BIBLE CLASS TEACHING
PURPOSE: This event helps and encourages young people to develop creative teaching skills.
PROCESS:
Each participant will:
1. Prepare a Bible class lesson relating to a suitable Bible passage, story, concept, or event.
2. Mail the following to the Event Director:
a. Four copies of the lesson plan
b. A 15 to 25 minute video of the lesson being taught.
c. A stamped postcard with your Church Coordinator’s mailing address or email address if receipt confirmation is requested.
THE PACKAGE MUST BE POSTMARKED
ON OR BEFORE THE PRE-CONVENTION DEADLINE
The Event Director will:
1. Send confirmation of receipt to the home Church Coordinator if a stamped postcard or email address is included.
2. Organize the lesson plan and video tape for judging.
3. Provide scoring sheets and copies of the lesson plan, and the video to the three judges for judging.
4. Tally the completed judging forms from the three judges, and make award recommendations.
5. Send completed judging forms, critique sheets, and all award recommendations to the Pre-Convention Coordinator.
SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITTEN LESSON PLAN:
1. Lesson Goal: Why is it important to teach this lesson? What spiritual lesson do you want your students to learn? What do you hope to accomplish in the lives of your students (e.g. help them become more honest?)
2. Lesson Content: Tell what you plan to teach. Include the scripture from which you plan to take your lesson. Do you plan to teach a memory verse or a new song along with the story? Will you teach an application story? (Please be brief).
3. Lesson Outline:
a. Focus: How will you get your learners’ attention? You might choose a picture, game, toy, song, story, etc.
b. Bible Lesson: Explain how you will present your lesson. Will you use flannel graph, flip chart, audio tape, active learning, drama, puppets, etc.
c. Understanding: How will you be sure that your learners caught on to what you taught? Will you use discussion, Bible quiz game, question and answer, re-enactment of the story?
d. Application: Explain the relation between your lesson and the students’ everyday lives. Will you use a fable, have a workbook activity, sing an appropriate song, share a prayer, drama, etc.
ADDITIONAL RULES:
1. Each participant should be on a separate video tape. No team teaching is allowed. Only one participant is allowed per lesson.
2. The video tape should be between 15 and 25 minutes in length. It is not necessary to film before an actual class. The helper doing the taping needs to maintain silence so the teacher can be heard.
3. A lesson plan format is included. You may copy this form and organize your lesson on it. A few short sentences under each heading is all that is necessary. You may revise the lesson plan, if needed, to give a clearer idea of what you have to do. The judges will be able to see your whole plan in your video.
4. A lesson plan from printed curriculum is allowed, as long as you give credit to the publisher in your lesson plan.
5. Participants will not be penalized for quality of video.
SUBMISSION
1. Please label VHS tape with Participant Name, Grade, and Congregation.
2. Attach a cover sheet and mail to the Event Director (see pg. 20).
AWARDS:
1. Each lesson plan and video tape will be evaluated by three judges. Their point totals will be averaged to obtain a final rating. A critique sheet will be provided for each participant. Awards will be based on the following ratings:
Gold = 5 points, Silver = 3 points, Bronze = 1 point
2. Participants achieving a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Rating will receive an appropriate colored engraved plate for the individual award plaque.