Learning objective
- To recognise why candles are used to represent stories and beliefs.
Success criteria
- I can listen
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Religious Education Council Curriculum Framework for RE in England (non-statutory guidance):
- A2. Retell and suggest meanings
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Cross-curricular links
Geography
Pupils should be
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
Could order the events of the story as a group and complete a three-part storyboard, drawing a beginning, middle and end; should use the Resource: Who were Rama and Sita? (support) to write a keyword in each section.
Pupils working at greater depth:
Should write their own story of Rama and Sita, detailing the key events in full sentences and using the key vocabulary correctly; should write a sentence explaining why candles are important to many Hindu people.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: using some key vocabulary
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Vocabulary definitions
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Diwali
The Hindu festival of light, celebrated annually.
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festival
A celebration, often for religious reasons.
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