The Lord's Prayer Coaching Pages

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What's the problem?

Define the Problem: The Lord's Prayer

Meet the problem.

You have read the problem. Fill in a GRASPS worksheet in response to it. (Scribbling this with paper and pencil is fine. You will not turn this in.)

GRaSPS
Questions
Notes
Goal
 What is the GOAL of the assignment? What will you be learning as you work on it? You are comparing similar texts here, which means you are working with two different pericopes, and in this case, two different books of the Bible. Prepare for the possibility that someone in your Junior High class will know this prayer shows up in two gospels. (I'm betting on the kid who knows how many life boats were on the Titanic.)
Role
 What is your ROLE in the problem? Who are you? What are you to do?  
Situation
 What is the SITUATION in which you find yourself? Describe as much as you know. Time constraints (both for your character's preparation and the lesson itself) are given in the problem scenario. Imagine your work within these constraints.
Product or Performance
 What is the PRODUCT of your work to be?  
Standards
 What are the STANDARDS by which your work will be judged? Here is the rubric I use in my classes. As you meet the problem, try to relate these general standards to the specific Goal, Role, Situation and Product of this problem. By the way, when you do not work with others on the problem, the standards for collaboration will not be applied to your work.

What do you know? What do you need to know?

  • You may not know where to find the Lord's Prayer in the New Testament. If not, you'll have to figure this out.
  • What do you know about Junior High confirmation class? Knowledge about this setting will help you.
  • What kinds of things would you like to know about the prayer? What kinds of things do you think the kids would like to know?

State the problem.

Put the problem in your own words, keeping in mind that it is about (1) the Lord's Prayer in the New Testament, as shared with (2) a confirmation class. The only goal of this step is to make the problem your own in some sense, and make sure you understand its complexity.

Next: Go to "Address the Problem," coaching page 2.