Lesson planning is an important skill. There are many different ways to write a lesson plan but they all will include some key components. This assignment will look at writing measurable student objectives, applying appropriate national and state content standards to child-centered activities, identifying authentic assessments, and comparing Christ-like behaviors to professional teacher standards.
Address each one of the topics below. Copy and paste them into a new document.
1. Outcomes, objectives, must be specific and measurable. You, as the instructor, must be able to observe the students meeting the objective. Below are examples of poorly written objectives. Rewrite each objective so it is specific and measurable. Refer to “Verbs to Use In Writing Objectives”, if you need some verb suggestions.
Students will learn how to dribble a soccer ball.
Students will know all the rules of softball.
Students will appreciate their classmates.
Students will remember the three juggling patterns.
Students will consider the safety rules.
Students will be aware of bullying.
Students will understand how to find the correct jump rope.
2. Refer back to your motor skill topic chosen in week one. If you are in California use the CA State Content Standards. Choose a grade level, K – 5. Identify and write two standards, within the grade level you chose, that would be appropriate for your chosen topic. Include the specific identifying number (i.e. 1.4) Give strong rationale as to why these two standards fit your chosen topic.
If you are outside of California use the SHAPE grade level outcomes. Choose a grade level, K – 5. Identify and write two outcomes, within the grade level you chose, that would be appropriate for your chosen topic. Include the specific identifying number (i.e. S1.E21.2) Give strong rationale as to why these two outcomes fit your chosen topic.
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Rationale –
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3. Describe two assessments appropriate for assessing the standards/outcomes you identified above.
4. Look at the California Standards for the Teaching Profession document. (If you are not in California, you may find the teaching professional standards for your state or use the California standards. Please specify the state and include the link to the website with the out of state teaching professional standards.) For each of the 6 standards, give one example of a Christ-like behavior associated with that standard.
Standard 1: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning –
Standard 2: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning –
Standard 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning –
Standard 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students –
Standard 5: Assessing Students for Learning –
Standard 6: Developing as a Professional Educator –
Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell.
In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.
God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.
Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.
To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.
References
Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.
Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.
Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.
