UNIVERSITY OF ST.

LA SALLE INTEGRATED SCHOOL, BACOLOD CITY

LASALLIAN LEARNING MODULE
SY 2014 2015
DESIGNER: Minerva Lautrizo
SUBJECT: Christian Living
UNIT TITLE: Welcoming Gods Kingdom
ALLOTMENT: 8 weeks

LEVEL: Grade 8
QUARTER: Second

TIME

CONTENT STANDARD:
The students are able to demonstrate their appreciation of the mission of Jesus in establishing the Kingdom of God on earth through His life, words(parable) and
deeds(miracles) as we become better witnesses of Gods saving love.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD:
Students are able to demonstrate their skills in creatively illustrating a relationship with the person of Jesus in the Gospel through creating a comic illustration on
their own parable.
LGP INTEGRATION:
1. Challenge learner to realize their full potential.
2. Bring Christian perspectives to bear on human understanding, skills and values of learners.
3. Are dynamic and encourage differentiation, diversity and synergy amongst learners that are fraternal, caring and respectful.
4. Ensure that the learners translate knowledge into something usual in actual practice for the betterment of society and the Church.
5. Prepare the learners to participate responsibly in the world of work, family, community, nation and Church.

CONTENT:
In this module, we will learn that the mission of Jesus was to establish Gods Kingdom on earth. He carried out his mission by a ministry of teaching and healing.
Though His words (parables) and deeds (miracles), Jesus brought to the people Gods forgiveness, healing, justice, goodness, and peace. Jesus revealed what it
takes to belong to Gods Kingdom; to live by the Beatitudes and, in a more special way, to show compassion for the poor. Since all Christians share in His mission,
we need the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to become bearers of Gods Kingdom today. The sacrament of Confirmation gives this special empowerment to
Christians.
STAGE 1: ESTABISHING DESIRED RESULTS
TRANSFER GOAL
OVERARCHING ENDURING UNDERSTANDING (EU):

Students will understand that the mission of Jesus is to establish Gods Kingdom on earth through His life, words, and deeds. All Christians share in Jesus mission as
the Holy Spirits strengthens and empowers us to witness to Gods Kingdom.

OVERARCHING ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

How can you practice the teachings of Jesus in real life situations?

LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
Identify key concepts on short kingdom parables, meaning of miracle, miracles of Jesus, beatitudes, and meaning of Christian conversion
Give definitions of parables, miracles, beatitudes and conversion
Summarize Kingdom parables
Examine their role in proclaiming the Kingdom
Act according to values of beatitudes
Respond with loving compassion to the outcasts
Value their Confirmation as empowerment to be Christs witnesses

STAGE 2: DETERMINING VALID EVIDENCE/ ASSESSMENT

PRODUCT/ PERFORMANCE:
Comic Illustration on their own Parable
GRASPS:
You are a young author and artist who specialize in creating stories using comic illustrations. You want to reach out to younger children, Grades 4 to 6, and teach
them about Jesus, religious truths about your faith, compassion for less-privileged brothers and sisters, and lessons in life. Using your artistic talents, create a
booklet of your own parable. At the end of the booklet, write the moral lesson of your parable. Your comic book must be creative or eye-catching, value laden and
true to its definition.
ASSESSMENT TOOLS: (Please see Unit Assessment Map and Unit Assessment-Activities Matrix)
Pre-assessment Test
Pretest
Formative Assessments
Quizzes
Homeworks and Assignments
Seatworks
Pair/Group Work
Summative Assessment
Chapter Tests
Quarter Exam
Performance Task and Scaffolds
Self-assessment
Problem-Solution Chart
KWL

STAGE 3: LEARNIING PLAN FLOW

OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the unit, the students will be able to:
Explore the meaning of Gods Kingdom in the Jewish community of Jesus and Jesus own understanding, which come to us in Sacred Scripture and Church
Teaching about the presence of the Kingdom here and now
Respond to the call and task of the Kingdom by decisions grounded on Christian values
Celebrate the glory of Gods love and giving thanks to his abundance of gifts
ORIENTATON WEEK (SUBJECT ORIENTATION)

Returning of First Quarter Examination

Giving of outline for this unit

INTRODUCTION

Overview of the Lesson/ Pretest/ Feed backing of Results

Provide a brief overview of the learning module; conduct pre-assessments and give feedback of results.
Hook Activity: Round Song: Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God
1. The teacher will teach the students to sing Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God.
The teacher will use this as a round song together with the class.
2. The teacher will compare the understanding of the students of Kingdom, Kingdom in the Old Testament (OT) and Kingdom proclaimed by the Jews
Introduction of EQ
3. Introduce the EQ to class: How can you practice the teachings of Jesus in real life situations?
Giving of KWL Chart
4. Have the students give their ideas about the EQ or key terms in the EQ.
5. Use KWL Chart below and have students answer the What I Know column and What I Want to Learn column to elicit prior knowledge regarding EQ.

Essential Question: How can you practice the teachings of Jesus in real life situations?
What I

Know

What I

Want to Know or Learn

What I have

Learned

6. Ask the students to record, share and explain their ideas.

7. Tell the students that the new learning unit will help them determine which ideas are close to the concepts covered by the EQ.

8. Inform the in the next part there will be activities and discussion to help them understand better these concepts and at the end of the unit, they will acquire
certain skills and demonstrate mastery of skills through a comic illustration on their own parable.

INTERACTION
Activity 1: Sunday Gospel Reflection
*Every first meeting of the week, the students are asked to share their responses regarding the recent Sunday Gospel. They may do it in groups or by pairs. Some
students will be selected to echo to the class regarding their sharing on their reflections on the Sunday Gospel.
Chapter 4: Welcoming Gods Kingdom
Activity 4: Kingdom Acrostics
1. Short Discussion on Picturing the Kingdom of God (refer pages 66-73).
2. Create an acrostic on the word KINGDOM. For each letter, write something that you have learned about the Kingdom of God. Answers should start wit the letters
of the word KINGDOM.
Activity 5: Word Analysis of AFFIRM and CONFIRM
1. Students will be asked about the difference of the words Affirm and Confirm.
2. Short Discussion on The Confirmed Christian (refer to pages 74-76).
3. EQ will be posted and discussed in the context of the recent discussion: How can you practice the teachings of Jesus in real life situations?
Giving of Chapter Test
**The teacher gives a 20-item test covering the things discussed in the chapter. Check answers after the test. An open-forum will be given to discuss questions and
answers regarding the test.
Chapter 5: Believing the Good News of the Kingdom
Activity 6: Clay Modeling of the Parables
1. The teacher will group the students in their Type C groupings.
2. Each group will be given a parable of the Kingdom to symbolize.
3. Students will be given 15-20 minutes to discuss with their group regarding the symbol they will use to represent the parables given to them.
4. After 20 minutes, a representative of a group who volunteers will explain 2-3 sentences about the symbol of their Parable.
5. Short Discussion on Searching for the Good News in Parables (refer to pages 83-86).
Activity 7: Poem Writing on the Kingdom of God
1. Short Discussion on Seeing the Power and Goodness of Jesus in His Miracles (refer to pages 87-93)
2. Students will be asked to compose a short poem (2 stanzas of 4 lines each) that illustrates their understanding of what the Kingdom of God is.
3. They must create their own creative title.
4. This activity will be done in groups of 4.
5. After composition, they will read their poem in class.

6. Poem written will be graded according to content, relevance to theme and creativity.
7. EQ will be posted and discussed in the context of the recent discussion: How can you practice the teachings of Jesus in real life situations?
Giving of Chapter Test
**The teacher gives a 20-item test covering the things discussed in the chapter. Check answers after the test. An open-forum will be given to discuss questions and
answers regarding the test.
Chapter 6: Living the Kingdom Values
Activity 8: PowerPoint Presentation on Beatitudes
1. Short Discussion on Living the Beatitudes (refer to pages 99-108) through a PowerPoint Presentation.
2. Beatitudes will be discussed according to their meanings and values upheld.
3. An open forum on the beatitudes will be held to entertain questions regarding the topic discussed.
Activity 9: Scripture Analysis on Passages of responding with compassion
1. The students will be asked to read several passages from the Sacred Scriptures:
a. Matthew 14:14
b. Mark 6:34
c. Mark 6:50
d. Mark 8:2
e. Luke 7:13
2. They will be asked to identify the human need to which Jesus responded with compassion in each passage.
3. Answers will be listed on their notebooks and shared in the class orally.
4. Short Discussion on Reaching Out to the Poor and Outcast (refer to pages 109-118).
5. EQ will be posted and discussed in the context of the recent discussion: How can you practice the teachings of Jesus in real life situations?
Giving of Chapter Test
**The teacher gives a 20-item test covering the things discussed in the chapter. Check answers after the test. An open-forum will be given to discuss questions and
answers regarding the test.

INTEGRATION
Scaffold Activity: Composing Own Kingdom Parable
1. Students will be asked to read an example of a modern day parable. (The Parable of the Closed Door, page 87).
2. They will be given the time to compose their own parable. They are to compare the Kingdom of God to something popular to young people today.
3. Their draft will be checked by the teacher.
Performance Task: Comic Illustration of Own Parable
1. The GRASPS for the Performance Task and the Rubric for Grading will be reviewed in class.
You are a young author and artist who specialize in creating stories using comic illustrations. You want to reach out to younger children, Grades 4 to 6, and teach
them about Jesus, religious truths about your faith, compassion for less-privileged brothers and sisters, and lessons in life. Using your artistic talents, create a
booklet of your own parable. At the end of the booklet, write the moral lesson of your parable. Your comic book must be creative or eye-catching, value laden and
true to its definition.
2. They will be given enough time to compose their own illustration of the parable they have also written.
Integration:
Discussion of EQ
1. The EQ for the unit will be presented on the board: How can you practice the teachings of Jesus in real life situations?
2. They will be orally asked about their generalization pertaining to the EQ of the unit.
3. They will be asked to complete the Summary-Lesson Closure for the unit:
LESSON CLOSURE
This quarters unit
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________. One key idea was _____________________________________________________________
__________________________________. This is important because
_________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________. Another key idea
____________________________________________________
__________________________________. This matters because
_____________________________________________________________________
____________________________. In sum, this quarters unit
_______________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________.
Relevance to LGP
1. The students will be asked to fill up a Problem-Solution Chart that will ask them to identify a problem faced by Lasallians pertaining in their understanding and
appreciation of Gods Kingdom.
2. They will fill in the parts of the chart and share their reflection with the class.

PROBLEM / SOLUTION
Questions
What
What
What
What

Answers

is the problem?
are the effects?
are the causes?
are the soutions?

Answering KWL
1. They will be asked to revisit their KWL Chart used in the introduction part of this unit.
2. They will review their answers and reflect on the past lessons and activities they have done for this unit.
3. They will answer the What I have Learned column.
4. They will share whether there were significant changes in terms of their perception of the Kingdom of God from the start and the end of this unit.
Giving of Post Test/ Analysis of scores compared to Pre Test
Giving of Second Quarter Examination