Lesson Two – Bible Parables

This religious education teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select, compose and perform a play script to show the sequence of events and meaning of a one of the parable stories that was told by Jesus to his followers and disciples.

The class can identify and explain how Christians use some of the teachings by Jesus in the Bible as a guide about how to lead good lives.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select, compose and perform a play script to show the sequence of events and meaning of a one of the parable stories that was told by Jesus to his followers and disciples

Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to explain the meaning of a parable from the Bible told by Jesus to his followers and worksheets to practise writing a play script to record what happened in a parable story from the Bible told by Jesus to illustrate its special meaning.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to compose and perform a play script to show the meaning of a parable story told by Jesus to his followers.

This lesson is part of a religious education scheme of work to get the children to investigate how the story of Jesus and the development of Christianity is presented in the New Testament including the idea that Jesus brought light into the world. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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