GROUNDPLAN
AUDIENCE:High school students - Boys and Girls belonging to the Middle class families LEVEL:
TOPIC:The Greatest Commandments of LOVE
PROBLEM:Students follow rules motivated by fear or reward
CHRISTIAN MESSAGE
Moral:
The greatest commandment given by Christ is
to love God with all your heart, soul, and strength
and to love your neighbor as yourself.
Doctrine:
Jesus perfected the love commandments of
the Old Testament bringing them to us in a way
that will enable us to become true Children of
God created by love, and in love, in order to
love.
Worship:
The greatest commandment of love is
expressed in the love and total giving of
oneself nourished through the Holy Eucharist
and prayer life.
KINDOFMATERIAL:
NUMBEROFSESSIONS:
SOURCES/MEANS
SOURCES:
SACRED SCRIPTURE:
TheGreatest Commandment
(Mt. 22:-37-40)
“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your
heart, with all your soul, and with your mind.
This is the greatest and the first
commandment.The second is like it: You
shalllove your neighbor as yourself. On these
two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.”
1Jn 4:7-9“Beloved, let us love one another,
because love is from God; everyone who loves is
born of God and knows God. Whoever does not
love does not know God, for God is love. God’s
love was revealed among us in this way: God
sent his only Son into the world so that we might
live through him.”
CHURCH TEACHINGS:
CatechismforFilipinoCatholics 812-819
CFC 812 – “Jesus brought out the inner bond
between love of God and love of neighbor.”
2nd Year / Grade 8
Lesson Plan
40 minutes
OBJECTIVES
Attheendofthelesson,thestudentswillbeableto
:
Moral:
• present a human diorama/tableau
showing their love for God through loving
their neighbors like parents, persons in
authority and specially those who are the
least, the lost and the last;
Doctrine:
• explain how Jesus perfected the love
commandments of the Old Testament
and its implication to their lives through
3-2-1 synthesis;
Worship:
• thank God for realizing the value of love in
following the rules through silent prayer;
• thank God for graces received by
offering their Pondo ng Pinoy bottles
during First Friday Mass.
CFC 815-816 – “But perhaps the best Scriptural
concretization of loving God with all one’s heart,
soul and strength is not in Christ’s teaching, but in
his very life.”
CFC817 – “Christ gave a radically new
interpretation to neighbor. It is now to be
understood universally, to cover everyone: those
in need and even our enemies.”
CFC818-819“The law of love is at the heart of
each commandment. Love is the source of their
value and obligation."Love is the summary of the
whole law because it is the reflection in human life
of God’s very being.”

RESOURCES:
 ECCE. Catechism for the Filipino
Catholics, 812-819(Manila: Catholic
Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines,
2007)
 New American Bible

MEANS:
 Picture Analysis
 Classroom discussion
 Tableau/Human Diorama presentation
 3-2-1 Process
 Meditative music
 Offering of PondongPinoy bottles
BEFORE:
Students know the Ten Commandments and take
them as rules to be followed only because of fear
or reward. Moreover, they feel the need to follow
because they are obliged to. They see rules/laws
as deprivation of their rights or a sort of
prohibition hence, they violatethem because they
want to prove their independence, to test the
elders and even out of curiosity.
DURING: AFTER:
Observation of Daily Routine
Opening Prayer:Spontaneous Prayer to be led After realizing how Jesus manifested and completed
by the assigned prayer leader of the day.The the two greatest commandments in His very life, the
teacher will ask the students to dispose students will also imitate and follow the
themselves for the opening prayer by inviting commandment of Jesus rooted in love. Jesus public
them to be silent. After a few seconds of silence ministry showed how he dealt with the poor, the
the prayer leader will begin the opening prayer. sick, the sinners and the needy. They are
challenged to be Christ-like by sharing their food
I. CONTEXT: with their classmates, helping their classmates in
Picture Analysis (Traffic, Warning Signs and the difficult subjects, taking the initiative to maintain the
like.) cleanliness of the schooland in doing the household
chores at home. Furthermore, to love their enemies
The teacher will show different kinds of signs by praying for them.
through power point presentation. The students
will identify the given signs and be able to
interpret its purpose or its importance. (Ex. No
Jaywalking- we are not allowed to cross the
streets- to protect our lives; 3Rs: Reduce, Re-use,
Recycle- waste segregation- to help in preserving
the environment…etc.). Then the teacher will
write responses of the students on the board…
SIGN PURPOSE/IMPORTANCE
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
…then asks the question…
What particular value do you think involving these
rules and signs that we follow?
In every rule or law there is a particular value and
that is LOVE. In fact God’s law, which is the Ten
Commandments, is also rooted in love. God gave
the Decalogue to his people as a sign of his love
for them. He does not want his people to
experience being unloved or being slaves again,
hence he gave them laws that would guide and
motivate them to live a loving and harmonious life.

In the New Testament, particularly in Mt 22:34-40,

Jesus summarized the Decalogue into the
Greatest Commandments of Love.

(The teacher will showthe gospel in the power

point presentation however the students is still
encouraged to locate the said verses in their own
Bible)

What does the Greatest Commandments of Love

say?

Jesus stressed the direct relationship between

love of God and love of neighbor. He explained
that the rest of the laws are based on the two.
They are like the hinges on which the entire law
hung. LOVE is the basis of everything that we do.
Why is LOVE the basis? Let us open our Bibles
to the 1st Letter of John 4:7-21.

II. EXPOSITION:
A. Sacred Scriptures: 1Jn 4:7-9
Guide questions:
1. According to the passage, where did love
originate from?
2. How can you describe a person when
he/she is in love?
3. How is God being described in the
passage?
4. How did God reveal His love to us?

 God is love and He loved us first.

 God’s love was revealed through His only
 Son.
 Jesus manifested this perfect love by
following the will of His Father.
 Since God loves us so much, we also
ought to love one another.
 It is our response to the God who loved
us first.
 That is whyin response we are also called
to love:to love God through our
neighbors.

B. Church Teaching
The Church teaches that Jesus Christ stressed
the connection between love of God and love of
neighbor. He exemplifiedit in his life.

How did Jesus show his love to God and

neighbor? (expected answers: follow the will of
God, healing miracles, fed the hungry, table-
fellowship with sinners and outcasts).

Jesus also shared in the story of the Parable of

the Good Samaritan to love everyone especially
those who are in need even our enemies. He
even identified himself with the least, the lost and
the last.(Mt 25:40)

Tableau/ Human Diorama Presentation

In the modern-day situation, how would you show
your concrete love to your neighbor including- the
least, the last and the lost following the example
of Jesus? (Teacher will present the procedures
and the rubric for grading)

Procedures:
1. Form groups of ten. Choose a leader to
represent your group who will explain
your presentation.
 2. In order that there will be no repetition of
presentation, your leader will pick a
particular setting in which you can
express your love for your neighbor.
a. At home
b. In the school
c. In the community
d. In your parish

3. Each group will be given 5 min. to

prepare and 1 min. to present and explain
their tableau to the class

Rubric for Grading

Criteria Score
1. Presents only 1 situation showing
love (1 pt.)
Presents 2-3 situations showing
love
(2 pts.)
Presents 4-5 situations showing
love
(3 pts.)
Presents 6 or more situations
showing love (4 pts.)
2. Creativity (3 pts.)
3. Coherence in explaining the
presentation (3 pts.)
TOTAL: 10 pts.

III. Closure Activity:

Students will synthesize their learning by filling-in
the 3-2-1 Synthesis.

3 2 1
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The Great Commandments of love calls us to love

God with all our heart, soul, mind and our very
being. It is manifested through our love for our
neighbors. It is through these commandments
that make us true children of God …created by
love, in love, in order to love. To express this love
we are called to nourish ourselves in the Holy
Eucharist and in our prayer life.

Homework:Bring your PondongPinoy Bottle for

the mass offering tomorrow.

Closing Prayer: Silent Prayer with Meditative

music (PanalanginsaPagigingBukasPalad) .
Guide questions will be posted for reflection
before the silent prayer starts. As soon as the
students are able to reflect on their answers for
the guide questions, silent prayer begins.

Guide Questions:
1. What are the things I need to improve
and change in following rules at home,
school and community?
2. How does God’s love for me sustain and
strengthen me in following rules in my
daily life?

Prepared by:

Donaray M. Salvaña, Nueva Marie B. Tamondong, Jeremy J. Leviste, Maria Theresa Amor D. Bayaton, Ana Krisell Q. Dorado