Starter quiz
- Which of these is an example of a fable rather than a fairy tale?
- The Ant and the Grasshopper ✓
- Cinderella
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf ✓
- The Gruffalo
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- The story of the Good Samaritan is an example of a ...
- parable. ✓
- fairy tale.
- fable.
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- Christians might read about Jesus' parables in their special book, which is called the ...
- Bible. ✓
- Qur'an.
- Fable.
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- Match the stories below to their deeper meanings.
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf⇔no-one believes a liar ✓
- The Ant and the Grasshopper⇔finish your work before you play ✓
- The Good Samaritan⇔love your neighbour ✓
Exit quiz
- In the Parable of the Good __________, one of the sheep gets lost.
- Samaritan
- Shepherd ✓
- Son
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- A parable is ...
- a type of fable.
- a story that really happened.
- a story with a deeper meaning. ✓
- a story told for fun.
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- The message of the story of the Good Shepherd reminds Christians that ...
- there are parables in the Bible.
- sheep sometimes get lost.
- God is kind and caring. ✓
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- Put the Parable of the Lost Son in the correct order.
- 1⇔The younger son left home.
- 2⇔The younger son spent all the money.
- 3⇔When he ran out of money, the younger son went back home.
- 4⇔The father welcomed his son back home.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Jesus taught using parables.
- Parables are stories with a deeper meaning.
- An example of a parable is the Parable of the Lost Son.
- The Parable of the Lost Son tells the story of father with two sons.
Common misconception
Jesus only taught stories to his followers that were simple to understand.
Sometimes Jesus told stories that contained a challenging message for the audience.
Keywords
Parable - a story with a deeper meaning
Lost - something that cannot be found easily
Forgive - putting aside our anger towards someone because of something they have done or said
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