1. Promiseland Workshop Lesson Preparation and Presentation
Sarah Mar
Aug. 15th, 2015

2. Ask four questions (1 minute) Introduce your new friend
Find a new friend
Ask four questions (1 minute)
1. Name
2. City or country he/she was born
3. His/her favorite tourist spot
4. Her/his favorite dessert
Introduce your new friend
Write down the first and last answers on the two separate index cards

3. Divide groups & play memory game
Spring birthday ---(March-May)
Summer birthday ---June-August
Fall Birthday September---November
Winter Birthday ---December-Feburary

4. Workshop Outline When and How to plan your Sunday School lesson?
How to present your lesson? Storytelling!
-Beginning/Appetizer
Class activities and games
-Middle/Main Dish
-End/Dessert
Prepare and present the lesson with your team members
Q & A
Sharing the story of long distance healing

5. When and How to plan your Sunday School lesson?
When to plan?
Monday: Fresh memories, reflection, (prayers, songs, games, rules)
Reading the Sunday School materials becomes part of my daily devotion
Mid-week: Plan the outline/PPT for next week
Saturday: Review my teaching PPT or outline
How to plan?
Prayers for myself and students
Read & summarize the story
Search the age appropriate visual pictures
Choose the activities
Plan the lesson outline/PPT
Review and Rehearse

6. Lesson Presentation: Part 1: Beginning (10-15 minutes)
Step 1 Greeting
Step 2 Warm up activity /game
Step 3 Review last week Bible verse
Step 4 Apply to students’ daily routine
Step 5 Prayer

7. Games & Activities (K-5th grade)
Memory games
Order of the Bible Books
Scrabble words and find the Bible verse
Bible Verse Puzzle
Story Sequence
Guess who he/she is (Bible character)
Role Play

8. Lesson Presentation: Part 2: Middle (15-20 minutes)
1 Prior knowledge
What do you know about….
2 Introduce the Bible story with visual prompt or PPT?
3 Ask students to open their own Bibles and find the story verses and take turn to read outloud the verses.
4 Sometimes let the students be the story tellers. Show them the picture and let them tell the story.
Step 5 Stop and ask “Why” and “What if “ and “how” questions.
If you were Joseph, what would you do to your brothers?
Why?

9. Lesson Presentation: Part 3: Ending (10-15 minutes)
Role Play
Step 1 Ask who, where, when and how questions to wrap up the story.
How can you apply to your daily life?
Step 2 What have you learned from this lesson?
Try to memorize together.
Step 3 Open the Bible and find this week verse.
Step 4 Distribute Kid’s Talk Card and work together.
Kids’ recess
Step 5 Prayer

10. Prepare a lesson with your team.
Road to Damascus, Acts 9:1-22
Divide into three teams(Beginning, Middle and End)
Review the story of Joseph
5-8 minutes to prepare
3-5 minutes to share and present with your plan
God is looking for progress not for perfection.
It is all right to make mistakes….

11. Q & A

12. Teaching to Change Lives by Howard G Hendricks
Faithful
Available
Teachable

13. Sharing Your Own Story with Students
We are part of their story
-Long Distance Healing vs Simon’s Dental Implant

14. New Teacher’s Tip
Review the classroom rules all the time (Respect teachers and classmates, Keep your hands to yourself, Raise hand before you talk, Use inside voice )
R. K. R. U.
Bribery vs Encouragement
More interactive activities, less worksheet---Move around
Encourage students to bring their own Bibles
Safety Issue
Plan ahead ----Review & Modify
Allow yourself and students to make mistakes