Key Stage Two : Religious Education : Parables : Lesson Three – Unmerciful Servant


This religious education teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to retell and paraphrase a parable story told by Jesus in the New Testament to guide his followers. The class can try rewriting what happened in the parable story using only a limited number of words.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to retell and paraphrase a parable story told by Jesus in the New Testament to guide his followers

Learning Objectives

Compare how religious stories are presented in the Bible. Explore how religious beliefs and ideas can  be expressed through stories.

Learning Outcomes

I can explain the meaning behind stories told by Jesus in the Bible. I can describe how people show their beliefs through stories.

Unmerciful Servant

Teaching sequence to help the children retell and paraphrase a parable story told by Jesus in the New Testament to guide his followers

Parable of the Unmerciful Servant

Shared reading text for whole class discussion to help the children explain the meaning behind a story told by Jesus in the New Testament in the Bible

Parable Glossary

Template to help the children define the meaning of some of the words used in a story from the Bible told by Jesus in the New Testament

Parable Storyboard (support)

Template to help the children identify and record the sequence of events in a story from the Bible told by Jesus in the New Testament [enlarge to A3]

Unmerciful Servant

Interactive activity to help the children retell and paraphrase a parable story told by Jesus in the New Testament to guide his followers

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to retell and paraphrase a parable story told by Jesus in the New Testament to guide his followers

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