his followers to pray?”

9:05 Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):
1. Lay seasonal cloth down. Place the quadrants on top of the
Cloth and white felt circle cut
underlay to form a circle as in illustration above
into four quadrants – 2 large
2. Place the peg figures around the circle facing inwards to
and 2 small
represent the community gathered. Place the priest at the top of
the circle. Trace your finger around the circle as you say: When 10 peg figures and 1 priest
we celebrate Mass, we come together as the community of God (white material to represent
3. Point to each quadrant as you say: alb with material)
• We can look at the Mass as being made up of four parts
4. Hold the card ‘Introductory Rites’ as you say:
• The first part, called the Introductory Rites, gathers us
together into the community that is the Body of Christ
5. Place Introductory Rites card in quadrant 1
6. Show the card ‘Liturgy of the Word’ as you say:
• The second part is called the Liturgy of the Word
7. Place Liturgy of the Word card in quadrant 2
8. Hold up the Bible as you say:
• During the Liturgy of the Word we listen to the Bible
Scriptures, the Word of God
9. Place the open bible in quadrant 2
10. Show the card ‘Liturgy of the Eucharist’ as you say: Bread on a plate
• The third part is called the Liturgy of the Eucharist
 11. Place Liturgy of the Eucharist card in quadrant 3 Grape juice in chalice/wine
12. Hold up the bread and wine as you say: goblet
• During the Liturgy of the Eucharist we remember what
Jesus said and did during the Last Supper. We give
thanks to God and we receive Jesus in Holy
Communion. Place bread and wine in quadrant 3
13. Hold the card ‘Concluding Rite’ as you say:
• The fourth part is called the Concluding Rites
14. Place Concluding Rite card in quadrant 4 Cards: Introductory Rites;
15. During the Concluding Rites, the priest blesses us Liturgy of the Word; Liturgy of
16. Turn the figures out toward the students the Eucharist; Concluding Rite
17. The priest sends us out to take Christ into our world
18. Point to each quadrant as you say:
• These are the four parts of the Mass: The Introductory
Rites, the Liturgy of the Word, the Liturgy of the
9:20 Eucharist and the Concluding Rites
19. Wonder Questions – Pause for a while before wondering with the
students
• I wonder whether you’ve seen any part of this before
• I wonder why the gathered community is called the Body
of Christ

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

1. To conclude the lesson, pray together as a class. Go around the

circle and ask the students to pray for something close to them

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

9:30

• To transition to the next lesson, students will need to pack away

all materials sitting nicely on the mat ready to begin Maths

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will they be

assessed?)

• Did the students recognise the different types of prayer

(anecdotal notes, checklist) Anecdotal notes

• Students create their own wonder questions about prayer Checklist

(Discussion and use of anecdotal notes, checklist)

Resources used in this Lesson:

Godly Play Script – We Gather for Mass

Assessment Checklist:

Name: Date:

Students will Achieved Limited Did not

demonstrate

Recognise the different types of prayer

Students create their own wonder questions about

the prayer