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Bible Class Teaching 2008

PURPOSE: This event helps and encourages participants to develop creative teaching skills.

PROCESS: Each participant will:

• Prepare a lesson relating to a suitable Bible passage, story, concept, or event.
• Mail the following to the Event Director:
• Four copies of the lesson plan
• A 15 to 25 minute VHS video tape or DVD disk of the lesson being taught.
• A stamped postcard with the Church Coordinator's mailing address if receipt confirmation is requested.

THE PACKAGE MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MONDAY, February 25, 2008

The Event Director will:

• Send confirmation of receipt to the Church Coordinator if a stamped postcard is included.
• Organize the lesson plan and VHS video tape or DVD disk for judging.
• Provide a scoring sheet on the lesson plan.
• Return judging sheets, critique sheets, and all award recommendations to the Pre-Convention Director.

SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITTEN LESSON PLAN:

• 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?)
• 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).
• Lesson Outline:
  Focus: How will you get your learners' attention? You might choose a picture, game, toy, song, story, etc.
  Bible Lesson: Explain how you will present your lesson. Will you use flannel graph, flip chart, audio tape, active learning, drama, puppets, etc.
  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?
  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.?
• Cover Sheet: The cover sheet should be in the following format (*):
  Name
  Grade
  Congregation
  Congregation Address
  Congregation Phone Number
  Name of Church Coordinator
  Church Coordinator Phone Number
  Title of Lesson
  
  (* NOTE: Please also label VHS video tape or DVD disk
  with Participant Name, Grade, & Congregation)
  

RULES:

These rules are in addition to the RULES FOR ALL PRE-CONVENTION EVENTS. In instances where the rules stated for this event conflict with the RULES FOR ALL PRE-CONVENTION EVENTS, the rules stated for this event will apply.

1. Each participant should be on a separate VHS video tape or DVD disk with the cover sheet and lesson plan attached to it with a rubber band. No team teaching is allowed. Only one participant is allowed per lesson.
2. The VHS video tape or DVD disk 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. The lesson plan and tape must be sent to the Bible Class Teaching Director at the address above.
4. 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.
   
   

   Bible Class Teaching Lesson plan Format

5. A lesson plan from printed curriculum is allowed, as long as you give credit to the publisher in your lesson plan.
6. Participants will not be penalized for quality of video.

AWARDS:

1. Each lesson plan and VHS video tape or DVD disk 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 = 95 100 points,   Silver = 85 94 points,   Bronze = 70 84 points;   No Award = 0-69 points
   
   
2. Participants achieving a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Rating will receive an appropriate colored engraved plate for the individual award plaque.
   
   

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