SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

RE LESSON PLAN
Pre-Primary/
Primary

LESSON ORGANISATION
Unit of work: Loved and Forgiven Salvation topic: Penance Human person Topic: Power of
Love
Year Level: Year 4 Students’ Prior Knowledge: (include faith
situations/previous lessons/Units)

Key Understanding: A1: Wondering at the power of love This is the introductory lesson to this RE unit.

Learning Point(s): In previous years students have explored God’s love

A1.1: States ways people show love by doing what is and forgiveness.
good for others
Previously they have learnt what love means and
how different people feel and like to receive love (e.g.
Words of affirmation or gifts)

Spiritual and Religious Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity
eg Right choices eg Right eg Inner strength eg Moderation eg Prayer eg Reconciliation eg Service
relationships
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative behaviour Social understanding
thinking competence

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement with Sustainability
histories and cultures Asia
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
• Students will identify what a good action is, in terms of someone doing that act for them that they
genuinely appreciate.
• Students will identify that what one person identifies as showing love will not always be the same as their
neighbour.

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

(include Teacher Witness)
Gifted Student:
• Organise with the class for them to collect and bring in old • Create a tally of how many other students agree and
magazines that parents are looking to recycle a week prior to disagree with their ideas of how to show love.
this activity.
• Source A3 paper in varying colours and markers
Physical Disability:
• Student uses the aid of computers and copy and paste
images from a teacher supervised google search,
instead of cutting and pasting.
LESSON DELIVERY attach worksheets, examples, marking keys, etc. as relevant
Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
Align these with the segment
where they will be introduced.
Individual prayer of Thanks- the power to love and forgive
5 mins
Students are encouraged to write down (in prayer book) what they are
thankful for, in terms of feeling loved and appreciated- give own example.

EXAMPLE: “I am thankful for the way my dog greets me at my door

every time I get home from work, wagging his tail with a smile on
his face”

I wonder if all our prayers are the same, I wonder why some people feel
appreciated in different ways?

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

INDIVIDUAL STUDENT ACTIVITY

15 As individuals’ students create graphic organisers with magazine cut Graphic Organiser template
mins outs to represent ways they like to receive love and ways they like to located at the back of this
show love. Lesson Plan: Appendix 1

Students should reference (combined or in both) people show us

love and we show others love by:

• doing what is good for us

• saying ‘no’ to what we may ask for because we do not realise
that what we are asking for would not be good for us
• having us do what we may not like because they know that it
is good for us.

5 mins
COLLABORATIVE STUDENT ACTIVITY

Students then can compare and explore other students’ ideas of how
to show love and how they like to receive love, allow students to sit
in a circle and share their ideas, with openness to questions

I wonder why my peers like to receive love in different ways… I

wonder how my ways of showing love can be the same as other
people but different to others… I wonder if my parents have different
ways they like to receive love.

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

Put A Little Love in Your Heart
3 mins
Introduce students to the song: “Put A Little Love in Your Heart” Lyrics: Appendix 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNySTUKOlWU

Display lyrics on the class projector and encourage students to read

them, sing along or just absorb the song.

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

Provide a hand out for the lyrics to the students to take home and read
over, this song will be very important for this Unit of Work
Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will they be
assessed?)

• Students May start to ask questions as to why other people like

to receive love in differing ways
• Graphic organisers address the different ways people feel about
different acts of love
• Love can be showed through an act of kindness by one another
 How I like to show my love for others How I would like to receive others Love
Appendix 1:
Appendix 2:

Put A Little Love in Your Heart

Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand

Put a little love in your heart
You see, it's getting late, oh, please don't hesitate
Put a little love in your heart
And the world will be a better place
And the world will be a better place for you and me
You just wait and see
Another day goes by, and still the children cry
Put a little love in your heart
If you want the world to know, we won't let hatred grow
Put a little love in your heart
And the world will be a better place
And the world will be a better place for you and me
You just wait and see. Wait and see
Take a good look around and if you're lookin' down
Put a little love in your heart
I hope when you decide kindness will be your guide
Put a little love in your heart
And the world will be a better place
And the world will be a better place for you and me
You just wait and see
Put a little love in your heart
Put a little love in your heart