Nativity

Nativity, Advent & Christmas Bundle

This Bundle contains 4 lessons on the Nativity, Advent & Christmas (two 120 minute PowerPoints)
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Includes: Lots of Fun activities, Exam Style Questions, a revision placemat & an Interactive Quiz (WITH MUSIC).

For more fun activities based on the Christmas Season please click here.

This resource was originally planned to span a 2 hour double lesson, but can easily be split into a series of lessons.

This pack includes: PowerPoint: 70 slides!!! Resource Booklet: 14 Sheets.

This lesson is designed to take pupils through the Nativity story and the myths that surround it.

Starter activity: Completion of last lesson’s Give me 5 activity.

Summary of Tasks:
Letter Generator: Pupils have to come up with as many words using the letters of the alphabet as they can using the stimulus given.
Beat The Teacher: There is a task on Biblical references based on the prophecies of the Messiah- for a bit of beat the teacher fun!!
Cartoon Strip: Pupils will then have the opportunity to retell the story of the Nativity as their remember it using the Cartoon Strip resources.
2 Video clips: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU USE THE NATIVITY STORY’ (2009) FILM FOR THIS LESSON. If this is not available, then feel free to use any clips you see fit.

Biblical Accounts: Pupils are given the Biblical accounts as found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. They are tasked with completing a Venn Diagram on these passages.

YouTube Clip: Pupils will then watch as short video based on the myths surrounding the Nativity and fill in a worksheet accordingly.

Finally…There is a Revision Placemat based on the information needed for the exam. Pupils can be given this or we use it initially as an A3 laminated work mat. Pupils can use this to answer the new style exam questions a)-d).

Homework: Pupils must fill in the Unwrapping the Nativity worksheet with as much information as possible.

Plenary: The Nativity Quiz-18 questions and answers based on the birth narratives-pupils absolutely love this!! This section is interactive and includes music.

Advent & Christmas (120 minutes worth of content!): Advent & Christmas (120 minutes worth of content!) A Grab and Go Lesson! Zero prep.

For more fun activities based on the Christmas Season please click here.

This resource was originally planned to span a 2 hour double lesson, but can easily be split into a series of lessons.

This pack includes: PowerPoint: 32 slides!!! Resource Booklet: 8 Sheets.

This lesson contains a really fun starter activity Who live in a house like this? The Nativity that can be purchased as a standalone resource for £2.

The lesson takes pupils through the importance of advent and the advent wreath. They have to complete a posted on the advent wreath and Christingle based on internet research they carry out. If you do not have access to the internet during lessons it is advisable that the lesson prior to this you give them a research homework on these items.

There is a match up activity on the various symbols of Christmas and their significance.

Pupils are taken through a Christmas Mass within the Roman Catholic Church and have to complete an order task based on this. Following which, pupils can complete a summary sheet.

Plenary is one of our interactive activities-the 5Ws. This is used to summarise the lesson.

Assessment: Jesus-Man or God?
This is a fully resources Grab and Go lesson based on the statement ‘Jesus was just a man’. Pupils will have to answer a 12 mark evaluation question based on the evidence they gather from lesson 1 and formulate a response as to whether they think Jesus was Man or God.

Lesson 1: Starter: This is our Starter and Plenary Prompt Selector, which alone is worth £3

Pupils will have the opportunity to look back at their previous assessment level and determine what they will need to be doing in next lesson’s assessment to gain the same or a higher level. This will aid their planning of the assessment task and prepare them for the assessment.

Pupils will have to read a handout on the person of Jesus and 4 main aspects of his life and deduce what parts of his life point towards him being God or man. They will also be given a Biblical quotes placemat that they will use to decide what the Bible says about the person of Jesus. Using a Youtube clip (link provided with the PPT) pupils will have to determine which quotes point to Jesus being human and which point towards him being man. There is a choice of two worksheets following this whereby pupils can fill in a Venn diagram or a table using the information they have gathered to distinguish what the teachings say about Jesus’ personhood. Pupils are then introduced to how to complete an evaluation question. Using a worksheet provided in the pack, pupils will follow the framework to answer the evaluation question. Homework: Pupils must take the worksheets home in order that they can revise for he assessment.
Lesson 2: Pupils will have this lesson revise for 10 minutes and 30 minutes to complete the assessment.
Plenary: pupils must fill in the Exit Pass Included in this pack is two of our Loading Timers. The full editable version can be purchased by following the link.

Various other mini activities for the month of December. Namely,

Nativity Diamond Ranking: A worksheet that is differentiated (High, Middle and Lower abilities) based on the Nativity story.

Christmas Bingo, Christmas Behaviour Managemnt Reward Jars & Christmas Secular or Religious Conveyor Belt activity.

Religious Vocabulary: Pupils have opportunity to use the Religious Studies Vocabulary Booklet to add any additional Key Words they learn during the lesson.
Homework Activity: To research facts about Jesus in preparation for their next lesson.

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